Discovery High

In communication with Catawba County Emergency Management, the potential exists for high winds and heavy rain tomorrow. The projected wind speeds exceed the allowable limit for operating school buses carrying students. In preparation, Newton-Conover City Schools will operate via Remote Learning Day for Students for Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Again, Newton-Conover City Schools will operate via Remote Learning Day for Students for Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Kid Connection will open at 6 AM at North Newton Elementary School.

Good afternoon Discovery family and Happy New Year. I hope that everyone has had a wonderful break and is looking forward to a wonderful 2nd semester. Below are the announcements for the upcoming week. We are beginning our recruiting trips tomorrow at our local middle schools. If you know of any rising 9th grader, who may be interested in attending DHS, please encourage them to apply. When students enter the lower building tomorrow, they will notice the window project that we have going on to improve the safety and energy conservation of our building. We are excited about this. There will be times when we will need to relocate some classes during this project but the overall distubance should be minimal. It will be very similar to the roofing project we had a few years ago. Beginning tomorrow, we will have only first breakfast which will be 7:10-7:40. If any student is wanting a breakfast they will need to make sure to grab it during this time. We will no longer have a 2nd Chance breakfast. Therefore, our daily schedule has changed slightly. Please see the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y38XR2bbYdl3iMXi97_lcfYZ0S7Ozc-jr_XbRxBsnH4/edit?usp=sharing. For this upcoming week, we will follow the schedule listed below Advisory - Monday-Wednesday Family - Thursday Community - Friday Any student with a NCVPS, CVCC online class, or a Learning Lab should report to the media center at the designated time for this class on Monday. There will be no school on Monday January 15th in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. Take care. #DiscoverU

The N-CCS Parent's Guide to Student Achievement can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HI2-iXkSxAYhmVeBEAjZMxZ4yeQCa3TiCFZLAXXTj28/preview.

Good Sunday afternoon Discovery family. I hope that everyone is well. Below are the announcements for this week. We have just a few students coming in this week for their first semester final exam. Please refer to the schedule I sent out a couple of weeks ago. Shout out to our Student Senate members who provided snacks and The Polar Express for North Newton and Shuford elementaries. I hope it was as worthwhile for you all as it was for us. The following is a link to the Character Awards for this week: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e-hwflTxCmwZ5IXiU5QbPZDWmPIGbZJc/view?usp=sharing. I hope that all of you have a wonderful week as well as a terrific break with your family and friends. Take care. #DiscoverU

DHS senate at Shuford Elementary today for The Polar Express and snacks. #DiscoverU

Last Community of 2023! Ugly sweater contest. #DiscoverU

DHS Senate Students provide snacks and The Polar Express for the North Newton Elementary K-2 students. #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Below are the announcements for the upcoming week. We will be having a Spirit Week this week. Monday is Pajama Day, Tuesday is Winter Wonderland Day, Wednesday is New Years Eve Attire, and Thursday is Ugly Sweater Day. This will be the last week of instruction as first semester exams will begin on Friday. Please refer to the Testing Schedule I sent out. Also, on Monday, you will receive a paper about final exams that you will need to fill out and have your parents sign. Monday and Tuesday we will be having Enrichment, Wednesday will be Family, and Thursday will be Community. If you have gone over the 9 absences, please complete one of the Absence Appeals Form which can be found in the front office. This needs to be completed by Tuesday. Beta Club will be selling Candygrams again on Monday. Our Coat Drive will continue until December 18th and our PB & J drive is still going on as well. Student Chromebooks will go into Kiosk mode on Thursday at 2:00. If students need to get it out of Kiosk mode so they can work, press Ctrl+Alt+s while it is starting up and the regular sign-in screen will show. Our applications for the 2024-25 school year are currently open. Please encourage potential students to complete this before February 15th. The Application Process can be found at https://dhs.newton-conover.org/o/dhs/page/application-process. Our Character Awards for the week can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/108_MKi75n-nrPxYI7ljzQJpaIMh_KtF-/view?usp=sharing. I hope everyone has a terrific week. Please be sure to check your student's grades and reach out to teachers if you have any questions. Take care. #DiscoverU

Beta Club members Abigail Dunbar and Josiah Florez volunteer at the mall for the Salvation Army. #DiscoverU

Mr. Crosson's Literature Circles in his English 4 class. #DiscoverU

Mr. Barham uses Socratic Seminar with his Psychology class. #DiscoverU

We are now accepting applications for new students for the 2024-25 school year. Applications can be found at https://dhs.newton-conover.org/o/dhs/page/application-process. Please share this with anyone you may know who would be interested in applying to Discovery High School. #DiscoverU

Congratulations to the 20 new Beta Club inductees at Discovery High School!! #DiscoverU

Congratulations to our Quill Team of June Gordon, Nolan Tester, Judah Detweiler and Maggie Gold for finishing 3rd at the state competition yesterday!!

Happy Sunday afternoon Discovery family. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Below are the announcements for this week. A huge shout out to our Quill Team of June, Nolan, Judah, and Maggie for finishing 3rd at the state competition yesterday!! We will have our Beta Club Induction Ceremony tomorrow evening at 6:00. Students, who will be participating, should have received information regarding it from Ms. Kellogg. Students, it is extremely important for you to check your emails on a daily basis. For the first semester testing plan, students should refer to the email I sent you on Friday. The following is our Excessive Absence Policy: Excessive Absences The first step to ensure student academic success is for students to be in school each and every day. Therefore, Discovery High School will abide by the following attendance policy. Students with more than 9 absences (excused or unexcused) per semester will fail that/those course(s) for the semester. Three unexcused tardies will count as an absence. Students have to be present for one hour for semester classes and 30 minutes for year long classes to be counted present daily. Students, who have extenuating circumstances, can appeal this by completing the Attendance Appeal Form which can be found in the front office. Also, please remember that excessive absences can be grounds for dismissal from Discovery High School. Students, who have reached the 9 absence threshold (including unexcused tardies), need to pick up an Attendance Appeal Form in the office this week. The following is a link for the Character Awards for this week: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ywenYl4pmVdxT4Th0JXwgeg4kAJcfGW/view?usp=sharing As we are coming to the end of the first semester, please be sure to check with your student about how he/she is doing in each of his/her classes. As always, please reach out if there is anything we can do for you. Take care. #DiscoverU

DHS at Light Up the Town in Downtown Newton! #DiscoverU

Students playing 4 corners during Community. #DiscoverU

Good afternoon Discovery family. I hope that all of you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Below are the announcements for the upcoming week. On Friday December 1st, North Carolina School of Science and Math representatives will be here to meet with interested students. There will be a Lunch and Learn for sophomores and their parents on Friday December 1st 11:15-12:15. Sophomore parents should plan to attend this important informational session with Ms. Arditti. First semester testing will be December 15th-21st. More information about the specifics of this testing will be sent out soon. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. Take care and as always, please let us know if there is anything we can do for you. #DiscoverU

Below is the link to a commercial about Discovery High School. I encourage you to watch it and share it with anyone you think may be interested in applying to come to school here so we can help them DiscoverU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lw1A4WV7BI #DiscoverU

As a reminder, there will be no school Wednesday November 22nd - Sunday November 26th in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We hope that all of you have a wonderful and peaceful break. See you on Monday November 27th. Take care. #DiscoverU