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 [...] (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.)

by Wall, James W. The Cokesbury School, the first Methodist-sponsored school in North Carolina, was built near Aquila Phelps's horse ford on the Yadkin River in eastern Rowan (now Davie) County in about 1790. It was [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Williams, Wiley J. Concordia College was established in Conover in 1877 as Concordia High School by the Lutherans of the Tennessee Synod. It was converted into a college in 1881. The college began as a ministerial [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hill, Michael. Crowfield Academy, a classical school in what is today Iredell County, was operated by Presbyterians from about 1760 to 1788. Although the school trained many prominent men, records pertaining to its [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Anderson, Jean B. Durham Academy, a private, independent day school in Durham, was begun in 1933 by Mrs. George Watts Hill for the education of her children and the children of her friends. The school initially [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Remsburg, Robert L., III. Elise Academy and High School was located in northern Moore County in what became the town of Robbins. Lacking funds, Moore County was unable to build a high school in the area in the 1890s. Local [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Jones, H. G. The establishment of high schools early in the twentieth century, though an important educational advance, benefited only a small fraction of North Carolina's school-age children-most of whom lived [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Barefoot, Daniel W. The Fassifern School, a noted preparatory school for girls, was established in Lincolnton in 1907 by Catherine Cameron Shipp, the daughter of state attorney general William Marcus Shipp. From 1898 to [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Howard, Jeffrey Allen. Fayetteville Academy by Jeffrey Allen Howard, 2006 Fayetteville Academy was chartered in 1791 and incorporated in 1799. The school, the first in Fayetteville, was headed by Presbyterian [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Otterbourg, Ken. Germanton Academy was established in 1810 as a private school in Germanton, the county seat of what was then Stokes County. (In 1849 the county was divided and the southern part became Forsyth [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)

by Hake, Rachel, Ellis, Charles B. Goldsboro Female College See Also: North Carolina Women's Colleges by Rachel Hake and Charles B. Ellis, 2006 Goldsboro Female College began in 1854 as Wayne Female College in Goldsboro. [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)