
March 1, 2024
SOUTHERN PINES, NC – It is a banner day in Cavalier Country as the Southern Lee Men’s Bowling Team rolled through the State Finals, knocking off the two-time defending champions f...

March 1, 2024
2024-2025 Approved Calendars : Traditional | Tramway | LEC 2025-2026 Approved Calendars : Traditional | Tramway | LEC SANFORD, NC – The Lee County Board of Edu...

March 1, 2024
Floyd L. Knight, The Children's Center, is now accepting enrollments in its developmental day program for the upcoming school year.
For more information, contact Floyd L. Knigh...

March 1, 2024
SANFORD, NC – SanLee Middle School sixth-grade student, Alexus Brewer, while perhaps the quietest of the contestants in this year’s Lee County Schools Spelling Bee, smiled the wi...

March 1, 2024
The month of January is designated as School Board Appreciation Month across the country. School boards are tasked with such a critical role in the educational process, and many t...

March 1, 2024
J. Glenn Edwards students continued to shine brightly in the second quarter of the year. To help drive staff focus on the School Improvement Plan goals, Principal Emily Mize and h...

March 1, 2024
SANFORD, NC – Thanks to the School Safety Grant Program through the Center for Safer Schools, Lee County Schools has been awarded $300,000 to improve school safety across the dist...

January 24, 2024
SANFORD, NC – The crisp air carried the brilliance of an autumn sunrise through the fall foliage of the Sandhills. Students from Southern Lee and Lee County High Schools' Career &...

January 24, 2024
What might have seemed like an ordinary end-of-the-day afternoon to many observers outside Deep River Elementary School this past Wednesday was anything but ordinary for a grou...

January 24, 2024
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday break, 12 students and their club advisors visited Sanford Health & Rehabilitation Center to pass out some Thanksgiving goodie bags to the r...

January 24, 2024
On Tuesday night in front of a standing-room only crowd in the Jimmy L. Love Sr. Board Room, Dr. Chris Dossenbach officially took the oath of office to serve as the next Superi...

January 24, 2024
SANFORD, NC - Thursday saw over 300 students from across central North Carolina pile into the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center to compete in the annual District 4 DECA (Distributiv...

January 24, 2024
SANFORD, NC – Southern Lee High School students involved in business, finance, and leadership groups got the opportunity to hear from the state’s Secretary of State, Elaine Mars...

January 24, 2024
Robert Newby is the 2023 Lee County Schools Principal of the Year. He is a passionate educator and so proud to be the Principal at East Lee Middle School here in his hometown, San...

January 24, 2024
SANFORD, NC - “You are all my sparkles,” said Deep River Principal Amy Lundy to a packed gym filled with Deep River students, staff, and community guests as she held up a clea...

October 31, 2023
SANFORD, NC – Lee County Schools was honored to recognize eight students from the district as Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars, as recognized by the College Board. Five students f...

October 31, 2023
SANFORD, N.C. — Lee Early College, a public high school in Sanford, has been named one of the nation’s 2023-24 Best High Schools by U.S. News, an accolade the school has received ...

October 31, 2023
Ms. Charlotte Hoffler, an exceptional children (EC) teacher at Greenwood Elementary, has been chosen as Lee County Schools EC Educator of Excellence for 2023. She will now represe...

October 31, 2023
A slightly nervous but confident Robert Newby took over as Principal at East Lee Middle School in July 2022. A little over a year later, he was selected by his peer principals in ...