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Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) has released its 2024-2025 school year performance data, as reported by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), noting t...

The 2025-2026 school year was ushered in with enthusiasm and optimism for the thousands of Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) students and staff. On Monday, August 25, 2025, th...

Mark your calendars now for the 11th Annual Back to School Youth Explosion Event hosted by Clayton High School on August 10, 2025 from 2:00-5:00pm. There will be free backpacks,...

A HUGE thank you to our students/staff, representatives from the Poe Center and volunteers from Novo Nordisk for planting our community garden this spring in our raised beds! The...

We're so excited to shared that part of the ongoing addition and renovation project at Cooper Academy includes some updates to our landscaping at the front of the school to addres...

Greetings Cooper Academy families! We’re looking forward to meeting our new Cooper Academy Rocket students and families in the 2025-2026 school year. Here is some important inf...

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The Cooper Academy Addition & Renovation Project will add 22 additional classrooms spaces for our students & teachers along with establishing connector hallways to enclose our cam...

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 JCPS held the annual Flame for Learning reception to recognize the 20 teachers selected as Semi-Finalists for JCPS Teacher of the Year. Congratulations...

On Friday, April 25th students at Cooper Academy were engaged with Career Exploration stations coordinated by our school counselor with community partners. Some of the learning s...

Students enjoyed planting seeds and plants in our raised garden beds at Cooper Academy in the courtyard with our tremendous community partners from Novo Nordisk & the Poe Center. ...

On Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Clayton High School conducted their annual Senior Walk at the Clayton area feeder schools. We wish the 2025 Senior Class the best!

On April 22, 2025, William Marshall, an American History and Economics and Personal Finance teacher at West Johnston High, was named Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) 2025 Tea...

Cooper Academy students learned about some Town of Clayton history today during the puppet show presented by our Clayton Woman's Club. We appreciate this group of volunteers spen...

Congratulation to Olivia Creech for being selected by JCPS to attend the Early Contract Signing Event! We're excited for Ms. Creech to join the Cooper Academy team!

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) held its second annual teacher signing day. The event, mirrored after a sports contract signing ceremony, recogn...

On Saturday, March 1, 2025, Johnston County Public Schools (JCPS) held its annual job fair at Smithfield-Selma High. The event welcomed more than 200 people from as close as John...

Johnston County Public Schools is pleased to announce graduation ceremony dates for our high schools for the 2024-2025 school year. For questions regarding a specific ceremony, pl...

We are proud to announce the 54 recipients of the 17th annual Leading with the Heart Award! The award, inspired by legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski’s book, “Leading with the He...

Whether you’re rooting for the Chiefs or Eagles we loved seeing our students & staff dressed up in their favorite Super Bowl Spirit Week gear during our theme days. Mon, Feb...