Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Education and its Center for Fairness, Justice and Equity recently held a signing ceremony for three of 25 students in the university’s first group of Tennessee Teach Back Initiative Scholars this fall. The center launched the initiative last spring with the support of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education,…
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Dodson, who serves as a school resource officer, was named the recipient of the 2024 “Innovation in the Classroom Award.” The award is presented by The National Road Safety Foundation and the National Association of School Resource Officers. Deputy Dodson will receive the award July 15 at the annual NASRO…
When SRO Chad Dodson learned Lascassas Elementary School students were scared to go to the dentist, he and his daughter, Caitlin, wrote a book to soothe their fears. The star of the book is Pancake, an Old English bulldog stuffed animal Dodson uses to calm and entertain children at the school. “Pancake and the Tooth…
Officials from Walter Hill Elementary School, Rutherford County Schools and Republic Services will gather on May 16 to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new outdoor STEAM classroom. Last year, Republic Services announced a $120,000 grant to the Miss Katie Woodie Foundation to construct the facility at Walter Hill in honor of Woodie, a beloved teacher…
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) and the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) announced Overall Creek Elementary and fourteen additional schools have received their STEM/STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) redesignation. “Overall Creek was one of the first elementary schools in the state to receive the STEM designation in May, 2018. This redesignation shows…
Luciano Guzman, a junior at Smyrna High School, recently received an honorable mention finish in a nationwide video contest about the dangers of fentanyl. The submission landed him a $2,000 prize. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the FentAlert Challenge sought ideas from teens nationwide to develop a community strategy to…
Middle Tennessee Electric (MTE) announced today that Holloway High School, located in the Rutherford County School District; Bradley Academy, located in the Murfreesboro City School District; and West Elementary School, located in the Wilson County School System, were each awarded a $10,000 grant through Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) School Uplift program. Tight budgets and aging…
Siegel High School is proud to be the only school in Rutherford County Schools that offers a Certified Nursing Assistant Certification. Nursing Education is a capstone course designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the field of nursing. Upon completion of this course, a proficient student will be able to implement communication and interpersonal…
Christiana Middle School students love Sheriff’s School Crossing Officer Lenzo Thompson. They are celebrating his birthday with him today as he greeted them Wednesday dressed in colorful birthday balloons attire complete with a crown and a “Happy Birthday” sash. “Today, there’s a whole lot of birthday wishes from parents, people coming past me,” Thompson said….
The Stars welcome Coach Bryan Weakley as the new Head Coach of the Women’s Basketball program. Weakley is a Graduate of Hendersonville High School and Tennessee State University. He was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Beech High School while doing his student teaching. From there, Weakley moved to Millington Middle School as an assistant…