Casey Couch is the third senior from Rutherford County Schools to commit to one of the prestigious military academies. Couch, 18, who attends Central Magnet School, was offered and accepted an athletic scholarship to the United States Air Force Academy. “Recruited athletes at the academies, like myself,” said Couch, who received a gymnastics scholarship, “are…
A 14-year-old girl accused of making a threat to a school she did not attend was charged with making a false report this week, a School Resource Officer reported. She was also charged with criminal impersonation by using another student’s log-in information to send the threat to Rock Springs Middle School. She remains in the…
Athletic departments for high schools and colleges are commonly seen as the front porch of any academic institution. UCLA men’s basketball, Connecticut women’s basketball and Alabama football have become a trio of storied college programs, while De La Salle High, in California, has established itself as a force in football and New Jersey’s St. Anthony…
Alyssa Puff graduated in December from Hazel Green High School in Huntsville, Alabama. For postsecondary education, she was courted by “Harvard, Vanderbilt and 150 other schools,” her mother, Judy Finley said. They came to Murfreesboro Monday (Feb. 19) to attend the Honors College Presidents’ Day Open House at Middle Tennessee State University, where Puff will go to school “because…
Middle Tennessee State University will host hundreds of prospective students and their families Saturday, Feb. 24, for the first of two MTSU Preview Days on campus. MTSU holds preview days as a way for prospective students to see the campus, take tours given by student guides, learn about departments, programs and student organizations and meet faculty and staff from…
Blackman High School senior Jania Boddie plans to major in studio art and graphic design when she enters Middle Tennessee State University later this year. So it was no surprise that her capstone research project as part of the Blackman Collegiate Academy had an intensely artistic focus — the impact of child art therapy in terms of…
Nearly 40 MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management students piqued the interest of 19 companies regionally and nationwide Friday (Feb. 9). The companies, invited to campus by one of the signature MTSU programs, were seeking summer interns that often lead to full-time employment. The School of Concrete and Construction Management conducts Internship Speed Interviewing Days so students can…
Eagleville senior John “Hunter” Hailey and Oakland senior Kyle Lennon both have been accepted to prestigious military service academies, the equivalent of Ivy League schools. Hailey has been accepted to the U.S. Merchant Marine Service Academy in Kings Point, New York, and Lennon has been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Hailey…
Mitchell-Neilson School has been named a Leader in Me Lighthouse School by Franklin Covey Co. This recognition comes because the school has achieved outstanding results in school and student outcomes, by implementing The Leader in Me process with fidelity. It is also because of the extraordinary impact the school is having on staff, students, parents, and the greater community….
The MCS Competition Cheer Team has won their bid to the National High School Cheerleading Championship at Disney this weekend. Thirty-one students from across the district have trained, fundraised and cheered their way to the national championship scheduled for February 10-11. The MCS team will perform in the Junior Club Finalist Division on Feb 11 at…