Mountain Park Elementary

🌱 Growing the Future at Mountain Park Elementary! 🌱

Students at Mountain Park Elementary School are getting hands-on with innovative gardening thanks to our new Gardyn hydroponic towers! These high-tech indoor systems allow our students to grow a variety of fresh vegetables right in the school lobby—no soil required.

From leafy greens to herbs, students will be learning about plant life cycles, sustainability, and healthy eating while watching our crops grow day by day. Teachers say the Gardyn towers are sparking curiosity, responsibility, and excitement about science in a whole new way.

It’s a fresh approach to learning—and the results are delicious! 🥬

#SCSUpdates | Due to the forecast of severe weather tomorrow, Monday, March 16, Surry County Schools will be closed for students, with an optional teacher workday for staff.

According to the National Weather Service, the highest and most widespread threat will be strong, damaging winds, with the potential for wind gusts between 60 and 70 miles per hour in our region. Winds are expected to begin increasing around 9:00 a.m., with the strongest conditions developing late morning and around midday, and continuing into the afternoon.

Because these wind speeds exceed what we consider safe for operating school buses, we do not feel comfortable having buses on the road during these conditions.

Again, Surry County Schools will be closed for students tomorrow, with an optional teacher workday for staff.

Thank you, and please stay safe.

Episode 18 of Beyond the Bell with Surry County Schools is LIVE! 🎙️
In this episode, we sit down with Weatherly Reeves, a North Surry High School alum whose path from student intern to Marketing & Talent Manager with the Surry County Economic Development Partnership reflects the power of creativity and community connection.

Weatherly shares how her experiences in design, entrepreneurship, and storytelling led her back home to Surry County, and how she’s now helping elevate opportunities for others while pursuing her own creative passions as an author/ illustrator and business owner.

Her story is a reminder that students' experiences today can shape the communities they serve tomorrow!

We're hiring! Join our staff as a bus driver! Surry County Schools will host another Bus Driver Training course on March 23-25, 2026, from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. 🚌

For Information:
Contact: Jason Llewellyn 336-386-8762
To Register:
Contact: Teresa King 336-386-8211

#SCSUpdates | ​The Inclement Weather Team has checked roads this morning and found areas where black ice has formed overnight. Due to black ice, Surry County Schools will transition to a 2-hour delay on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Thank you, and please stay safe this morning.

#SCSUpdates | The SCS Inclement Weather Team has been out early this morning, checking road conditions, and found widespread areas of black ice that formed overnight. Due to these hazardous conditions, Surry County Schools will transition to a two-hour delay on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. Thank you, and please stay safe this morning.

#SCSUpdates | Surry County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Monday, February 9, 2026. This delay will allow for improved visibility for our bus drivers and provide additional time for temperatures to rise, especially in areas where dark bus turnarounds and overnight ice runoff could create hazardous conditions in the morning. Thank you, have a good evening, and please stay safe tomorrow.

#SCSUpdates | Due to continued concerns over secondary roads, low overnight temperatures, and the potential for black ice, Surry County Schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday, February 6, 2026, with an optional teacher workday. Schools and offices will open at 10:00 a.m. for staff reporting to work.

Throughout the day, our team has monitored changing road conditions across the county and carefully explored every possible option, including limited community stops and reduced bus routes. We would like to extend our gratitude to our SCS Transportation Department, who have diligently been checking roads all week.

As always, the safety of our students and staff is our top priority. We want our students and staff back on our campuses, but ultimately, conditions in many areas remain too dangerous to risk travel.

Thank you for your understanding, and please stay safe.

#SCSUpdates | Due to continued concerns over secondary roads across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed with optional teacher work day, tomorrow, Thursday, February 5, 2026. Thank you, and please stay safe.

#SCSUpdates | Due to continued concerns over secondary roads and icy conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed with optional teacher work day, tomorrow, Wednesday, February 4, 2026. Thank you, and please stay safe.

#SCSUpdates | Due to winter weather conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed with optional teacher work day, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3, 2026. Staff reporting for work may report at 10:00 AM. Thank you, and please stay safe.

#SCSUpdates | ​Due to winter weather conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed for students and staff on Monday, February 2, 2026. The February 2nd Board of Education meeting will transition from in-person to virtual, and will begin at 5:30 pm. A link to the meeting will be posted online tomorrow. Thank you, and please stay safe!

#SCSUpdates | Due to continued concerns over secondary roads and icy conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will be closed with optional teacher work day, tomorrow, Friday, January 30, 2026. Thank you, and please stay safe.

#SCSUpdates | Due to continued concerns over secondary roads and icy conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will transition to a Remote Learning Day tomorrow, Thursday, January 29, for students and staff. Elementary students should complete work in their remote learning packets and middle and high school students should access their assignments on Canvas. Thank you, and please stay safe!

#SCSUpdates | Due to concerns over secondary roads and continued icy conditions across the county, Surry County Schools will transition to a Remote Learning Day tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28, for students and staff. Elementary students should complete work in their remote learning packets and middle and high school students should access their assignments on Canvas. Thank you, and please stay safe!

#SCSUpdates | Surry County Schools will transition to a Remote Learning Day tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27, for students and staff. Elementary students should complete work in their remote learning packets, and middle and high school students should access their assignments on Canvas. Thank you, and please stay safe!

#SCSUpdates | Due to winter weather, Surry County Schools will be closed for students and staff tomorrow, Monday, January 26, 2026. Thank you, have a good evening, and be safe tomorrow!

#SCSUpdates | Interested in enrolling your student in Surry County Schools? Kindergarten Registration is open now! For more information about enrollment, fill out the Google Form: https://forms.gle/dVDbCBs5vYDWcE6C7

❗️ This is not Pre-K registration. Information regarding pre-kindergarten will be released later this spring! ❗️

MPES would like to thank Mr. Brian Harris and Harris Lawn Care for donating their time and equipment to help clean up the leaves from our school and the community park. Also, we would like to thank Junior and Joyce Andrews of the Ruritans for donating their time. Strong Communities help build Strong Schools!

#SCSUpdates | Surry County Schools will operate on a regular schedule on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. Thank you, and have a great evening.