Marley Poole, 11th grade going into 12th – selected to participate in Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences at UT Martin. “TGSAS is a four week college experience for high school juniors and seniors. Scholars are exposed to various aspects of agriculture and natural resources in both the classroom, and through opportunities for hands…
SRO Chad Dodson uses stuffed animals to encourage Lascassas Elementary School students to change the world. Dodson is so passionate about his lessons that he wrote a book titled, “Pancake and Friends.” Fellow School Resource Officer Kerry Nelson assisted with the book. It was illustrated by Lascassas 4th grade student Gabrielle Baron with guidance from…
Rutherford County Schools will once again offer multiple sites for the free summer food program, which is available for any child 18 or under in Rutherford County. The summer food locations are offered Monday through Thursday each week. Because the school district is offering learning camps during the month of June, there are expanded locations…
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.