The Future Educators Program is a recruitment initiative aimed at cultivating Cumberland County Schools’ internal student talent. Future Educator candidates are current high school seniors who plan to pursue careers in education and who commit to teaching with Cumberland County Schools for a minimum of three years upon completion of their teacher preparation programs. For more information, visit http://hr.ccs.k12.nc.us/ future-educators-program/   Future Educators Program Flyer

Attention all Seniors!!!
Your appointments has been scheduled on January 31 & February 1, 2019 at Douglas Byrd High School to take cap and gown pictures and your class picture.  Please make sure you are here these two days. You do not want to miss out!  Please listen to school announcements more details.

Blemishes on face and skin… No problem. Our retouching methods remove all unwanted facial blemishes!

Cap & Gown in your school’s colors will be furnished by the studio. A variety of expressions will be made in the stand head and shoulder style. Your sitting will include FOUR POSES in the formal attire. Your session will include 8 POSES.
**Please note: There will be a $10.00 sitting fee. Make checks payable to Prestige Portraits. We also accept all major credit cards.

The young men of Delta Phi Iota held their monthly mentoring session at Byrd Middle as they conducted a workshop on the importance of teamwork for some amazing 6th grade students! We are grateful to Mrs. Williams and Dr. Taylor for the partnership!

Don’t Get Hooked!  Students, if you are applying or thinking about applying for scholarships, read the following WRAL website article on “7 red flags that a college ‘scholarship’ offer is actually a scam”. Click here–> Scholarship Scams

Eagles’ Leadership Summit

The Eagles’ Leadership Summit was held on January 12, 2019.  Various student leaders from the different student clubs and organizations were present as national motivational speaker Dr. Derek Greenfield conducted the morning session. Below are pictures of the event.

Sparks Hire Danita Johnson as President and CEO

The Sparks are hired Danita Johnson as President and Chief Operating Officers of the team. Danita preciously served as the Sparks’ Senior Vice President, will oversee all business operations. She was most recently the Director of Business Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers. Danita Johnson is one of basketball’s top sports executives and one of the few to serve in high-level positions in both WNBA and the NBA.  We are proud to acknowledge a Douglas Byrd High School Alumni.

Submitted by Ronald Johnson

The Douglas Byrd Eagle Regiment competed on Saturday October 20th, at Triton High School in Erwin NC.  The Byrd band members took home 1st place trophies in Marching, Percussion, Visual Ensemble, and Drum Major.  They also captured 2nd place in Music Performance.  Overall the Eagle Regiment placed 1st out of 4 bands in Class 1-A!  Douglas Byrd was also the only 1-A band to receive an Excellent Rating.  The DBHS Marching Band will compete for the final time this season next Saturday at Gray’s Creek High School.