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Are You Looking for Educational Resources for Your Children/Students?
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Holiday Celebrations and COVID-19
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Upcoming Virtual ASPIRE (ACT Supplemental Preparation in Rural Education) Class
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Let's Work Together to Keep Our Schools and Communities Safe.
School will be different when it begins in August. Learning may happen in the classroom and remotely, or only …
STEM Careers Start With a College Major in Soil
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New Family & Consumer Science Agent Joins Clay & Macon County
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Clay County 4-H'er Attends 73rd Electric Congress
Jayson Weitz, from Clay County attended the 73rd annual 4-H Electric Congress July 7-8 virtually this year. Approximately 150 …
Clay County 4-H'ers Attend NC 4-H Congress
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