![Thrive & Triunfar Double Graphic for May 1, 2024](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_04d54d75-5315-408f-9aac-97e7b04aca5b.jpeg)
May 1, 2024
THRIVE | End-of-Year Testing on the way across the District In this edition of THRIVE, the regular, bite-sized updates from Lee County Schools, Dr. Dossenbach highlights the valu...
![Students at Southern Lee and Lee County got the Red Carpet treatment from CCCC Staff to get a headstart on classes in the fall.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_c8e2c029-dbeb-44a6-aa17-022d382540c5.jpeg)
May 1, 2024
SANFORD, NC - A strip of bright red carpet and dozens of smiling Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) staff greeted many seniors at Lee County and Southern Lee High Schools ...
![Aimee Petrarca named West Lee Principal](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_2fc77d0d-84b6-4669-b622-59263db2a3ca.png)
April 23, 2024
SANFORD, NC – When students and staff return to West Lee Middle School to begin the 2024-2025 school year, they will be greeted by long-time Lee County Schools educator and vete...
![Candace Bloedorn, teacher at Greenwood, pictured with Alyssa G. who chose to draw her for her fourth-grade art project "Portraits of Gratitude."](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_e2c9f5f5-90fd-4a7b-8afc-dbb3d0359b51.jpeg)
April 15, 2024
LEMON SPRINGS, NC - Shauna McNeil’s art classes at Greenwood Elementary are always geared toward building student skills. Whether the skills are hands-on work with clay or concep...
![Thrive & Triunfar Double Graphic 4-10-24](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_8a7963d8-cdf0-4ba9-834e-4babfd9f0011.jpeg)
April 10, 2024
In this edition of THRIVE, the regular, bite-sized updates from Lee County Schools, we spotlight an award for J. Glenn Edwards service to military families and district-wide compe...
![JGE Students raise the flag under the direction of Fort Liberty servicemen during a flag retirement ceremony.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_8682df1d-76fc-4fc8-adee-e29728307635.png)
March 27, 2024
SANFORD, NC – J. Glenn Edwards Elementary School of Lee County Schools became the first school in the district to earn the Purple Star Award designation from the North Carolina D...
![LCS announces five leadership position changes across the district.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_ca98e3a5-21e5-49d5-8527-fe638f870111.png)
March 13, 2024
SANFORD, NC – Following the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday night, Superintendent Dr. Chris Dossenbach announced several administrative changes for the 2024-2025 school ye...
![Lee County Schools has updated its policy on wireless communication devices like cell phones](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_e5958a12-9009-4cda-926c-578980eb8969.png)
March 1, 2024
The Lee County Board of Education recently updated Policy 4138 which regulates student use of cell phones and other wireless communication devices.
This update reinforces the ...
![BT Bullock Chess Team celebrates their victory in the first Elementary Chess Championship](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_c58e9aa2-d291-4d7f-8786-e12337fc09bb.png)
March 1, 2024
LEMON SPRINGS, NC – As unlikely as it may have seemed when their bus pulled up with just seven students instead of the full complement of eight for a team due to illness, B.T. Bul...
![Southern Lee Bowling team poses with State Championship Trophy.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_f9b3644d-7527-4840-a47a-c209f82ceff9.png)
March 1, 2024
SOUTHERN PINES, NC – It is a banner day in Cavalier Country as the Southern Lee Men’s Bowling Team rolled through the State Finals, knocking off the two-time defending champions f...
![Students study phonetics with Kindergarten teacher Ms. Pardo](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_9500e72e-a1da-4aad-a0fa-f53b0c9fce1a.png)
March 1, 2024
2024-2025 Approved Calendars : Traditional | Tramway | LEC 2025-2026 Approved Calendars : Traditional | Tramway | LEC SANFORD, NC – The Lee County Board of Edu...
![FLK Preschool Enrollment Graphic](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_6f5c1886-59b9-4cea-809b-9869cdd65020.png)
March 1, 2024
Floyd L. Knight, The Children's Center, is now accepting enrollments in its developmental day program for the upcoming school year.
For more information, contact Floyd L. Knigh...
![Alexus Brewer accepts the 2024 District Spelling Bee Trophy](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_cfaa1705-f7bd-483f-88b2-3cbe5c870cf9.png)
March 1, 2024
SANFORD, NC – SanLee Middle School sixth-grade student, Alexus Brewer, while perhaps the quietest of the contestants in this year’s Lee County Schools Spelling Bee, smiled the wi...
![LCS Celebrates School Board Appreciation Month in January 2024](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_96743117-ed24-4f91-ba27-6bc44b66ec64.png)
March 1, 2024
The month of January is designated as School Board Appreciation Month across the country. School boards are tasked with such a critical role in the educational process, and many t...
![J. Glenn Edwards celebrates Glow Getters Day](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_f3891373-163e-4678-bbef-f9aa3c131a2f.png)
March 1, 2024
J. Glenn Edwards students continued to shine brightly in the second quarter of the year. To help drive staff focus on the School Improvement Plan goals, Principal Emily Mize and h...
![SRO Owenby at Tramway poses with a student dressed like him for Halloween](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_146af161-742d-4c86-8058-524d53266a8d.png)
March 1, 2024
SANFORD, NC – Thanks to the School Safety Grant Program through the Center for Safer Schools, Lee County Schools has been awarded $300,000 to improve school safety across the dist...
![LCS & Community Leaders join together to break ground on two Habitat for Humanity Houses being built by LCHS and SLHS students in Construction Tech classes](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_d48d02aa-36b6-47f0-b7ed-273dce6d67f0.png)
January 24, 2024
SANFORD, NC – The crisp air carried the brilliance of an autumn sunrise through the fall foliage of the Sandhills. Students from Southern Lee and Lee County High Schools' Career &...
![Deep River students come together for Cooking with Kindness Club](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_aa89b46e-c079-4f14-8e06-cb4ce403132c.png)
January 24, 2024
What might have seemed like an ordinary end-of-the-day afternoon to many observers outside Deep River Elementary School this past Wednesday was anything but ordinary for a grou...
![East Lee students visit rest home to spread Thanksgiving cheer](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_d03d10f5-fbc6-41e9-9c51-e6278d31f7cb.png)
January 24, 2024
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday break, 12 students and their club advisors visited Sanford Health & Rehabilitation Center to pass out some Thanksgiving goodie bags to the r...
![Dr. Chris Dossenbach takes his oath of office as he is sworn in as the new Superintendent of Lee County Schools](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/lee_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_16925b01-266a-4742-a144-446f3b2ef603.png)
January 24, 2024
On Tuesday night in front of a standing-room only crowd in the Jimmy L. Love Sr. Board Room, Dr. Chris Dossenbach officially took the oath of office to serve as the next Superi...