St. Clair Elementary instructional assistant Katonia Jackson works with students in Rhonda Walker 3rd grade class Friday.

Positive school culture a big part of St. Clair's 2019 Reward School honor

“I credit the teachers, students and instructional assistance for the time and dedication that they put into their job each day. We are a family here at SCES, and we make things happen.” — Mary Ann Davis

Sep 23, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Kingpsort City Schools

Kingsport gets six Reward Schools designations from Tennessee

Dobyns-Bennett High School and Jefferson, Johnson, Kennedy, Roosevelt and Washington elementaries received the designation.

Aug 15, 2019 at 9:00 PM

Rogersville City School

By the numbers: How did RCS earn its 2017-18 Reward School status?

Rogersville City School’s long history of high academic performance remained intact during the 2017-18, and on Tuesday the Board of Education took a tour of Tennessee’s new state report card format to find out how that happened.

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 7:05 PM

Several MCES fourth graders spoke to the audience Wednesday, and ten posed with their new Reward School banner including (not in order): Jameson Mowell, Danni Guinn, Colton Smith, Isabella Goode, Kloey Harmon, Madison Rodriguez, Isaac Boyd, Braxton Gray, Aiden Laws, angie Luna Nava, and Lucas Nelms. Wednesday morning local dignitaries joined MCES faculty, staff, and a gymnasium full of students to celebrate their second consecutive Reward School honor, and their fourth since the 2011-12 school year.

Mount Carmel Elementary School

'This is a BIG deal': Mount Carmel celebrates fourth Reward School honor, sets sights on five

It's a major accomplishment to be named a Reward School by the TN Department of Education one time. But to earn that honor four out of the past seven school years, including two years in a row is "a BIG deal", according to Mount Carmel Elementary 4th-grader Colton Smith.

Nov 28, 2018 at 10:00 PM

Tuesday morning CVES students, faculty, staff, and parents were joined by several special guests for a Reward School celebration and unfurling ceremony for the school coveted Reward School banner.

Carters Valley Elementary School

'I love this school': Carters Valley celebrates 2018 Reward School status

"I've been at this school for a long time, and it feels like home to me. This is my last year here, and it makes me sad to think that I have to leave next year. But I will never forget Carters Valley Elementary. I am so glad that our school is a Reward School, and it is something I will never forget." — fourth-grader Madelyn Lawson

Nov 21, 2018 at 2:05 PM

Following her speech director of schools Dr. Reba Bailey (5th from left behind banner) was joined by Rep Gary Hicks, 2nd from left, Debbie Shedden, 3rd from left, Bob Larkins, 4th from left, and principal Denise McKee, far right, and other school leaders and students in unfurling Clinch's 2017-18 Reward School banner.

Clinch School

'Something to really be proud of': Clinch School celebrates Reward School status

With only 130 students Clinch School already holds the distinction of being Tennessee’s smallest K-12 school, and on Wednesday students and faculty celebrated another distinction for being named a 2018 Rewards School.

Nov 17, 2018 at 11:30 AM

The HES faculty pose behind the Reward School banner unfurled durign a celebration Wednesday. One theme that was repeated over and over again during Wednesday morning's Reward School celebration at Hawkins Elementary School was the importance of team work.

Hawkins Elementary School

A banner day: Hawkins Elementary celebrates 2018 Reward School honor

HES principal Barry Bellamy said he's been proud of the accomplishments of every school he's served during 32 years in education, but what students and faculty accomplished in 2018 "is another level".

Nov 15, 2018 at 3:00 PM

Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE honors faculty and principals from its four Reward Schools

If anyone has the right to praise those Reward Schools it's interim director Dr. Reba Bailey, who was the Hawkins County Schools' testing coordinator in 2017-18 when the work leading up to the Reward School status was taking place.

Oct 8, 2018 at 11:48 AM

Adams Elementary School was one of three Kingsport schools designated a 2018 Tennessee Reward School, a honor that also went to two Sullivan County schools, South High and Miller Perry Elementary, and two in Bristol, Tenn.

Reward Schools

Seven schools in Sullivan and its cities named Reward Schools

Kingsport had three 2018 Reward Schools, announced Friday afternoon after a State School Board meeting in Nashville, while Sullivan County and Bristol, Tenn., had two each.

Updated Sep 24, 2018 at 8:00 PM

Mount Carmel Elementary School

'You're already leaders': Tennessee education commissioner helps MCES celebrate 'Reward School' status

“You're already leaders right now, and you're going to be a leader not only for the community, but the state and the country by continuing to push forward toward your goals.” — TN Education Commissioner Candice McQueen

Mar 23, 2018 at 7:30 PM

Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen speaks at an Every Student Succeeds Act Town Hall at Tennessee High in Bristol in this file photo from Jan. 11, 2017.