Eagles are… Connected, Empowered, Prepared. EAGLES LEAD!

Established in 1951 and located in our current building since 1980, WIlkes Central High School welcomes students from Central Wilkes Middle School and the elementary communities of Moravian Falls, Wilkesboro, CC Wright, North Wilkesboro, and Boomer Ferguson. We also welcome students new to our community of joining us from private, home, and/or charter schools. Our student body of approximately 750 students meets every day from 7:45AM to 3:30 PM. WCHS has a strong tradition of excellence in academics, athletics, fine arts, community leadership and more, and it is up to each of you to partner with us to not only uphold that tradition of excellence, but also to leave WCHS better than when you first arrive. Our vision is that ALL students in our Eagle Nation are EMPOWERED to unlock their potentials, so that when they are ready to leave The Nest they are prepared to ENROLL, ENLIST, and/or EMPLOY

School Leadership

Principal: Dr. Heather Melton Freeman

Assistant Principal: Mrs. Kendall Steelman

Assistant Principal: Mr. Chris Martin

School Counselor: Mrs. Kyrie Krenz

School Counselor: Mrs. Kim Welborn

Athletic Director: Coach Chuck Cannon

Instructional Specialist: Mrs. Cyndi Fowler

Student Leaderpship Opportunities at WCHS

WCHS AP Academy

Career & Technical Education

WCC Career & College Promise Courses

Gear Up

Visual & Performing Arts

Yearbook & Journalism Courses

Student Council & other clubs

Athletics

Wilkes Central High School strives to combine high academic standards based on the NC Common Core Standards with vas opportunities for students to also grow behaviorally, socially, and emotionally. Our daily schedule is structured to include four 90-minute blocks, along with a 42-minute intervention.enrichment block called Eagle Impact. Our school also focuses on cultivating global ready skills, essential social-emotional skills, and a growth mindset culture to prepare students for college and career, and all students have a personal laptop device for their use at school and at home if appropriate permission forms are completed. Our faculty engages in professional collaboration through data team meetings, content planning, professional learning communities, and multi-disciplinary action teams, and all teachers have 90 minutes of planning daily. All students are alloted 25 minutes during their lunch block. Our creative schedule also allows equitable access to participation in clubs during the regular school day during Eagle Impact. In order to attend clubs, students must meet and maintain high standards for attendance, academics, and behavior. Students are encouraged and empowered to showcase leadership daily in our classrooms and beyond by serving on our Student Council and other clubs, applying for school and classroom jobs, participating in athletics band, and other extracurricular activities, and representing our school in various capacities in the community and beyond . 

Academic Booster Club

President: Anna Pyke

WCHS Academic Booster Club meetings are held at the school on the second Monday of each month at 4:30PM

Athletic Boosters Club

President: Stephanie Mayberry

WCHS Athletic Booster Club Executive Board meetings are held monthly with all-membership meetings held quarterly. 

Band Booster Club

President: Matt Simmons 

WCHS Band Booster Club meetings are held at the school on the second monday of each month at 6:30PM

Ask us how you or your business/community organization can become one of our WCHS Patrons!

WCHS Athletics

Fall

Men’s Soccor, Volleyball, Football, Cheerleading, Women’s Tennis, Cross Country, Women’s Golf

Winter

Women’s Basketball, Men’s Basketball, Wrestling, Cheerleading, Swimming, Indoor Track

Spring

Track, Women’s Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Men’s Tennis, Men’s Golf

Be a Leader at WCHS 

Wchs offers many clubs from which students can choose to participate in both during and after school.

Art club Beta Club Chamber Choir Chess Club Creative Writing Club Drama Club Eagle Flight Attendants Envirothon FBLA FCA FCCLA FFA HOSA Interact Club Junior Civitans AFJROCT Key Club NHS NTHS Quiz Bowl Reading Club Spanish Science Olympiad 

Student Council Prevention Team Wrestling