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Employment Fair will follow Career Fair on Wednesday

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The Surry County Career Fair for the high school juniors will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at the National Guard Armory in Mount Airy (map). Students will be able to meet and talk with adults about 70 future career possibilities. Immediately following the Career Fair, an Employment Fair will […]

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Tags: Education · Workforce

John S. Clark Company endows scholarships

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

John S. Clark Company LLC in Mount Airy, one of the Triad’s oldest and largest general contractors and a leading design/build company in the Southeast, is donating $25,000 in scholarships to students at five community colleges in areas where the company has operations. The scholarships will also serve to commemorate John S. Clark’s 50th anniversary […]

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Tags: Businesses · Construction · Education

Elkin High School among the best in the U.S.

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Elkin High School in Surry County is among the best high schools in the nation and ranks in the top six in North Carolina, according to U.S. News & World Report and School Evaluation Services, a K-12 education and data research and analysis company. The two companies analyzed academic and enrollment information from more than […]

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Tags: Education

Check your school’s report card for 2006-07

October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

School district and individual schools’ report cards for 2006-07 have been posted on the web at NCSchoolReportCard.org by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The annual reports provide information about school enrollment (by gender and race or ethnic background), students’ performance on standardized tests, teachers’ qualifications, safety and security, sources of funding, access to computers […]

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Tags: Education

State board approves new Surry Community College president

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

The N.C. State Board of Community Colleges has approved Dr. Deborah Friedman as the fifth president of Surry Community College in Dobson. She is presently vice president for human resources at Fayetteville Technical Community College. Friedman has been in the Community College System since 1980, having also worked at Sampson Community College. She succeeds retiring […]

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It’s time! Viticulture students will sell their wine

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Surry Community College’s Viticulture and Enology program has improved the quality and quantity of wine its students produce. Now it’s time to increase their wines’ distribution. The “Surry Cellars” wines were poured at wine festivals for the first time this year. The viticulture program this fall will market seven 2006 wines to retail outlets including […]

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Tags: Agriculture · Businesses · Education · Wines and vines

Small Business Center schedules seminars and workshops

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

The Small Business Center at Surry Community College in Dobson regularly schedules classes, seminars and workshops for business people. The Small Business Center provides free or low-cost services to both potential and existing businesses. Consultation with SBC Director Dennis Lowe on business-related issues is available Monday through Friday by phone, (336) 386-3309, or in the […]

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Tags: Businesses · Education

Shelton brothers endow scholarship program

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Brothers Charlie and Ed Shelton, owners of The Village at Shelton Vineyards in Dobson, have created a scholarship program that will give about 50 students up to $1,000 in scholarships to attend Surry Community College and Forsyth Technical Community College. Selection will focus on financially needy students’ work ethic and character, Ed Shelton said. “We […]

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Former textile workers have a new job: retraining

September 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Sunday’s edition of the Winston-Salem Journal puts a personal face on the plight of unemployed textile workers in Surry County and how they’re preparing themselves for future jobs. The article by Sherry Youngquist and Richard Craver focuses on Nancy Pruitt, 53, whose 37 years in textile mills ended on July 13 (coincidentally, her birthday) and […]

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Tags: Education · Workforce

17 schools in Surry County reach No Child Left Behind goals

August 19th, 2007 · No Comments

All four schools in the Mount Airy City Schools system showed adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward meeting the federal No Child Left Behind Act goals in 2006-07. Eleven of the 16 schools in the Surry County Schools system also showed adequate yearly progress and two of the three Elkin City schools achieved AYP, according to […]

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Tags: Education