Browse past news stories for Olympic High School in Charlotte, NC.

• What should mayors do to help cities and young people? (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:33:28 pm
  Editor's Note: Young Voices is an e-mail forum for students college age and younger. Complete responses are published here and a sampling in the print paper twice a month on Tuesdays. To participate, e-mail associate editor Fannie Flono at fflono@charlotteobserver.com.
• Event gives $800K to Teach for America (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:54:15 pm
  The foundation that runs Charlotte's PGA Tour stop is donating $800,000 to the local Teach for America organization, paving the way for the recruitment and training of 150 new teachers next year for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
• CMS Police: Too Early To Tell If Budget Cuts Contributing To School Assaults (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:40:28 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' police department said it's too early to say if budget cuts to security staff have contributed to two attacks that injured school employees.
• CMS coping with a decrease in security officers (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:37:58 pm
  In one week at least two Charlotte Mecklenburg school (CMS) district employees have been assaulted while trying to break up a fight. Some now wander are these assaults a sign CMS is struggling to do more with less.
• Trojans, Cyclones to face off on ‘Big Thursday' (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 11:39:47 am
  Big Thursday was what folks called the annual South Carolina-Clemson football game when it was played on that day, the last time on Oct. 22, 1959.
• No. 1 Myers Park survives Marvin Ridge (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 01:51:14 am
  Caden McMahon's goal gives the top-ranked team in the Observer's Sweet 16 a 1-0 victory in the Cure Tourney at Ramblewood Park.
• Agency needs help providing uniforms to homeless students (WCNC Charlotte)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 07:32:54 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Along with part of his Olympic High School football team, 10th grader Travis Wall is learning an important lesson at A Child's Place.
• With new scheme in place, Westminster Catawba hopes to sprout wings and fly (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 04:22:21 am
  Westminster Catawba football coach Ben McGarity has something this year that rarely happens from one
• Indians avenge earlier loss to Olympic at Winthrop team camp (Gaffney Ledger)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 06:56:15 pm
  Here's a sign that the rigorous summer workout schedule is paying off for the Gaffney High basketball team - the Indians beat Olympic High School of Charlotte at Winthrop University's team camp on Sunday, avenging an earlier loss to the same team 10 days earlier.
• Proposed toll road center of debate in scheduled hearings (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on June 22, 2009 at 05:03:28 pm
  GASTONIA, N.C. – The Garden Parkway, a proposed toll road that would connect the Gastonia area to that near Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, will be at the center of discussion during a number of public hearings this week.
• Former students remember "Ms. Furr" at vigil (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on April 12, 2009 at 05:36:40 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Former Olympic High School students remembered a cherished teacher Saturday night,
• Vigil remembers victims of high speed wreck (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on April 12, 2009 at 04:42:22 pm
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• Former students remember "Ms. Furr" at vigil (WCNC Charlotte)
  posted on April 12, 2009 at 03:15:19 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Former Olympic High School students remembered a cherished teacher Saturday night, in a vigil to honor Cynthia Furr. Furr and her daughter McAllister, 2, were killed last Saturday in a crash police said was caused by street racing on York Road near Furr’s home.
• Friends, Colleagues, Remember Woman and Daughter Killed In Crash (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on April 12, 2009 at 03:12:22 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Dozens of people gathered Saturday night at Olympic High School for a vigil to remember Cynthia Furr, who was a former teacher at the school.
• Vigil held for woman killed in accident (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on April 12, 2009 at 02:59:26 am
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Dozens of friends and family members attended a candlelit vigil Saturday in honor of a woman killed in an alleged street-racing accident.
• Observer Forum: Letters to the editor (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on April 8, 2009 at 04:10:12 am
  If charges are filed against repeat speeder Carlene Carol Atkinson, will they once again be reduced to the level of a $100 fine?
• Cynthia Jean Furr McAllister Grier Furr Price (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 12:39:05 am
  Cindy was born on Dec. 6, 1963, in Charlotte, N.C., beautiful daughter of Joe A. Furr and Jean M. Furr and sister of Sharon Rene` Furr.
• Winthrop University: Assistant Professor killed in crash (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on April 5, 2009 at 07:44:26 pm
  ROCK HILL, S.C. - A Winthrop University English professor and her 2-year-old daughter died from injuries sustained in a car wreck Saturday evening near the Buster Boyd Bridge on N.C. 49.
• Should U.S. schools have longer days, school year? (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 04:10:27 am
  Q. President Obama said students in other countries are better prepared to compete because they're in school longer. Should the school day or year be longer for U.S. schools?
• Young Voices: Should U.S. schools have longer days, school year? (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on March 23, 2009 at 10:18:30 pm
  Pedro Garcia, 13, Smith Academy of International Languages, Charlotte: Mr. Obama
• Will Sounders Soccer Success Stretch Across the Sound? (The Kitsap Sun)
  posted on March 20, 2009 at 06:21:13 am
  Kitsap fans — and those with a stake in the success of Kitsap Pumas developmental-league franchise — were among the 32,000 fans who packed Qwest Field to watch the debut of Seattle's new Major League Soccer team.
• Funeral for murdered cheerleader (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 08:02:46 pm
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Friends and family members gathered at a church in Charlotte Monday morning to pay their respects to a high school cheerleader who was murdered.
• Funeral service scheduled for slain cheerleader (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 11:29:59 am
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• Teen's funeral this morning (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 11:14:45 am
  Charney Watt, an Olympic High School senior who was to have headed to college this fall, instead will be buried this morning at a west Charlotte church. Watt, 18, was killed last week. Gary Daniels, 18, has been charged with murder in the case, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say the death was domestic-related. Daniels has been described by Watt's friends as an ex-boyfriend. The funeral is ...
• Vigil held for murdered teen (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on March 8, 2009 at 04:31:44 am
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Hundreds of people turned out in West Charlotte to remember a Charlotte teenager found murdered in a case of domestic violence.
• Students finish building Habitat home (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on March 7, 2009 at 03:30:05 pm
  CHARLOTTE – Students at Olympic High School finished building a Habitat for Humanity home Friday with some help from Wells Fargo, which donated $20,000 to the project.
• Vigil for murdered cheerleader Saturday (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on March 7, 2009 at 04:16:34 am
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - This weekend, friends and family will remember a Charlotte teenager who was murdered last Sunday. A vigil is planned for 18-year old Charney Watt.
• Boyfriend charged in Olympic High cheerleader's death (WCNC Charlotte)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 12:31:47 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Some call it a "secretive topic," a prevalent problem among young people that, this time, may have cost an Olympic High School cheerleader her life.
• Mother Grieves For Daughter After Apparent Domestic Violence Killing (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on March 3, 2009 at 10:26:45 pm
  Charney Watt, 18, was a track star and cheerleader at Olympic High School and was just accepted to college. Now a victim of domestic violence.