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By the third week of June, most public schools in Western North Carolina are already joyously vacated for summer break. But on a particularly warm, rainy Monday this summer, the cafeteria at Madison Middle School was humming with the din of a few dozen young teen girls eating lunch. The […]

WUNC’s Postcards from Madison County is a series of personal stories from kids in Western North Carolina. The stories were crafted during a summer program of the Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE) for girls in grades 6 through 9. The youth in the program worked with facilitators to write, […]

Deborah Hicks-Rogoff loves teaching girls. She loves to see them turn on to a love of reading and to learn how to use technology. She also knows that given a chance, these experiences will lead to long-term success for them. In 2010, she started a literacy program in Spring Creek […]

JULY 24: The girl effect: In the nexus of literacy and STEM, global opportunity emerges for rural girls JULY 25: The story of PAGE: Empowering the girls of Appalachia JULY 26: Mikalah and her lens JULY 27: The power of one, vulnerable voice JULY 28: Three PAGE Intern Stories JULY […]

**For Immediate Release** The Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE) receives major grant from The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust DURHAM, NC [February 15, 2016] – The Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE) has been selected for a major grant from The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, to […]

The Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE) has been selected for a major grant from the international philanthropy NoVo Foundation to support PAGE’s efforts to provide high quality learning opportunities for underserved Appalachian girls. The three year, $90,000 grant will support PAGE’s efforts to create a Digital Learning Lab in […]

Female novelist Ayn Rand once wrote “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” In it’s fourth year, The Partnership for Appalachian Girls Education (PAGE) program returns to Madison County this summer empowering young women through education. “It’s an amazing place and an […]

The middle school girls enrolled in PAGE, Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education, know a lot about farming. Many live in remote rural communities in Madison County, North Carolina – known for its beautiful and rugged mountain landscapes. Their elders always had small family farms, some with pigs, cows, and chickens. […]

Jacie Buckner and Alexis Wills are teenagers. Both grew up in the same Appalachian region of North Carolina. Jacie describes herself as quiet. Alexis says she is a rebel. They met in middle school, when they ran into each other in the lunchroom. ” I looked at Jacie and thought […]

Though originally from sunny Winter Park, Florida, NC Campus Compact VISTA Elizabeth McIntosh is no stranger to the Appalachian mountains. Elizabeth’s mother runs a summer camp for girls, Camp Glen Arden, in Tuxedo, NC, where Elizabeth has spent every summer of her life. Now Elizabeth works just 70 miles from […]

For Immediate Release Elizabeth McIntosh eliz.mcintosh@gmail.com (828) 649-9276 ex. 229 Open Source Software Opening Educational Doors in Appalachia MADISON COUNTY, N.C., March 13, 2014 – The Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE) announces today that it will use open source technology alternatives Kdenlive and Blender to document and edit their digital stories. […]

When Jacie Buckner and Alexis Wills met in middle school, they didn’t know that a random encounter over ice cream would blossom into a life changing friendship. Since meeting again at the Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education (PAGE), the the quiet Jacie and the self-described “rebel” Alexis have bonded over […]