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...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

Burnsville Elementary School recently hosted the first round of training sessions that will incorporate LEGO sets in the classroom. The LEGO sets were purchased through grant funding that was awarded to YCS in the latter part of...Read More

On Wednesday, April 10th, Yancey County Schools held Pre K and Kindergarten Registration at the Burnsville Town Center. The event was a smashing success with 120 Kindergarten registrations and over 30 Pre K applications being submitted. We...Read More

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 about emergency response, Health Science 1 students were able to get...Read More

Mitchell County Schools Middle School students from Bowman and Harris recently participated in the annual Students @ Work Day.  Students spent the day learning about their parents and guardians career’s. Mitchell County Schools CTE and the NC Business...Read More

On April 3rd–6th, six students from Mitchell High School’s HOSA (Future Health Professionals Student Organization) traveled to Greensboro to compete and engage in leadership opportunities at the NC HOSA State Leadership Conference. Students participated in Competitive Events,...Read More

MHS’s FCCLA members sold cupcakes and stuffed candy eggs for their Spring Community Service “Fun” draiser to purchase outdoor toys/games for the children at Safe Place. These students worked hard to raise $284 and then used that...Read More

Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. T. Hughes are proud to announce: At this year’s Future Business Leaders of America State Conference, 19 MHS students competed in Greensboro, NC. They were able to network with 2,600 other FBLA members,...Read More

Students from the North Carolina 16 county west region convened on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College for the Western Region SkillsUSA Skill and Leadership Competitive events. Advisors and students were welcomed by NC SkillsUSA Director...Read More

Yancey County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce the successful new program at South Toe Elementary honoring the American Flag. School Resource Officer Tony Hoover started the American Flag Program, which began last year with the 5th-grade...Read More

On Friday, February 23, Yancey County Schools hosted the first county-wide Battle of the Books in the Mountain Heritage High School auditorium. The battle involved a team of 12 students from each YCS elementary school.  In order...Read More

On February 16, 15 students from Mitchell High School Health Science 2 Honors Course and HOSA participated in a Hands-Only CPR presentation for Deyton Elementary students.  The presentation was planned and led by HOSA officers and seniors,...Read More

During CTE month in February, students at Deyton Elementary, Gouge Elementary and Greenlee Primary competed in the CTE Career Poster Contest. Students were tasked with drawing the Career they aspire to pursue when they grow up. Career Exploration at...Read More

Entrepreneurship graduates of Blue Ridge Community College now have a certain pathway to earn a four-year business degree at Mars Hill University (MHU). The new agreement was signed by Blue Ridge’s president, Dr. Laura B. Leatherwood, and...Read More