Siegel High School partnered with Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in a yearlong anti-texting while driving campaign called “Be in the Zone-Turn Off Your Phone.” The campaign is sponsored by The Allstate Foundation and Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. The yearlong commitment included a youth service empowerment project with the City…
Central Magnet School has once again been ranked the best high school in Tennessee and 10th best magnet school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The publication releases rankings each spring identifying the best schools in each state and throughout the nation. Central has been named among the best in Tennessee…
Overall Creek Elementary, a Murfreesboro City School, was named a Tennessee Designated STEM School by the State of Tennessee during the STEM Innovation Summit in Nashville on May 8. The Tennessee STEM School Designation denotes that a school meets the highest standards of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) instruction and is a model for…
Oakland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) alum Karmyn Casey has been accepted into the Leadership Knoxville Scholars program through The University of Tennessee and Leadership Knoxville. The Leadership Knoxville Scholars program is an innovative approach to leadership education through community partnerships. The program targets current rising junior leaders in a cohort style model in collaboration…
Murfreesboro City Schools announces its sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) at twenty-four locations this summer. With the school year coming to an end, the MCS Nutrition Department will be kicking off the Summer Food Service Program in May. In addition to designated school cafeterias, Patterson Park, The Den Community Center and Discovery…
Elementary students have met on the campus of MTSU as part of Club MARVEL, a collaboration between Middle Tennessee State University and Murfreesboro City Schools. This year, 86 fourth through sixth grade students explored careers in horse science, concrete management, athletics, science and biology on various Saturdays throughout the school year. “Being on a college…
Thirty-three teachers from Murfreesboro City Schools received their Tennessee Employment Standard for Gifted Teaching after completing the 2017-18 MTSU/MCS Gifted Academy. The Gifted Academy, sponsored by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, aims to expand Murfreesboro City Schools Gifted Education program by equipping teachers with tools to identify and engage gifted students. “We want to…
The Ethos Youth Ensembles, a non-profit youth orchestra program based in Murfreesboro and featuring student musicians from around Middle Tennessee, will present its Grand Finale Concert of the 2017-2018 season at 3pm on Sturday, April 21 at the First United Methodist Church (265 W. Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro) at 3pm. Included in the concert will be…
Angela Alsup Barnes was one of the teachers who helped launch Wilson Elementary School, and now, 17 years later, she will serve as its leader. Barnes has been named the next principal of the school, Director of Schools Don Odom announced. “Every member of the interview committee of five members ranked Mrs. Barnes as the…
Murfreesboro City Schools will host Kindergarten Preview Days in April for students and their families entering kindergarten for the 2018-19 school year. Preview days allow future students as well as parents to tour the school, meet teachers and find additional details about what to expect in kindergarten. Black Fox, April 16 & 17, 10 a.m….