Elementary Summer Summit provides professional development opportunity

Elementary Summer Summit Provides Professional Development Opportunity

Rutherford County Schools kickstarted its professional development opportunities for the 2023-24 school year with this year’s Elementary Summer Summit. The summit is a voluntary professional development opportunity for teachers that offers over a hundred sessions ranging from classroom management to content focused development. During the summit, teachers and principals can attend sessions pertaining to their…

Emily Gill Named Tennessee’s School Counselor of the Year

Emily Gill Named Tennessee’s School Counselor of the Year

Emily Gill, a school counselor at Thurman Francis Arts Academy, has been named by the Tennessee School Counselor Association (TSCA) as the 2022-23 Tennessee School Counselor of the year. According to the TSCA, Gill has gone above and beyond to positively impact the Rutherford community. As a nominee, Gill stood out from others because of…

Sydney Opera House

RCS Students Selected to Perform at Sydney Opera House

Aubry Redhair and Elexis Thepthongsay, students at Riverdale High School, have been selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Sydney Opera House. Both Aubry and Elexis will perform Alto in August with the Honor Choir. Participation in the Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest-rated young performers from across the world. After being…

Nissan donation to RCS

$67,000 Nissan Donation Will Benefit RCS STEM, Ion Schools

Nissan has generally donated funds to both Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools that will be used to provide additional STEM programming for local students. In the education world, STEM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and it is used to describe academic programs centered around those fields. Some…

Sarah Kate Wright of Siegel Middle School with her Beta award

Multiple RCS Students Succeed at National Convention

Rutherford County School students recently placed in several categories at the National Beta Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. Students represented RCS across multiple schools and grade levels, with a variety of skills and talents. RCS students were awarded in the following categories: Drawing Junior 9th Place: Zoe Tang, Siegel Middle Hand Drawn Anime Junior 2nd Place:…

Telly Award for Take20 with Murfreesboro City Schools

CityTV Brings Home Two National Telly Awards

The 44th Annual Telly Awards, the premier award honoring video and television across all screens, has recognized CityTV, Murfreesboro’s government and educational station, with two Telly Awards. The national awards were announced and officially received this month. Multimedia Producer John Padgett, with Lisa Trail and Tori Carr of Murfreesboro City Schools, earned a Silver 2023…

Central Magnet SRO, Teacher and Students Participate in Great Race Starting Saturday

Central Magnet SRO, Teacher and Students Participate in Great Race Starting Saturday

Pitching in as an announcer for the vintage car cross country Great Race landed a new role for Sheriff’s School Resource Officer Sgt. Scott Culp assigned to Central Magnet School. Announcer Jason White’s voice gave out during the 2022 race and Culp offered to help. Race Director Jeff Stumb agreed. “Jeff disappears and I was…