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Suite 300
Marion, VA 24354
(276) 783-3791

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Director of Human Resources
121 Bagley Circle, Suite 300
Marion VA 24354
276-783-8865

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding disability issues under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act:

Director of Special Education
121 Bagley Circle, Suite 300
Marion VA 24354
276-783-8865

For further information on notice of nondiscrimination, see list of OCR enforcement offices for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.

Smyth County Teacher, Northwood Middle Student Lead Gifted Workshop

Smyth County enrichment teacher Melanie Garrett and Northwood Middle School rising eighth-grader Ethan Surber led a technology workshop at the annual Speaking for the Gifted conference June 12 at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon. Ms. Garrett demonstrated some of the technology she uses with her enrichment students, including a drone and various free software packages. Ethan demonstrated some of the computer coding he has done with the Scratch and Python programming languages.

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Doug Haga Named Smyth County Teacher of the Year

Smyth Career & Technology Center teacher Doug Haga, left, has been named Smyth County's 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year. Mr. Haga teaches automotive technology at SCTC. He is pictured here with SCTC principal Rick Blevins.

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Marion Senior High Students Get Hands-on Practice in Tire Changing

Students in Emily Parsons' senior FACS (Family & Consumer Sciences) class at Marion Senior High School received valuable hands-on instruction in an often overlooked skill: how to change a car's tire in an emergency. The students practiced on the school's driver education vehicle.

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35 Smyth Career & Technology Students Place in SkillsUSA Contests

Thirty-five students from the Smyth Career & Technology Center placed first, second, or third in the SkillsUSA Region 8 competitions: 17 firsts, 11 seconds, and 7 thirds. SkillsUSA is a nationwide competition for students in career and technical fields.

Contest	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
Auto Maintenance		Garland Anderson
Auto Service Technology	Dalton Heath
Automotive Refinishing Technology	Colton Farley
CNC Milling Specialist	Jake Anderson
Commercial Baking	Kara Ratcliffe
Cosmetology		Chelsey Heath
Cosmetology Post Grad	Virginia Joines
Crime Scene Investigation		Tatum Woods, Lindsey Orr, Destiny Mills
Criminal Justice	Zachary Sheets		Trey Cornett
Culinary Arts		Katelyn Blevins
Electrical Construction Wiring	Dylan Gobble	Hunter Orr	Alex Widener
Electronics Technology	Trey Dexter
Food Preparation	Sydney Lee	Bradley Gentry
Industrial Motor Control	Matt Hutton	Luke Combs	Tanner Smith
Job Skills Demonstration A Post Grad	Alexis Pennington
Job Skills Demonstration Open	Alexis Evans
Nail Care Technology Post Grad	Kenzie Blevins
Occupational Display	Caroline Davis, Megan Pearcey
Precision Machine Technology			Benjamin Clark
Restaurant Food Service	Katelyn Blevins	Allison Hess	Charles Mullins
Telecommunication Cabling	Marcus Carter	Tyler Smith	Colton Doane
Welding			Myles Kimberlin

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Northwood Middle School Student Wins 2018 County Spelling Bee

Smyth County Public Schools' 38th County Spelling Bee was held Feb. 6 at Northwood Middle School. The ten individual champions from each elementary and middle school competed for the County Spelling Bee Championship. Going eleven rounds and winning with the word tempestuous, Caroline Hayden (third from right in the photo) of Northwood Middle School became the 2018 Smyth County Spelling Bee champion. The alternate is Parker White of Oak Point Elementary School. Other school champions are: Atkins Elementary School: Travis Blouin; Chilhowie Elementary School: Olivia Gentry; Chilhowie Middle School: Cody Brogan; Marion Elementary School: Connor Barr; Marion Middle School: Shinji Leonard; Rich Valley Elementary School: Eli Williams; Saltville Elementary School: Lacey Crusenberry; and Sugar Grove Elementary School: Bryson Medley.

John Graham was this year's pronouncer. Judges were Lynn M. White, Nanine Woodward, and Sue Tilson. NMS Principal Mariann Blevins and the faculty and staff of her school hosted the Spelling Bee and provided refreshments for the spelling bee participants and their families.

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Marion, Northwood Compete in Smyth County Computer Science Bowl

Students from Marion Senior High and Northwood High/Northwood Middle Schools competed in the first ever Smyth County Computer Science Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 2. The two teams competed in coding and robotics events. Northwood High/Northwood Middle won the coding event and Marion Senior High won the robotics event. NHS/NMS was the overall winner. The competition was funded with an after-school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) grant from the Virginia Department of Education. The competition's goals were to encourage students to consider STEM careers and develop their computer science and problem solving skills. During the competition, they were given two hours to solve 10 coding problems. They also built their robots from scratch, using 3D-printed parts and the Arduino microcontroller platform. Pictured, l-r, are Ethan Surber, NMS; Matthew Hutton, NHS; Caleb Johnson, NMS; Tyler Widener, MSHS; Ethan Blevins, MSHS; Katelyn Collett, MSHS; Delaney Bumgarner, NMS; Ema Haga, NMS; and Vincent Gullion, MSHS.

The Computer Science Bowl will return in Spring 2018 with a cybersecurity event and a robotics event that will feature the competitors building a Segway clone.

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Northwood Middle Team Excels in Regional Lego Robotics Tournament

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center hosted the 9th annual Lego Robotics Tournament for Southwest Virginia on November 11, 2017. There were 30 teams that participated, 15 in Division I (8 to 11 year olds) and 15 in Division II (12 to 14). Each year Lego Robotics presents the teams with a real-world problem and the teams have to come up with an innovative solution, program a robot and complete robot missions centered around the problem, and work on the Core Values with their teammates and members of their community. This year the challenge was on the human water cycle. Northwood Middle School had a team of six, the Aquifer Irrigators, that participated in Division II of the tournament. They placed third in the robot challenge and won the Overall Judges Award for their project on alternative irrigation. Pictured left to right: Gus Vencill, Clayton Buchanan, Hannah Wilson, Ethan Surber, Gage Foran, and Reid Collins.