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Our school community came out to support students at our first quarter student-led conferences on Friday, October 31. Thank you for continuing to support our students!

During its October 28, 2025, Special Session meeting, the Johnston County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the plans for the highly anticipated Clayton High School r...

Congratulations to our students who were recognized for demonstrating "Perseverance" during the month of October! Great job boys & girls!

Cooper Academy families enjoyed a perfect fall morning for our annual bike/walk to school day. A HUGE thanks to the Clayton Police Department for providing a safe escort to schoo...

A HUGE thanks to our PTA and volunteers for helping coordinate this event for our school community!

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...

Click here to access the Cooper Academy School Supply Lists for 2025-2026

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!