Moore County's 2022-2023 page

On April 27, we held our annual banquet to honor the top educators throughout our district. We are thrilled to announce our 2023-24 Alternate Teacher of the Year is Mark Hildreth, our 2023-24 Teacher of the Year is Jennifer Blake, and our 2023-24 Principal of the Year is Debbie Warren.

The National Jr. Beta Clubs at Highfalls Elementary School (K-8), New Century Middle School and Westmoore Elementary School (K-8) competed at the North Carolina Jr. Beta Club State Convention. The competition was held at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, N.C. from January 29-31, 2023. Students who placed in the top five for each category earned a spot to compete at the National Jr. Beta Club Convention, which will be held at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, KY in June 2023.

For the people who bring them to life on stage, true stories, ghost stories and folk tales are all the same: every detail matters. That’s especially true for theater students from North Moore and Union Pines who competed in Greensboro this week at the N.C. Theatre Conference’s State High School Play Festival. Part March Madness, part Academy Awards for student dramatists, the festival gives each time just 45 minutes to set up, perform a one-act production and then strike the stage.

Westmoore Elementary, Aberdeen Elementary, and Vass-Lakeview Elementary were awarded a North Carolina Schools Go Outside (GO) Grant from the North Carolina Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council.

Moore County Schools has reached a historically high student enrollment as of its first official head count this year.

With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind it, Moore County Schools is under pressure to make up for time lost to quarantines and virtual learning.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) today released the Moore County Schools School Performance Grades and other accountability measurements for the 2021-22 school year.

Moore County Schools Police officers Chris Coleman and TJ Hawthorne issued clear and concise commands to the shooter: “Drop your gun! Put it down! Do it now! Put it down!”

More than 300 Moore County Schools elementary teachers will spend the next two years learning more about how their students learn to read.

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.”

Dr. Mary Hemphill, Chief Academic Officer at N.C. Department of Public Instruction, was the keynote speaker today at the Moore Engaged conference for middle and high school teachers and staff at West Pine Middle School. ​ Dr. Hemphill presented on the topic of how to "Future Proof" leadership mindsets to reconnect, reestablish and refresh our role as educators and mentors with a post-pandemic generation.

Moore County Schools announces district-wide Teacher and Principal of the Year for the upcoming school year during a banquet held at Pinehurst Country Club on Thursday, April 28.

A troupe of 19 theater students from North Moore High arrived last month as newcomers to the International Thespian Festival. But just five days later, they had made their mark and carried off one of the festival’s top acting awards into the bargain.