Inaugural ‘Free Cycle’ Helps Meet MTSU Students’ Living, School Needs

Inaugural ‘Free Cycle’ Helps Meet MTSU Students’ Living, School Needs

MTSU student Zofia Zagalsky had an eye on one specific item: “I really was wanting the lamp I got to help mitigate some of my electric power usage,” she said following the first-ever Free Cycle event recently on campus. And, she added, “school supplies like notebooks, organizers and a calculator clipboard are just great things…

Care Solace

RCS Invests in Free Mental Health Service

Rutherford County Schools has invested in a mental health service to link students, families and employees with therapists and counselors. The service provider is known as Care Solace and provides a stress-free way of finding an appropriate provider for a variety of mental health needs. Rutherford County Schools is funding the service through federal pandemic…

Whitworth-Buchanan Middle earns ‘model school’ distinction

Whitworth-Buchanan Middle Earns ‘Model School’ Distinction

Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School is the first school in Rutherford County to be named a model school by the International Center for Leadership and Education. Schools are chosen by ICLE based on their rapid improvement and ability to present streamlined and straightforward strategies to help other schools achieve success. The application process is very rigorous, involving…

SRO Student Safety

Sheriff’s Office, School District Remain Committed to Student Safety

Protecting the safety of students, teachers and staff still remains the core of school resource officers after Rutherford County launched the first SRO program in Tennessee 29 years ago. Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and Rutherford County Schools partnered to add SROs at the county’s five high schools in 1993. Now, SROs serve all 50 County…

Jessica Condren and Keely Miga

Rockvale High Students Represent at National Conference

Jessica Condren and Keely Miga, students at Rockvale High School, were chosen to represent Christiana, Tennessee, as National Youth Delegates to the 2022 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University. Of 100 students selected, Jessica and Keely took part in a week-long exercise of leadership in environmental science and conservation. Students were…

RCS teachers complete ‘Gifted Academy’

RCS teachers complete ‘Gifted Academy’

Twenty-two teachers from Rutherford County attended the “Gifted Academy” in July – a collaboration between Rutherford County Schools and Murfreesboro City Schools. The program was fully funded by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation by way of a grant. This unique training opportunity provided RCS teachers a means of furthering their professional development in a…