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North Carolina Driving School
The Ashe County School System has contracted with North Carolina Driving School Inc. to provide Driver Education at no cost to the student....
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Child Nutrition Documents
School Year Hours
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Upcoming Dates
- January 6: 5:00 p.m. BOE Meeting - POSTPONED due to inclement weather until Monday, January 13, 2025
- January 7: Principal & Director Meeting
- January 7: LGC Virtual Meeting
- January 14: BOE meeting - 9:00 a.m. Policies; Chris Campbell - Ethics training noon - 3:30
- January 20: MLK Holiday
- January 24-30: High School EOC, CTE and teacher-made finals
- January 30: BRES LIM Breakfast
- January 30: End of Semester 1 / Quarter 2
Calendar Adjustments
We know many of you have questions about how the calendar will be adjusted for the remainder of the year. While winter weather will influence further changes, here’s what we know so far:- The state has forgiven 20 instructional days lost due to Hurricane Helene.
- Thursday, January 2 – Annual Leave Day
- Friday, January 3 – Required teacher PD workday
- Monday, January 6 – Regular student day
- Friday, January 31 – Required teacher workday (subject to change based on snow)
- Friday, February 14 – Regular student day
- Thursday, March 13 & Friday, March 14 – Regular student days
- Spring Break Changes: April 23, 24, and 25 will now be regular school days
Please note: This calendar is not set in stone. Additional changes to the calendar may be necessary due to inclement weather.
ACS District Announcements
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PowerSchool Cybersecurity Incident January 2025
PowerSchool recently alerted Ashe County schools and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) to a cybersecurity incident impacting student and teacher data across the country. This incident was not isolated to North Carolina. PowerSchool is a student information system (SIS) that has been in use in North Carolina since 2013. As you are aware, Ashe County moved away from PowerSchool and upgraded to Infinite Campus in July of 2024. Although we are no longer with PowerSchool, we were informed that there was a compromise to student and teacher data that was hosted at PowerSchool....
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Ashe County High School Media Specialist Tonya Denny Selected for Prestigious Education Policy Fellowship Program
Ashe County Schools, NC – Ashe County Schools is proud to announce that Tonya Denny, Media Specialist at Ashe County High School, has been selected to participate in the highly regarded Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) hosted by the Public School Forum of North Carolina.....
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ACMS Teacher, Andrew Cerillo, Named Finalist for NC Beginning Teacher of the Year
Ashe County Schools is proud to announce that Andrew Cerrillo, a math teacher at Ashe County Middle School, has been selected as one of 27 finalists for the prestigious 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Beginning Teacher of the Year Award, presented by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT).....