Mitchell High School Class of 2026 Senior Portraits will be July 23 & 24! Each rising senior's scheduled portrait time can be found in multiple emails that have been sent out to the upcoming senior class. There is also an informational booklet included in the email. If your scheduled portrait time conflicts with vacation, work, sports practice, transportation, or anything else, please get in touch with TPS Photography at service@tpsphotography.com as soon as possible and we will be happy to reschedule you. If you can't make it either day, don't worry! We will get you on the make up day in the fall - but please let us know you can't be there so we can open up your time for someone else. Summer senior portraits are more relaxed for you during the summer than they are on make-up day, so definitely make it if you can. Also, each senior who attends during the summer will be entered in a drawing to win a 20x24 custom wall portrait!
We are proud of MHS teachers and students who are representing our school with the WNC Youth Service Corps! Check out this update we received from them!
The Youth Service Corps' wheels have left the tramac and we are in full flight!
22 WNC students will receive their first paycheck next week for internships they have been doing on nine farms across our service area. A full list of those farms is below.
Our students have been weeding, planting, fertilizing, and mulching. They're building fences and trellises and relationships with mentors in their communities. They're shearing rescued sheep, moving lumber sawn from hurricane-downed trees, and setting tomato plants in fields whose soil has been scraped and replaced. We're very proud of them.
Importantly, they're also arranging schedules with each other, meeting deadlines, and practicing communicating in the adult working world.
This past Saturday was our first all-program service day; we were at Soil Shine Farm in the South Toe area of Yancey County. In addition to weeding and fertilizing with biochar, the kids and teachers planted a new riparian zone on a creek that didn't exist before the storm. They also removed a football field of rhododendrons to make a space for forest farming. I've attached two pictures to this email: one of the brush piles we made—notice the child for scale—and a nice group shot.
Throughout, the teachers with whom you connected us have been invaluable in the ongoing planning and execution of this pilot program.
Next week, we'll host the first in our series of career readiness workshops, and we look forward to onboarding a 10th farm and a 23rd student. Teachers have expressed interest in getting kids to write articles about the program for public consumption, so we will contact your communications departments about that before too long.
Kylie Roy, a senior at MHS, was in a car accident and flown to Johnson City Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery and was placed in the ICU. She has since returned home and is doing better. We are having a BBQ fundraiser to support Kylie and her family. Please use the link below to complete the Google Form and place your order for a BBQ plate. Thank you for supporting our students!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fzYxirzA5DigNMvFDAKvviQ4sXiDLH28Qwi62fV7d1s/preview
Check out the winter edition of The Mountaineer Gazette!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vaSGHgFHuE-DQHMOLg-hbDAmPlAV2ql1/view
Cap and Gown reshoot.
When: 3/24
Where: Mitchell High School Library
Time: 8-11:00
Seniors received an email to sign up for an appointment.
This is only shared with the seniors.
Mitchell High School's CTE Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Katie Boone!!!
CTE Teacher Spotlight Mitchell - CTE Month February 2025
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Jostens has extended the yearbook deadline until tomorrow!
Quickly go and pre-order your yearbook so you will be guaranteed to have one to remember this wild school year.
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1052361/Mitchell-High-School/2025-Yearbook/2024070304212634763/CATALOG_SHOP/
CTE teacher Spotlight at Mitchell High School.
Today is the last day to order a yearbook!
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1052361/Mitchell-High-School/2025-Yearbook/2024070304212634763/CATALOG_SHOP/
Students in Mitchell High Drafting classes in the 2024-25 school year completed their Autodesk Certified User exams this fall semester. The Autodesk Certified User (ACU) certification is an industry-recognized credential that can effectively start students’ careers as designers, engineers, and makers. It enhances students' higher ed applications and resumes by providing evidence of competency and proficiency. The certification is an excellent way for students with about 150 hours of real-world Autodesk software experience to validate their software skills. Earning this level of certification while in school will give students confidence as they continue to master Autodesk products and pursue professional-level certification in the future.
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Students in Engineering Drafting 2 Fall 2024 who passed the ACU Inventor exam are:
(L to R) Mark Cagle, Lachlan Tunks, Bradley Robinson, Ethan Peterson, Carl Turner, Gavin Burleson, Tate Pitman, Oscar Romero-Rodriguez,
Riley Silver, Dayln Bullard, Deshawn Orr, Ryder Thomas
Not Pictured: Jacob Greene, Andrew Carpenter, Joseph Forbes, Hunter Garland, Luke Sparks, Israel Ramirez-Velazquez
Congratulations! Riley Silver passed the test on the first attempt with a perfect score of 1000.
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Students in Architectural Drafting 2 Fall 2024 who passed the ACU Revit exam are (L to R) :
Kaden Silvers, Grayson Burleson, Collin McFalls, Gage Fitzgerald, Eian McGuire
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Students in Drafting 1 Fall 2024 who passed the ACU AutoCAD exam are (L to R) : Dominick Nunez, Ashlee Ledford, Chase Cockrell, Jenniah McClain, Luis Garcia, Daniel Espino-Garcia, Carson Banks, Wyatt Benfield, Oliver Sparks
Not Pictured: Logan English, Bo Reed, Jaden Lowery.
Congratulations! Wyatt Benfield scored a perfect 1000 on his first attempt taking the ACU AutoCAD exam.
A total of 35 out of 37 students passed their certifications across all drafting classes in the 2024 fall semester. Congratulations to all students on this outstanding accomplishment!
Spotlight on CTE teachers during CTE Month!
