School & District News

More than $40,000 in grant awards will allow Lenoir County Public School educators to provide special
learning opportunities for thousands of students this school year, all thanks to the community’s support of
annual fundraising events championed by the Lenoir County Education Foundation and its parent
organization, the Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce.

Checks totaling $40,386 were distributed to 94 winners at 16 schools in December by a touring,
balloon-bearing prize patrol led by Chamber of Commerce President Cale Grady and LCPS
Superintendent Brent Williams. In its more than 20 years, the mini-grant program has never awarded
more money to more educators.

Two major fundraisers – the Education Foundation Superball Golf Tournament and the Chamber’s Adult
Spelling Bee – make the mini-grant effort possible at ever-increasing levels. Through participation,
sponsorships and individual donations, both fundraisers solicit support for LCPS classrooms from across
the county.

Mini-grants are capped at $500 each.

North Lenoir High School won the most mini-grants with 14. Northwest led elementary schools with
nine and Woodington paced middle schools with eight. Contentnea-Savannah, a k-8 school, won 10.
Winners by school were:

Banks – Jennifer Oliver, Nicole Harrison, Kelly Vinson, William Sawyer, Dawn Hill, the team of
Deanna Morris, Jessica Trull, Ashley Grady and Jessica Barber
La Grange – Jenna Manning, Kelsey Turner, Shavonda Brown, Jenny Daughety, Alicia Davis, Yvonne
Hardy, Brittany Holder
Moss Hill – Kristina Jones, Sharon Dellinger, Melissa Small, Lara Colie, Allyson Heath, April Lee,
Glenda Kennedy, the team of Cassie Wetherington, Riley Price and Valerie Jones
Northeast – Jordyn Gaskins, Yolonda Holmes, Roslinn Warren, Jennifer Johnson, Rachel Cohoon, the
team of Tamika Gaskill and Konya Houston
Northwest – the team of Stephaine Parris and Melissa Manning; the team of Kendall Cash, Ashley
Avery, Raelynn Sheffield and Hailey Forehand (two mini-grants); April Modlin; Heather Clark; Nicolette
Morgan; Kaitlyn Stroud; Rachel Hill; the team of Melissa Manning, Erin Greene, Emily Tribula, Ashley
Stephens and Katherine Hart
Pink Hill – Breanna Tyndall, Gina Daniels, Jodi Peele, Jennifer McLawhorn, Allie Padgett, Thomas
Earp, Skylar Pearson
Southeast – Victoria Goodall, Casey Godbold, Latoya Phillips
Southwood – Jamieson Griffin
Contentnea-Savannah – Adrienne Evans, Sullivan McRae, Timothy Sanderson, Kristin Taylor, Traci
Howard, Danielle Groseclose, Jessie Van Cura, Amanda Price, the team of Tracy Rayner and Diane
Tilghman, the team of Madison Bell, Lena Carroll, Melissa Barwick and Sarah Winnie
Frink – Pamela Pate, Samantha Hawkins, Lily Hartsell, Ashlynn Holloman
Woodington – Shannon Jones, Bryan Potter, Caroline Lancaster, Carolina Baker, Amelia Swenby, Haley
Quarles, Mari Hatcher Turner, Kelly Dawson Stainback
Early College High School – Dr. Travis Towne
Kinston – Crystal Payton-Demry, Laura Dove, Ashley Andrews
Learning Academy – Ella Joyner, Tonya Brooks, Marilyn BrimmageNorth Lenoir – Cameron Sherrer, Katie Bain-Herring, Samantha Newcomb, Brandi Stallings, Teresa
Harper, Kimberly Jenkins, Aaryn Fazakerly, Alicia Dale, Michelle Taylor, Christy Burkett, Brittany
Harrison, Joshua Wallace, Elizabeth Espino, the team of Breonna Baker and Teresa Harper
South Lenoir – Sydney Edwards, Courtney Strickland, Ashley Turnage