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City schools name new assistant superintendent
Mount Airy City Schools has a new assistant superintendent — but it is a familiar face and name to many in the city school system. Dr. Olivia Sikes has been named Assistant Superintendent of the city school system, filling the post left vacant when Dr. Phillip Brown was named superintendent of the district, who in turn replaced the retiring Dr. Kim Morrison. Sikes brings 21 years of experience to the...
Lady Cavs push top-seeded Warriors to brink
One night after playing Bassett in Hillsville in the #8–#9 game, Carroll County traveled across Lovers Leap to play #1 seed Magna Vista on Thursday. Add in that the Lady Cavaliers were playing back-to-back matches and doing so minus three starters versus the best team in our region, properly setting the stage. CCHS was down to their final seconds when Magna Vista was called for a Red Card inside the...
41 Surry-Yadkin Works interns sign with Northern Regional
Surry Community College, Surry-Yadkin Works, and Northern Regional Hospital recently held a celebration to mark the end of the first youth apprentice program for registered nurses at the hospital — the first in North Carolina. Twenty-two local students have committed to apprenticeships at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, while an additional 19 have signed to continue their employment with Northern Regional Hospital through the Surry-Yadkin Works program. Dr. David...
Granite City Gladiators force Game 3
ASHEBORO — The 1A West Regional Championship is headed back to the Granite City. Two days after suffering just its second loss of the season, Mount Airy got its revenge against Uwharrie Charter with a 1-0 road victory on May 23. Uwharrie, the defending 1A State Champion, suffered its first shut out loss against a 1A team since 2018. The loss also broke a 19-game win streak for the Eagles. ...
MAHS seniors set to tackle life
References to WWE wrestling and delivering a punch to the gut figured prominently during Mount Airy High School’s graduation program — with speakers not advocating violence through those remarks, but using them to make important points about life. Experiences involving siblings were the basis for such comments by Senior Class President Ian Gallimore and Valedictorian Kinlee Reece during their respective addresses for Saturday morning’s commencement exercises at Wallace Shelton Stadium. ...
CPR, truck driving, dealer license classes on tap
Surry Community College is offering a CPR certification class that will meet in Room 122 at The Center for Public Safety, at 1220 State St. in Mount Airy. The class will be held on Friday, May 24, from noon to 4 p.m. and will certify students with Healthcare Provider-level CPR as it meets the American Heart Association guidelines for such. For more information and to register, contact Dr. Doug Underwood,...
'Rain' of Class of 2024 celebrated
It was as if Saturday’s rains gave up trying to dampen the “reign” of the 235 graduating members of the Cavalier Class of 2024 and their families and moved on during Commencement at Tommy Thompson Field. This dovetailed with Senior Address Speaker Ashlyn Newman’s challenge to classmates to not fear failure but fear missing a chance. “Reflecting on what we have done...on improving...Change is the answer to this problem. Change is something that is inevitable but it is inevitably good,” said senior Avery Hart. “We...
Uwharrie Charter shuts out Mount Airy, takes 1-0 lead in 1A west baseball series
Uwharrie Charter defeated Mount Airy 4-0 in the first game of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A western regional championship. The Eagles scored three runs in the second inning and one run in the third to take a 4-0 lead, then held that lead through the rest of the game.
Mount Airy falls to Bradford Prep in playoffs
Mount Airy dropped a second-round playoff match to Bradford Prep on May 16. The Bradford Bears scored first, but the Mount Airy Granite Bears countered with a goal less than 60 seconds later. Mount Airy’s goal would be its last of the season as Bradford added three more scores to secure the 4-1 win. Paola Ramirez scored Mount Airy’s only goal, and she was assisted by Kate Deaton, which was...
Student awarded Yokley Scholarship
Senior Hannah Khuri, daughter of Rae and Michael Khuri, received the 2024 Charlotte Weatherly Yokley Scholarship during the May 3 Mount Airy High School awards program. Hannah is a member of the National Honor Society and is an Eagle Scout. She plans to attend UNC-Charlotte in the fall. The scholarship was presented by Pam Yokley, Sheldon Yokley Fowler and Allyson Yokley Ferguson.
Humility, hope for the future modeled by this year's Golden Cavs
This year’s Carroll County High School top ten, the “Golden Cavaliers Celebration,” was marked by a collective humility among the chosen seniors, who almost all noted little things from their honorees had the most impact. Principal ChuckThompson said he knew the honorees would treasure the honor “because it comes from the people we are here for.” Superintendent Dr. Mark Burnette opened the May 9 event in the CCHS Cafeteria by saying many seniors this year are leaning a bit to one side, with the weight...
Foundation provides $10k scholarships to area high school students
State Employee Credit Union Foundation, a charitable organization funded by the members of State Employees’ Credit Union, has awarded $10,000 four-year college scholarships to four local graduating high school seniors for study at one of the 16 universities that is part of the University of North Carolina System. Those local scholarship recipients are: • Brayden Hall, a senior at North Surry High School, for study at UNC Charlotte; ...
Cedar Ridge 'Revved Up for Reading'
Cedar Ridge Elementary School recently hosted a family literacy event called "Revved Up for Reading." At this event parents met with teachers and were given ways to help their students work on reading skills at home and over the summer. All students were given free books and bookmarks and then made their way to the courtyard area for some fun and games. Community members volunteered their time and talents to...
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