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Education

  • Rotary honors RYLA student

    Kingston Rotary Club President Suzanne Horsfall, left, and immediate past president Ralph Best present a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards certificate and pin to Jordan Zurcher, a junior at Roane County High School.

    The Rotary clubs of Harriman, Kingston and Rockwood sponsored nine student from county high schools to attend this year’s daylong event where students develop leadership and team building skills.

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  • Scholarships available to FFA members

    Monty’s Plant Food Co., a Louisville, Ky.-based manufacturer of plant and soil enhancement products for the agriculture industry, is accepting applications for five $1,000 college scholarships.

    The awards will be made in conjunction with the National FFA Organization to high school seniors who are members of FFA.

    To be eligible, FFA members must

    • Live on a family farm in Tennessee or other eligible state.

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  • Roane State closing Dec. 19 for holidays

    All Roane State Community College campuses will be closed Dec. 19-Jan. 1 for the holidays.

    The Cumberland Business Incubator on the Cumberland County campus near Crossville will be closed Dec. 23-Jan. 1.

    All campuses will reopen on Jan. 2. Spring classes will begin on Jan. 16.

    Registration and other self-service options are available through Roane State website, www.roanestate.edu. Visit the website or call 1-866-462-7722 for details.

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  • Midway Elementary honors: First nine weeks' grading period

    Midway Elementary School applauds students who earned placement on its honor rolls and other achievements for the first nine weeks grading period.

    They are:

    A HONOR ROLL

    Third grade — Logan Carroll, Bree Duff, Caleb Hall, John Kervorkian, Chloe Kyle, Ashley Steedley, Ayshia Turner, Maggie Jackson, Cadence Miles, Tyler Bentley, Shelby Bryant, Christian Clark Cadence Collier, Mary Contrearas, Sierra Cowell, Jayleigh Davis and Rhyan Helms.

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  • Register kids for Homeschool Friday museum programs

    Registration is underway for upcoming Homeschool Friday Programs for grades K-6 beginning in January at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

    Programs for homeschool students in grades K-2 are one-hour classes from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; grades K-6 take two-hour classes from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

    Program fees for grades K-2 are $7 for the public and $5 for museum members; 3-6 grades pay $12, with museum members paying $9.

    Fees include the classroom program and museum admission for one student and one adult with the program.

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  • On-the-government-job training

    Ninety students from all five Roane County High Schools shadowed 12 different elected officials during the annual Student Government Day.

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  • RCHS and Cherokee Christmas concert set

    Roane County High School and Cherokee Middle School bands will present a Christmas concert at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 in Roane County High School gymnasium.

    The concert will include performances by both bands in a settign welcoming to the community.

    There is no admission charge.

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  • Midtown students privy to ‘The Nutcracker’

    A few members of the cast of Arts in Motion’s 2013 “The Nutcracker” visited Midtown Elementary School recently for a sneak peek of the production.

    Arts in Motion owner and director Jennifer Austin shared “The Nutcracker” story with the students, who were allowed to admire costumes, hear about backstage secrets, and ask questions about the production.

    Several counties are involved with “The Nutcracker” production, which includes a 132-member cast.

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  • 2013-14 Roane County Schools Calendar
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  • Report: More than 7,500 bullying cases reported in 2012-13

    A Tennessee Department of Education report released in October shows 7,555 cases of bullying were reported in Tennessee public schools during the 2012-13 school year.

    According to the data submitted to the state’s Department of Education by school officials statewide, 5,478 — or 72.51 percent — of bullying reports submitted were confirmed after investigation.

    The report was required under anti-bullying legislation passed by the Tennesee General Assembly in 2012.

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