February 2023

Message from the Principal:

Hopefully your second semester is off to a great start. We have many reasons to celebrate as our basketball teams, wrestling team, indoor track team, and swim team have been very competitive in conference play. Wrestlers Kanon Harrington, Dylan Dalton and Aaron Longinos all finished in first place at the Northwestern Conference tournament. Our competition cheer team won the NCCCA State Championship for Non-tumble D1 Gameday! Thanks to all those who supported the cheer team as they prepared for and competed at the state level!

Our Beta Club competed in 58 different competitions at the State Beta Convention. We finished in the top 5 in 15 different competitions. Meredith Miller won the Hannah Leitner Scholarship. Only two of these scholarships are awarded across the state, so we are VERY proud of her. Here is the way our Beta Club Finished:

Academics

Agriscience - 9th grade - Hadleigh Houser - 4th place

Agriscience - 12th grade - Trace Chatham - 4th place

ELA - 12th Grade - Meredith Miller - 4th Place

French - 10th Grade - Oscar Romero - 4th place

Science - 12th Grade - Ansley Scott - 3rd place

Spanish - 10th grade - Jessica Salinas - 5th

Visual Arts (Div 1 = 9/10; Div 2 = 11/12)

Digital Art - Div 1 - Judith Reynoso - 3rd place

Hand Drawn Anime - Div 1 - Judith Reynoso - 1st place

Mixed Media - Div 1 - Judith Reynoso - 3rd place

Woodworking - Div 2 - Benny Heath - 5th place

On-Site Painting - Div 1 - Judith Reynoso - 1st place

Poetry - Div 1 - Terriona Helton - 5th

Spelling Bee - Ella Mitchell - 5th

Technology - Grant Sizemore - 5tgh

Musicology Team - Benny Heath, Charlie Herman, Ansley Scott, Ethan Stocks - 3rd Place

All of these students are eligible to compete at the National convention in June in Louisville, KY. 

You are invited to support our team of Alexander Central Special Olympic Athletes as they take the Triad Chill Polar Plunge at Emerald Pointe later this month. Our team is raising money for Special Olympics of North Carolina! For more information, there is a wonderful video on our school Facebook page. To donate, visit this link. 

February offers us the opportunity to recognize our outstanding School Counseling Department and our top-notch bus drivers. Both groups have a tremendous impact in helping students achieve school success. If you have contact with one of these individuals, I encourage you to tell them THANK YOU for the job they do. Valentines Day is a wonderful opportunity for students to show kindness and love. Please know, flowers (in glass vases), and balloons will not be permitted on school buses. If you send these items to your child at school, you will need to arrange for a different transportation method on that day.

I would like to thank you for the support of your child's education thus far. Much of our success is due to your active involvement. As we continue to work together, I trust this second semester will be a huge success! 

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Important Reminders

• No School for Students- Monday, February 6th is an Optional Teacher Workday.

• February 20-24 - National FFA Week

• 21st - Camo Day

• 22nd - America Day

• 23rd - Favorite College Day

• 24th - Blue and Gold/Drive your tractor to School Day

• Progress Reports-  Progress reports will be sent home with students on Tuesday, February 21st.

• Winter Blood Drive- February 22nd in the JV Gym

• Cafeteria Charges-  Lunch is no longer free to all students this year as was the case over the last two years. Students not receiving free or reduced lunch may purchase breakfast for $1.45 and lunch for $2.85. Hard copies of the free and reduced forms are available in the cafeteria and online. 

Meal debt payments can be cash or check and should be supplied to the cafeteria cashier or School Nutrition Manager. Those enrolled in the K12PaymentCenter prepayment system can settle meal debts using a credit card online. 

• Cap and Gown Orders-  Students who haven't ordered their cap and gown from Jostens will need to place an order online or by mail. If you need assistance or have any questions, please let Mrs. Anderson know and she will be glad to help. She has extra order forms in her office.

• On Sale Now! Yearbooks and senior ads are on sale now. Click here to make your purchase.         

• High School Attendance Policy-  Students missing (9) or more days in a semester-long class will not receive credit for the course unless the student makes a 70 or higher on the EOC, CTE State Assessment, and/or teacher-made exam and earns a passing grade (60) for the course.

• Exam Exemption- Students may earn the opportunity to be exempted from final exams each semester in classes NOT giving an EOC or CTE exam by meeting the following attendance requirements:

Final Grade # of absences (excused and unexcused) 

A 3 or less

B 2 or less

C 1 or less

Students will be marked absent if they are exempt from exams and choose to be absent from school for the exam.  If students do not want absences showing on their final transcripts, they must come for exams. Any student that is suspended Out-of-School is not eligible for exam exemption.

Students cannot make up time to be eligible for exemption from any exam.  

• Important Graduation Update- The class of 2023 Commencement Date is Friday, June 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the football stadium. Graduation practice is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 8th. Practice is required for all seniors planning to walk.

• Honors Graduation Ceremony- This ceremony will be held on May 21st at 3:00 p.m. in the auditorium.

• Scholarship Ceremony-  This ceremony will be held on May 26th at 8:30 a.m. in the auditorium 

• Awards Day- This event will be held on May 26th at 1:00 p.m. in the gymnasium.

• Beta Club Gold Tassel Award Dinner- May 16th at 6:00 p.m. The dinner will be held at Mt. Bethel United Method Church.