This semester, students at MHS competed to raise money to buy fans for senior citizens. The prize was breakfast served by McDowell High's own Tim Hutchins and Alex Smith.

The winners are: Ms. Martha and the Wee Titans!

Congratulate these children! They raised $100.00 which will all go to help local people.

Collectively $661.52 was raised in Penny Wars this year is support of Relay for Life. Thank you to all who participated.

1. Congratulations to Ms. Inman's class who raised the most money: $280.13
2. 2nd place: Childcare class and the Wee Titans with $155.32
3. 3rd place: Mrs. Caldwell's class with $46.32

This past spring, students enrolled in McDowell High's Graphic Communications courses competed in a poster design contest for the upcoming MHS theatre production of Feiffer's People. The winning design would be used to advertise the performance to the community.

The winners are:

• 3rd Place: Joe Bowman
• 2nd Place: Anissa Hall
• 1st Place: Landon Dirhold*

* Landon did a color analysis of his design. You may see 4 different color variations printed throughout the school and community.

Please congratulate these winners! All submissions are on display in the Media Center.

These young men - Trey Anderson, Wesley Davis, Josh Dula, and Tyler Radford - wrestled at the National High School Coaches Association National Championship in Virginia Beach. Trey, Wesley, and Josh all represented McDowell High school well. Tyler went 3-2 and came up a little short of All-American status. They all had a great year. Please pat all these boys on the back for representing McDowell County with pride and class.

Introductory Letter from the School Board

On behalf of the McDowell County Board of Education I am pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Gerri P.Martin (pronounced mar-TEEN). Dr. Martin will officially begin work July 1 , 2012. Please see the attached biography. Dr. Martin is also fluent in Spanish and her 9 year old daughter will attend our schools. Truly the superintendent search advisory committee's recommendations were paramount to the board in her selection. Thanks to all for their hard work. I remain,
Very truly yours,

Russell Neighbors
Board Chair

Biography of Dr. Gerri P. Martin

Dr. Gerri P. Martin (pronounced mar-TEEN because it is Spanish) was born and raised in Mount Ulla, a small town in Rowan County, NC, where she lived until graduating high school. She attended Wake Forest University where she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Spanish. She received her Master's Degree from Appalachian State University in Educational Administration and her Doctor of Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with specialist certifications from both.

Upon completing her undergraduate work at WFU, she moved to Spain, married her sweetheart, and began her teaching career. After approximately 4 years living abroad, she and the family, now including their son, moved to the states and settled in Surry County, NC where they have remained for 23 years.

For the past 4 years, Dr. Martin has served as the assistant superintendent for Granville County Schools in North Carolina. She has been an educator for 25 years both in North Carolina and Spain. Dr. Martin has served as a teacher, a college instructor, an assistant principal, a principal, a director of elementary instruction, and an assistant superintendent. She also recently completed a term as a Town Commissioner in Dobson. She is the proud mother to a son, Adam age 23 and graduate of Wake Forest University, and 2 daughters, Victoria age 19 attending UNCG, and Natalia age 9 currently in the fourth grade. She is the wife of 25 years to Rafael Martin of Salamanca, Spain.

Congratulations to Sarah Bristol for receiving a Scholastic Gold Key Award for her mixed media artwork entitled: Journey. Scholastic Art Awards are the most prestigious art competition for high school students in the United States. Sarah was 1 of only 81 students who received an award from over 500 submissions across western NC. Receiving a Gold Key Award means her work will move on to the National Scholastic Art Competition in New York City. Sarah is Mrs. Karen Dark's art student at McDowell High School.

The PR Director for Hospice wanted to thank the individuals who faithfully help with their Spaghetti Fundraisers. Thus a contest was held for students taking Graphic Design at McDowell High School.

Congratulations to Miranda Smith who won with her design (seen at left)! This design will be printed on aprons and presented to the Volunteers at the next Hospice Spaghetti fundraiser.

The 10 year reunion of the McDowell High School Class of 2002 will be held the evening of Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29, 2012 in Marion, North Carolina.

Contact Courtney Morris by sending a message to mhsreunion02@gmail.com for details.

Please congratulate the members of Concert Band and Wind Ensemble. They both received an "Excellent" at the Western Band Music Performance Adjudication on March 27th at Brevard College. They have worked extremely hard this year and we are very proud of them.

National Honor Society (NHS) will hold its induction of new members and giving of cords to seniors on May 21, 2012 at 6pm in the auditorium.

All Future Ready Core Juniors with a GPA of 3.8 or higher will receive an invitation to join this prestigious society.

Support your Titans and Lady Titans! 

The 2011-2012 Sports Schedules have been released.

Go to [Files] and [2011-2012 Sports Schedules] to get schedules for:

Baseball Golf Lady Titan Soccer Lady Titan Softball Track

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