Farragut Primary school hosted a Funtastic Field Day on March 25 in partnership with Therapeutic Recreation Experiential Education (TREE) and Knoxville Parks and Recreation. TREE is composed of five graduate …
Sisters and once-a-year rivals!
Sisters are usually our cheerleaders and partners in crime, right?
Not so for Jessica Doran and Amy Shipman. Yes, they are super close siblings with that special bond that cannot be …
Katie Turpin and 19 of her best friends
Who made a lasting impression on you? A teacher, mostly a lower grade teacher, was the response I got when asking a group of adults recently. Aside from my parents, …
Cody Fee receives first Knauss scholarship
We all remember that fateful August day in 2021, when we heard that one of our local sons had died in a terrorist explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. Army SSG Ryan …
John and Hattie Halter: Daddy and his princess
Hattie and John Halter don’t take any special opportunities for granted and the Boots and Beauties Father/ Daughter Dance was no exception. Hattie is a survivor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, …
Skikila Smith: ‘Ms. Ski’ is Rotary Teacher of the Year
At its April 4 meeting, the Rotary Club of Knoxville honored Susan Parker, a fourth-grade teacher at South Knoxville Elementary School, and Skikila Smith, a ninth-grade English and advanced creative …
Samson Brown: Heading to Taiwan for the summer
Samson Brown, a junior at Hardin Valley Academy, has been taking Chinese language courses since his freshman year. Now in AP Chinese, he hopes this will strengthen his Mandarin. Not …
Janie Knight: The non-committed gardener
I am sure my friend Janie Knight must have traveled down the immaculately tended gardens of the “Dogwood Trails” and saw carefully coiffed roses with the parade of tulips and …