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Jeanna White

Jeanna White is a writer for the Mebane Charitable Foundation in Mocksville. Ten years as a substitute teacher for students from preschool through high school has given her a unique perspective and passion for education. White graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism.

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Perspective | Apply now: Mebane Foundation offers 35 $1,500 classroom start-up grants to first-year teachers grades K-3

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Setting up a classroom is expensive — ask any veteran teacher who has spent years scouring thrift shops and yard...

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Perspective | Davie County preschool teachers share ideas and support through community PLC group

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Stephanie Nelson, Davie County’s preschool collaborative teacher, asked teachers these questions during February’s community preschool professional learning community (PLC) meeting...

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Perspective | Book Harvest’s Dream Big book drive

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“Everyone needs to become a good reader so that when they are an adult they will have a better life,”...

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Perspective | Kindergarten readiness showing tremendous gains in Davie County

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Kindergarten readiness in Davie County has already shown tremendous gains in just the first two years of DavieLEADS, according to...

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Perspective | Mebane Foundation grant supports Wolfpack Literacy Partnership and Yadkin County Schools

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“What would it take to get every single student in Yadkin County Schools reading on or above grade level? And...

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Brookstone graduates ‘giving back’ by returning as camp counselors

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Ohana is Hawaiian for family, and for camp counselor Nataevia Dowling, that family includes the students and staff at Brookstone...

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Mebane Foundation grant helping Bookmarks deliver thousands of new books to school libraries

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They are piled on tables, stacked in boxes, and filling up the small back room, but the employees at Bookmarks...

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Davie students sharpening literacy skills at 2019 Read to Achieve camp

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Can 16 days transform a child’s educational experience? One hundred forty-four Davie County students are finding out as they attend...

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DavieLEADS brings Letterland to faith-based pre-K classrooms across Davie County

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As the opening notes of the Letterland theme song began to play, 50 excited preschoolers dressed as their favorite Letterland...

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Cognitive ToyBox: Achieving early literacy in Davie County

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Davie County Schools is continuing to make strides in addressing key challenges to kindergarten readiness. Through DavieLEADS, a partnership with...

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Yadkin County Schools and Mebane Foundation strengthen partnership

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Based on the early success of a two-year $100,000 partnership between Yadkin County Schools, the Mebane Foundation, and Unifi, the...

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Make and take: DavieLEADS supporting early literacy teachers in Davie County

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For two hours on a Monday afternoon, the Central Davie gym resembled a workshop. Seated at long tables, teachers were...