St. Agnes, St. Dominic unveil $20M improvements and new facility
Construction begins this winter where the old campus gym sat. Buckman Hall will be torn down in 2024 for the second phase of the campaign.
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Construction begins this winter where the old campus gym sat. Buckman Hall will be torn down in 2024 for the second phase of the campaign.
As Bodine celebrates its 50th anniversary, the school is looking beyond its Germantown campus into ways it can help the greater Memphis community.
After spending the summer training, the current corps of 50 future educators will soon begin teaching in their own classrooms. Each commits to stay for at least two years.
“Children already come to school with the knowledge of technology. What they sometimes lack is communication, how to dialogue effectively and problem-solving skills,” Pastor Robert Szczechura said.
Lee and Schwinn gave few details about whether or how much the state would increase funding for schools. But Lee said he suspects the state will increase funding, and will have the proposal ready for the state legislature when it meets in January.
FCS was informed the student had been out of school since Aug. 16 due to an unrelated issue before being diagnosed with coronavirus, according to FCS spokesperson Erica Williams.
With another Shelby County consolidation government discussion percolating, this is a look back at the suburban municipalities’ most radical chess move to alter the state’s largest county.
Less than three weeks into the 2021-22 school year, Bartlett City Schools is updating its COVID-19 protocols as the district adapts to the pandemic’s changing landscape.
This virtual school discussion comes as the Delta variant’s rise led to the latest COVID-19 surge throughout Shelby County with pediatric cases increasing compared to previous surges in the pandemic.
The widely believed notion that COVID-19 is only an adult problem is patently false.
The Lab School is a private and independent micro-school which currently serves six students of mixed ages 4-6. The day-to-day learning environment sees educators teaching students topics such as problem-solving, critical thinking and communication, along with developing math, science and reasoning skills.
How did a seemingly rational, successful, God-fearing businessman – albeit with no previous political or government experience – so easily become a wavering tool of the far right without exhibiting so much as a shred of credible leadership?
Our schools: A two-front political battlefield our kids didn’t ask for and really don’t need right now. Education shouldn’t be conscription, especially in the service of others’ political ambitions.
Five of the Shelby County suburban districts saw some of the top achievements in results for TCAP, the state-mandated testing.
The Shelby County Health Department amended Directive No. 24 to require face coverings for students and teachers in all K-12 schools, officials announced Friday.
FCS officials don’t expect the initiative to transform its fortunes overnight, but what it hopes to accomplish is address institutional inequities they believed have disproportionately impacted Black students for decades.
Frayser Community Schools officials are hoping a new initiative will create a better atmosphere leading to higher academic performances this year when students fully resume in-person learning.
Caswell Driving School’s team is preparing for upcoming driving courses, while also handling numerous messages from its website, Facebook page and calls from intrigued residents all over Shelby County.
LeMoyne-Owen welcomed back students — prospective or current — for the first since the campus closed last March at the COVID-19 pandemic’s beginning; a moment that brought joy and excitement to staff and faculty at Memphis’ only HBCU.
Tennessee’s new elementary school reading policies are the product of a tangled web of government, business and academics that has reshaped national and state reading policies time and again.
The House is scheduled to hear legislation related to Germantown’s namesake schools Monday, but language affecting the 3Gs won’t be part of it.
Porter-Leath is holding a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for its $11.7 million facility at 3060 Baskin St. in Frayser. On-site programming at the location should begin in the next couple of weeks.
Many suburban districts are utilizing virtual learning due to the snowy conditions.
Many suburban school districts will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, after significant snowfall blanketed Shelby County.
SCS students will begin to gradually return to campus beginning March 1, the district announced Friday, with older students coming back a week later.