Murfreesboro City Schools Names Principal of the Year
Congratulations to Principal Don Bartch from The Creek on being named the Principal of the Year from Murfreesboro City Schools. Congrats Principal Don! Thank you for all you do for our kids.
Suicide Awareness Night at Blackman
Blackman High School will host a suicide awareness and prevention night in their high school auditorium next month on February 6th at 6 p.m. Participants will hear from The Jason Foundation as well as Trustpoint, learn about risk factors and warning signs, and learn what parents and guardians can do. The night is open to…
Seven Tennessee Public Schools Selected as State Finalists in Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition
Samsung announced 300 public schools have been named State Finalists in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition – and seven schools in Tennessee were selected. Representing the best of more than one thousand competition entrants, each State Finalist has won a package of $2,500 in technology and school supplies. The Tennessee Finalists…
RCS Students Display Art at Parthenon, Join All-State Band
RCS students continue to excel in the arts, and December has proven a busy month for artists and musicians in Rutherford County Schools. The following students have had artwork selected for the Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Award Exhibition. Their work will be displayed at The Parthenon in Nashville from December 5 – January 6….
Rocky Fork Middle students win statewide STEM competition
Two teams of eighth-grade students from Rocky Fork Middle School competed as finalists at a statewide STEM competition earlier this month. STEM stands for Science Technology RFMS STEM COMPETITIONEngineering and Mathematics. One of the teams, for its project called MOOVE, won the middle school competition. Those team members are Cristian Perez, Luke Baynes and Joshua…
Three Drivers Cited in School Bus Safety Traffic Enforcement
Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) officers cite three drivers who drove pass a Murfreesboro City Schools bus while the stop sign was deployed and lights flashing said MPD Lieutenant Greg Walker. It was part of the Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force school bus safety traffic enforcement on Thursday. The drivers were charged with failure to…
Eagleville Culture Runs Deep as Rutherford’s Only K-12 School
To say Eagleville School is unique is an understatement. With 100 years of history, the campus as it stands now is much larger than the original, having evolved through many changes — including three fires, one in the early 1890’s, one in 1923 and one in 1994. But even fire could not stop the cooperation…
Oakland Seniors Reflect on 3 State Championships, Graduating
A perfect football season is hard to come by. Three senior students-athletes at Oakland not only appeared at the championship game each year of their high school career, but also walked away with the state title for each of the past three. Freshman year was the only year Max Lovinski, Nathan Hepborn and Mason Bell…
Three Wilson Elementary Teachers Explain Why They Ended Their Retirement and Returned to Classroom
Over at Wilson Elementary, three teachers have returned from retirement to take up positions again teaching. In some cases, they are teaching children of students from past years. For Carrie Froula, it’s subbing in a room where her name is on the doorstop. Kim Bohn has taken up her position as art teacher again, finding…
2022-23 RCS Beta Club Winners
Beginning November 19th, students from across the nation descended on Gaylord Opryland Resort and convention center for a multi-day competition across a variety of categories. Listed are the RCS student winners organized by category, school and area of competition. Elementary Beta Convention (Grades 4 and 5) Statewide Attendance: 1,398 students from 46 clubs McFadden School…