User:Moriartytth/Newton-Conover Health Science High School

Newton-Conover Health Science High School is a public high school in Newton, NC. The Newton-Conover Health Science High School (also called The Newton School) was created through a partnership grant with the North Carolina New Schools Project, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Newton-Conover City Schools. The Newton-Conover Board of Education sees the school as an institution of choice for public high school students and their parents from all across Catawba County, North Carolina. Founded in 2005 as one of the first grant recipients, The Newton School is a “redesign high school” following North Carolina New Schools Project guidelines. The mission of the school is quite simple: To provide a small learning community environment for students who would thrive in this type of school. NCHSHS professes to provide a healing environment for adolescents to reach their full potential and for all students to become college ready regardless of level of academic achievement. The school has a maximum capacity of 250 students to serve grades 9 through 12. Admission is competitive through application, essay, and interview, approximately 50 students are accepted each year. Newton-Conover Health Science High School reaches out to students who might prefer a high school experience, which could best be described as an academic magnet school for all levels of academic learners. Students at The Newton School are typically self-motivated to study and to learn. A strong sense of self discipline coupled with greater opportunity for long term relationships with teachers and other students of like-minded drive have proven successful for students at NCHSHS. In the three graduating classes of 47 total students to date, 47 students were accepted to colleges ranging from the community college to various state universities both within and outside of North Carolina. Newton-Conover Health Science High School simply believes that there is a place in the 21st century for academic schools of choice, which focus on rigor, relevance, and relationships.

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