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Artichokes are green vegetables native to the Mediterranean region and are often a key feature in Mediterranean cuisine. They may seem intimidating to prepare but require simple steaming and offer many health benefits. They are particularly high in protein and fiber.

This morning we had our 🍂Fall Festival🍁. Students walked through the 👻Haunted Halls of ENCSD🕸 knocking on doors and trick-or-treating🍬🍭🍫, painted pumpkins🎃, got their faces painted, played many games, and went on a hay ride.

The high school students had a bear-y🐻❄️good time visiting the NC Zoo in Asheboro! Activities included: howling with the wolves 🐺, buzzing around the honeybee 🐝exhibit, and attempting to teach the gorillas 🦍 ASL.

🏅Our students received academic awards this morning. Congratulate them on their outstanding achievements!🏅

What an honor to host the 2024 Girls Volleyball Mason Dixon Tournament! We already miss the lovely teams and staff from ASD, KSD, MSD, and TSD. But we still have so many sweet memories!

🍁🍂 Join us for a fun-filled Fall Festival at ENCSD! Bring the whole family for a day of seasonal fun and activities. Satisfy your sweet tooth with delicious treats and visit the photo area for the perfect fall photos. It's a perfect way to celebrate the season and connect with our school community. Students and families are invited to wear costumes to get into the Halloween spirit!

What an honor to host the 2024 Mason Dixon Girls Volleyball Tournament. The friendliness, the sportsmanship, the spirit, the players, coaches, athletic directors, and administration all from each deaf school that attended was a feeling that is almost unexplainable.

The WNC Schools Helene Recovery Fund
The WNC Schools Helene Recovery Fund is an important initiative aimed at supporting schools affected by Tropical Storm Helene in Western North Carolina. This fund will help address various challenges faced by students and staff, including loss of housing, supplies, and technology, as well as damage to school facilities caused by the storm's winds and water. Company and individual donations are welcome and appreciated.

The 2024 🏐Mason Dixon Girls Volleyball Tournament🏐 at Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf is this weekend! Watch our Tournament Page for tournament news and live streaming.

Our Math 3 class used number lines, inequalities, inequality notations, and interval notations to arrange card clues in correct order. The sorted cards helped students to find number combinations that opened four combination locks for each locked box. Treasured treats were found inside to congratulate students for matching the correct number lines, inequalities, inequality notations, and interval notations.

Middle school students started the year off on the "right foot." The 3D shoe project was a great way to build community among students in the classroom and peers within the school. The 3D paper shoe models were displayed in McAdams, celebrating each student’s uniqueness and enhancing a sense of belonging. They then explored still life art inspired by Maya Kopitseva, focusing on shape, proportion, contrast, and texture.


What's So Great about Rutabaga?
- Rutabagas are an excellent source of vitamin C, and a good source of potassium, fiber, and vitamin A.
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The Middle School students are making posters and videos about a selected Deaf Athlete in their ELA class. This is in partnership with the Deaf Awareness Committee. Come check out these posters along with others at our soccer ⚽️ game on October 15th at 4 pm.

Tomorrow's Coed Soccer game has been cancelled. We will post an announcement when it is rescheduled. ⚽️🥅

Our coed soccer team is travelling to play at NCSD today!! Good luck Fighting Hornets!!⚽️🚎

🎨🍊🍇🍌🥕A few of our talented ENCSD students immersed themselves in the vibrant world of Paul Cézanne, painting fruits and vegetables of their choice on canvas. This creative project followed a thorough review of color theory, where students explored mixing colors and developed their color wheels with primary, secondary, and intermediate hues.

The dietary staff had their first themed event of the year in the cafeteria yesterday. Staff and students wore as much red, white, and blue as they could. The dietary staff decorated the cafeteria and provided a themed menu. Great job!

The Parent/Student Handbook has been posted to our website.

Sept. 28th at 7PM is Deaf Awareness Night at the Rodeo. Don't miss out! 🤠🐴


Last week, summer birthdays were celebrated by cafe staff and students.
🎁🎂Happy Birthday y'all!🎂🎁

September is Deaf Awareness Month and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper officially recognizes the Deaf community, culture and American sign language (ASL).


Fig Nutrition Facts
Figs are a good source of fiber, magnesium, and potassium. The following fig nutrition information is for one small raw fig measuring 1-1/2" in diameter (40g) provided by the USDA.

The game schedule is up on the new ⚽Coed Soccer⚽ page. You can navigate to the page form the main menu Students > Athletics > Coed Soccer, or click this link to the Coed Soccer page.