Joseph Andress placed 2nd and Olivia Milloway placed 3rd at the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held on March 9, 2018. Joseph Andress created a computer program that is able to identify desired regions of an image. The program integrated into a GUI that biologists could use to identify quickly and accurately mitochondria in […]
From Thursday, March 22 through Saturday, March 24, the Secret City Wildbots (Team 4265) competed at the Smoky Mountain Regional competition at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. After completing 10 qualification matches, Team 4265 ranked eighth in a field of 51 teams. Mars (Team 2614) the number one seated alliance captain, chose Team 4265 and the […]
On the morning of Monday, March 12, 2018, 31 cadets, 3 parent chaperones and Chief Ryan Nicholls, the ORHS Naval Science Instructor, boarded a charter bus and headed to Pensacola, FL for five days. The group arrived late Monday afternoon, and checked in to their hotel to unpack before heading to the Navy Exchange, the […]
In November of last year, a team of Robertsville middle students, educators, and Oak Ridge scientists submitted a proposal to NASA for their Cube Satellite Launch Initiative (CSLI) in hopes of sending a student-designed nanosatellite named, “RamSat” into space. NASA’s CSLI provides opportunities for small satellite payloads built by various schools and non-profit organizations […]
Last week, we announced teacher assistants of the year in each school in the district. Now we are pleased to announce our district-wide teacher assistant of the year, Belinda Donald.
Belinda has been a teacher assistant in the Secret City Academy for 6 years. She serves as a behavioral interventionist, conducting Life Space interviews with students. […]
Oak Ridge Schools would like to congratulate Mr. Roger Ward as our Principal of the Year. Mr. Ward’s nomination will be sent to the state level for consideration. The state winner will be honored during the annual LEAD Conference in Nashville. Mr. Ward has been principal of Linden Elementary since July 2005. He began his […]
59 high schools from across Tennessee participated in the Tennessee Science Bowl Saturday to put their science skills to the test.
The bowl is the nation’s third largest regional competition and was held at Pellissippi State Community College’s Blount County campus. The regional bowl prepares students to compete nationally with other students from across the […]
Scot Smith, the librarian at Robertsville Middle School, recently served on the Michael L. Printz Award Committee. The Printz Medal is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association. The award recognizes books that exemplify literary excellence in literature for young adults. Smith was elected to the […]
Congratulations to the Jefferson Middle School FIRST Lego League teams. The Atomic Eagles, JMS Master Builders, and RadioActive Brix participated in the East Tennessee State Championship on Saturday, February 10, 2018 and performed well. The JMS Master Builders earned the 1st Place Robot Mechanical Design trophy. The Atomic Eagles earned the First Place Champions trophy and will […]
We chose, this week, to highlight and celebrate several key Black Americans that have played pivotal roles in NASA's history.