Highland Rim Academy Celebrates New Building Opening
Highland Rim Academy celebrated its new building Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Director of Advancement Casey Overstreet said students and staff moved into the building earlier this year. Overstreet said the new building needed since Highland Rim outgrew its previous location at Washington Avenue Baptist Church. “It still almost feels a little bit like […]
Therapist: Testing Stress Reduces In Kids By June
Children who deal with stress around end-of-year testing, find themselves more relaxed again at this point of the summer. Therapist Lori Chaney said her clinic sees an uptick in adolescent anxiety around April during TCAP season. Chaney said summer is a moment of reprieve for these students. “That April month we’re always seeing additional things […]
Fentress Schools Launches New App For Parents, Community
The Fentress County School System has launched a new mobile app to keep students and their parents updated. Instructional Technology Specialist Rhonda Roysden said the app will provide information about upcoming events, news, and each school’s dining schedule. She said the app is a one-stop shop that sends posts to Facebook, Twitter, and the school’s […]
End Of School Balancing Act For Educators
These final weeks of school are a balancing act, making the most of valuable instruction time, fun activities and planning for next year. White County Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said school does not end, it just shifts, even after the last day. He said teachers are focused on hitting standards for next year and […]
Putnam Schools Closed For The Week, Chance For Parents To Prepare
Putnam County Schools will be closed for the rest of the week due to unsafe road conditions and temperatures forecasted to fall even further. Director of News and Public Relations Buddy Pearson said the decision ultimately came down to student safety. Pearson said Director of Schools Corby King and his team took many different voices […]
White County Schools Holding Meeting To Prepare Parents For Kindergarten
White County Schools will hold their fall Kindergarten Ready Meeting Monday to give parents the tools to give kids a smooth transition into schools. Cyndi Vickers is District K-2 Reading and Math Instructional Coach. She said the meetings urge parents to speak positively to their children about the start of school. Vickers said encouraging learning […]
White Co BOE Approves Bid For Bon De Croft Addition
The White County Board of Education awarded a $6.38 million bid Thursday night for its Bon De Croft School project. School Board Member Jayson McDonald said the bid came in just over the $6 million budget established by the board. “For me, it was lower than what I thought we were going to get,” McDonald […]
TSBA Upper Cumberland Fall Conference To Discuss Title IX, School Safety
Title IX, school safety, and a new third-grade retention bill expected to be hot topics for the annual Tennessee School Board Association Upper Cumberland meeting. TSBA Upper Cumberland District Director Jayson McDonald said this year’s meeting held in White County will be the first in-person meeting held in three years. He said the biggest issue […]
Rep. Williams Working With Farris On Ideas For School Safety Legislation
State Representative Ryan Williams working with Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris on legislation for safer schools. Williams said they are in the early stages of exploring ways for state funding to fortify schools. “We even looked into some ideas about a system by which you can have check points for SROs to make sure they […]
Central View Residents Speak Out For White Co Board To Reopen School
Several residents in the Central View Community made their case to the White County School Board Tuesday to reopen its elementary school. Resident Moni Webb said the community still hurts from the school closure that occurred four-years ago. “The Central View families are more serious now than four years ago to get their school back […]
