The Wildcat Fam Jam

Our mission is to create a strong academic foundation within a safe learning environment where empowered students acquire the necessary tools to become self-confident, problem solvers, critical thinkers, and contributing members of our community.

Our vision is to provide a safe environment where students are encouraged and inspired to work collaboratively and build on individual strengths in order to become productive citizens and life-long learners.

Bright Spot Attendance Schools

September is Attendance Awareness month, and this week, we celebrate 17 of our district schools who made the top 300 list of schools on the state's 2025 AttendNC Bright Spots list. Seven of our schools are at the top of that list and designated as "Exceptional," meaning they led the state in outperforming model expectations.

The top 7 schools in the district are:

Drexel Elementary School

Hildebran Elementary

Mountain View Elementary School

W. A. Young Elementary School

Ray Childers Elementary School

Walter R Johnson Middle

Heritage Middle School

28 Sep, Mon

• PTO Meeting, 5:30 – 6:30pm

2 Oct, Fri

• School Custodian Day

• WAYE Spelling Bee, 8:30 – 9:30am

WA Young School Book Fair October 5th - October 9th

5 Oct, Mon

• 4th Grade Archery Tryouts 🏹, 2:30 – 4pm

7 Oct, Wed

• 5th Grade Archery Tryouts 🏹, 2:30 – 4pm

8 Oct, Thu

• Fall Book Fair - Family Night, 3 – 7pm