Alamance-Burlington Early College at ACC

ABEC’s FAFSA\Financial Aid Night was super informative tonight for our senior parents! Thank you families for attending.

Attention parents and students! We're hosting an information session about NC Governor's School 2026 on Monday, October 13th at 5:30 PM at the ABSS Central Office Professional Library on Vaughn Road in Burlington.

If you haven't heard of Governor's School, it's an amazing opportunity. It's actually the oldest statewide summer residential program for gifted and talented high school students in the entire nation. The program runs from mid-June to mid-July and is primarily for rising seniors, though rising juniors can apply in selected performing and visual arts areas.

This is a chance for academically motivated students to dive deep into advanced coursework, connect with brilliant peers from across North Carolina, and get a taste of college-level learning in a residential setting. It's truly a transformative experience for students who are selected.

If your student might be interested, definitely plan to attend the information session. You'll learn all about the application process, what the program entails, and get your questions answered. For more details before the session, reach out to your school counselor:

ABEC: Erin Stoker
AVS: Glennis Lesane
CHS: Kion'Shay Brown
EAHS: Genevieve Lyons
GHS: Beth Taylor
SEAHS: Kristin Rosario
SAHS: Cheryl Williams / Lisa Palazzi
WAHS: Mary Oney
WWHS: Joy Hayes

Mark your calendars for October 13th and come learn about this incredible opportunity for your student!

Our SE Stallions women’s basketball state champs got their rings last night! 💍 Let’s go B2B this year! 🏀⛹️‍♀️🏆

Happy Birthday Dr. Fliehman! 🎉 We hope it was a great day! 🎂

We kicked Spirit Week with anything but a backpack day and boy did our students get creative! 🎉

The Hiking club kicked off their year with an awesome hike at Cedarrock Park today! 🥾

Cobras reunited at UNC Charlotte! 🎉 We miss you all so much and hope you have a fantastic freshman year! 🫶🏻

Special thanks to John David, a Financial Advisor from Edward Jones who kicked off our Community Speaker Series at ABEC today. He discussed his personal pathway to financial advising and the work he does for clients each day. 👏👏

The Club Fair today was an awesome opportunity for our students to make new commitments to get involved in all the good things happening at ABEC!

Jesica Fitzgerald of the ABSS Early College at ACC has been chosen to be the 2025 Outstanding Secondary Math Teacher of the Year. This award is given by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM). As the ABSS Math Award Recipient, Ms. Fitzgerald will receive a year's membership to NCCTM and an award presented at the NCCTM conference in November. As a 27 year veteran of education, Ms. Fitzgerald has strived for high expectations for students. "Our goal as a class is for everyone to grow! We work together to achieve that." An additional congratulations to our other nominees for this award: Katie Thorn, Southeast High School and Juliana Turner, Hugh Cummings High School.

We love celebrating our students and this cause for a celebration! Sophomore Joseph Smith qualified for 3 events and attended Long Course Nationals this summer in Ocala, Florida. Joseph podiumed for the 100 Backstroke, coming in 12th overall! 🏊‍♂️🏆🎉 Joseph is currently ranked on USA Swimming as 68th in the country for 15 year olds in the 100 Backstroke!!! 🇺🇸🏊‍♂️🎉. We’re so proud of you!

Senior Sunrise was a bit rainy but like this group always does, they made the best of it! Happy Senior year Class of 2026! 🎉

Reminiscing on one last Dummer Adventure before we start our school year tomorrow! 💭 Senior Christian Ayala spent 2 weeks in Honduras this summer! What a beautiful place! 🏝️

ABEC’s last officially day of summer is today! Let’s take a look at some other Summer Adventures we had the last few months! 🎉 Incoming Freshman Taurean Bigelow went to Niagara Falls! It was his first time outside the U.S! Looks like you had so much fun!

OPEN HOUSE is TONIGHT from 4-6 and we can’t wait to see you! Welcome back ABEC! 🎉 It’s gonna be an awesome year! 👍

The Class of 2029 officially kicked off their ABEC experience this week with Summer Bridge! We’ve enjoyed getting to know each other, collaborating, and learning what is to come in our ABEC adventure! We can’t wait to watch you grow over the next 4 years! 🎉

☀️ ABEC Summer Adventures Series ☀️ Senior Ruth Huynh had the incredible opportunity to attend Uplift Plus at UNC Chapel Hill the past two weeks! This is an academic enrichment and college readiness program for Project Uplift participants. Through this program, she’s been able to gain knowledge about college admissions, explore Carolina’s many departments and resources, network with faculty/staff, participate in learning activities, draft her personal statement in an essay writing course, and experience campus life with 47 other rising seniors! We are so proud of you Ruth using your summer to embark in this awesome program! 👏👏👏 What have you been up to this summer?! Submit your adventures to bit.ly/ABECSUMMER

We can’t wait to welcome our Class of 2029 Monday and Tuesday for our Summer Bridge! 🎉 You don’t want to miss it! Check your email and be sure to RSVP asap!

We miss our students!! We'd love to hear and see all your summer adventures! From part time jobs to travels and adventures, or maybe just awesome memories this summer, let us know what you've been up so we can highlight you guys on our social media! Drop the details below and include a Pic if you have it! We can't wait to see you again soon! 💙 https://forms.gle/bcL1Je7esuFFCV7q7

🌞 Summer Meals are available starting today! There are weekly pick-ups at three school sites (sign-up required) and daily pick-ups available at multiple community locations. https://www.abss.k12.nc.us/page/summer-food