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Secret City Wildbots are in Houston

The Secret City Wildbots are currently competing at the 2017 FIRST FRC Championship in Houston.

The Wildbots have been assigned to the Roebling division one of six qualifying divisions.

The qualification matches can be live viewed live at either FIRSTinspires_Roebling – Twitch

OR

https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=tbagameday&layout=0&view_0=2017roe-0

Their qualification schedule is below.  Times are approximate and are in Central Time.

All winning […]

2017-04-20T09:20:53-04:00April 20th, 2017|School News|

JMS 8th Grader Griffin Miller Ties for 5th Place in Tennessee in Geography Bee

2017 Tennessee Geography Bee Top Ten

1st Place

Simeon Betapudi 7th Grade Evangelical Christian School

2nd Place

Parwan Machingal 8th Grade Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet

3rd Place

Jacob Williams 8th Grade Fred J. Page Middle School

4th Place

Dylan Treece 7th Grade Liberty Bell Middle School

5th Place (tied)

Griffin Miller 8th Grade Jefferson Middle School

Sylvan Paul 8th Grade Houston […]

2017-04-04T18:40:08-04:00April 4th, 2017|School News|

JMS Student Success at Dogwood Arts Festival Chalk Walk

Two JMS 6th graders–Avery Parish & Anshra Ajaz–along with former JMS student Kiri Nelson won 2nd place in the Middle School Collaborative category at the 9th Annual Dogwood Arts Festival ‘Chalk Walk” competition on Saturday, April 1st. The girls planned their masterpiece for several months & spent 8 hours drawing it onto the pavement at […]

2017-04-03T09:18:39-04:00April 3rd, 2017|School News|

Secret City Wildbots to Compete at Smoky Mountain Regional

March 23rd-25th, 2017

The Secret City Wildbots are primed for competition this weekend in the FIRST Robotics “FIRST Steamworks” challenge.  This year’s event invites teams and their robots to join an adventure club and prepare their airship for flight. Teams were challenged to build their robot for collecting and placing gears on their airship for their […]

2017-03-22T20:48:57-04:00March 22nd, 2017|School News|

JMS Teachers to Represent TN at National Geographic Society Training

Oak Ridge Schools are pleased to announce that the Tennessee Geographic Alliance has chosen Jefferson Middle School teachers Brian Smith and John Beard of Oak Ridge Schools to represent Tennessee at a special training session at the headquarters of the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C.  June 24 – 28, 2017.

The purpose of the Summer […]

2017-03-21T11:12:28-04:00March 21st, 2017|School News|

ORHS Youth Ambassadors Travel to Capitol for Prevention Alliance of Tennessee Day on the Hill

Eleven Allies for Substance Abuse Protection (ASAP) Youth Ambassadors from Anderson County, Clinton and Oak Ridge High Schools traveled to the State Capitol to take part in Prevention Alliance of Tennessee’s Day on the Hill. On this day, coalitions from all across the state come together to advocate for substance abuse prevention in Tennessee.   By […]

2017-03-09T09:36:25-05:00March 9th, 2017|School News|

Mu Alpha Theta State Math Competition Results

ORHS won the 1st Place Sweepstakes Award

 

Math Bowl Team A

2nd Place

Team Members: Ethan Brady,  David Joy,  Steven Qu, Henry Shen

 

Hustle Team

3rd Place

Team Members: Batu Odbadrakh,  George Wang, Elana Watson, Eagle Yuan

 

Interschool Test

1st Place

Entire Team

 

Unit Circle Test

1st Place

Steven Qu

 

Theta Speed Test

1st Place

Andrew Brady

 

Alpha Speed Test

2nd Place

Ethan Brady

3rd Place

Melody Guo

 

Mu Speed Test

3rd Place

Henry Shen

 

Alpha Chalk Talk

3rd […]

2017-03-08T20:38:47-05:00March 8th, 2017|School News|

Woodland Art Student Caleb Johnson Wins a First Place Award at the Dogwood Arts Festival

The Dogwood Arts SYNERGY art exhibition features the work of gifted students from local schools K-12. The exhibit is alongside an exhibit by East Tennessee’s finest K-12 art teachers and current art interns/student-teachers from public and private schools and academies. Awards and scholarships are presented to encourage further development of these art students’ artistic aptitude.

Oak Ridge’s own […]

2017-02-28T17:00:52-05:00February 28th, 2017|School News|

Wilson Huang Wins First Place at TN Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

Several Oak Ridge High School students participated in the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held on February 23-24, 2017 at the Holiday Inn World’s Fair Park in Knoxville. The symposium is sponsored by the United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and is administered by the Academy of Applied Science in […]

2017-02-28T16:07:50-05:00February 28th, 2017|School News|
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