News & Announcements

Congratulations to the ECPS Employee of the Month for September - Carter Varnell, SouthWest Edgecombe High School Physical Education Teacher & Head Varsity Football Coach.
Special thanks to Greg Sessoms, State Farm Agent, for sponsoring the award each month!
Varnell, center, is pictured with Board Chair Rev. Raymond Privott and Superintendent Dr. Valerie Bridges.

We were honored to welcome North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to Martin Millennium Academy recently. Governor Cooper was greeted by Superintendent Dr. Valerie Bridges, Principal Kelly Anne Mudd, and several students. After presenting school supplies to Mrs. Mudd, he visited Ms. Dickens’ third-grade class, Ms. Moreno’s first-grade Spanish Immersion class, and Mrs. Wooten’s art class. During his remarks after the classroom visits, Governor Cooper praised all teachers and school staff for their commitment to students and pledged his continued support for public education.

At the annual ECPS Convocation held in August, Brittany White was recognized as the 2022 - 2023 ECPS Teacher of the Year. White is a Science Teacher at Edgecombe Early College High School.

ECPS is participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for this school year. All enrolled students of ECPS are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge each school day of the 2022-2023 school year!

Yameka Bullock, G.W. Bulluck Elementary School Assistant Principal, was selected as the ECPS Employee of the Month for August. She is pictured with Board Chair Rev. Raymond Privott and Superintendent Dr. Valerie Bridges. Special thanks to State Farm Agent Greg Sessoms for sponsoring the award.

The Edgecombe County Board of Education will hold a Regular Business Board Meeting on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Rooms located at 412 Pearl Street, Tarboro, NC. The public may view the meeting at: https://www.youtube.com/c/EdgecombeCountyPublicSchools

The Edgecombe County Board of Education will hold a SPECIAL Called Meeting on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. in the Board Rooms located at 412 Pearl Street, Tarboro, NC. The public may attend the meeting (per capacity of 25). The public may view the meeting at: https://www.youtube.com/c/EdgecombeCountyPublicSchools

All ECPS schools and offices will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2022, as we honor the American workforce on Labor Day.

ECPS has 10 schools that qualify for Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA). It provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards. We are conducting our annual review of our Title 1 Family Engagement Board Policy and would like your feedback. The policy will be available for review at the ECPS Central Office located at 2311 North Main Street in Tarboro - Tuesday, July 26th- Thursday, August 4th 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.

In order to provide continuing support for North Carolina’s youngest readers, The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Office of Early Learning has developed and released “Literacy at Home.” This digital resource provides literacy activities at each grade level, pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Families and communities may access this resource for activities that specifically target the literacy skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and oral language. When children grow in each of these foundational areas they are well on their way to becoming proficient readers. Click the headline above to access the resources!