Dr. Trey Duke is proud to announce the addition of Ken Rocha & Don Bartch as members of the Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) Senior Leadership Team serving as Assistant Superintendents beginning July 2023. These appointments follow the retirement announcements of Mr. Joe Marlin and Mr. Ralph Ringstaff. “I am honored to have served with Joe…
Registration for the second Middle Tennessee State University College of Basic and Applied Sciences summer STEM camp will begin Wednesday, March 15. This summer, from June 19-23, the college will triple the number of participants and increase the number of faculty and departments involved with the camp highlighting science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students entering…
Students who enter Blackman High School as a freshman have no shortage of opportunities and clubs to join. There are star-studded sports teams, academic organizations, and arts clubs – and then there’s JROTC. Blackman High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps — more commonly known as JROTC — is a military-oriented leadership organization which has…
Oakland High School Nurse Rebecca Fuqua has earned national certification with the National Board for Certification of School Nurses (NCSN). The NCSN credential reflects a high level of competence and professionalism, and the registered nurse must demonstrate a commensurate education, clinical practice experience and knowledge to earn the certification. The mission of the NCSN is…
Victoria Fulton is the high school science teacher at Daniel-McKee, a Rutherford County alternative school. She recently applied for and received a science grant from Society for Science and is applying the grant directly to her hands-on instruction practices in the classroom. With a room full of critters and a group of students who are…
Oakland senior Emma Clonan has been awarded the 2023 Play Like A Girl Trailblazer Award. The Trailblazer award is given to women and businesses who are pioneering the future and changing the face of leadership in Nashville and the surrounding area. This year’s honors include Play Like a Girl alumna Emma Clonan. Emma is an…
Twenty-five teachers from Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) received their Tennessee Employment Standard for Gifted Teaching on March 4 after completing the Middle Tennessee State University/Murfreesboro City Schools Gifted Academy. Since its inception in 2015, over 200 teachers have graduated from the academy. The Gifted Academy, sponsored by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, MTSU and…
Oakland High School Senior Naomi Summey has been selected as a University of Kentucky Singletary Scholar. Naomi was selected for one of 25 awards from a pool of over 2600 students. The award is a full tuition scholarship along with a two-year housing stipend. Naomi is an International Baccalaureate diploma candidate and is the all-student…
Q: Tell me about your position, what does the health services supervisor do? A: So, the health services supervisor and homebound supervisor is over all the school nurses – then over the homebound services. So, I’m working with students who are unable to attend school also. I started out at Rock Springs Middle School as…
The initiative is part of Rutherford County Schools’ new Ion school program. “Ion is an exciting opportunity for our schools to engage their communities in developing new programs that will reach students with a wide variety of strengths,” said RCS Choice School Coordinator Dr. Caitlin Bullard. “Ion programs will promote relationship-building and help ensure that…