Siegel High School has been taking part in the state-wide campaign to stop distracted driving. Siegel was chosen by Vanderbilt to participate in the Be In The Zone campaign this year. Siegel High School had several events including informational tents at athletic events and the thumbprint challenge with our Allstate Agent. They are currently working…
It’s an introduction to endless possibilities. It’s also about the possibility that even as a high school student, in Murfreesboro, ordinary people can go on to accomplish the extraordinary. That is the premise of an ongoing series at Blackman High School. Started by librarian Brian Seadorf, the original speaker series has evolved into “A conversion…
About 160 Blackman Collegiate Academy freshmen and sophomores gained a quick glimpse of the Middle Tennessee State University campus Tuesday (March 13). They spent a full day watching and listening, learning the ropes and sampling a taste of college life. Some toured the Center for Innovation in Media and the Honors College. Others learned about real estate, insurance, photography and much more….
Music teachers and over three hundred students from Murfreesboro City Schools will be participating in the annual MCS Music Festival concert Friday, March 9th. The free performance begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Cason Lane Academy gymnasium. Students and teachers will perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month. Music in Our Schools Month…
Middle Tennessee State University and the Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America signed a partnership that will allow the university to be a greater resource for Scouting programs, particularly in science and technology. And, in doing so, the university will gain an opportunity to reach and recruit prospective students from the council, which serves 37…
Drivers are prohibited from talking or texting on cell phones in active school zones under Tennessee state law. As of Jan. 1, it is a misdemeanor for drivers to use the cell phones in any marked school zones. If convicted, the driver faces a fine up to $50. Sheriff’s Cpl. Michael Rodgers said School Resource…
A 14-year-old girl accused of making a threat to a school she did not attend was charged with making a false report this week, a School Resource Officer reported. She was also charged with criminal impersonation by using another student’s log-in information to send the threat to Rock Springs Middle School. She remains in the…
Alyssa Puff graduated in December from Hazel Green High School in Huntsville, Alabama. For postsecondary education, she was courted by “Harvard, Vanderbilt and 150 other schools,” her mother, Judy Finley said. They came to Murfreesboro Monday (Feb. 19) to attend the Honors College Presidents’ Day Open House at Middle Tennessee State University, where Puff will go to school “because…
Middle Tennessee State University will host hundreds of prospective students and their families Saturday, Feb. 24, for the first of two MTSU Preview Days on campus. MTSU holds preview days as a way for prospective students to see the campus, take tours given by student guides, learn about departments, programs and student organizations and meet faculty and staff from…
Oakland High School is proud to announce that two students, Dara Zwemer (left) and Elizabeth Clippard (right), have been awarded MTSU Buchanan Fellowships. Twenty Buchanan Fellowships are awarded each year by MTSU, and our own OHS students earned two of those. This is the highest academic honor scholarship offered by MTSU. Both Elizabeth and Dara…