Lighting Pathways to Global Success
The Surry County Board of Education has accepted multiple draft calendars for public comment for the 2022-2023 school year. Start dates include August 15, 2022, August 22, 2022, and August 29, 2022. At this time, only one of these calendars meets the requirements put forth by the NC General Assembly, which means August 15 and August 22 may not be an option under current guidelines. These calendars are available for public comment and those who wish to contribute feedback are encouraged to fill out the attached Google form or contact the Surry County Schools Administrative Offices at (336)386-8211.
WIDA Testing will begin on January 31, 2022 through March 11, 2022. Educators use ACCESS results, along with other WIDA resources, to make decisions about students' English academic language and to facilitate their language development.
Please join Surry County Schools in congratulating the January 2022 Leader of the Month, Angie Knott, School Nutrition Manager at East Surry High School. 🎉
The Surry County Schools Board of Education appointed Melissa Key Atkinson, mother of two, and wife of the former sheriff, Graham Atkinson, to fill its empty board seat on Friday, January 7, 2022.
Team 7899 of Central Middle School, CMS Cruisers, received recognition for Innovative Projects and will move forward to the state-level competition in January. Team 7901 of Central Middle School also received an Innovative Projects Award and had scores that qualified them to move forward to the state competition. Team 7908 of Pilot Mountain Middle School will serve as an alternate for the state-level competition.
On Saturday, November 6, middle school students from across the area converged upon Surry Community College to compete in the 2021 Surry First Lego League Competition. Middle school teams representing the school systems of Mt. Airy City, Elkin City, and Surry County took part in the event. This year, the Grand Champion team was the PRIMEtime Players of Gentry Middle School, who showed high scores in multiple categories for the competition.
At Monday night’s board meeting, Sexton Earlie Coe announced his resignation from the Surry County Schools’ Board of Education effective November 1, 2021. Superintendent Dr. Travis L. Reeves and the other board members would like to express their sincere gratitude for his service. Over his nineteen years of service, Mr. Coe was instrumental in developing many new initiatives that sought to improve the overall education and the lives of students in the Surry County School system. His inspiring leadership and friendship will not only leave a lasting impression on those he worked with directly, but a permanent legacy in the community.
Superintendent Reeves shared, “Miss Burcham has a positive rapport with her students by engaging students with hands-on learning experiences through labs, facilitating learning in the poultry animal science lab, and through local and statewide agricultural competitions. I am extremely proud to announce her as the 2021-2022 Beginning Teacher of the Year.”
