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- Julie Thompson | RRGSD
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This past week in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District has been filled with celebrations, recognition, and meaningful opportunities for our students, teachers, and community.
This past week in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District has been filled with celebrations, recognition, and meaningful opportunities for our students, teachers, and community.
As we have fully moved into the fall season by turning back our clocks, raking our leaves, exchanging Halloween decorations for Thanksgiving or Christmas ones, and completing our first quarter of the school year, our students across the district have had another fulfilling week of growing and learning.
Back in the 1990s, unbeknownst to my bosses at what was the Roanoke Rapids Daily and Sunday Herald, I would steal away to Jackson before an evening Northampton County Board of Commissioners meeting and spend time in a small office that housed the now-defunct Northampton News.
Our Yellow Jacket community has been buzzing with activities and achievements, and I am so excited to share highlights from the past week.
Tonight I can get back to my normal sleep habits.