When Linda Norris was growing up, she would spend part of her summers playing at Adams Elementary School in Hamilton, Ohio, where her grandfather was the principal.
“The new textbooks for …
Education a family legacy for KCS employees
Community partners boost Maynard, Christenberry
The power of partnerships was on display at two KCS elementary schools near the end of the spring semester.
At Maynard Elementary, community leaders and school officials celebrated the opening of …
Christenberry’s community garden wins Orchid
Back last summer, Keep Knoxville Beautiful contacted Christenberry Elementary School’s Community School Site Resource Coordinator Kristen Jaggers to let her know about a $2,500 Community Partners grant from Lowe’s to …
Therapists provide support in middle, high schools
Bradley Clayton knows that his students want to meet their potential, but for many of them the challenges of life are like clouds that make it hard to see where …
Walking School Bus promotes safety, exercise
There’s not an actual bus, but for some Knox County Schools students an after-school program created by Knox County gives them an opportunity to travel together while also getting some …
#Team14: Fourth-grader’s generosity boosts school fund drive
An effort led by two fourth-grade teachers to raise money to give a group of Christenberry Elementary School kids a long weekend in the Smokies next spring has gotten a …
Tour de Christenberry shows off school’s unique features
Christenberry Elementary School is a neighborhood school, a community school, a point of pride in the Oakwood Lincoln Park neighborhood and “home” to a diverse bunch of 550 kindergarten through …