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Parts of the Body, Presidential Letters, Programming, Picture Studies and Public Speaking …What a perfect week!   Last week, like most weeks, was a busy one at the Yadkin Valley Community School. If you weren’t here, this is what you missed: Parts of the Body: We took a fieldtrip to Millis Regional Health Education Center to learn about the human body. The kids...

This week, we studied a different culture every day. This was a true community effort. We had speakers come to our school, and we went to the Elkin Public Library on Friday. Learning about people, cultures and traditions from around the world is important for understanding our global community. It helps bring us closer together and promotes peace. Also, as the...

Have you ever heard the word “Gullah”? Most of our kids had not until a couple of weeks ago. The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans who lived in the Lowcountry regions of Georgia and South Carolina, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Recently, our Friday art class was centered around learning about the Gullah people including...

In January, we sent an electronic survey (see survey questions below) to all of our parents. The goal was to find out how the parents and the students were feeling about their experience at the Yadkin Valley Community School. The results were very positive. We were thrilled to find out that 100% of the respondents would recommend the school to others, and 100% of...