Dr. Linda Gilbert, Director of Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS), is proud to announce the appointment of Tiffany Strevel and Cherrye Robertson as principal of Black Fox Elementary and Reeves-Rogers Elementary respectively. Ms. Tiffany Strevel will assume the role of Principal of Black Fox Elementary following the retirement of Joe Thompson. Strevel has been with Murfreesboro…
Andrea Campbell, 11, wanted to know about law enforcement and safety during the annual School Resource Officer’s Junior Deputy Camp. “I thought it was cool for me to know and learn about safety so if I am in a situation, I will know what to do,” Andrea said. “If they know self-defense, they can take…
The Murfreesboro Police Department is pleased to announce the graduation of Sergeant Justin Lemanski from the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command. This school consist of an upper level executive leadership curriculum which focus on police management, human resources, personnel allocation and organizational behavior. Past graduates include Major David Hudgens, Captain Cary Gensemer,…
Walter Hill Elementary School has gone not to the dogs, but to the chickens and pigs. Principal Helen Campbell endorsed School Resource Officer Erica Brinkley’s idea to raise chickens at school so students could learn about raising animals with the motto “getting back to the basics.” “We’re teaching students the basics of where eggs come…
Approximately 600 Murfreesboro City School third-graders from six schools experienced MTSU farm life during a field trip on Wednesday. The field trip is the culminating event for third grade as part of the Farm to School curriculum. About half of the Murfreesboro City Schools third-graders learned about the MTSU gardens while the rest took in…
School Resources Officers contributed from their own pockets and fund-raisers to award four $1,000 college scholarships to Rutherford County seniors Wednesday. SRO Jason Urban, who coordinates the scholarships, said a panel of SROs chose the winners based on their grade point average, ACT score, extra-curricular activities, a written essay on “Ways I Would Improve School…
Overall Creek Elementary, a Murfreesboro City School, was named a Tennessee Designated STEM School by the State of Tennessee during the STEM Innovation Summit in Nashville on May 8. The Tennessee STEM School Designation denotes that a school meets the highest standards of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) instruction and is a model for…
Visitors to the Discovery Center will soon embark on an exploration of tropical rainforests with the museum’s newest traveling exhibit, Rainforest Adventure, opening Saturday, May 12. Swing like a Spider monkey, discover a rodent that weighs over a hundred pounds, and learn about a beetle that can carry over 850 times its own weight. Visitors…
Nursing students from two Rutherford County high schools – Stewarts Creek and Siegel – were at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening for a celebratory pinning ceremony after becoming certified nursing assistants. The pinning ceremony for the Nursing Education Program was led by Chris West, vice president of National HealthCare Corp. Stewarts Creek’s program is…
Oakland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) alum Karmyn Casey has been accepted into the Leadership Knoxville Scholars program through The University of Tennessee and Leadership Knoxville. The Leadership Knoxville Scholars program is an innovative approach to leadership education through community partnerships. The program targets current rising junior leaders in a cohort style model in collaboration…