Transylvania County Schools

Transylvania County Schools is officially launching the “Say Something” Anonymous Reporting System (SS-ARS) for students, which most North Carolina public school districts will be adopting this year to meet the reporting guidelines and standards developed by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the Center for Safer Schools. Say Something is a youth violence prevention program from the national nonprofit organization Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), which has funding to provide the program and training at no cost to the district. The SS-ARS allows youth and adults to securely submit anonymous safety concerns – anytime, from anywhere – to help identify and intervene upon at-risk individuals before they hurt themselves or others. The system enables school administrators and law enforcement to create effective interventions and to help prevent violence, suicide, bullying, self-harm and other forms of threatening behavior.

Congratulations on reaching the end of the first nine weeks! Looking ahead, remember that our elementary schools move to Plan A starting October 21. To help make this transition as smooth as possible, we are sending out the COVID-19 Notification Protocol being used by Transylvania County Schools, our school nurses, and Transylvania Public Health.

At their business meeting on October 5th, the Transylvania County Board of Education voted to return elementary schools to ‘Plan A’ for staff and students on October 21, with the start of the second nine weeks. ‘Plan A’ in Transylvania County Schools includes four days of classroom instruction and one remote learning day each week, under guidelines announced by Governor Roy Cooper.

When Rosman High School Tiger cheerleaders suit up again in spring 2021, they will have a new look all around. They will sport brand new winter uniforms, but they will also take their first steps into a mentoring program announced by Rosman cheerleading coach Shannon Vaughan-Patton and members of the Tiger Impact Group on Thursday, October 1.