The Beach Road to Manteo » Outer Banks Relocation http://www.marsheslight.com/blog Outer Banks to Roanoke Island, Southern Shores to Marshes Light: exploring life on a barrier island. A guide to fun, family, home, real estate, restaurants, surf, sun and more. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:26:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Outer Banks High Schools Among the Nation’s Most Elite High Schools http://www.marsheslight.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/outer-banks-high-schools-among-the-nations-most-elite-high-schools/ http://www.marsheslight.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/outer-banks-high-schools-among-the-nations-most-elite-high-schools/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:50:00 +0000 Lee Whitley http://www.marsheslight.com/blog/?p=31 As reported in Newsweek Magazine website recently, all three of Dare County’s public high schools in the top 1,500 of America’s most elite high schools.

The three schools are First Flight in Kill Devil Hills, Manteo High School and Cape Hatteras High School. Public schools are ranked according to the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate (IB) and/or Cambridge tests with certain criteria.

In addition, First Flight High School’s Journalism Program Earns Tar Heel Award and yearbook staffs brought home 31 awards from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association Summer Institute at the University of Chapel Hill (June 13-15), including one of only five Tar Heel Awards given to newspapers. The Tar Heel is the top award given for excellence in scholastic journalism.

If you’re considering relocating to an area with an excellent public school system, Dare County needs to be on your list. For more information visit http://www.dare.k12.nc.us/.

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