Onslow County Schools

Fostering communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity by working together

Integrating Microsoft Teams at a record pace to support the 4 Cs

We are changing the way students and teachers learn by providing opportunities focused on the 4Cs (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity) through a district-wide adoption of Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps to...

Preparing students to be globally engaged and productive citizens

Providing international teachers, study abroad opportunities, and immersion in a district-wide culture of global readiness

The NC Department of Public Instruction recognizes Onslow County Schools as the only Global Ready Model school district in North Carolina. Also, two of the eight state-recognized schools are OCS elementary schools. The district hosts 72 international teachers, five elementary dual language immers...

Creating virtual opportunities for high school courses, graduation

Supporting transient military students through virtual classes and flexible scheduling options

The Onslow Virtual Academy employs OCS teachers to instruct free virtual learning opportunities for our high school students. Through a $1.5 million DoDEA grant, the district designed an innovative online virtual academy that increases course options, attracts students who are homeschooled back t...

Learning the language of tomorrow with coding

Supporting teaching and learning with an immersive computer science program

Five Onslow County Schools apply computer technology skills in their everyday learning and teaching while partnering with the computer immersion program Code to the Future. From kindergarten to eighth grade, our students are learning and using the language of computer code and demonstrating conce...