The next student-parent meeting for driver's education is scheduled from 6:30 till 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in the cafeteria at Smithfield-Selma High School, 700 Booker Dairy Road, Smithfield. One parent or guardian must attend with the student who will take driver's education. A student must be 14-1/2 to enroll in driver's ed. For more information, call Charles Woodard, driver's ed teacher, at 252-236-8669.

Festival at McGee's

A back-to-school festival is scheduled from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at McGee's Crossroads Elementary School, 10330 N.C. 50 North at McGee's Crossroads. The festival will feature food, rides, a petting zoo, a silent auction, a dunk tank and vendors. Doughnuts and coffee will be available in the morning.

SSS class of 1974

The Smithfield-Selma High School class of 1974 will hold its 35-year reunion at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Country Club of Johnston County. The cost is $25. For more information, to register or to pay online, visit sssclassof74.com. Or make a check payable to SSS Class of 1974 and mail it to SSS Class of 1974, in care of Lamar Armstrong, P.O. Box 27, Smithfield, N.C. 27577. With the check, include your address, telephone number and e-mail.

Open house at JCC

Johnston Community College will celebrate its 40th anniversary from 9 a.m. till 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, on the Smithfield campus, 245 College Road. For more details, visit johnstoncc.edu.