Discovery High

Mr. Crosson's family having fun with Just Dance yesterday. #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone is enjoying their long weekend. Below are the announcements for this week. There is a community service opportunity at North Newton Elementary School on Monday February 12th. Interested students should complete the google form that was sent out on Thursday. The enrichment schedule this week will be as follows: Tuesday-Enrichment, Wednesday-Advisory, Thursday-Family, and Friday-Community. Friday is Discovery Day. We will have a number of prospective students on our campus this day. Show them why DHS is so special. There will be another ACT prep session for juniors on Saturday February 17th. Please complete the form if you plan to attend. I hope that juniors will take advantage of this opportunity to prepare for the ACT which will be on February 27th. The Character Awards for this week can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VwNFJBVKeFI3XejD8fCfQbPvhQ4Zxf0K/view?usp=sharing. Enjoy your day off tomorrow as Monday is a workday for teachers. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Take care. #DiscoverU

Shout out to Ms. Arditti for doing a "science lesson" for our students on the hazards of vaping. #DiscoverU

Good morning Discovery family. There will be no school tomorrow February 9th and Monday February 12th because both are teacher workdays. Students received an email earlier today about a community service opportunity at North Newton Elementary on both of these days. Several students are missing hours and this would be a perfect opportunity to get quite a few. Take care. #DiscoverU

Maggie and Melinda help with recruiting efforts at Hickory Day yesterday afternoon. #DiscoverU

Thanks to the Catawba Apprenticeship Network for coming and meeting with our juniors and seniors today. This is a great opportunity for our students. #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone has had an amazing weekend. Below are the announcements for this week. The Enrichment schedule for this week will be as follows: Monday-Enrichment, Tuesday-Advisory, Wednesday-Family, and Thursday-Community. On Monday, during Enrichment, juniors and seniors will attend an apprenticeship informational session in the gym. Friday February 9th and Monday February 12th are teacher workdays which means no school for students on those two days. This upcoming week is School Counselor Appreciation Week. I encourage all of you to thank Ms. Arditti for everything she does for our school as a whole as well as how she supports each of our students. Beta Club is going to do a pet supplies drive starting on Monday. We accept all kinds of pet supplies, including pet food, pet litter, treats, cans, blankets, and toys with non-removable parts. There will be a box in the hallway in front of the vending machine where you can drop off your donations. All the supplies will go to the Humane Society and Catawba County Animal Shelter. Your donations will make a big difference for the animals who are waiting for their forever homes. Thank you for your support! The following is the link for the Character Awards for this week: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IAGW5nTXMo3O6GyHMNVVD2gpCH67xKPq/view?usp=sharing I hope that everyone has a wonderful short week. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Take care. #DiscoverU

DHS students take advantage of the ACT prep session on Feb. 3rd. #DiscoverU

Mr. Scronce does a great job of getting his AP Environmental Science students to be able to pick out the big ideas of the unit and make connections between those big ideas. #DiscoverU

Thanks to Melanie Sigmon, Catawba County Paramedic, for coming and refreshing our students on how to do hands only CPR. Our seniors also stayed after to demonstrate that they know what to do since this is a graduation requirement for them. #DiscoverU

Huge shout out to Stacey and Ron Archer for donating an American flag to our school. We are proud to have it waving outside DHS! #DiscoverU

Just a reminder of the ACT Prep session at DHS on Saturday February 3rd 9-12. Interested juniors should complete the google form that Mr. Whitener emailed them earlier this morning. Take care.

Congratulations to the following students who auditioned and made it into the All-District Honor Band. They competed against schools in the 17 other counties in the Northwest District. This is a huge accomplishment! Benjamin Higley - 12th - Tuba Josh Gordon - 10th - Alto Saxophone Aidan Morton - 10th - Bass Clarinet *State Eligible Peyton Surridge - 11th - Mallets *State Eligible Jonathan Ebel - 10th - Mallets *State Eligible Ryan Dant - 12th - Tuba #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend. Below are the announcements for this week. Congratulations to our Science Olympiad team who competed at Virginia Tech on Saturday. A special shout out to Kirk and Eric who won 1st place in Robot Tour! We have had some issues with PowerSchool which is why we have been unable to send home report cards for the first semester. You can still access them through the Parent Portal and once the issues have been resolved, we will send home paper copies. We are still accepting applications for new students. If you know of any prospective students who would like to join our DHS family, please encourage them to apply by February 15th. The Discovery High School’s yearbook is still on sale. Yearbooks may be purchased at Buytheyearbook.com for $39.99 plus tax. Personalization is extra if you would like to choose to purchase this option. Senior ads are also on sale and will stay on sale until February 14th at which time all senior ads need to be turned in. Seniors ads are priced as followed: Full Page: $125 Half Page: $70 Quarter Page: $35 We will be holding another ACT Prep session on Saturday February 3rd 9-12 in the DHS cafeteria. Any junior interested in attending, should complete the google form that was sent out this past week. I hope that everyone has a terrific week. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Take care. #DiscoverU

DHS Parent Open House. Thanks to all of the prospective students and their families who were able to join us! #DiscoverU

Thanks to Taryn, Chris, and Melinda for joining me at the Hal Row show this morning. They did a wonderful job of representing DHS! The following is the link for the recording of the show: https://drive.google.com/file/d/193jMElfneteJXfQYDczF8wS96Cvw-SBf/view?usp=drive_link #DiscoverU

Mr. Scronce discussing mutations with his biology students. #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Below are the announcements for the upcoming week. Students, keep in mind our Keep the World Beautiful norm. The cafeteria and gym were extremely messy after lunch this past week. Please be sure to clean up after yourselves. Beta Club is selling raffle tickets for $5 each in the cafeteria during lunch. Participants will have the opportunity to win a $25 gift card. Proceeds will go to support teachers in purchasing materials for their classes. Student Senate will be selling tickets this week in the cafeteria during lunch for the Winter Formal which will be held on Friday January 26th 6:00-9:00. Tickets are $5 each. All earnings will go to support Ms. Nicholson and her family as they battle a tough situation. DHS will be hosting an Open House for all prospective students and their parents on Thursday January 25th 5:30-6:30. Please encourage any rising 9th grader, who may be interested in attending DHS, to come for this important information session. Our Science Olympiad team will be traveling to Virginia Tech for their first competition of the season on Saturday January 27th. Best of luck to these students!! Our next ACT Prep session will be held on Saturday February 3rd for any interested junior. Be on the lookout for a sign up sheet from Mr. Whitener. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Have a terrific week! #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. Below are the announcements for the upcoming week. Students, keep in mind our Keep the World Beautiful norm. The cafeteria and gym were extremely messy after lunch this past week. Please be sure to clean up after yourselves. Beta Club is selling raffle tickets for $5 each in the cafeteria during lunch. Participants will have the opportunity to win a $25 gift card. Proceeds will go to support teachers in purchasing materials for their classes. Student Senate will be selling tickets this week in the cafeteria during lunch for the Winter Formal which will be held on Friday January 26th 6:00-9:00. Tickets are $5 each. All earnings will go to support Ms. Nicholson and her family as they battle a tough situation. DHS will be hosting an Open House for all prospective students and their parents on Thursday January 25th 5:30-6:30. Please encourage any rising 9th grader, who may be interested in attending DHS, to come for this important information session. Our Science Olympiad team will be traveling to Virginia Tech for their first competition of the season on Saturday January 27th. Best of luck to these students!! Our next ACT Prep session will be held on Saturday February 3rd for any interested junior. Be on the lookout for a sign up sheet from Mr. Whitener. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Have a terrific week! #DiscoverU

Juniors who are taking advantage of the Saturday ACT Prep work session. #DiscoverU