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

• Survey Reveals Charlotte Schools Where Students Do Not Feel Safe (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 03:29:22 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Hours after a high school freshman was arrested for taking a loaded gun to Independence High School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools released a new study showing students at Independence don't feel as safe as other students in the district.
• CMS to mark Grandparents Day (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 01:17:42 pm
  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will mark Grandparents Day with a special celebration Saturday in
• Back to college (Kinston Free Press)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 06:47:37 am
  It’s a brave new world for Lenoir Community College freshman Charles Smith as he begins his college career. Smith, 19, moved to Kinston after he was accepted at LCC, where he will play on the college’s basketball team while he studies
• CMS To Re-Hire Substantial Number Of Laid-Off Teachers (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on August 6, 2009 at 04:34:11 pm
  Hundreds of laid-off Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers will be able to re-apply for their jobs after the school district found out it will receive more money from the state than anticipated.
• New AD looks to finish career in Gaston County (The Gaston Gazette)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 03:23:05 am
  GASTONIA — Dennis Noble never hid the fact that he’d one day like to be Gaston County Schools’ athletic director. “I’ve been interested in it ever since I’ve been in the school system,” Noble said.
• Man charged in killing of CMPD officers due in court Monday (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on July 20, 2009 at 01:03:39 pm
  CHARLOTTE – The man charged with shooting and killing two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
• Despite medical advances, recovery times for regular folks take time (Seattle Times)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 07:10:19 am
  Why is it that injuries that take the rest of us out of action for weeks, months or possibly forever, only bench elite athletes for a short time?
• Observer Forum: Letters to the editor (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 10:48:52 am
  Kudos to Bee Thanoulith and Devon Anthony on their perseverance.
• Despite medical advances, recovery from injuries takes time (The Buffalo News)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 11:16:15 am
  You fall off your bike and break your collarbone, and your doctor tells you to stay off the bike for six to eight weeks. Lance Armstrong falls and breaks his collarbone in multiple places, and he's back in the saddle in a couple of weeks.
• Duke Energy Announces Academic Scholars for 2009 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 06:00:00 pm
  Duke Energy announced today that 20 children of company employees have been selected to receive 2009 Duke Energy Foundation scholarships.
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officers Honored For Community Policing (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 02:50:38 am
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Fifteen Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers were honored by the community Thursday night. Chief Rodney Monroe was the guest speaker at the 30th Annual Police Community Relations award ceremony.
• Taking healing to extremes (Denver Post)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 07:55:41 am
  You fall off your bike and break your collarbone, and your doctor tells you to stay off the bike for six to eight weeks.
• You're not Superman: Despite major medical advances, recovery times for regular folks take time (PhysOrg)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 07:56:52 pm
  You fall off your bike and break your collarbone, and your doctor tells you to stay off the bike for six to eight weeks. Lance Armstrong falls and breaks his collarbone in multiple places, and he's back in the saddle in a couple of weeks.
• TB tests to be given at West Meck High (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on April 29, 2009 at 10:39:23 am
  About 80 students and staff members at West Mecklenburg High School will begin testing for tuberculosis today after being exposed to an individual at the school diagnosed with the disease.
• Tuberculosis at West Meck High School (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 10:19:36 pm
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The Mecklenburg County Health Department will conduct tuberculosis skin tests on about 80 people at West Mecklenburg High School after an individual at the school was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
• Tuberculosis Found At West Mecklenburg High (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 08:31:26 pm
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Students at West Mecklenburg High School are taking home a letter to their parents warning of another infectious disease in the area.
• National Event Celebrates N.C. Students and Their Post-Secondary Plans (Newswise)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 08:28:15 pm
  The Carolina College Advising Corps (CCAC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host "National Decision Day" events to honor graduating high school seniors and their decision to continue their education. The events, which are being sponsored by the National College Advising Corps (NCAC), will take place on or around May 1, the day most young people must inform a college of ...
• National Event Celebrates More than 17,500 Students' Success and Post-Secondary Plans (Newswise)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 08:28:05 pm
  The National College Advising Corps (NCAC) will sponsor "National Decision Day" events in nine states to honor graduating high school seniors and their decision to continue their education. The celebrations will take place on or around this Friday (May 1) - the day most young people must inform a college of their plans to enroll. Decision Day festivities will be held at more than 60 partner high ...
• You're not Superman (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on April 21, 2009 at 01:17:22 pm
  You fall off your bike and break your collarbone, and your doctor tells you to stay off the bike for six to eight weeks. Lance Armstrong falls and breaks his collarbone in multiple places, and he's back in the saddle in a couple of weeks.
• Kidnapper given 59-year sentence (The Charlotte Observer)
  posted on April 15, 2009 at 10:24:41 am
  Amanda Behning told a federal judge Tuesday that she left her job as a teacher not long after she wa
• Man Sentenced To 59 Years In Prison For 2007-2008 Kidnappings (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on April 14, 2009 at 08:42:54 pm
  Peter James Smith was convicted on a number of charges related to two violent kidnappings.
• Officers remembered 2 years after shooting (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on March 31, 2009 at 10:42:44 pm
  CHARLOTTE -- It has been two years since the fatal shooting of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officers Sean Clark and Jeff Shelton, and while the accused killer remains in jail awaiting trial, some are still trying to find a way to move on from that day.
• Tuesday marks two years since officers' murders (News 14 Carolina)
  posted on March 31, 2009 at 12:28:38 pm
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• Fighting teen violence (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on March 18, 2009 at 10:29:27 pm
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - According to a recent survey at West Mecklenburg High School, only 43-percent of students think the school is safe. And a recent report issued by CMS shows there are more than 70-gangs in schools across the city.
• New principal lays out plan for a struggling high school in Charlotte (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on March 16, 2009 at 11:16:38 pm
  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Only 57 percent of the students at West Mecklenburg High school perform at or above grade level. North Carolina wants that number to jump to more than 70 percent.
• CMS teachers rally for job security (The Charlotte Post)
  posted on March 11, 2009 at 01:05:29 am
  Some Charlotte-Mecklenburg teachers are upset with the possibility of job cuts that would thin their ranks. Delores Maxen is one of them.