Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Dr. Bruce Borchers today announced the appointment of Ms. Ginny Rigell Boles as principal of Glenwood Elementary effective July 1, 2019. An interview committee comprised of Glenwood and central office staff selected Ms. Boles following the screening of applications and interviews of selected candidates. Ms. Boles replaces Ms. Pearl Goins who […]
On an overcast Friday morning, 30 cadets from the Oak Ridge High School Navy JROTC Wildcat Company set out for Fulton High School to defend their Knox County NJROTC League Athletic Championship. Cadets, led by Cadet Commanding Officer Rhiannon Lucas, were ready to go head-to-head with NJROTC cadets from Central, Fulton, Bearden and West High […]
Oak Ridge High School Students Bill Andress, Ethan Brady, Audrey Bufton, Ruthie Froning, Alexis Hammond, Kate Hausladen, David Joy, Steven Qu, Henry Shen, Paulina Urbanowicz and Eagle Yuan all competed at the 68th Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair (SASEF). The event was hosted by the University of Tennessee on April 2, and students received […]
Ethan Brady won 2nd place and Steven Qu won 3rd place at the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held on March 1, 2019. Ethan Brady, son of Tina and Michael Brady, presented his work simulating the eating behavior of black soldier fly larvae using a genetic algorithm and agent-based modeling. Ethan and his research […]
Scot Smith, the librarian at Robertsville Middle School, has been appointed by the American Library Association to be on the jury for the Schneider Family Book Award. He will serve a two-year term and will help select books which best embody the artistic expression of the disability experience in literature for children and teens. In […]
On Tuesday February 19th, from 6 – 8 p.m., Jefferson Middle School hosted its first science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) Night, with close to 900 people in attendance. The Jefferson Middle School STEM leaders began planning the event in early September and have worked since to build partnerships in the community to create an […]
On February 9th, 2019, the Jefferson Middle School First Lego League teams participated in the East Tennessee State Championship. The JMS Radioactive Brix team received the 3rd Place Programming trophy. The JMS Master Builders received the 2nd Place Robot Mechanical Design trophy and the 1st Place Robot Performance trophy. The JMS Atomic Eagles received the […]
On Wednesday, January 23, thirty-five students from Jefferson Middle School took part in the annual Geographic Bee. 8th graders Ashley Godfrey and Ella Kendall advanced to the finals. Ella won the event by correctly answering this question– “February 2019 marks the start of the Alpine World Ski Championships. This competition will be held in which […]
Jefferson and Robertsville Middle Schools held their annual spelling bees on Tuesday, January 22. At Jefferson, 8th grader Kevin Young bested Cayce Byrd in the 25th round by correctly spelling deliberately to win the bee. Meanwhile at Robertsville, 7th grader Sophie Sluss and 8th grader Jaden Jones battled for 31 rounds before Sophie correctly spelled […]
Glenwood Elementary School has been selected to receive the official Oak Ridge Arbor Day Tree this year. A special planting ceremony will be held on the Glenwood playground on March 1, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. We will plant a Silver Maple that will provide shade for students, teachers, and neighborhood families for years to come.