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Congratulations to Deep River Elementary School on their 2024 Battle of the Books win in the Fourth Grade Competition! Great job by all of our participants to complete the 15 books and perform well today. Fifth grade, you are up tomorrow!
![Deep River team photo with trophy after winning 2024 Fourth Grade Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357791/large_1.png)
![Group picture of all participants in Fourth Grade Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357790/large_2.png)
![Broadway Team photo from 2024 Elementary Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357793/large_3.png)
![J.R. Ingram team photo from fourth grade 2024 Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357794/large_4.png)
![B.T. Bullock team photo from 2024 Elementary Battle of the Books, fourth grade.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357795/large_5.png)
![Tramway team photo from 2024 fourth grade Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357789/large_6.png)
![J.Glenn Edwards team photo from 2024 fourth grade battle of the books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357792/large_7.png)
![Broadway confers to answer a question at Battle of the books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357786/large_8.png)
![J.Glenn Edwards team members smile after stealing a question in Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357788/large_9.png)
![Broadway searches for the correct answer at the 2024 Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357787/large_10.png)
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Congratulations to Deep River Elementary School on their 2024 Battle of the Books win in the Fourth Grade Competition! Great job by all of our participants to complete the 15 books and perform well today. Fifth grade, you are up tomorrow!
![Deep River Elementary School wins the 2024 Fourth Grade Battle of the Books for Lee Co Schools.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357564/large_1.png)
![Group photo of all participants in the 2024 Fourth Grade Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357560/large_2.png)
![Broadway Elementary School team photo from 2024 Battle of the Books (4th Grade)](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357565/large_3.png)
![J.R. Ingram Team Photo from 2024 4th Grade Battle of the Books](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357563/large_4.png)
![B.T. Bullock team photo from 2024 Fourth Grade Battle of the Books](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357561/large_5.png)
![Tramway team photo from 2024 Fourth Grade Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357562/large_6.png)
![J. Glenn Edwards team photo from 2024 fourth Grade battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357567/large_7.png)
![Broadway students confer to answer a question at Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357557/large_8.png)
![J.Glenn Edwards student smile after stealing a question at Battle of the Books.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357558/large_9.png)
![Fourth Grade Battle of the Books Photos for 2024](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/7357559/large_10.png)
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BEST IN STATE! Awards keep coming for Anna Marks. The Southern Lee High School artist received 10 ribbons this fall at the Lee Regional Fair and her ceramic work, “The Puffins,” won $500 and Best of Show at the North Carolina State Fair.
🎨 Students thrive all across Lee County Schools. In the classroom. In competitions. In apprenticeships. And not just in the arts, but also in science and math, the humanities, and all kinds of career and technical fields.
![The Southern Lee High School artist received 10 ribbons this fall at the Lee Regional Fair and her ceramic work, “The Puffins,”](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/5900681/large_gp-ESPN1EIt8NO4O2DXHdA.jpeg)
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EXPANDING WORLDS. Jonah has a world of opportunity ahead. The first grader at J. Glenn Edwards is thriving in the Lee County Schools Geography Challenge, completing challenges designed for students two, three and four years older — and all with 100 percent accuracy.
🌍 Now, he’s working on identifying all 100 North Carolina counties on a map and hopes to have that perfected by November, when the event ends. Across our district, more than 200 students have already completed the challenge for their grade level. #LCSthrive
![The first grader at J. Glenn Edwards is thriving in the Lee County Schools Geography Challenge](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/5900619/large_tC1BkIjgX_Dwe1Uu2TbX2g.jpeg)
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Our first-year beginning teachers went trick-or-treating around the Central Office today to meet district staff! Central Office staff had plenty of fun dressing up for some visitors!
![teachers went trick-or-treating](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/5900515/large_zPGBMPQobfRYqIGqPEOwvg.jpeg)
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The Lee County Schools Board of Education is pleased to announce that the deadline to submit applications to serve as the school system's next superintendent has passed. The board received 17 applications from six different states, including North Carolina.
The applications will be processed by the North Carolina School Boards Association (NCSBA) and released to the board. The board looks forward to reviewing the applications and moving into the interview stage of the superintendent search process over the next several weeks.
![Superintendent Search](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/live_feed_image/image/5900474/large_Eb1ZBR0xfQxm5CmpBN6mPw.png)