WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Hopefully you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend and were able to spend Sunday with your mom (or at least make a phone call). While my own mother is back in West Virginia and inevitably trying to figure out how to use the gift I sent her, Mother Nature gave the […]

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Students at the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW Academy) got to take part in the ‘Extreme Weather Project’ which partners the 7th grade science department with the digital media program.    Students were placed in groups and each group consisted of two news anchors, one meteorologist at the green screen, and […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - It’s an accomplishment of a new level when an entire class is accepted into college. That’s the reality for the 2024 graduating class of Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW). “The fact that we get all of them to be accepted to college, it’s a momentous occasion for us,” GLOW’s Dean […]

WILMINGTON — The annual celebrity chef fundraisers that take place for Beacon Education — a nonprofit foundation providing equitable education to students from six weeks to high school — will take place next March. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay will be in attendance. Flay will cook for patrons on March 7 and 8 in a private […]

8thannual celebrity chef events scheduled for February 9 and 10, 2023 Wilmington, NC – August 9, 2022 – Beacon Education, the nonprofit foundation committed to equitable access to high quality education, has announced plans for its 8th Annual Celebrity Chef Events on February 9 and 10, 2023. Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray will be the […]

Chef Lagasse will visit GLOW campus to unveil sign bearing Foundation’s name on February 9, 11:00 AM Tickets still available for Breakfast with Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray, Feb 10 Wilmington, NC – January 25, 2023 -- The Emeril Lagasse Foundation has granted the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington, GLOW Academy, $500 thousand to support […]

2023 marks first graduating class for North Carolina’s only single gender charter school Wilmington, NC – January 12, 2023 -- The first graduating class of the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington, GLOW Academy, has set a high bar for North Carolina’s only single gender charter school earning $1.7 million, and counting, in merit scholarships. The […]

Wilmington, NC – June 21, 2021 – Ken Lowe, a founding donor to the Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington, GLOW Academy, announced on Friday night a donation of $1 million to name a wing of the school after his 92-year-old mother, Barbara Love Lowe.  Mr. Lowe, a former colleague and longtime friend of GLOW Academy Founder […]

80+ professional women to engage with GLOW students Wednesday, February 23, 8:30 AM to Noon On Wednesday, February 23, from 8:30 AM to Noon, GLOW Academy is hosting its 5th Cool Women Hot Jobs.  This annual program offers GLOW students opportunities to engage with and learn from women who have pursued all-manner of career paths.  […]

Wilmington, NC -- February 8, 2019 -- GLOW Academy today announced it will name a building on its new middle and high school campus Gibson Hall honoring tennis legend Althea Gibson.  GLOW Academy will move to its new and permanent campus at the start of the next school year. Currently under construction, the GLOW campus […]