Polk County Schools is a public school system in Western North Carolina serving approximately 2,500 students in grades prekindergarten through 13.  Our seven schools include one early college, one high school, one middle school and four elementary schools, all located in a small, mostly rural county in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.  Polk County students are recognized locally and at the state and national level for their high academic performance on both State and National Assessments.  

2013-14 Calendars

At their April meeting, the Polk County Board of Education adopted the 2013-14 school calendars.  This year, the Board adopted one calendar for Polk County Early College and a separate calendar for all of the other schools.  

2013-14 Calendars


Recent News

  • Saluda - PCHS Farm

    To kick-off Saluda Elementary's annual Read-a-thon, all students in grades PreK-5 visited the farm at Polk County High School.  Students learned about the PCHS Agricultural Education program by rotating through stations led by students in Mr. Barber's 4th period Horticulture II class who taught them about the hands-on activities that teach the high schoolers about welding, animal science, carpentry, and horticulture.  Elementary students were particularly interested in the school's goats, baby chicks and cow because the money raised from the Read-a-thon will be donated to Heifer International.  Heifer International's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth.  


    Posted May 7, 2013, 6:13 PM by Dave Scherping
  • PCHS FFA - State Champions

    The Polk FFA Land Judging Senior Team won the NCFFA State Land Judging Competition on April 6th and will be headed to the National Land Judging Competition in Oklahoma on May 2nd.
     
    The Junior Team was state runner-up in the junior land judging competition.

    Posted Apr 18, 2013, 4:17 PM by Dave Scherping
  • AdvancED Surveys
    As part of our District Accreditation processes, Polk County Schools is conducting the following Student & Parent Surveys.  We value your opinion and ask that you take the time to complete the survey.  If you have any difficulty accessing the survey or have questions about the survey you may contact Aaron Greene at (828) 894-3051.  

    On the survey, you will select the school you, or your child, attend.  This will ensure we direct the results to the appropriate location.  Please be assured that your responses to this survey will be anonymous, so your honest opinion is appreciated.  Paper copies of the survey are available upon request at each Polk County school site.  Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey and giving us your opinions and thoughts.  The link to the Surveys are found below:






    Posted Apr 18, 2013, 4:14 PM by Dave Scherping
  • Strategic Planning Input
    This form will allow parents or other community members to submit ideas, opinions, and feedback relative to the topics discussed at the Strategic Planning meetings held at each school.  Please feel free to offer any information you feel will help this process in the appropriate boxes under each "topic."  We are looking for big ideas and suggestions around these areas but welcome and appreciate any input you are willing to provide.  Thank you for your participation.



    Posted Apr 18, 2013, 4:14 PM by Dave Scherping
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