Careers on Wheels Event

Yadkin County Schools 5th grade students had the chance to see a number of different vehicles and trucks during the Surry Community College / Surry-Yadkin Works "Careers on Wheels" event. This event was held Friday, September 26 on the Yadkin Campus of Surry Community College.

This event was a fun, hands-on way for our students to learn more about the business opportunities in our area. Special thanks to all the businesses that participated and to Surry Community College and Surry-Yadkin Works staff for organizing this awesome event for our 5th grade students!

Environmental Field Days

The Yadkin County Cooperative Extension office hosted Environmental Field Days for 6th grade students from Forbush and Starmount Middle Schools on September 24 and 25 at the Yadkin YMCA. Students had a great time learning about a wide variety of topics, including taxidermy, forestry, horticulture, insects, apples, recycling, and soil composition.

Special thanks to Madaline Jones and her team for organizing this awesome event for our students!

Construction Core Students Get Hands-on Practice

Students in Mr. Cockerham’s Construction Core class are learning to use hand tools.  They are making mortise and tenon joints by hand without the use of power tools.

Another great example of learning real work skills in CTE!

Universal Technical Institute Representative Visits FHS

UTI/MMI/Nascar Tech representative, Mr. Eller visited FHS and spoke to a standing room only crowd in Senter's room.

Thank you to Mr. Eller for sharing information about UTI’s opportunities with our students.

Animal Science Students Dissect Perch

The students in Mr. Allen’s Animal Science II class got to dive deep into their Perch Dissection Unit at SHS. They learned about internal and external anatomy and had to ID the location, name and the function of each part of the perch. They also got to remove eggs and scales from the fish and explore them under a microscope. They had to count the rings on a fish’s scales to age the fish. They also removed the egg sac which can contain thousands of tiny eggs.

Next up will be fetal pig dissection.

Middle School Students Experience Hands-on Learning

Students in Mr. Rose's classes at Starmount Middle School and Mr. Buckingham's classes at Forbush Middle School are getting some real-world, hands-on learning experience as they work collaboratively with one another in their Paxton-Patterson labs!

 

Agricultural Mechanics Students at SHS Learn Skills

Mr. Allen’s Ag Mechanics students at Starmount High are enjoying learning to use an Oxy Acetylene cutting torch.