As Knox County Schools gears up to offer virtual learning for many students across the district, one middle school gained some valuable experience over the summer.
In June, Vine Middle Magnet …
Vine Middle hosts ‘Virtual Boost Camp’
Jobs available at Emerald Youth Foundation
Emerald Youth Foundation, a faith-based nonprofit nearly three decades old that serves young people in the heart of the city, is seeking applicants to fill paid, part-time roles within the …
Hope is blooming in Bearden
Girl Scouts from troop 20114 worked with retired engineers on designing and assembling a water harvesting system for the Bloom Center, an outreach site that gives opportunities and horticultural therapy …
Local Big Brothers Big Sisters is agency of the year
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee, based in Knoxville, was named national agency of the year at the virtual annual conference held June 15-26.
Brent Waugh, CEO of the local …
Fort Kid rebuild gets second public meeting
Hedstrom Landscape Architects will unveil schematic drawings for a proposed new Fort Kid at a public meeting from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Civic Auditorium. COVID-19 safeguards will …
KCS seeks feedback on virtual option
In recent weeks, Knox County Schools has been gathering feedback about our reopening plan for the fall semester, and on July 15 Superintendent Bob Thomas will share the plan with …
Girl Scout cookies remain; $50 for 12 boxes
After the forced cancellation of more than 400 cookie booths, Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians has unexpected remaining cookie inventory of nearly 4,500 cases.
“This has never happened. These cookies …
Ashley Ketner is principal of K.A.E.C.
Ashley Ketner has been appointed principal of Knoxville Adaptive Education Center, effective July 2020. She joined Knox County Schools in 2004 as a program facilitator at K.A.E.C., where she has …