Rutherford County Schools has announced its 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year. Three teachers were chosen as district level winners and will be submitted for recognition at the regional and potentially state level. All award-winners will be honored at a public banquet on April 30 at the Fountains at Gateway, starting at 3:30 p.m. The district…
Director of Schools has named Denielle Fuller the new principal of Rock Springs Elementary School, and he has named Samantha Wagner the first principal of the new Simon Springs Community School, both in LaVergne. Fuller succeeds longtime principal Stephen Lewis, who plans to retire at the end of the current school year. “Ms. Fuller is…
Congratulations to this year’s cohort of teachers that received their Tennessee Employment Standard for Gifted Teaching today. A year of study is complete! The Middle Tennessee State University/Murfreesboro City Schools Gifted Academy, sponsored by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, aims to expand the MCS Gifted Education program by equipping teachers with tools to identify…
Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro hosted a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event to raise funds for lifesaving childhood cancer research on Friday, March 1, 2024. With a goal of raising $28,000, participants will register to shave their head or chop their locks to support the Foundation’s mission to fund the best research to find…
Using funds from a safe schools grant, Rutherford County Schools has launched a pilot program to test an automatic weapon detection system. The system — known as “Evolv Weapons Detection” — will be rotated around to various schools for training purposes over the next few weeks. Oakland Middle School’s administration has volunteered to be one…
Students enrolled in Sydney Buvvaji’s plant science class at Holloway High School are working to improve the surrounding neighborhood’s access to fresh fruit and vegetables. They are using the school’s outdoor garden space to grow vegetables such as broccoli, squash, and carrots. Inside the greenhouse purchased last school year, herbs grow alongside marigolds and tulips….
African American exhibits, cuisine, and much more will be featured Thursday, February 29, as Murfreesboro City Schools and Patterson Park Community Center celebrate The African American Cultural Celebration. The event will be held at Patterson Park Community Center located at 521 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from 5-7 p.m. “We invite the community join…
Seven Rutherford County Schools have been awarded a grant to develop science, technology, engineering and math education programs. The grant is provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Inc, a TVA retiree program. The seven schools are Central Magnet School, Riverdale High School, Smyrna Elementary, Smyrna Primary, Stewarts Creek Elementary, Stewarts…
Today, the Tennessee Department of Education announced that Murfreesboro City Schools has six schools recognized as Tennessee Reward Schools. Reward status is the top state distinction a public school can earn in Tennessee. Murfreesboro City Reward Schools include Black Fox, Erma Siegel, Reeves-Rogers, Bradley Academy, Overall Creek and Northfield Elementary. The annual Reward School designation…
Khyrstyne Dunaway and Casey Comer both work in special education at John Coleman Elementary School. Until this school year, they had a friendly relationship like most co-workers do. They had consulted on various students and greeted each other in the hallways. But their paths changed drastically in September. You see, that’s when Dunaway’s child, Lex…