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Students, family celebrate graduations
Four more area high schools — East Surry, Mount Airy, North Surry, and Millennium Charter Academy — celebrated graduations over the weekend. We’ll have full stories in Wednesday’s print edition and at mtairynews.com. For now, enjoy a quick glimpse at the ceremonies. See Additional photo inside on 2A.
MCA graduates look toward 'horizon'
The need to look beyond the horizon was a common theme at the seventh-annual commencement ceremony for Millennium Charter Academy. While MCA’s Class of 2024 (23 students) is smaller than that of other high schools in the area, everyone present more than made up for that Saturday morning during a program filled with celebration, anticipation and enthusiasm.
41 Surry-Yadkin Works interns sign with Northern Regional
Surry Community College, Surry-Yadkin Works, and Northern Regional Hospital recently held a celebration to mark the end of the first youth apprentice program for registered nurses at the hospital — the first in North Carolina. Twenty-two local students have committed to apprenticeships at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Airy, while an additional 19 have signed to continue their employment with Northern Regional Hospital through the Surry-Yadkin Works program. Dr. David...
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