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LCPS teacher Jessica Jones named NCAT CTE finalist; district honors several staff
Summary
Lenoir County Public Schools recognized multiple teachers and staff on Oct. 6, highlighting Jessica Jones, named a finalist for the NCAT 2026 Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year; the district also honored beginning and exceptional-children teachers and celebrated a student who is a U.S. Presidential Scholar.
Lenoir County Public Schools on Oct. 6 honored a string of educators and staff, naming Jessica Jones — an agriculture education teacher at Whittington Middle School — a finalist for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCAT) 2026 Burroughs Welcome Fund Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year.
Jones told the board the outdoor classroom project began as a partnership with Emergency Management Services and a North Carolina State University design student to repurpose flood buyout land; a North Carolina Aquarium Scholars grant and a $3,000 Living to Serve award will support the work and allow neighboring counties to use the…
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