There are 7 article(s) tagged Snowden School:

• September 2020

  • Educators plead for patience amid pandemic

    And, at local private schools, students give each other ‘air hugs’ and each lunch at their desks, as everyone tries to adjust. 

    By Linda A. Moore, Abigail Warren, Omer Yusuf September 21, 2020

• June 2020

  • ‘I was white and it came with many privileges’

    Lifelong best friends Zach Waters and Chris O'Conner are the same age and went to the same schools, but remember gradually discovering that one of them had to live more cautiously for a reason that confounded them.

    By Zach Waters June 05, 2020

  • ‘I could not do the same things my white brother could do’

    Chris O'Conner learned at a young age that he and his best friend couldn't play with the same toys. One that looked like a knife "could cost little black boys their life."

    By Chris O'Conner June 05, 2020

• April 2020

  • Memphis music teachers honored by Country Music Association

    Two Mid-South teachers were among 30 winners nationally of the CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence award. The ceremony was delayed until fall.

    By Jared Boyd April 09, 2020

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 11: Rhodes, UT suspend in-person classes

    • TSSAA addresses COVID-19 concerns
    • Impact of flight reductions on Memphis unclear
    • Dow enters bear market on Wednesday

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• October 2019

  • Tipping Point: Wooddale Middle teacher named a New Memphis Educator of Excellence

    Currently in her 10th year as a Memphis educator, Alyssa Nucaro is a graduate of the New Memphis Embark program, one of five New Memphis honored this year with Educators of Excellence awards.

    By Anna Cox Thompson October 22, 2019

• December 2018

  • Memphian Alice Faye Duncan’s newest book focuses on Gwendolyn Brooks

    Macmillan published Alice Faye Duncan’s first children’s book in 1995. Sterling Children’s Books will release Duncan’s latest, “A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks” on Jan. 1. Duncan will host a virtual book signing where she will read Brooks’ poems from the book, as well as discuss her significance in American literature.

    By Elle Perry December 20, 2018