Kendra Yearick

Special Education Teacher at Fuquay Varina High School | NBCT | NC Principal Fellow | NCSU MSA ‘25 | ✌🏻❤️☀️

[FVHS Athletics @fvhsbengals]

Proud moment for Fuquay-Varina Athletics as we honor a legacy that has meant so much to our softball program and school community. Congratulations to Coach Clarke on this well deserved recognition. 🥎#RollBengals

[Emily Paschall @EmilyAPaschall]

Being positive isn’t about ignoring problems or wearing “rose-colored glasses.”
It’s about staying constructive, refusing to complain without a solution, and choosing to help things move forward.
Be the person who looks for solutions. 💛

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

Wooohooo!!! 👏

[FVHS Athletics @fvhsbengals]

🏆 CONFERENCE CHAMPS🏆
Both the FVHS Women’s & Men’s XC Teams are your 2025 Conference Champions!
The Bengals dominated WakeMed Park today and brought both titles home.
Proud is an understatement.
#RollBengals 💪

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

And finally Kyler is off to his first day of pre-k!! I love seeing the excitement in his eyes. He said “mom I’m gonna make lots of friends today” ❤️❤️❤️.

[Lauren Kaufman @LaurenMKaufman]

New Post: Observing Through a Coaching Lens: 8 Ideas That Continue to Transform Practice

"Leadership is about presence and partnership… standing beside teachers to help them see their own brilliance and to grow from it."

https://t.co/VeUR5RI1xs

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

The 25-26 schools year has officially started! Year 13 for me back at The @FuquayVarinaHS 🐅 and my little sea turtle is off to 3rd grade at @SouthLakesEl1 🐢. #welovencpublicschools

[Allyson Apsey @AllysonApsey]

"Collaboration is the heartbeat of a school. We don’t want students to have one great year with one great teacher; we want them to experience excellence in every classroom, every year. And we need each other to make that happen."

Read more: https://t.co/UUHUI0jx34

#LeadingTheWholeTeacher #LeadwithCollaboration

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

The way we learn and grow is through reflection. You can use restorative practices to address negative behavior and still hold kids accountable for their actions.

[Todd Nesloney @TechNinjaTodd]

So many schools still use lunch detention as a discipline tool. But here’s the truth backed by research:

❌ Punitive discipline like detention doesn’t stop negative behavior. It often makes it worse...leading to more apathy, defiance, and academic decline.

❌ Detention and similar punishments disproportionately impact marginalized students and feed into the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

✅ What works instead? Approaches that involve reflection, repairing harm, and building connections.

Kids don’t grow through punishment. They grow when we invest in teaching them responsibility, giving them chances to reflect, and showing them they still belong. Even when they mess up.

I think it's time we rethink lunch detention.

Our kids deserve more.

[Bethany Hill🌟#JoyfulLeaders @bethhill2829]

Students who have lagging executive functioning skills face massive challenges in their day. The approach of adults working with students will define their ability to develop those skills along with a high level of resilience, or to continue trying to cope with maladaptive behaviors that often get punished. Over time, if adult responses never change to meet the executive function needs, students become labeled as “low”, “behavior kid”, “lazy”, “apathetic”, and so many others.
We MUST change the way we behavior, looking beyond how it makes us feel, to what the student needs truly are.

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Supporting Neurodivergent students in the Classroom - Heather Aird

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

Proud of you @julieselig2025!!! There’s no one more deserving of these accolades. I love that you never give less than 100%- truly admirable and I can’t wait to see where life takes you! 🧡🖤

[Julie Selig @julieselig2025]

Honored and grateful. 🧡 Always a Bengal! 🐾

[FVHS Athletics @fvhsbengals]

We’re thrilled to share that Coach Gannon has been named Regional & 4A Assistant State Coach of the Year for Women’s Soccer! This well-earned recognition reflects the hard work she puts in every single day on and off the field.  We’re so proud to have her on our staff!

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

I’m grateful that @NELA_NCSU believed in this group of aspiring leaders and brought us all together. The past two years have been filled with growth, tears, words of encouragement and lots of love. I’m excited to see where this next chapter takes all of us! ❤️🖤🐺

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

@FVHSSiemerPE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

My year at DDMMS has been one of the best experiences. I didn’t know if I could love a place as much as I love @FuquayVarinaHS, but my heart has truly doubled in size!

[Dillard Drive Magnet Middle @DDMMSDragons]

Congrats to Ms. Yearick who presented her problem of practice today! She is AMAZING! #GoPack#GoDragons @NCState

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

So proud of these girls and all they have accomplished! I’m excited to see what these next four years bring 🧡🖤 #onceabengalalwaysabengal #bengalball

[FVHS Softball @FVHS_Softball]

Thanks to everyone that came out support these kiddos last night! 2 wins, 4 great recognitions, and 1 Taco bar to end the night! And, THANKS to all of the parents who helped with food, decorations, setup, and cleanup, everything was wonderful! @fvhsbengals @FuquayVarinaHS

[Fuquay Soccer @fuquaysoccer]

No tickets needed! We will have a donation table at the gate and are thrilled with any amount if you are able!

#allofus #benchthestigma

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

This was the first thing Nora told me about when she got home! We love learning new things 💙💚

[Teresa James @SLESPrincipal]

Trying out ukuleles in Music today!💙

[Kendra Yearick @KendraYearick]

@fuquaysoccer Wooohooo!!! Go Bengals!

[FVHS Varsity Cheer @FV_VarsityCheer]

Big Night at Bengal Hoops!

We loved having our winter clinic young cheerleaders with us! You did such a great job!

#RollBengals!!
@fvhsbengals