Students at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna were secured while school resource officers quickly removed a handgun from a student’s backpack this morning, a school resource officer supervisor said. SRO Matt Clagg charged a 16-year-old Stewarts Creek High School student with possession of a weapon on campus and simple possession of marijuana after school…
Monica White was buckling her two-year-old son, Steven, into the car seat of her GMC Acadia when she heard the email notification on her iPhone ping. White, a math instructor at Holloway High School, took a quick glance and saw the subject line. It read: “2021 PAEMST Application Results.” Initially, she was too nervous to…
Becoming an educator or working in any capacity in public education is less a choice and more often expressed as a calling. This makes the decision to retire bittersweet, and yet the end of another school year brings with it the retirement of more than 100 administrators, teachers, and staff members from throughout Rutherford County…
Middle Tennessee State University has released its “True Blue 100” honorees and nearly a fourth of those honored attend a Rutherford County high school. For 2021, 24 RCS freshmen have been selected for the honor. True Blue 100 is one hundred outstanding high school freshman who share the university’s core values and commitments and live…
After an unprecedented year of navigating a pandemic while ensuring students are still learning, Rutherford County Schools is holding an Employee Appreciation Week as one of thanking faculty and staff members. Director of Schools Bill Spurlock kicked-off the event Sunday and members of the celebration committee have been holding daily drawings to give away prizes…
The third annual Rutherford County middle school softball all-star event was recently hosted by LaVergne Middle School. Players and coaching staffs from all 13 middle schools – Rock Springs, LaVergne, Rocky Fork, Rockvale, Oakland, Siegel, Stewarts Creek, Christiana, Blackman, Whitworth Buchanan, Smyrna, Central Magnet and Thurman Francis — unified in a moment that student-athletes and…
Siegel Elementary 2nd grade students had the BEST time being young entrepreneurs where they had to learn to make an ice cream truck! They had to pick ice cream that the wholesale cost was low so that they could make money. They also learned to have options to reach the most customers possible.
Thanks to a grant from the City Schools Foundation, Bradley Academy students were able to experience hands on learning about butterflies and what roll they play in our environment. Butterflies are flying, pollinating, and populating our community with beauty! Thank you, City Schools Foundation for funding this grant!! – Bradley Academy
Murfreesboro City Schools Director Dr. Trey Duke is proud to announce the appointment of Mrs. Sia Phillips as Principal for Salem Elementary. Phillips has served as Assistant Principal and as the Interim Principal at Salem Elementary since the school’s opening in 2019. In addition to her past leadership roles at Discovery and Reeves-Rogers, Phillips has…
Murfreesboro City Schools Director Dr. Trey Duke is proud to announce the appointment of Natalie Hardiman as Principal of Reeves-Rogers Elementary beginning in the 2021-22 school year. Hardiman currently serves as the Assistant Principal of the school. Hardiman has an extensive background in Murfreesboro City Schools where she began as a teacher at Cason Lane…