Updated Senior Week events!
The 2025-2026 Swain County Schools' calendar can be downloaded at https://5il.co/3e85v
SCHS to host Leadership Day, Thursday May 1, 2025
Swain County Schools, including West Elementary, will be on a regular schedule tomorrow April 22nd
BREAKING NEWS!!
Congratulations to our SkillsUSA State competition award winners! We are hoping for a town escort around 4:40pm TODAY!
Hadleigh Stiles- Basic Healthcare Skills - 1st Place, Qualified to go to Nationals
Alden Thomas, Izzy Walker, & Kinsley Hyatt - Chapter Display - 1st place, Qualified to go to Nationals
Addison McLeod - Creed - 1st Place
Seth Carroll - Construction Tool ID - 2nd place
Sarabeth Sutton, Pippa Jo Bridges, Lorelei Wegner, & Karena Cline - Health Knowledge Bowl - 2nd place
Addisyn Jenkins - Healthcare Portfolio - 2nd place
Jade Jenkins - Pledge - 3rd place
Mattison Moon - Customer Service - 4th place
Let's show these students how proud we are by lining the street and cheering them through town at 4:40pm TODAY. See you in town!
Good Luck Lydia!!
Toro (pictured here) and Thor, Drug Enforcement K9 Officers came by Swain High School this week and conducted searches for drugs and drug paraphernalia. No drugs were found. Special thanks to Macon County Deputy Mace and his K9 Thor and Franklin PD Deputy Elys and K9 Toro
Swain High senior Ava Albright won first place in Western Carolina University’s 2025 High School Creative Writing contest in the Poetry category for her poem "Where I'm From," which she wrote for Mr. Cutler’s Creative Writing class.
Every year, WCU, in conjunction with the Spring Literary Festival, hosts a High School Creative Writing contest in the categories of Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction—with generous cash prizes for the winners and runners-up. The contest is open to all NC high school students, and WCU receives hundreds of submissions from across the state. Her achievement was recognized on Tuesday, April 8.
Congratulations, Ava!
Senior Week 2025:
April 28-May 2
KES Substitute Recruiting Events
A chance to help! The SCHS ECO Club will have donation boxes at all of the shows for "The Wizard of Oz" for firefighters and victims of the fire!
Swain County High School proudly announces our 2025 Teacher of the Year- Molly Lawless. Molly is a math teacher, department chair, and has exceeded growth in Math 3 for several years! Congratulations Molly!
There are no words, just know we stand with you
There will be a 200 question Driver's Ed exemption test on Monday. May 12, 2025 @ 3:15 in the High School Media Center. Click here to get your child registered.
https://wncdrivingschool.com/swain-county-nc-drivers-education
Congratulations to Tyler Shuler who has been named as the next Principal at Swain High School
Prom 2025 Tickets are on sale! Last day to submit guest applications is April 4, 2025. Last day to purchase tickets is April 28, 2025. Price is $75. Juniors who purchase a ticket this year will attend free next year when they are a Senior.
Swain High’s Thespians, Troupe #8849, performed before adjudicators at the 2025 NC State Thespian Festival this past weekend. Their performances were ranked on a scale of Fair, Good, Excellent, and Superior. Nine troupe members presented 11 performances in total, bringing home FIVE "Superior" and SIX "Excellent" ratings!
Join us in congratulating Swain High’s Thespian Troupe! Be sure to attend Swain High’s production of THE WIZARD OF OZ on March 28, 29, 30, and April 4, 5, and 6!
Rylee Rawls, Carley Teesateskie and Faith Woodard Our Best and Then Some
Brice Rogers Our Best and Then Some
David Dingle Our Best and Then Some
