There are 11 article(s) tagged Snowden School:

• August 2023

  • MSCS kicks off first day of school

    Teachers, students and faculty geared up for the first day of school Monday, Aug. 7, as more than 110,000 MSCS students headed back to class for the 2023-24 school year.

    By Alicia Davidson August 07, 2023

• April 2023

  • The To-Do List: Puppies, crystals, Lizzo and Little Richard

    This week, shop for Memphis merch at the Choose901 spring market, celebrate Earth Day with Bodywerk DJs and rock out with Shinedown at FedExForum.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Holly Whitfield April 21, 2023

• March 2023

  • Snowden kids perform ‘Side by Side’ with Memphis Symphony Orchestra

    Clinks of glockenspiels and bombastic symphonic tunes roared from the Snowden School gym as members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra joined the entire student body for the school’s third Orff Music Side by Side concert.

    By Alicia Davidson March 10, 2023

• February 2021

  • UPDATED: VECA opposes ‘smoke shop’ near Snowden School

    The Vollintine-Evergreen Community Association is appealing a decision to allow what it calls a “smoke shop” to open next to Dino’s Grill and near Snowden School. While renovations have been made, the business has not yet opened.

    By Tom Bailey February 24, 2021

• 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