Mitchell High School

Cheerleading Tryouts for upcoming 6-12 graders will be May 8-10! Students must have a current physical to participate.

Mitchell County Schools was notified late this afternoon by Mitchell County Health Department that a student at Mitchell High School has been diagnosed with pertussis (whooping cough). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Mitchell County Health Department or Mitchell High School on Monday.

Congratulations to the 22 Mitchell High School students who received their ServSafe Manager Certification as part of the Food and Nutrition II Honors class. Students enrolled in Foods II learn about and take this certification through funds provided in CTE to cover the cost of the certification so students not only participate in labs during the course but can leave the course with a useful credential. This certification is an industry-recognized credential that focuses on preventing foodborne illness in food service. This certification can help students earn more money per hour in food service jobs and demonstrate to an employer their knowledge of food safety and sanitation principles. Students who earned the certification are: Shayla Barajas Carson Banks Mason Boone Tanner Byrd Josue Chavez Piper Cook Katie Duncan Deanna Duvalt Rylan Edwards Thomas Gage Fitzgerlad Makenna Garland Ayden Glenn Vivian Greene Ryan Harris Camber Hileman Ethan Horney Noella McClellan Daniel Renfro Jordan Riddle Lachlan Tunks Sage Wentzell Lucas Yelton

On Thursday, April 25th Mitchell County Career and Technical Education (CTE) held the 1st Annual "Steer Your Career 5th Grade Truck Fair.". All MCS 5th-grade students were able to speak with 9 different career professionals, inspect their vehicles, and learn how they use their vehicles and equipment during the workday. The 5th graders asked great questions and were able to learn about each participant's career, job opportunities within each industry, and the education requirements needed to enter that field. Mitchell County Schools CTE Program and middle school CTE CDC Stephanie McClellan offers a huge Thank You to these participants for helping ignite career passion in these future employees!! Duke Energy Mitchell Co. Transportation Mitchell Medics L & L Furniture Young & McQueen Altec NCDOT Webb Funeral Home KC Electrical

Free Health Careers Summer Camp - See Flyer - at Mitchell see Mrs. Murphy or Mrs. Grindstaff with questions. (Spots are still open and will take applications through the beginning of next week.) This is a great opportunity and looks good for college applications and scholarships.

May Events

EOC/CTE Final Exams

CTE Career Spotlight in May - Alumni from 2012!

Mitchell High School CTE would like to say congratulations to the following students in Mrs. Taylor Hughes' Excel Honors course who have aced the Microsoft Excel Expert Exam: Shay Jones, Alli McClellan, Emma Holden, Blake Thayer, Tiffany Pore, Mason Boone, Chance Clark, Levi Bowman, and Damon Penny. The Excel Expert Exam opens up a world of opportunity, from data analysis to financial modeling. Excel expertise is invaluable in any professional setting. These students now have knowledge of Excel's advanced features as they have explored macros, pivot tables, and complex formulas. Congratulations to these students on becoming Microsoft Excel Experts! And congratulations to Mrs. Taylor Hughes for having 100% certification mastery for this Excel Honors course.

Mitchell High School FFA had 5 freshmen members complete the FFA Regional Rally on April 25th at Blue Ridge Community College. FFA member, Jenniah McClain competed in the FFA Creed speaking competition, in which contestants recite the 5 paragraphs of the FFA Creed to the judges. For this competition, contestants are scored on voice control, memorization of the Creed, stage presence, and poise. Jeniah came in 7th overall out of 16 contestants and 3rd in the Mitchell High School FFA Federation. The Mitchell FFA Tool Identification Team, consisting of Audrey Greene, Quinci Wise, Olivia Ollis, and Grace English competed in the Tool Identification Competition, which included a written test on the proper uses of the tools and an ID portion where they had to properly identify 40 tools. Mitchell’s Tool Identification team finished 3rd overall out of 25 teams in the regional competition and 1st in Mitchell's federation. They will represent Mitchell High School and our region and will compete at this year's State FFA Convention this June, in Raleigh. We would like to congratulate this group of outstanding Mitchell High School FFA members who represented Mitchell High well during this regional rally.

SUN Bucks: A new food assistance program for school children. Starting this summer, families that qualify can expect to receive $120 per eligible child in grocery-buying benefits on a debit-like card. These benefits can be used to purchase food at retailers that accept EBT, including most major grocery stores. Visit the SUN Bucks webpage at www.ncdhhs.gov/sunbucks to learn more. IMPORTANT: Some families will get benefits automatically sent to the mailing address in their child’s school record. Update your child’s mailing address by contacting your child’s school. SUN Bucks: Un nuevo programa de asistencia alimentaria para los niños en edad escolar. A partir de este verano, las familias que reúnen los requisitos pueden esperar recibir $120 por niño elegible en beneficios de compra de comestibles en una tarjeta parecida de débito. Estos beneficios se pueden utilizar para comprar alimentos en las tiendas minoristas que aceptan EBT, incluso en la mayoría de las tiendas de comestibles principales. Visita la página web de SUN Bucks en www.ncdhhs.gov/sunbucks para obtener más información. IMPORTANTE: Algunas familias recibirán beneficios enviados automáticamente a la dirección postal en el expediente escolar de sus niños. Comunícate con la escuela de tu niño para actualizar su dirección postal antes .

Mitchell County Schools CTE teachers recently had the opportunity to visit some of the most exciting industries in NC on their spring CTE Industry Tour. The group traveled to Charlotte to visit the Quail Hollow Club, Wells Fargo, and JR Motorsports. This semi-annual event allows CTE teachers to spend time touring businesses and industries to connect with employers, learning what jobs are available and how to best prepare the students in Mitchell County for the jobs available upon graduation. Educators walked away with a better understanding of jobs within the Hospitality and Tourism, Sports marketing, Event Management, Finance and Banking and Sport Racing Industries. Having teachers and students take industry tours is an integral part of CTE, and the teachers returned not only with knowledge related to their content area but also with professional contacts offering opportunities for students to do job shadowing and tours in the future. All of the CTE teachers in attendance learned firsthand about what skills an employer is looking for and the steps after high school for students to take to pursue a variety of careers, which was an invaluable experience.

Mitchell High's FCCLA students worked in partnership with the MHS Fine Arts Department to promote the upcoming production of "Finding Nemo." MHS FCCLA designed and painted a mural to place in the commons at MHS to advertise this production and to show support to the drama students for their hard work in making this show a success. FCCLA supports children/students/families in our community and is proud to be a part of Mitchell High!

On Thursday, April 11th, students from Mrs. Stephanie McClellan's Food and Nutrition II - Honors class provided a taco bar for Deyton Elementary's "Let's Glow Party" Parent Night. The high school students spent two days prior preparing food, and some also served the food to students and parents during the event. Special thanks to Rhonda Murphy, Deyton Cafeteria Manager for the use of the facility and Ciji Dellinger for ordering the food. Students used skills learned in their ServSafe Curriculum to serve food with proper sanitation and safety guidelines. The following students helped serve food at the event: Mason Boone Katie Duncan Ryan Harris Noella McClellan Lachlan Tunks Adam Trainham

Mitchell High FCCLA and Child Development students volunteered on Saturday morning, April 13th, to help with Child Fest hosted at Mitchell High School. These students helped with the train rides, teddy bear clinic, raffle, face painting, magic show, and various other activities presented by the BRPC. The Child Fest is a wonderful community service event that is attended by hundreds of children in our area and provides information and resources for families. Mitchell High FCCLA and Child Development courses focus on the importance of the family and positive relationships in the family unit, so this event was a great opportunity for these students to practice what they've learned in CTE classes!

Watch WLOS News 13 at 5:30 on April 15th for the Carolina Spotlight showcasing the Mitchell High CTE Animal Science Program. They will be featuring our CTE instructor, Mr. Chad Huggins, and Mitchell students enrolled in the Aminal Sciences Program at Mitchell High School.

Congratulations to students in Mrs. Katie Boone's Foods and Nutrition I class at Mitchell High for earning the ServSafe Food Handler Certification. This industry certification represents their aptitude for safe food handling practices and will earn them a pay increase for jobs in the food service industry.

Students enrolled in Mitchell High School’s Health Science Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes have been working hard to earn several certifications. After learning the curriculum pertaining to emergency response, Health Science 1 students were able to get hands-on experience as they completed the First-Aid certification course. To become certified, students had to successfully call 911 operators and complete scenarios for CPR, choking, evacuation methods, bleeding control, and stroke. The course was led by Jimmy English, instructor for American Heart Association. In addition, Health Science 2 Honors students completed a CPR certification course, led by Jimmy English, which is an extension on the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems taught in the class curriculum. In this course, students completed mock scenarios calling 911 and performing adult, child, and infant CPR and Heimlich. Health Science 2 students then used these newly developed skills to complete a Stop the Bleed Certification course taught by health science teacher Katy Grindstaff. During the course students learned how to apply tourniquets and pack wounds that are considered life-threatening without quick intervention. Students also had to complete a mock scenario where they treated a mass casualty situation involving several victims and wounds. Mitchell High Health Science would like to offer a sincere gratitude of appreciation to Jimmy English for volunteering his time and knowledge to offer these certification courses for our students.

Mitchell High School Trailblazers Outdoor Club took a fishing trip to the NC Coast during Spring Break. The new MHS Trailblazers Outdoor Club is sponsored by Mr. Chad Huggins and Mr. Mike Fox, and the trip was made possible by a $10,000 grant received through the NC Youth Outdoor Engagement Commission. The club at Mitchell now consists of 77 members, with a total of 23 members and 4 chaperones attending the fishing trip. The club made the trip to the coast and spent their time shopping, eating (a lot), spending time on the beach, and going on a 6-hour charter fishing trip. The group fished on a charter through the Calabash Fishing Fleet aboard the Cyclone. Everyone had a fantastic trip and enjoyed the opportunity to fish on the charter boat.

Mitchell County Schools Middle School students from Bowman and Harris recently participated in the annual Students @ Work Day. Through this event, over 120 students spent the day learning about their parents and guardians career's. Mitchell County Schools CTE and the NC Business Committee on Education promote the Students @ Work initiative in March each year to increase career awareness. Students were able to sign up to shadow a parent or guardian for the workday. After the workday was complete, students were asked to reflect on the day and share a lesson they learned from the experience. Below are a sample of some students' responses and students at their shadow site. RyiAnna Hoyle 5th Grade Bowman Middle - "Do it right the first time and if you don’t do it right the first time you’ll have to do it again." Teresa Brown 7th Grade Harris Middle - "The biggest lesson I learned was that sometimes not all jobs are always fun for some people." Sadie Calhoun 7th Grade Bowman Middle - "Paperwork is not my expertise and desk work is not my fave."