PSRC Monthly Newsletter

The Public Schools of Robeson County school district has a variety of job openings and we are looking for qualified individuals to join not just our team, but our PSRC family!

PSRC is hosting a career fair event on Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 9 a.m. to noon at Lumberton Senior High School located at 3901 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton.

For more information about the career fair, contact Nakeia Mckiver via email at nakeia.mckiver@robeson.k12.nc.us. To learn more about job openings or to apply today, click the following link: https://robeson.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

Teams from Fayetteville Academy, CIS Academy and schools across PSRC competed recently in the Robeson Robotics Exhibition at Lumberton Senior High School.

“This is the first event we have had with all three robotics programs (for elementary, middle and high school grades) at one location at one time,” said PSRC Science Supervisor Susan Miller-Hendrix.

Students could be seen programming their robots and waiting eagerly to engage in competition with their peers. Each challenge included specific goals or obstacles to be met by robots.

“I hope that they can see robotics from the beginning to the end,” Miller-Hendrix said, referring to a student’s start in a robotics program in elementary school and their completion in a high school program.

“This has been something that we have wanted in our district since I came on in 2017,” she said.

Read more here.

A local school here is among 29 schools across the state that were awarded funding as part of House Bill 259. Schools that received funding exceeded expected growth during the 2022-2023 school year and were identified as at least 80% economically disadvantaged.

Oxendine Elementary School was allocated $113,611 in PRC251-Economically Disadvantaged Public School Support Funds.

“This is a major story of turnaround work and exceptional instructional leadership,” said PSRC Superintendent Dr. Freddie Williamson. “This is an opportunity to thank staff members, students, families and other stakeholders for their hard work and dedication to the school and community.”

Read more here.

Dr. Freddie Williamson, Superintendent of the Public Schools of Robeson County, was awarded the North Carolina Association of School Administrators’ (NCASA) 2024 Raymond Sarbaugh Leadership Award during the NCASA 2024 Conference on Educational Leadership.

This award, named in honor of NCASA’s first full-time Executive Director, the late Raymond Sarbaugh, is given annually to an NCASA member who shows outstanding leadership in public school service, as well as a commitment to enhancing and supporting the efforts of fellow public school administrators.

Read more here.

Two local educators have received grant funding to help learning and STEM concepts come alive in their classrooms.

Dr. Philippe John Sipacio, a multilingual learner educator at East Robeson Primary School and Long Branch Elementary School, and Kayla Hendrix, a Peterson Elementary School educator, were both awarded grant funds from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s PRISM (Promoting Innovation in Science and Mathematics) Awards.

Read more here.

Students who had the highest points gained in Math, English, and Reading through ACT Apex Tutorials were presented certificates and prizes recently for their achievements! Students at high schools across the district who took the Apex ACT High School Challenge were eligible for prizes as an incentive to prepare for ACT exams through Apex Tutorials.

Click here for a full list and photos of winners!

Several local FFA members showed off their skills at the Lumber River FFA Federation Competition held in March at Purnell Swett High School.

The competition consisted of multiple challenges that local FFA members in Fairmont, Lumberton, Purnell Swett and St. Pauls high schools competed in such as job interviews, tool identification, public speaking and more.

Read more here.

Click here to access meeting highlights from March.

Families were hard at work building heart models during the PSRC Heart STEAM Family Night event where PSRC students and their families learned all about their hearts and how to keep them healthy during Heart Month.

Families followed the lead of PSRC Science Supervisor Susan Miller-Hendrix as she shared instructions on making models of heart chambers that pumped from one chamber to another at the Feb. 29 event at the Southeastern NC Agricultural Events Center. The models were made from plastic bottles, straws and modeling clay.

Read more here.

NC Senator Danny Britt and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt presented the Public Schools of Robeson County with a $12 million check for the Robeson Career and Technical Education Center, Planetarium and Science Center.

The check presentation took place on Monday, March 4, 2024, during a special meeting of the Public Schools of Robeson County Board of Education.

“I just wanted to let you know that Robeson County has recently been awarded an additional $12 million under the Needs-Based Construction Fund funding,” Senator Britt told PSRC Board of Education members. “This again will help to build what will be a $72 million building for Robeson County.”

Read more here.

Beasley Media Group’s “Driven 2 Excel” program, sponsored by Lumberton Honda and Piedmont Natural Gas, is a community enhancement campaign designed to reward high school seniors in Robeson County who achieve high levels of academic achievement and exemplary attendance records throughout the 2023-2024 school year.

In conjunction with the Public Schools of Robeson County and other community partners, Beasley Media Group has joined with local dealerships and businesses to reward qualifying students with fantastic incentives for scholastic performance.

The event will take place on May 9. Qualifying seniors will be notified by their schools.

The event will take place at 6 p.m. at the Southeastern NC Agricultural Events Center. More details will follow!