2024 HES - ESS North Carolina Showcase Announced

The third annual HES - ESS North Carolina Showcase - Celebrating Excellence in Education, will be the largest education celebration in the history of North Carolina - the "Academy Awards" of North Carolina education.

NCASA worked with the NC Department of Public Instruction and many other education associations to develop this event. We will recognize all 2023-2024 major education award winners, including

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year Heather Smith

• Superintendent of the Year Marvin Connelly

• Wells Fargo NC Principal of the Year Donna Bledsoe

• State Champions of all major scholastic competitions

We will also present many awards including

• NCASA Student of the Year

• Fine Arts Educator of the Year

• Humanities Educator of the Year

• Specialized Instructional Support Educator of the Year

• Joe Childers Scholastic Cup

• Lifetime Achievement Award

And present live performances from the following state champions:

• High School Hip-Hop Dance - Hillside High School

• High School Student Choreographed Dance - Arendell Parrott Academy

• Middle School Jazz Dance - Arendell Parrott Academy

• Middle School Contemporary Dance - Northwest School of the Arts

• Middle School Show Choir - Jay M Robinson Middle School

• High School A Cappella - Overhills High School

The HES - ESS North Carolina Showcase will May 11, 2024 from 7:00 - 9:30 presented in the Mac Gray Auditorium at Statesville High School. Many NC Education Leaders are expected to be present. We thank our sponsors HES, ESS, Labcorp, Adams + Associates Architecture, Pinnacle Architecture, Pierce Group Benefits, Iredell Health Systems, United Way of Iredell County, Lexia Learning, Curriculum Associates, and Piedmont HealthCare.