Schools (K-12)

by . Adkin High School Walkout 1951 Kinston, NC by the North Carolina Arts Council. Originally published in African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina, copyright 2013. Republished [...] (from North Carolina Arts Council.)

by Kuhl, Paul E. The North Carolina Advancement School in Winston-Salem was one of the education initiatives of Governor Terry Sanford (1961-65), who conceived it as a counterpart to the Gifted and Talented Programs [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hill, Steven. Alford, Arthur Stafford “Ott” (December 30, 1929-April 23, 1982) by Steven A. Hill, 2019 Published with permission. For personal educational use and not for further [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)

by Williams, Wiley J. The Appalachian Industrial School was a coed grammar school founded in Penland in 1912 by Episcopal minister Rufus Morgan. Sponsored by the Diocese of Western North Carolina of the Episcopal Church, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wright, Ann S. Asheville Normal and Collegiate Institute was an outgrowth of the Home Industrial School, an elementary school started in 1887 by Louis M. Pease and his wife. The Peases directed the school, and [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Pruden, William H., III. Asheville School by William H. Pruden III, 2006 See also: Private [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J. In 1878 Samuel Lloyd Sheep, a Pennsylvanian who had recently arrived in Elizabeth City, opened the Elizabeth City Academy. The history of the academy in its earliest years is unknown, but records [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Wadelington, Charles W. Bennett College is a historically black, private, liberal arts university for women located in Greensboro. It is one of only two women’s HBCUs in the United States and has connection to the United [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Cross, Jerry L. The Caldwell Institute, originally located in Guilford County, grew out of the determined effort of the Presbyterian Church to establish a school providing a classical education imbued with Christian [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Stoesen, Alexander R. Caldwell School by Alexander R. Stoesen, 2006; Revised by SLNC Government and Heritage Library, July 2023 See also: Private Education The David Caldwell School, also known as "Log [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hill, Michael. Carolina Christian College, a precursor of present-day Barton College in Wilson, was established by the Disciples of Christ in 1893 in the Pitt County town of Ayden, where it operated until 1903. By [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Rankin, Richard. Charlotte Country Day School, the oldest independent school in Mecklenburg County, was founded in 1941. The school began with 18 students in the preschool through sixth grades and met in the home of [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Agan, Kelly, Ashley, Stephen. Brown, Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Hawkins Brown: Singing Her Own Song By Stephen Ashley and Kelly Agan, N.C. Government & Heritage Library, 2020 From the NCpedia K-8 [...] (from NCpedia K-8 Collection.)

by Martin, James I., Sr. Chowan College, a four-year institution affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, is located in Murfreesboro in the northeastern part of the state. The college traces its [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Troxler, George W. Clio's Nursery, established by pioneer Presbyterian minister James Hall, was a successful eighteenth-century classical academy located in what is now east-central Iredell County, about ten miles [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)