On Friday, January 19, 2024, NC State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, and other dignitaries, visited G.C. Hawley Middle School and South Granville High School to see a typical GCPS school day in action. She visited our Career and Technical Education classes, electives, and core subjects. Superintendent Truitt saw everything from agriculture, Health Occupations, Virtual Enterprise, and band to math, English Language Arts, and science courses. During her visit, Superintendent Truitt even got to see the new baby goat in our high school agriculture class. As a special treat, students in South Granville’s Virtual Enterprise course presented their business plan, which recently won second place in the NC Business Plan Competition and Trade Show. Superintendent Truitt also toured the new SparkNC lab located on South Granville’s campus.

GCPS was excited that Ms. Truitt could visit our schools and see the great things happening in our classrooms every day! Truitt has been the NC State Superintendent for three years; this is the first time she has visited GCPS. Dr. Winborne, GCPS Superintendent, commented, "We certainly were honored to have Superintendent Truitt come for a visit. It is always wonderful to allow our state and local leaders to see the amazing work our educators do every single day. We thank her for supporting our schools.”

Along with Superintendent Catherine Truitt, G.C. Hawley Middle School and South Granville High School had more visitors. Representative Frank Sossamon; Senator Mary Wills Bode; Granville County Commissioners, Chair Tim Karan, Vice-Chair Jimmy Gooch, and Dr. Tony Cozart; Granville County Manager Drew Cummings; GCPS Board of Education Members, Chair Glenda Williams, Vice-Chair Dr. Helen Lindsey, Leonard Peace, and Danielle Hayes; Creedmoor Police, Chief Troy Wheless, Jessica Laws, and Rickie Cates; NCDPI representatives Dr. Michael Maher, Tabari Wallace, Dr. Kendra King; and Jamey Falkenbury were all in attendance.