Swain County Middle School

Mountain Discovery Charter School in Bryson City, NC is a public school of choice approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education. With a mission to inspire students to enjoy and lead their own learning, the school fosters individual learning styles and promotes self-confidence through respect for self, others, and the environment. Offering a student-staff ratio of 15 to 1, Mountain Discovery Charter School provides education outdoors through various grade-specific trips such as the Deep Creek Trip for fifth graders and the Hazel Creek Trip for eighth graders. The school's dedicated staff is committed to nurturing and facilitating children's natural abilities to think creatively and critically.Generated from the website

Swain County West Elementary serves students in kindergarten through grade five. The school offers classes in English, math, science, social studies and language arts. Its curriculum also includes art, music, and health and physical education. Swain County West Elementary has a parent-teacher organization that sponsors several fundraising events and welfare programs. The school s media center stocks a variety of storybooks, encyclopedias, online periodicals, textbooks, picture dictionaries, atlases, and fiction and nonfiction books. It provides several Title I and after-school programs. Swain County West Elementary is governed by the Swain County School District, which also operates several elementary, middle and high schools.