What a great night! We held our 1st Hispanic Family Learning Night & it was amazing! Our families are truly the best and we got to experience that tonight when we visited them. We can’t wait for our next night in October!

We had a great day visiting Benson Elementary! What a great way to spend the day!

Thanks for an amazing Open House tonight, families! Classroom presentations ✅ Scouts ✅ Rock climbing ✅ Pizza and so much more….We are Committed to the Climb! 🧗

Shoutout to our incredible Instructional Assistants on IA Appreciation Day! 🎉 Your hard work, compassion, & teamwork shine every day. We couldn’t do it without you! 💙

What a great first day of school @Yates_Mill! Dr. Jenkins & I loved seeing so many smiling faces this morning! We are committed & have an amazing team! It’s going to be a great year!

Family Engagement starts here! Thank you so much to our PTA for hosting our welcome back play date tonight. It’s going to be a great year!

Today, we welcomed two new climbing partners to our team! Thank you, Ms. Harrington and Ms. Varnell ⁦@WCPSS⁩ Academics Department for serving as my thought partners this summer and then sharing with the staff this morning! #neverclimbalone 🧗‍♂️

🎉 Huge shoutout to our amazing leader, Dr. Jenkins, for being recognized as an Elementary Principal of the Year Semi-Finalist! 🎉 We are so grateful for all you do for @Yates_Mill everyday & are proud to have you as our Principal! 💙💚@WCPSS

📚It’s Almost That Time! 📚We can’t wait to welcome students and families to the 2025-26 school year. We have new goals to accomplish and new memories to make! ⁦@YMESPTA⁩

Ms. Horton & I got to spend some time with our @ParticipateLrng Ambassador Teachers, Ms. Cowell & Ms. Baird this afternoon as part of their onboarding training. We are so excited to have them joining our @Yates_Mill family!

Yesterday’s @Yates_Mill Leadership Retreat left us feeling inspired as we get ready for the new school year! It was a great day of team building, reflection, & goal setting. Our team is energized & focused, & ready to embrace the opportunities this new year brings!

What a week indeed! My cup is full after spending time with these amazing groups & I’m excited for the new school year!

Today’s Beginning Teacher Bootcamp was all about connection and support as our newest teachers met with their mentors in preparation for a wonderful, smooth start to the school year! #MentorshipMatters #InThisTogether

🎉 We had the pleasure of getting to know our newest school family members at New Staff Orientation today! Thank you, ⁦@YMESPTA⁩ for breakfast and school swag! 🎉 Next up, BT Bootcamp…… 💕

Ms. Campbell & Ms. Johnson presented at this year’s @ncpublicschools “Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference”! Way to proudly represent Yates Mill and share our school’s work with other educators around the state. Way to go! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾⁦@WCPSSTeam⁩

Committed to summer professional development ⁦@OppCulture⁩ with these amazing instructional coaches! Yates Mill is excited to join other ⁦@WCPSS⁩ schools in this new district initiative. #excellent teachers #excellent results

I definitely felt all the love yesterday, from the minute I walked into work! Thanks for all of the birthday love, especially from my YMES community! 🎉💕🎂

🎉 Huge shoutout to our incredible ESL team for their hard work and dedication! Thanks to your support, 16 students have achieved monitored former ML status(exiting ESL services) based on their ACCESS results. 💪🌟 Your impact is life-changing — way to go! 👏📚 @Yates_Mill

We are celebrating our 5th grade team as well! This team grew our 5th grade students to achieve 78% proficiency in their mclass reading assessments. Well done! @Yates_Mill

Here are some of our awesome @Yates_Mill 4th grade teachers (minus one & with a CCR teacher) celebrating a good end to the school year, especially in math where the grade level rocked the NBT standards this year!