Discovery High

Jarrett Rheeder had his signing for his Pre Apprenticeship with Sarstedt this evening at the Workforce Development Complex at CVCC!! #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery Family and Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there. You guys are true superheroes!! Below are our announcements for this week. A huge shout out to Mr. Barham and a group of our students for organizing a fundraiser for the family of Alden Elliott this past week. We were able to raise $700 for the family!! The following link will give you our testing schedule for these last two weeks. Remember that review sessions are mandatory and if you have a class at NCHS, you will need to attend it this week. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R90ihvb2oINWi9aB8I4C4tL6oBMDKMakrcaIHJc90kQ/edit?usp=sharing Students, once you have finished your last test for the school year, you will need to turn in your chromebook, charger, and case. Please make sure you have all three of those items when you turn them in. You will be charged for anything missing. DHS finished 6th this school year in the Scholastic Cup standings. Congratulations to all of the scholastic teams that helped us achieve this ranking. Juniors: what if you could reduce your stress for the fall of your senior year? Would you be interested in learning how? Well...attending a college application and essay workshop, with three sets of dates to choose from, is the answer to some of your stress reduction. To register for your chosen dates, use the link in the attached flier. I HIGHLY recommend that you take advantage of this great and free opportunity. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b4QwDyyxfqsxY2KGV82SlvR_ymURwfcm/view?usp=drive_link Seniors, please pay special attention to the email I forwarded to you this past week on how to download your emails. As a reminder, your email account will be deactivated on May 30th. Graduation will be on Thursday May 23rd at 7:00 pm in PE Monroe Auditorium on the campus of Lenoir Rhyne University. I can't wait to celebrate all of our graduates that evening for all of their accomplishments during their high school career. Our excessive absence committee will be meeting this week to determine who needs to make up time. Be sure to watch your emails carefully as we will be emailing students if they owe us time. Remember, that if you owe time and do not make it up, then you will not receive credit for that course(s). It's hard to believe that we only have two weeks remaining. Let's finish strong!! As always, if there is anything you need, please reach out. Take care. #DiscoverU

We had our Field Day today! #DiscoverU

Our seniors had a chance to participate in a Walk of Graduates at North Newton Elementary and Shuford Elementary this morning. That meant a lot to those elementary students to see someone who attended their school and are now graduating. #DiscoverU

Ms. Kellogg provides after school tutoring for AP PreCalculus. #DiscoverU

Last Family for the 2023-2024 school year! Lots of food and crafts. #DiscoverU

We had the chance to celebrate our 2024 graduates today at our annual Senior Awards Day. We are so proud of them and their accomplishments. #DiscoverU

DHS finishes 6th in the Joe Childers Scholastic Cup standings!! #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that all of you are having a wonderful weekend. The upcoming week is the last "normal" week of the 2023-24 school year at Discovery. Beginning May 13th, students will only attend on days when they have a test, review session or if they have a class at NCHS. Monday - Enrichment Tuesday - Senior Awards Day Wednesday - Win at Social in Advisory Thursday - Family Friday - Field Day On Friday, we will run a regular schedule for 1st, 11, 12, 2nd, 21, and 22 periods. Lunch will be 11-11:45 and field day will be 11:45-1:20. Seniors, who attended Shuford Elementary, North Newton Elementary, or South Newton Elementary, will participate in a "Walk of Graduates" at the school they attended. This upcoming week is also Teacher Appreciation Week. Please make sure each of your teachers know how much you appreciate them. As the school year comes to a close, make sure that you are finishing strong. Continue to work hard in all of your classes. If there is anything you need, please let us know. Take care. #DiscoverU

Tomorrow is a teacher workday so no school for students.

The Variety Show is this weekend. See the brochure for more info. Hope to see you there! #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery Family. I hope that everyone is having an amazing weekend. If you have not had a chance to come out to see our musical Little Shop of Horrors at NCMS, I highly encourage you to join us this afternoon at 2. Ms. Isaac and her cast and crew have done a terrific job. Below are the announcements for this week. Seniors will be taking a group picture on Tuesday at the beginning of Enrichment. Seniors should refer to the email from Ms. Kellogg for more details. Friday is an Optional Teacher Workday so students will not be in school this day. However, students who are behind in any of their classes, should use this day to get caught up. AP testing begins Monday May 6th. Please refer to the following link to see which day each test will be given: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/exam-administration-ordering-scores/exam-dates. Students are receiving instructions about these tests via emails from Ms. Arditti. With DHS offering yearlong and semester classes, we are able to begin End of Course tests the last two weeks of school in our yearlong courses. Below is the testing schedule for the last two weeks. The only students who will attend school on these days are the ones who are currently enrolled in courses listed. May 13th - AP Calculus; AP PreCalculus (AP World History Review 7:40 - 9:40, Math 1 Review 12:05 - 2:50) May 14th - Math 1 EOC May 15th - AP World History; AP Computer Sci Principles (Hon. Bio Review 7:40-9:30, AP Bio Review 9:30-11:15) May 16th - Eng. 2 EOC; AP Biology May 17th - (Math 3 Review - 7:40-11:15) May 20th - Biology EOC, AP Lit Teacher Made Exam 7:40 May 21st - Math 3 EOC May 22nd - Makeup Exams Graduation is on Thursday May 23rd. We look forward to celebrating our seniors on this date at 7 pm at PE Monroe Auditorium on Lenoir Rhyne University's campus. Parents and seniors should be on the look out for continued information about this from Ms. Kellogg. This week's Character Awards can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1613marINurgrdDwaR_3C4XlHtTELu34R/view?usp=sharing. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. As always, please reach out if there is anything you need. Take care. #DiscoverU

Just a reminder that "Little Shop of Horrors" opens TONIGHT!!!!! Discovery High School's Spring Musical: Little Shop of Horrors will be performed at Newton Conover Middle School Auditorium! There will be four performances total! Tickets will cost $10 and can be purchased at the door. - Friday, April 26 @ 7:00 - Saturday, April 27 @ 2:00 and 7:00 - Sunday, April, 28 @ 2:00 Attached is a link to the digital playbill: https://www.playbillder.com/show/vip/Discovery_High_School_Newton_NC_/2024/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_169972

Congratulations to Alex, Ben and Bryce for qualifying for Regionals with the NCHS tennis team! #DiscoverU

Congratulations to Zach and Dylan for being members of the JV Boys Baseball Team at NCHS who just won the Conference! This is the first time since 1993 that the JV team won conference. #DiscoverU

The US News and World Report released their rankings this morning and DHS is ranked as the #8 best high school in NC (up from #11 last year)!! Again, we're the #1 high school in the Hickory-metro area. More information about our rankings can be found at https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/north-carolina/districts/newton-conover-city-schools/discovery-high-school-14628. #DiscoverU #Newton-Conover City Schools

DHS Graduation will be held on Thursday May 23rd at 7:00 at PE Monroe Auditorium on the campus of Lenoir Rhyne University. We look forward to celebrating our graduates on this evening. #DiscoverU

Congratulations to Kole Miller for earning his Eagle Scout rank this past Thursday evening. This is a great accomplishment! #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend. Thanks to everyone who supported our BBQ fundraiser on Friday. We made a little over $5000!! This will go towards supplies for students, teachers and classrooms. Thanks also to those of you who were able to give blood on Thursday. The National Honors Society met their goal which will help many people who are in need of a blood transfusion. Below are the announcements for this week. On Tuesday, all honors Biology students will be taking a Case 21 assessment during 2nd period. On Wednesday, all year long English 2 students will be taking a Case 21 assessment during 1st period. These two assessments will help Mr. Scronce and Ms. Ward see where their students are before the EOCs. I encourage everyone to come out and see the Little Shop of Horrors musical on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Ms. Isaac and the students have been working extremely hard preparing for this. More information about the show can be found on this flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IpYG1YtHqg9nx5D-Kf9x93AYRHlpZUSl/view?usp=drive_link. This week's Character Awards can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rBaq03oGOXj8jx_V4O9iuV2Tb9dRRGrS/view?usp=sharing. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Take care. #DiscoverU

BBQ Day!! #DiscoverU