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Every day, our students learn through exploration, engage the community, and prepare for tomorrow. Our BCS Week in Review brings you these stories of achievement and success in Buncombe County Schools.
Brent Clements works on a vehicle as students watch.
POST OF THE WEEK: 🚗⚙️ Under the Hood of Belonging: Brent Clements Drives CTE Success at Enka High
 
For nearly 22 years, the hum of engines and the clatter of tools have been the soundtrack of Brent Clements’ classroom at Enka High School. But beyond the shop bays and diagnostic scanners, Clements has built something more powerful than a rebuilt transmission - he has created a place where students know they belong.
 
As Enka’s Automotive Technology Instructor, Clements has spent more than two decades helping students turn curiosity into career skills, all fostering an environment grounded in respect, patience, and real-world learning. His classroom is more than a workspace: it’s a launchpad for the future in the automotive industry and beyond.
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A collage of pictures showing staff and students dressed up in book character themes.
 
SCHOOL POST OF THE WEEK: North Buncombe Elementary School
 
Book Character Parade 2026! We love reading at NBES! #readathon #readalotrocketship #growinglearningsucceeding #ohtheplaces #GROW #beingourblackhawkbest #NBES #leadtheclimb
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SROs and other deputies jump into the pool.
🤿 The first-ever Buncombe County Special Olympics Polar Plunge took place Feb. 28 at the  Grant Southside Center pool to raise funds supporting competition, health services, and year-round sports training.
Four members of the team pose while wearing chef's jackets.
👩‍🍳 The members of the Erwin High School Junior Chef team call themselves the “Tastebud Trailblazers,” and their teamwork and tenacity turned out to be a recipe for success in the North Carolina Junior Chef Cookoff.
Students work on electrical components in a classroom.
 ⚡A new program will make it easier for North Carolina students to charge into a career in the electrical field.
Four students pose in front of one of the troll sculptures.
🤟 Students from the Deaf Education Program at Bell Elementary School brought their fairy tale unit to life.
Three students hold dresses in the media center.
🌎 Heritage Night at Koontz Intermediate School brought together more than 1,000 students, families, and staff.
A student waves from the front of a school bus.
🚌 At North Buncombe Middle School, love was rolling on wheels last month - one clean bus at a time.
Pricilla Lunsford poses in front of the Bookmobile.
📖 From the moment the BCS Foundation's Bookmobile arrives, excitement begins to build.
Two adults and a student smile while looking at a math activity in a classroom.
🧮 Students and families gathered after school at Sand Hill-Venable Elementary for a lively Math Festival.
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