Rockingham County Schools announces Ms. Lauryn Duncan as the next Principal at Central Elementary .
A native of High Point, NC, Mrs. Lauryn Duncan’s journey into education began in 2005 when she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. In the summer of 2005, she accepted her first teaching position at Williamsburg Elementary school in Rockingham County. Throughout her twelve years of teaching Mrs. Duncan had the privilege of teaching grades 3, 4 and 5. In 2011, Mrs. Duncan was named Rockingham County School’s NCCTM Outstanding Elementary Mathematics Teacher and during the 2016-2017 school year, Mrs. Duncan was Williamsburg Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year.
Mrs. Duncan sought to further expand her knowledge of elementary education to enhance her student’s learning experiences in 2011 as she enrolled in a graduate program at North Carolina A & T State University and obtained her Master’s in Elementary Education. Mrs. Duncan would later go on to receive a K-6 Add-on Licensure in Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2014. In 2017, Mrs. Duncan was chosen to participate in the Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools Program (PPEERS) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and obtained her Master’s in School Administration in June of 2018. While in the program, Mrs. Duncan served as an administrative intern for a year at Rockingham County Middle school.
Mrs. Duncan was selected as the assistant principal for Dillard Academy in 2018 after the merger of Dillard Elementary and New Vision. During the 2020-2021 school year, Mrs. Duncan was nominated for Assistant Principal of the Year. In 2020, Mrs. Duncan was named assistant principal of Bethany Elementary school where she continued to develop her administration skills.
In 2022-2023, Mrs. Duncan was named principal of Douglass Elementary. Her experience at Douglass has allowed her to grow as an administrator and she has thoroughly enjoyed working with an amazing staff, wonderful students and a loving community.