Since Fall 2024, the Smoky Mountain Math Teachers' Circle has welcomed Noyce Apprentices and Scholars from Western Carolina University to its meetings! The SMMTC is a source of mentoring, networking, and mathematical confidence building for these WCU students pursing teaching mathematics at the secondary level.
(Above) Paint your own Potter with area teachers at Smoky Mountain Elementary
(Below) Chocolate and Math at Baxley's Chocolate, Sylva
Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program (SMNS) is funded by National Science Foundation’s The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Grant Title: Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program: Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining Secondary Mathematics Teachers for High-Need Schools, Award Number 2343886).