Transylvania County Schools

TCS will operate on a normal schedule for Friday, 2/21/25 with no buses on icy roads, please see attached for a list of closed roads. Bus riders should wait in a covered area until the bus arrives; as drivers will wait on you to board. Thank you and have a good evening. #TCSTogether

Good morning TCS families. Due to icy road conditions and freezing temperatures, TCS will have a virtual day for Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Thank you for your understanding. #TCSTogether

TCS will operate on a 2 hour delay for Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 due to wet road conditions and the potential for icy roads. We will continue to monitor the weather tomorrow morning and reassess if necessary. Thank you and have a good evening. #TCSTogether

Yesterday, our "Prize Patrol" made its way to all the schools to announce the Of the Year Winners! Presenting the Teachers of the Year: BES: Emilie Johnson BMS: Crystal Holland BHS: Bethany Bagwell CTE: Sarah Clayton DRS: Chris Alley PFE: Kimberly Moore RES: Jessica Gorman RMS: Heidi Spradlin RHS: Lindsay Barton TCH: Rabbit Krueger

Presenting the Teacher Assistant's of the Year... BES: Abby Buchanan BMS: Mandi LaRowe BHS: Faith Stamey PFE: Mary Palmer RES: Lorri Newman RHS: Erika McCall TCH: Ashley Drown

Introducing the .... Principal of the Year: Bob Dinsdale, RES Student Services Person of the Year: Bethany Green, RES/RHS Ed Tech Coach of the Year: Kat Bailey, BHS Congratulations! #TeachingEveryoneTakesEveryone

Transylvania County Schools will have a Virtual Day for Wed., Feb. 19, 2025. Thank you for your understanding and stay warm. #TCSTogether

Transylvania County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for Wednesday, February 19, 2025. We continue to monitor the weather tomorrow morning and re-access if necessary. Thank you for your understanding and stay warm. #TCSTogether

Last Friday, on Valentine's Day, our teachers received professional development from our Ed Tech team and peer teachers. They also all left with a sweet treat of girl scout cookies, compliments of Blue Ridge Orthodontics! #TeachingEveryoneTakesEveryone

Rememeber that there is No School for students tomorrow-- Optional Teacher Workday! Happy President's Day! #TCSTogether

Happy Valentine's Day! We LOVE Our Students!! #TCSTogether

Congratulations to the BHS Swim Team who placed 1st at Conference and several moved on to State competition this past weekend with the following results: Julia Sherrill got 3rd place in the 50 free style Josh Poche got 4th place in the 200 free style and 5th place in the 100 back Women’s Medley Relay placed 11th Women’s 400 Free Relay placed 5th Overall the Women’s team placed 14th in the State Overall the Men’s team placed 23rd in the State #TCSYes

Continuing Career and Technical Awareness Month: Health Science. These students were labeling parts of the skull! #TCSYes

Love the Bus Week across NC: This week we celebrate our Amazing TCS Bus Drivers during Bus Driver Appreciation week! Also thank you to our bus garage, mechanics and admin support! The bus drivers are the first and last face of TCS that see students. The school bus is also the safest vehicle on the road for children. Show the bus drivers some love this week-- we appreciate you all! #TCSTogether

Career and Technical Education Awareness Month: One of our CTE programs is Masonry, taught at BHS by Colby Guice. Students learn to mix mud, lay block and build retaining walls. #LearningthatWorks #TCSYes

Celebrating Black History Month with students researching and doing projects on prominent black history leaders. #TCSYes

Career and Technical Education Awareness Month: How about a live goat birth in Animal Science class-- that is what these students got to experience today. Then a trip to the vet with the goats for Vet Tech students to get the second kid out. CTE teacher Sarah Clayton teaches Animal Science I & II and Vet Tech classes -- that comes with hands-on learning plus ferret and bearded dragon class pets! #LearningthatWorks #TCSYes

The spring cohort of TCS Let's Lead began this week, led by Chief Academic Officer, Carrie Norris. This leadership team will meet all semester to learn more about leadership styles and what makes Transylvania County Schools unique. In addition, they will collaborate to research and problem solve current barriers in education today. L to R...Amanda Chapman, Jessica Williams, Chris Alley, Alexis Wilson, Sabrina Shook, Clay Wooldridge, Jacob Montgomery, Carrie Norris, Leslie Taylor, Monica Bickford #TCSYes

Its National School Counseling Week! We appreciate all that our wonderful counselors do! #TCSTogether #TCSYes

Don't forget to write a note for your child's sick absence; Thank you!