The Polk County Board of Education has approved the selection of Danielle Gibbs to fill the vacancy left by the recent passing of former board chairman Geoffrey M. Tennant.Read More

The Polk County Board of Education has approved the selection of Danielle Gibbs to fill the vacancy left by the recent passing of former board chairman Geoffrey M. Tennant.Read More

Polk County Schools ranked second among the state's school districts for student performance on the annual exams in the 2018-19 school year. Across the district, 73.8 percent of all students met grade level proficiency on the state examsRead More

Polk County Schools ranked second among the state's school districts for student performance on the annual exams in the 2018-19 school year. Across the district, 73.8 percent of all students met grade level proficiency on the state examsRead More

Polk County Schools will hold a moment of silence on Thursday in honor of the late Geoffrey M. TennantRead More

The Polk County Community Foundation provided funding this summer for two student interns to work at the Polk County High School FarmRead More

Polk County High School will hold Senior Parent Night on Sept. 10, offering families of senior students a chance to learn more about preparing for life after high schoolRead More

A group of Polk County Middle School students studied the importance of water and taking care of our water resources during an AIG Summer Seminar offered by Polk County SchoolsRead More

North Carolina Secretary and State Chief Information Officer for the North Carolina Department of Information Technology Eric Boyette visited Stearns Education Center to distribute school supplies as part of a statewide programRead More

Five Polk County High School FFA students attended the 2019 Horticultural Science Summer Institute in mid-July on the campus of North Carolina State UniversityRead More

Some Polk County Middle School students decided to learn a little bit about chemistry and chocolate in a week-long camp taught by Polk County High School chemistry teacher Leslie RhinehartRead More

A group of area students had a chance to work on stop motion projects and similar efforts as part of the Learn, Explore, Create AIG Summer Seminar at Polk County Middle SchoolRead More

Steps to Hope recently received a Rotary Club of Tryon Foundation grant to hire two summer interns from Polk County High SchoolRead More

Tryon Elementary School invited students and their families to spend time visiting the school before the beginning of the academic yearRead More

A note to the citizens of Polk County and beyond from the family of Geoffrey M. TennantRead More