Education K-12

Jan Click says she knows who really should be recognized. Click was honored when the Maryville City School Board named the theater at Maryville Intermediate School in her honor. The former MIS principal, who retired at the end of the ...

Karl Liggin and Todd “T.J.” Jackson might have become enemies while growing up in the Alcoa City School System. Liggin says the two always gave each other a hard time as youngsters growing up in Alcoa. “By the time we ...

Blount County residents donated more than $10,000 in school supplies and $700 cash to help Blount County schools and students during the Blount County Education Foundation’s annual Stuff the Bus promotion, held on Saturday, Aug. 7, at both the Alcoa ...

Students, their families and alumni of Heritage High School are working hard to spread the word about their chances of winning half a million dollars for the school in the Kohl’s Cares for Kids $10 million Giveaway. And, they are ...

The Blount County Education Foundation, which supports educational endeavors in Blount County schools, is beginning the new year with volunteers in key roles for the foundation. P.J. Silver stepped down in May as executive director to pursue a nursing career. ...

This past spring as school was winding down for the year, drama and forensics students at Maryville High School got the opportunity to solve a “murder” while serving family and friends dinner in the school commons. “The Kentucky Derby - ...

A Heritage High School teacher who led a successful effort to win $100,000 for the school from U.S. Cellular is leading a new initiative to win $500,000 for the school. Kohl’s Cares for Kids® $10MM Giveback runs July 7 to ...

Students at Fort Craig Elementary raised $700 for an area food bank the tasty way - one cup of lemonade at a time. The three third grade classes of Libby Hurst, Jill Owens and Andy Howe raised the money on ...

Parents and students are likely preparing for a new school year by shopping for the perfect back pack, the right tennis shoes and coolest locker mates. The heads of Blount’s three school systems, however, are looking at a year where ...

At Eagleton Middle School, learning is achieved by using many elements and tools. At the end of the school year last year, the seventh grade teachers put together a Novel Project for the students. The project brought in all disciplines: ...

When the class of 2010 at Heritage High School was preparing to graduate this past spring, a group of about 75 of them opted to party at the very school they were preparing to leave. It was all part of ...

It has been said that a good breakfast is the best way to start a new day. New teachers in the Maryville City School system were treated to a special breakfast to help them kick off the upcoming academic year. ...

Alcoa Elementary School was one of eight schools across the country honored recently by Chick-fil-A restaurants. On May 26, Alcoa Elementary School was awarded a 2010 Core Essentials Award by Chick-fil-A, an honor named for the chain’s character education program ...

Maryville High School seniors entered the gymnasium to applause from parents, family and friends on Friday, May 14, as they celebrated at the 2010 Senior Awards Assembly. The students entered the gym to a medley of their favorite songs as ...

Three East Tennessee elementary schools have earned recognition as “Fittest School,” officials of the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon recently announced. The Fittest School Challenge is held in conjunction with the Covenant Kids Run. It is a friendly competition between East ...