CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University has announced its graduation and dean’s lists for spring semester 2014. The university recently conferred degrees on approximately 1,369 students who completed their studies during the spring semester. A total of 368...

On Thursday evening, May 22, 60 people gathered at Kituwah Mound for a kick-off event for the Cherokee Youth Garden Summer Program.  The Cherokee Youth Garden is a program of Cherokee Choices Healthy Roots Project. The gardeners and their families met,shared a meal...

To encourage your child to keep reading over the summer, Cherokee Elementary related they would like to invite him/her to participate in the summer reading challenge.  The goal is for the students at CES to collectively read 100,000 minutes over the summer. Students...

Kindergarten Boys Club Braves Achievement: Fred George Jr., Frankie Armachain   Academic Improvement: Logan Biddix, Easton Edwards, Aaliyah Voss, Trennan Calhoun, Nakaiya Hill, Hunter Mathis, Lillianna Pheasant, Dawoni Dvdisdi, Leilah Lossie, Spencer Moore,...

The bus routes were revised by the Cherokee Boys Club on Monday, June 9. BUS ROUTES - CULTURAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2014

Cherokee Central Schools will be participating in the first autism cultural summer program in Western North Carolina.  The Cherokee Central Student Assistance Program is hosting the Autism Cultural Summer Program at Cherokee High School June 24-July 3 with extended...

Have you ever wondered why potatoes have eyes? Or, why does corn have ears? These are the kinds of observations that kindergarteners at Smokey Mountain Elementary found intriguing when working in the school’s teaching gardens this year. Luckily, these questions are a great way to capture the imagination of beginning gardeners.