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WCPSS literacy initiative has great potential – Level Up Literacy – and a new partner

Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is excited to launch a new literacy initiative Level Up Literacy. Level Up Literacy will be supported by local nonprofit partners Read and Feed and WakeEd Partnership for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year.   Read and Feed has operated their out-of-school time literacy, food security and book distribution […]

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Volunteers Needed to Support WakeTogether Tutoring Program

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Wake County Public School System students continue to flourish under a high-dosage tutoring model, but more volunteers are needed to help it continue to be successful. The program has a goal of expanding to 62 schools and needs a minimum of 150 additional volunteers to meet that goal this semester. Beyond this year, hundreds of

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WakeEd Celebrates Grand Re-Opening of Tools4Schools

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Joined by local elected officials and Wake County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Taylor, WakeEd Partnership today officially opened its new location for Tools4Schools, the nonprofit’s free classroom supply store for Wake County Public School teachers. The new building is 1816 Capital Boulevard in Raleigh on the site of the former Bobby Murray Chevrolet car

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WakeEd Partnership Announces New Career Pathways Program for Wake County Middle School Students

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RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd), a business-backed nonprofit organization committed to supporting teachers and students in Wake County, today announced the expansion of its “Accelerate” initiative with a new program for middle school students called Career Exploration. WakeEd’s Accelerate initiative partners area businesses with teachers and students to bring authentic, real-world learning experiences to

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Sheneika Simmons Joins WakeEd Partnership as Manager of Programs

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Student Registration Now Open for WakeEd Partnership’s “Career Accelerator” Summer 2022 Program

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WakeEd has opened registration for all Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) rising 10th – 12th graders who wish to participate this summer in a new workplace immersion program “Career Accelerator”. Career Accelerator, developed in partnership with the Wake County Public School System, will be offered to approximately 1,000 rising 10th –12th grade WCPSS students this summer at no cost to students and families.

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New Career Pathways Program for Wake County Students Seeking Business Partners for Summer and Fall 2022

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WakeEd is seeking business partners of any size and from all industry sectors throughout the Wake County area to support its new education and workforce development initiative “Accelerate” aimed at helping students explore career opportunities as well as the education and skills needed to get there.

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WakeEd Partnership Announces New Accelerate Initiative Focused on Career Pathways and Future-Ready Students

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WakeEd\’s Accelerate workforce development initiative brings together both new and existing programs that will help Wake County students become more future-ready for any career and college opportunity.

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WakeEd Partnership Awards Scholarships to Local Student Athletes

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WakeEd Partnership presented $162,500 in college scholarships to thirteen students from Apex High School and Green Hope High School.

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