Robotics Team is taking FROGBOT to compete

This story was originally published in The Sylva Herald, March 16 edition Robots are taking over Smoky Mountain High School. The Academic Robotics Team will be competing for the first time since the start of COVID-19 at UNC Asheville from 10:30 am until 4pm Saturday, March, 19. A student-designed and built robot called the “FROGBOT” […]

Hunter Safety returns to Smoky Mountain curriculum

Smoky Mountain High School is bringing back its hunter safety course after an eight-year hiatus. The course will be taught by the schools agriculture teacher Blake Fox. He has been teaching agriculture at Smoky Mountain since July of 2019. Fox received his agriculture education and extension education degree from N.C. State University. He has been […]

Smoky Mountain High School spreads loves and breaks records on Valentine’s Day

Story co-written with Sara Stanley. Story was originally published in The Sylva Herald on Feb. 20, 2020 Smoky Mountain High School attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the ‘most people hugging soft toys simultaneously’ on Friday, Feb. 14 in the school’s new gymnasium. Over 800 students and staff from SMHS and the Catamount School […]