Johnston County Public Schools

JCPS principals Lyndsey Dunn (McGee's Crossroads Elementary), Dr. Ryan Ewell (Cleveland Elementary), and LaShunda Faison (Smithfield Middle) recently completed the Distinguished ...

Clayton High class of 2024 graduate Dominic Pegues was recently awarded the prestigious Sam Narron Baseball Award. The award celebrates a Johnston County high school senior baseb...

Brad Betterton, Athletic Director at Archer Lodge Middle, recently received the inaugural Middle School Athletic Director of Excellence Award from the North Carolina Athletic Dire...

Ashley Holloman has been selected as the JCPS 2024 Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. She has served as an agriculture education teacher and Future Farmers of Ame...

Gabrielle Chestnut, a senior at Smithfield-Selma High was awarded the Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) JoCo TEACH Scholarship. Chestnut received $30,000 to attend her colleg...

On Thursday, May 30, 2024, Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) broke ground on the exciting, new additions to Cooper Academy. Current students and their parents, former studen...

Character Education is a priority for Johnston County Public Schools. Through a variety of means, schools in the district promote character education through rewards, bulletin boa...

Melody Casey has worked in Johnston County Public Schools for 15 years in multiple positions. Her footprints are found in several of our schools, as well as the Central Office. ...

Innovation Academy Head Custodian Russell Holder, Jr. was named the May 2024 Classified Employee of the Month. His unwavering work ethic, positive attitude, warm smile, friendly d...

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) Superintendent Dr. Eric C. Bracy has been named the 2024-2025 Central Carolina RESA (CCRESA) Superintendent of the Year. Dr. Bracy was presen...

Johnston County Public Schools is pleased to announce graduation ceremony dates for our high schools for the 2023-2024 school year. For questions regarding a specific ceremony, pl...

April 9, 2024 JC Board of Education Meeting Actions The Johnston County Board of Education held their regular session meeting on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Below is a list of agen...

March 12, 2024 JC Board of Education Meeting Actions The Johnston County Board of Education held their regular session meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Below is a list of ag...

February 13, 2024 JC Board of Education Meeting Actions The Johnston County Board of Education held their regular session meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Below is a list...

On April 23, 2024, Nick Rotenberry, a fourth-grade English Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Polenta Elementary, was named Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) 2024 Tea...

On Thursday and Friday, April 18-19, 2024, the Johnston County Special Olympics Spring Games were held at Smithfield-Selma High. The Spring Games is an annual event offering trac...

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) inducted its 16th class of dedicated athletes, coaches, and support personnel to the school district’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Ap...

Character Education is a priority for Johnston County Public Schools. Through a variety of means, schools in the district promote character education through rewards, bulletin boa...

On Thursday, April 11, 2024, James Faggart, Jr., a teacher at Corinth Holders High was named JCPS 2023-2024 Outstanding First Year Teacher of the Year. The celebration was held at...

This is Carolina Romero’s first year at Princeton Elementary School, and someone recently asked, “What did we do before Carolina?” A more telling question is “What were we not doi...