Washington County High School

🧡🐘 TEAM AMARI ENDED THE WEEK ON TOP! 🐘🧡 Team Amari closed out the week leading the way in House points and celebrated with some delicious ORANGE FLOATS! 🍊🥤 What a cool treat for Team Orange as they wrapped up the week sitting at the top of the leaderboard! 🏆🧡 The competition is heating up, and Amari is letting the other Houses know they came to PLAY! Enjoy that #1 spot, Amari… 👀 because we have a feeling the other Houses are coming for you! 😂🔥 🧡 AMARI — Driven by Courage, Leading with Strength! 🐘 #TeamAmari #OrangePower #HousePoints #LeadingTheWay #HousePride #SixHousesOneFamily #WCHSPanthers

💜🦉 TEAM HEKIMA LIT UP THE 300 HALL! 🦉💜 Team Hekima brought the PURPLE POWER today, filling the 300 Hall with smiles, treats, and plenty of House pride! 💜✨ Their theme says it best: “Wisdom Lights the Way!” 💡🦉 And Hekima is definitely shining! And check out those 🔥 House hats made right here in our CTE Marketplace! 🧢💜 Their members stopped by to grab a little purple love and represent their House in style! We love seeing our House culture come alive throughout the halls! 💜 HEKIMA — WISDOM LIGHTS THE WAY! 🦉💡 #TeamHekima #PurplePower #WisdomLightsTheWay #HousePride #SixHousesOneFamily #WCHSPanthers #CTEMarketplace

💛💛 TEAM YELLOW PAINTED THE HALLS TODAY! 💛💛 The House of Imani brought the ENERGY with some cool treats and an even cooler setup! 🦁💛 Our halls were filled with yellow, smiles, and plenty of House pride! We’re building something special as we embrace the RCA House System, and our students and staff are adapting, connecting, and creating a culture that makes school FUN! 🙌🏽 It’s bigger than a color—it’s about belonging, school spirit, relationships, and FAMILY! 💛 IMANI — Faith | The Lion 🦁 🏠 Six Houses. One School. One Family. #HouseOfImani #TeamYellow #SixHousesOneFamily #HousePride #SchoolCulture #CrazyAndConsistent #WCHSPanthers

Volunteers Needed

Postponed

Walking into a CTE classroom, you should expect to see HANDS-ON LEARNING! 🛠️📚✨ And THIS is what it looks like! 🙌🏽 Today, our students in Welding 🔥 and Early Childhood Education 🧸 were learning by DOING—building skills, gaining experience, and preparing for real-world careers! In CTE, we don’t just talk about careers… we give students opportunities to experience them! 💙🐾 #WCSCTE #HandsOnLearning #CareerReady #Welding #EarlyChildhoodEducation #CTEWorks #PantherPride

🧡 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN ACTION! 🧡 A huge THANK YOU to Gary Samuels with Integrated Family Services for stopping by today and donating socks to support our students! 🧦💙 We’re also excited to welcome Mr. Samuels and Integrated Family Services as a community partner with our Orange Team — House of Amari! 🧡🐘 Our House System is about more than colors—it’s about building relationships, creating a sense of belonging, and connecting our students with community members who are ready to pour into them. Six Houses • One School • One Family 🏠💙 Welcome to the Amari Family, Mr. Samuels! 🧡🐘 #CommunityPartnerships #HouseOfAmari #OrangeTeam #SixHousesOneFamily #CommunitySchools #MightyPanthers

📣 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS — WE NEED YOUR VOICE! 💙

Washington County Schools’ Community Schools initiative is working to make sure our programs, resources, partnerships, and services are meeting the needs of our students, families, and community.

We are asking our community stakeholders to take just TWO MINUTES to complete our Community Schools survey. 📝

Your feedback will help us:
⭐ Identify needs within our school community
⭐ Strengthen family and community partnerships
⭐ Improve programs and services
⭐ Plan initiatives that support the whole child

⏰ Please complete the survey by the end of this week. The information collected will help guide discussions at our first Community Schools Advisory Board (SAB) meeting next week.

🔗 SURVEY LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOuufEkoGjxKt7ShdmqWWnrkd6nnwb2gyeB2hkJSVNEcSerg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109300600832390529244

Whether you are a parent, business owner, community organization, faith-based partner, local leader, or simply someone invested in our students — we want to hear from YOU!

If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Wysonza James at wysonza@nccscoalition.org

💙 2 Minutes. Your Voice. Our Community. Our Students.

#CommunitySchools #CommunityVoice #WholeChild #FamilyAndCommunityEngagement #WashingtonCountySchools #MightyPanthers

🚗 DRIVER EDUCATION REGISTRATION – SEPTEMBER SESSION 🚗

Our first Driver Education class will begin Monday, September 21, 2026, and run through Thursday, October 8, 2026.
📅 Monday–Thursday
⏰ 3:30–6:00 PM

Mr. Wayne Rodgers is our instructor.

⚠️ PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING!

✅ Attendance is mandatory. Students cannot miss class days.
✅ Students MUST attend the first day, or they will not be allowed to continue in the class.
✅ Local homeschool students: Email your completed certificate to dharris@wcsnc.org to be considered for the September session.
✅ Space is limited! Students will be accepted on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis until the class is full.
🚫 Fall athletes are not eligible for this session due to the required class schedule and attendance policy.


https://work-zone-safe.teachable.com/p/about41111 (WCHS & WCECHS students should complete and upload in the Google Classroom)

🧡🐘 THE HOUSE OF AMARI IS IN THE BUILDING! 🐘🧡 The halls were filled with ORANGE today as the House of Amari showed up and showed OUT!🧡 From head to toe, our Amari family proudly strolled through the halls representing their house with pride, energy, and plenty of spirit! 🐘 AMARI — The House of Strength & Courage 🧡 Color: Orange 🐘 Animal: Elephant We see you, AMARI! Keep bringing that energy! 🔥🧡 6 Houses • 1 School • 1 Family #HouseOfAmari #OrangeHouse #AmariPride #HouseSpirit #SixHousesOneFamily #CrazyAndConsistent

Hope INSPIRED Encouragement today! TUM-AINI 💙 As we build our culture, we’re spreading a little COLOR LOVE! 💙 Check out Mrs. Barber from our BLUE team sharing a special blue treat with one of our elementary babies! 🥰💙 It’s the little moments that help build ONE school, ONE family, and a culture of belonging! 🏠💙 #ColorLove #BuildingOurCulture #SixHousesOneFamily #PantherPride

Adult Stakeholders, We Need YOU! 💙🖤 Help us make Teen Court a success! Your involvement, support, and voice matter. See the attached information to learn how you can get involved.

🏠✨ INTRODUCING THE WCHS HOUSE SYSTEM! ✨🏠 6 Houses • 1 School • 1 Family Washington County High School is excited to introduce a new initiative designed to strengthen belonging, relationships, leadership, school spirit, and community—our new WCHS House System! 💙 Every student and staff member will belong to one of six Houses, each with its own name, color, symbol, meaning, and values: 🧡 AMARI • Elephant • Strength & Courage ❤️ NIA • Eagle • Purpose 💜 HEKIMA • Owl • Wisdom 💚 ZURI • Butterfly • Beauty & Growth 💙 TUMAINI • Phoenix • Hope 💛 IMANI • Lion • Faith & Belief But this initiative is about much more than colors and friendly competition. Our goal is to create smaller communities within our school where every student has a place to belong, people who know them, and opportunities to lead, serve, grow, and succeed. Throughout the year, Houses will participate in activities, celebrations, service projects, academic challenges, competitions, attendance initiatives, and opportunities to earn House points—all while building relationships across grade levels. And we don’t want our Houses to stop at the school doors! 🏠🤝🏾 We welcome our families, alumni, businesses, organizations, churches, and community stakeholders to become part of the excitement. There will be opportunities throughout the year to support our Houses, participate in activities, mentor our students, celebrate their accomplishments, and help us strengthen the connection between our school and community. Whether you are Orange, Red, Purple, Green, Blue, or Yellow, at the end of the day, we are all PANTHERS. 🐾💙 We can’t wait for our community to see this initiative grow! SIX HOUSES. ONE SCHOOL. ONE FAMILY. 🏠🧡❤️💜💚💙💛 #WCHSHouseSystem #SixHousesOneFamily #CrazyAndConsistent #PantherPride #CommunityStrong #WCHS

We need volunteers for Teen Court

Today was a GREAT day at Washington County Schools! We were honored to welcome U.S. Congressman Don Davis to our campus today! Congressman Davis represents North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Washington County. We appreciate Congressman Davis for spending time with us and showing his continued support for the students, families, and communities of Eastern North Carolina. It was a great day to be a Panther!

🎉 CELEBRATING OUR SUMMER CTE WORK-BASED LEARNING FIELD STUDENTS! 🎉 This was a busy and productive summer for several of our CTE students! 💙🐾 We are incredibly grateful for the community partners who opened their doors to our students, providing them with opportunities to gain valuable real-world experience, strengthen employability skills, and EARN as they LEARN! 👏 Help us celebrate our Summer Work-Based Learning participants and thank the partners who helped make these experiences possible! 🚑 EMR ⭐ Barbara Sanchez — Successfully completed the EMR Program 🧸 Early Childhood Education ⭐ Priyah Phelps — Guardian Angels Academy ⭐ Lanni Segar — Guardian Angels Academy 💊 Health Science ⭐ Thanh Pham — O’Neal’s Pharmacy These experiences go far beyond the classroom. Our students had the opportunity to show up, work alongside professionals, build confidence, develop career-ready skills, and experience their career pathways firsthand. A special THANK YOU to our community partners for investing your time, knowledge, and resources into our students. Partnerships like these are what make meaningful Work-Based Learning possible! We are proud of our students! Learning. Working. Growing. Earning. 🎓💼 #WorkBasedLearning #CTE

What a GREAT first day! 💙🐾 We started our morning with prayer, purpose, and a warm welcome back, setting the tone for an incredible year ahead. There was excitement in the halls, smiles everywhere, and great energy across campus! Day 1 is in the books! Now it’s time to stay focused, stay consistent, and keep building. This is our banner year, and we’re just getting started! Crazy Enough to Dream. Consistent Enough to Achieve. Committed Enough to Transform. 🔥

📣 WCHSTUDENTS… TOMORROW IS YOUR DAY! 📚🔥🐾

We’re ready to welcome ALL of our students back on campus tomorrow! A brand-new school year is here, and we’re coming in CRAZY & CONSISTENT!

🔥 Crazy Enough to Dream.
🔥 Consistent Enough to Achieve.
🔥 Committed Enough to Transform.

This is our BANNER YEAR, and we’re setting the tone from DAY ONE! Read the flyer

A few NON-NEGOTIABLES as we start the year:

🎯 Come ready to LEARN.
⏰ Be ON TIME and IN CLASS.
💙 Respect yourself, your classmates, and your school.
📵 Follow expectations and stay focused.
💪 Give your BEST—even when it gets hard.
🔥 Bring the ENERGY and keep it ALL YEAR!

Students, we’ve been preparing for YOU. Tomorrow, we start strong—and we’re going to KEEP THE HEAT 🔥 ALL YEAR LONG!

It’s our BANNER YEAR! LET’S GO, WCHS! 🐾💙

#CrazyAndConsistent #BannerYear #WCS #BackToSchool #LetsGo

Attention Seniors

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS MAKING A DIFFERENCE! The launch of our CTE Marketplace would not have been possible without the incredible organizations that believed in our vision and invested in our students. From major equipment such as DTF printers, 3D printers, laser cutters, POS systems, sublimation equipment, poster and sticker printers, hydroponic systems, and other production technology—to startup inventory, supplies, and so much more, your financial support and commitments have helped transform an idea into a real-world, student-led work-based learning environment. Our CTE Department sincerely thanks: ❤️ Domtar 🌲 Weyerhaeuser 💚 MTW District Health Department 💡 Innovative Grant Because of community partners like you, our students have a place where they can LEARN, CREATE, PRODUCE, SERVE, and EARN while gaining authentic workplace experience. Thank you for helping us bring the CTE Marketplace to life!