Clayton High School

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,...

Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) held its annual job fair at Smithfield-Selma High, with nearly 450 pre-registrations and applicants from as far as Ohio, Minnesota, Washingto...

The Navy NJROTC Area 5 Manager, LCDR Landis USN(Ret), conducted his annual Area Manager Inspection at Clayton High School on February 10th. This inspection is required annually ...

Congratulations to our newest National Technical Honor Society inductees! The inductees were: Molly Airington, Alethea Baildon, Ezekiel Balderrama, Karma Bowles, Ethan Collier, Ka...

On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at its regular monthly meeting, the Johnston County Board of Education recognized 11 exemplary educators of Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) wh...

On Saturday, 21 February 2026, Clayton NJROTC's Orienteering Team competed in the Cliffs of the Neuse Orienteering Meet. Cadet Mason Minger won 1st place in the Yellow Course Fema...

Students in Ms. Fraser's class worked on a project to represent federalism in cake format. Did you know that you can use types of cake to describe different types of Federalism? B...

Construction on the new Clayton High School has officially begun as the first foundations have been poured. The Johnston County Board of Education hosted a groundbreaking ceremony...