Our middle school AVID PLT had an amazing afternoon of collaboration and learning! Thank you to Brandi Bragg from NENC Career Pathways for your time and resources! Our crews word for the year is “direction” and we are charting our course as a team!

We love seeing AVID strategies district wide. All of our 6-8 science and social studies teachers are training on Interactive Notebooks this morning!! Awesome PCS_STEM @amitykea

Class contracts and AVID Binder setups happening all across The Lake! We’re diving deep on day 2! 🐸 #STEM Jessica A PCS_STEM

During our Professional Learning Day, our staff committed themselves to learning more about inquiry. Our Instructional Advancement Team (Mr. Fussell, Mrs. Higgins, Ms. Slade) led by Mr. Jester did an amazing job!

Thank you Pitt County Schools Board of Education for recognizing Jordyn Hill’s selection as AVID student speaker. We are so proud of her! A PCS first! Farmville Central High School Farmville Middle Dr. Steve M. Lassiter Jr.

Awesome AVID contract signing night at Ayden-Grifton HS

Great to see families making SMART goals together! Awesome AVID signing night at Hope Middle School

Congratulations to Dr. Dr. Steve M. Lassiter Jr. appointed tonight as the newest Pitt County Schools superintendent 🎉🎉🎉🎉

These secondary AVID site coordinators in Pitt County Schools are extraordinary leaders! Thankful to spend the day with them learning and planning for continued growth!

Last Friday our staff held an Instructional Round Debrief and the IECHS Instructional Advancement Team lead a great PD on inquiry. Thank you Mr. Grant, Mr. Fussell, Mr. Jester, Ms Powell, and Ms. Slade for presenting to our teachers

Congrats to Cedric Blow (Pitt County Schools) and Beryl Torrence (Kannapolis City Schools) for being nominated by Governor Josh Stein for the 2024 RISE Award! 🎉 This award recognizes classified school employees for exemplary service. They will also compete for national recognition this spring.

Excited to be here in Dallas for AVID National Conference! #AVIDNatCon

We had the opportunity to present twice about our AVID PLT process in Pitt County Schools Thanks to Wellcome Middle teacher Ms. Candaso and Mrs. Ange from Hope Middle School For sharing their hard work with their colleagues back home to make our systems tight! #AVIDNatCon

Congratulations Rachel Candaso AVID elective teacher at Wellcome Middle she was recognized today as the 2025 Northeast Regional Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Michael Cannon at Farmville Middle who is the WITN Teacher of the Week! Mr. Cannon is a former AVID tutor who is now 15 year veteran teacher who implements AVID strategies in his classroom everyday!

We are honored to present our school board with this proclamation of appreciation from the AVID CEO, because of their collective agency all students have the opportunity to thrive!

We are so proud of you! Wellcome Middle

Tune in tomorrow to cheer on our very own AVID elective teacher from Wellcome Middle Ms. Rachel Candaso who is a finalist for NC Teacher of the Year! 🎉🎉🎉

🎉🎉AVID elective teacher Rachel Candaso!!!

Wellcome Middle School was filled with excitement and pride as students, staff, and community members gathered to celebrate a remarkable achievement — Rachel Candaso, a beloved educator in Pitt County, was named the 2025 North Carolina’s Teacher of the Year!