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by Tori Hamby Fighting juvenile diabetes is a team effort, and students at a Mountain Island middle school have united to take on that challenge. A police escort and the… Read more »

by Tori Hamby Local high school students are working toward making education more accessible for children living in the fledgling country of South Sudan. West Mecklenburg High School is teaming… Read more »

Rio Jones, a first-grader at Mountain Island Elementary, hosted a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)-themed party for her seventh birthday. Molecular Madeleine from Mad Science Group, a children’s science… Read more »

MOUNT HOLLY – Mount Holly’s Ida B. Rankin Elementary placed third among 13 Gaston County elementary schools at the county’s Math Masters Competition on Feb. 15 at Hawks Nest Intermediate… Read more »

CHARLOTTE – Coulwood Middle School asks area professionals to consider volunteering at its annual career fair March 29. Volunteers will be asked to talk about various facets of their careers,… Read more »

CHARLOTTE – Two Mountain Island area students took home honors at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Regional Science & Engineering Fair held Feb. 4 at UNC Charlotte. Special award winners include: • Caroline… Read more »

MOUNT HOLLY – The East Gaston High School Booster Club has scheduled its fifth Annual Golf Tournament for April 21. Registration begins at 7 a.m., with a tee time of… Read more »

GASTONIA – Hundreds of Gaston County Schools students received winter coats as part of a local winter coat donation campaign. The Third Annual Coats for Kids Campaign, a combined effort… Read more »

CHARLOTTE – The West Mecklenburg High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association holds its annual barbecue fundraiser March 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Chopped barbecue or barbecue chicken plates, provided by… Read more »

Gaston College holds a Career & College Promise information session for prospective students and their families March 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the college’s Myers Center Auditorium, 201… Read more »