Education

Upcoming out-of-state and overnight field trips approved by the Roane County Board of Education in November:
Dec. 7-9 — Twenty-five Cherokee Middle, four Midway Middle and High, and 20 Roane County High band students to attend East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association Junior Band Clinic at Lee University, Cleveland.

March 13-15 — Midway Middle sixth-graders to attend Camp Wesley Woods.

Kindergarten
Addison Armes
Maggie Patterson
Taylor Renton
John Howe
Jasmine Meza
Alexis Donalson
Kiersten Ruffner
Mason Hughes
Madison Colburn
Zachary Graham
Garrett Humphreys
Braden Jeffers
Ville Massengill
First Grade
Reese Collier
Silas Tilley
Cheyenne Branson
Mason Melton
Second Grade
Sierra Cowell
Haydence O’Toole
Cadence Miles

Monty’s Plant Food Co., a Louisville, Ky.-based manufacturer of plant and soil enhancement products for the agricultural industry, is now accepting applications from Tennessee stu-
dents for four $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 students must also meet criteria, including:

A decorated law enforcement officer and an accomplished scholar have been named Roane State Community College’s 2012 Outstanding Alumni.

The recipients are Jeff Burchfield of Maryville, captain and training supervisor for the Blount County Sheriff’s Office, and Dr. Barry Vann of Corbin, Ky., professor of higher education and geography at the University of the Cumberlands.

Burchfield graduated from Roane State in 1993 with an associate’s degree in police technology.