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SCC offers continuing education training

Submitted by Justin Smith, Southeastern Community College Director of Marketing and Public Affairs

Saturday, May 18th, 2013, 2:00pm

SCC offers continuing education training

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Southeastern Community College’s Workforce and Community Development Division will offer continuing education training in the coming weeks. To pre-register or for more information, call (910) 642-7141, ext. 296, 397 or 425.

Financial assistance with registration fees and books to gain new employment-related skills may be available through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and other funding sources. To see if they qualify, students should contact the Columbus County JobLink Career Center immediately at (910)642-7141, ext. 261 or by visiting the Center in A-Building on the SCC campus.

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SCC and State Employees’ Credit Union sponsor Camp Biz Kid$

Submitted by Justin Smith, Southeastern Community College Director of Marketing and Public Affairs

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 3:37pm

SCC and State Employees’ Credit Union sponsor Camp Biz Kid$

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Southeastern Community College will partner with the Whiteville branch of the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) this summer to offer free financial literacy camps to rising eighth graders at three local schools.

The camps will meet Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., on the following dates: June 24 – 27 at Tabor City Middle School; July 15 – 18 at Central Middle School ; and August 5 – 8 at Chadbourn Middle School.

Lunch will be provided daily. Enrollment is limited to 20 students per camp. Attendees must be participants in SCC’s Educational Talent Search Program.

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Lottery slated for charter school, if needed

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Friday, May 10th, 2013, 3:59pm

Lottery slated for charter school, if needed

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The North Carolina Boys and Girls Home School will soon be a charter school.

Administrators said they already have 45 students enrolled in the current school and just more than a dozen have submitted applications.

If more than 70 students apply to the school, then they must hold a lottery which will be held May 29, if needed.

The school’s name will change to Flemington Academy next month.

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Columbus Co. School System to end ties with Boys & Girls Home School

Submitted by WECT Web Staff

Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 8:05pm

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Members of Columbus County's Board of Education will hold a public hearing next month and will vote to end ties with the NC Boys and Girls Home School in Lake Waccamaw.

Administrators at the Boys and Girls School are changing it to a charter school called Flemington Academy Boys and Girls Home School.

Superintendent Alan Faulk says that state law requires board members to hold a public hearing and vote to close the school.

According to the organization's website, Boys and Girls Home School opened in 1954 as a place for children who have been removed from their homes and offers temporary placements for children in crisis.

An average of 150 children are cared for daily by the Homes, ranging in ages 6-21.

The public hearing will be held Monday, June 3 in the Board of Education conference room.

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SCC chamber choir performs spring concert

Submitted by Justin Smith, Southeastern Community College Director of Marketing and Public Affairs

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 1:52pm

SCC chamber choir performs spring concert

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - The Southeastern Community College Chamber Choir performed in concert on Tuesday, April 30 in the College’s Auditorium.

It was the choir’s first concert under the direction of Xavier Cartrette, Southeastern’s new voice instructor.

Altos were: Lori Dobbs, Aimee Lessard, and Jeannie Ulrich. Basses were: Melvin Charles and Jesse Nicholson.

Sopranos were: Lily Barfield, LeAnn Shooter, and Dr. Sharyn Edwards. Tenors were: Jesse McBride and Roman Grainger.

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SCC nurse aide students graduate

Submitted by Justin Smith, Southeastern Community College Director of Marketing and Public Affairs

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013, 1:27pm

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Instructors Rebecca Wisdom and Sharonne Dutton(front left) stand with area students who recently completed Nurse Aide I training at Southeastern Community College.

They are (first row, from left)Debbie Soltysiak of Whiteville; Ladonna Rogers of Whiteville; Teresa Troy of Whiteville; Montana Hamilton of Whiteville; Ashlee Scott of Lumberton; (second row) Hannah Goins of Whiteville; Merly McLean of Council; Heather Patrick of Clarkton; Citlalli Vera of Dillon , S.C; Ashley Pagan of Tabor City; Delicia Webb of Bolton; Aundria Brown of Whiteville; Shanaya Johnson of Whiteville; (third row) Stephanie King of Ash; Jarena Garrell of Hallsboro; Shatisha Jackson of Hallsboro; Derrick Breeden of Lumberton; Autumn Wells of Evergreen; Maricel Melvin of Whiteville.

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