June 26, 2018 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by our new principal at Black Fox Elementary, Tiffany Strevel, and our new principal at Reeves Rogers, Cherrye Robertson.

Rationale: 

Instruction Partners is an organization that facilitates educator learning across Tennessee.  For the past couple of summers, it has held professional development boot camps during the summer.  This year, the following members of the Murfreesboro City Schools family went through a rigorous selection process and were chosen to teach sessions at the various boot camps being held across the state:  Sonya Cox, Ginger Hazelbaker, Gail Boyd, and Kenecia Sullivan were chosen to lead math sessions; Cherry Ross was chosen as the lead in informational text; and Taylor Brown was selected to lead English Language Arts sessions.   In addition, this year, Murfreesboro City Schools applied and was chosen to host one session of the boot camps.  So last week, Tuesday through Friday, Overall Creek welcomed about 170 teachers each day from across the state.  Media Specialist Christy Honey was the lead from Overall and made all of the logistical arrangements, and she was assisted tremendously by Angi Tremmel.  Thank you teacher leaders!  And thank you Overall Creek!

Congratulations to Hobgood Elementary School for receiving 1st place in the Public Elementary Category, Rutherford County Main Street Awards sponsored by the Murfreesboro Post.

Bradley had a team who walked in the Juneteenth Parade which honored the 100^th anniversary of Bradley Academy. Those who gained “extra steps” on the 16^th included Lisa Trail, Greg Lyles, Stephanie Turner and her two daughters, Stephanie Davis, Ryan Palombo, Grace Benedict, Chad Thomas, and Kathy Waldecker.

A shout out to the students from Cason Lane and Discovery who recently competed in the National Beta Club Convention. There were 12,000 competitors, and only top finishers at the state level were invited to compete at nationals.

Congratulations to Kale Belcher of Cason Lane who won 3^rd place in the Digital Visual Arts Division at the National Beta Club Convention.

Congratulations to the following placements of Discovery School students:  

Advertising Design Team - First Place:  Ambria Greene, Lyla Wiley, Ada Vance, and Ella Kate Harris.

Quiz Bowl - Fifth Place:  Rett Shaw, Benjamin Elfersy, Henry Ambrose, Cannon Murphree

5th grade Math - 6th place:  Collier Pawlowski

5th Grade Science - 5th Place:  Griffin Minter

4th Grade Social Studies - 3rd place:  Ellie Gardner

4th Grade Math - 2nd Place:  Rachel Swicord

Book Battle - Top 20 Nationally: Andrew Smith, Ansley Thornton, and Ada Vance

Woodworking Design:  Cannon Murphree represented Tennessee with his state 2nd place win, but did not place.  However, he was still one of only 25 entries in the woodworking design national competition.

Last week Mexican Folk Dancers performed for students during the International Folkfest.

MTSU has received a grant for SPARK to Read, an afterschool activity program for minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged children to help show that physical activity can strengthen learning and brain-body connections. 

Two schools in Hickman County, two in Meigs, three in Benton, two in Sullivan, and three in Murfreesboro will be involved.  Our thanks to MTSU’s Cynthia Chafin and Don Morgan of the Center for Health and Human Services for thinking of us and including us in the Grant.  We look forward to partnering with MTSU and Read To Succeed to help the children of Murfreesboro through this afterschool program.

The Murfreesboro Education Association will host a forum of School Board candidates on Friday, the 29^th from 6:00 until 8:00 at the Central Office.

The League of Women's Voters will be hosting a City School Board and City Council Candidate Forum on Monday, July 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The forum will be live on City TV and streaming on YouTube and Facebook.