Clayton High School

Johnston County Public Schools has released its 2025-2026 school year performance data, as reported by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), noting that the...

On Monday, August 24, 2026, students returned to 48 of the 50 Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) campuses for the first day of the 2026-2027 academic year. The traditional cale...

As Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) prepares for the 2026-2027 school year, parents and families are encouraged to take advantage of the district’s Back to School Basics webp...

Johnston County Public Schools will host a Summer Information Fair to help families prepare for a successful start to the 2026-2027 school year. On Monday, July 27, and Tuesday, ...

On July 14-16, 2026, Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) principals, assistant principals, and central office staff attended the 2026 Leadership Conference at Cleveland High. ...

Submitted by Kristen Martin, East Carolina University Public Communications Specialist, martinkr19@ecu.edu For three days, almost 100 rising high school juniors, seniors and r...

North Carolina is home to a large population of active duty, guard, reserve, and veteran armed services members, and the state’s public schools reflect that. In 2019, The North Ca...

On Friday, April 24, 2026, 220 athletes competed in the 2026 Special Olympics Johnston County Spring Games for middle and high schools. Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) had a...

The CHS NTHS recently hosted a clothing drive as their Spring act of community service. They collected several gently used clothing items and donated to Horne Memorial United Met...

On April 21, 2026, James Johnson was named Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) 2026 Teacher of the Year during the 32nd Annual Flame for Learning Award Ceremony. Johnson was one ...

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) held its third annual Early Contract Signing Celebration on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. This year’s celebration hosted 18 JCPS educators sign...

FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) club had 38 students compete at the state level in March. Each student planned and developed projects that addressed impo...

Clayton High School hosted the All County Unified Track Meet. Our Clayton Comet Team won the meet earning 26 points overall. This is the 3rd Year in a row that the Comet Unified T...

Greensboro, NC – Members of the Clayton High School chapter of North Carolina DECA joined over 6,000 high school business, finance, hospitality and marketing students at the annua...

Students from the Interact Club volunteered at the Harbor's Black & White Gala. These were the words from Dr. Eddie Price to describe these students' work: "It is quite impressive...

The 2026 Showcase of Stars was, once again, a year to remember as 1,229 students from 40 Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) took to the stage over four performances at the John...

Our hard working CHS Battle of the Books team competed in competition of 16 books pre-selected by NC School Library Association. The competition took place in Smithfield, NC and w...

On Saturday, March 7, 2026, Clayton NJROTC competed at their first Drill Meet of the season. The Comets placed in the following Drill Events: 2nd Place - Regulation Platoon Armed...

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) honored 26 employees in various roles throughout the school district at the inaugural Spotlight on Excellence Employee of the Year Ceremony o...

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2026 Summer Feeding Program. The JCPS School Nutrition Program will, once again,...