The Blackman High culinary program was one of a dozen schools throughout Middle Tennessee to receive in upwards of 300 of the 4,000 chef jackets donated by Cracker Barrel. Blackman instructor Frank Pinnix participated in a meeting with several other high school culinary educators — Lebanon, Wilson Central, Mt. Juliet, Green Hills, Cookeville, Memphis, Canon…
The Goddard School®, a nationally acclaimed early childhood education franchise, is breaking ground in Murfreesboro, TN, to bring the play-based learning experience to area families by summer of 2022. To celebrate the new Goddard School coming to the Nashville suburb, co-owners Cyndi Murphy, Leisa Byars and Del McSpadden were joined by members of the Rutherford…
The Rutherford County School Board unanimously approved a request from the County Commission’s Public Safety Committee to build a trio public health and safety buildings on three pieces of property located at Rockvale, Christiana and Walter Hill elementary schools. Each building will contain a pair of fire and ambulance bays with equipment. The stations —…
The instruction and curriculum department received approval from the Rutherford County School Board to purchase continued access to SmartMusic. The online platform provided by MakeMusic is for all instrumental music teachers and, more importantly, students enrolled in middle and high school instrumental music courses for the 2021–2022 school year. SmartMusic allows teachers to assign students…
Thirty minutes. That’s all it took for Beth Nelson and her friends to feel a sense of relief when they stood up and walked out of the auditorium at Oakland High School. Nelson admitted that she and other seniors often feel “so much pressure” on knowing where they are going to college, what they plan…
The Rutherford County Board of Education has unanimously approved the Carl D. Perkins Reserve Grant along with a grant for the voluntary pre-kindergarten program worth more than $1.3 million. The latter is used to partially fund the district’s 15 voluntary pre-K programs — 12 of which are in the John Colemon Annex along with classrooms…
A team of students from Stewarts Creek High School’s video production program will work with the Town of Smyrna’s media services personnel to broadcast the August 20th Smyrna vs. Stewarts Creek football game live on Stewarts Creek TV and multiple Town of Smyrna platforms. Town of Smyrna Manager Brian D. Hercules understands the value of…
Like many local restaurants and food service employers throughout Rutherford County, the school nutrition department is experiencing issues with hiring and retaining cafeteria workers. To help file more than 30 open positions, the school board unanimously approved a one-time hiring and retention bonus of $500 to attract and retain staffing for school cafeterias. “If you…
Parents may be wondering about all the activity happening on the three Rockvale school campuses. Multiple projects are in motion as the school district prepares to add classrooms at the middle and elementary schools. “I just want parents to know we’re working hard to Diagram, engineering drawing provide space and opportunities for our students to…
Dr. Thurman Tucker has been selected to participate in the Advisory Council for Special Education Collaborative. Tucker, who teaches seventh grade inclusion math at LaVergne Middle School, was also selected this past spring as the Middle School Teacher of the Year for Rutherford County Schools. “I am humbled and honored to be a part of…