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District taking applications for administrators academy
• Deadline to apply is Dec. 15, 2016
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Rutherford County Schools is pleased to announce the 2017 RCS Aspiring Administrators’ Academy (RCSAAA) designed to prepare the next generation of educators who have demonstrated leadership potential and are academically driven to help students achieve their potential.
This program is open to all RCS certified teachers and assistant principals serving in the first year as an administrator.
The attached documents include the RCSAAA application packet and the RCSAAA agenda overview. The deadline to submit the completed application is December 15, 2016.
Please contact Assistant Superintendent Paula Barnes at 615-893-5812 if you have any questions. RCSAAA agenda overview 2017.docx 2017 RCS AAA Application.docx
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School Board adopts zone, grandfather option for RFMS
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Rocky Fork Middle School will serve approximately 700 students when the school opens in August, based on the zone lines the Rutherford County Board of Education has now adopted.
The new school zone will pull from the existing zones of Rock Springs Middle School, Smyrna Middle School and Stewarts Creek Middle School, all of which are currently at-capacity. The purpose of the new school is to relief the overcrowding at those schools. CONTINUE READING
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Great Race Expectations
Central Magnet students raising money, sponsorships to become first high school team from Tennessee to participate in The Great Race this summer
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PHOTO / JAMES EVANS
Left, Central Magnet School Car Club sponsors Jenny Culp, Scott Culp and Michael Ruess, along with club members MaryGrace Bouldin, Chris Johnson, Matthew Connors and Hunter Jones, showcase the 1953 Pontiac Chieftan that will be used by students in next summer's The Great Race. The Central team will be the first high school group from Tennessee to participate in the cross-country event.
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MaryGrace Bouldin’s parents wanted her to get a practical car when it came time for her to start driving a couple of years ago. MaryGrace had other plans because of her passion for vintage rides.
"I see them and I fall in love with all of them,” MaryGrace — a senior at Central Magnet School — said of classic cars. “I begged my parents for one to drive, which took a lot. They wanted me to look at modern, safe cars, but then we found Warby.”
Warby is the name MaryGrace gave to her 1972 Chevy pickup — a truck that led her to become a member of Central’s Car Club and be part of a team of students who will participate in The Great Race this summer.
To accomplish their goal, the students and their adult supporters are busy raising funds and searching for corporate sponsors to cover the cost to compete in the race — a rally-style, cross-country competition that features teams from all over the world. CONTINUE READING
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Driven to serve
Aaron Holladay sees School Board role as way to plug into community, provide for future
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PHOTO / JAMES EVANS
School Board member Aaron Holladay talks about why he ran for the School Board and what he hopes to accomplish.
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A chance encounter with a gentleman who had served on a school board in Vermont for 38 years, reaffirmed Aaron Holladay’s belief that he could make a substantial impact as a school board member here in Rutherford County.
Holladay asked the gentleman, whose name escapes him, if he had ever been approached or even considered running for mayor or, perhaps, a position with the state legislature.
The gentleman said the legislature at the state and national level are both “big party politics” and “money-driven.”
The lesson Holladay learned was simple yet impactful.
“I have more influence on the school board than I would ever have in any of those positions,” Holladay said, and he is now looking to use that influence to find a way for every high school student in Rutherford County to graduate with U.S. citizenship. CONTINUE READING
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Oakland readies for state championship game
In a Q&A interview, Principal Bill Spurlock explains how athletics, pride and hard work factor into culture of a school
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Oakland senior JaCoby Stevens holds his Mr. Football award with Principal Bill Spurlock.
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Last week’s win over Maryville was, perhaps, one of the most emotional wins for the Oakland High School football team in years.
Yes. They’ve won three state titles – 1984 (Class AAA), 1998 (Class 5A) and 2008 (Class 5A) – but a win over Maryville, who ended the Patriots’ seasons the past two years, is a benchmark and a turning point. That said, Saturday night, second-ranked Oakland (14-0) will face third-ranked Whitehaven (14-0) in Cookeville to determine this year’s Class 6A state champion.
The annual BlueCross Bowl kicks off at 7 p.m.
Oakland is hosting a pep rally for students Friday afternoon in which the administration and coaching staff will share the success the team has acquired over the 2016 season.
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