Schools Closed - Spring Break

  

Board Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.

  

Schools Closed - Good Friday

  

East Graduation - 6:00 pm

Central Graduation - 8:00 pm

  

South Graduation - 6:00 pm

North Graduation - 8:00 pm

 It's Your School Blog

Innovation Academy of Northeast Tennessee accepted the Apple Distinguished School Award on Tuesday night.  Katherine Hughes, the K - 12 development executive for Apple Education, presented the award to Dr. Jubal Yennie, Superintendent of Sullivan County Schools, Dan Wells, Chairman of the Sullivan County School Board, and Randy Montgomery, Chairman of the Kingsport City Schools School Board.  She remarked that Innovation Academy is the first school ever to receive the award for two years.  Innovation Academy is one school out of 220 in the nation to receive this award and is one of two in Tennessee. 

Ms. Hughes remarked that STEM education is changing the way public education is perceived today.  Within the walls of Innovation Academy, Apple saw visionary leadership, innovative learning and teaching, ongoing professional development, student success and learning, and a flexible learning environment.

David Burns, director of STEM Networks for Battelle, told the audience, "We're talking about you behind your back all the time in a positive way.  There are people all across the country talking about what happens at this school."

  

  
 

  

  

Marleigh Pendleton, 4th grader from Indian Springs Elementary, recently won first place in the Sullivan County Farm Bureau 2014 Poster Contest.  Sheila Earhart, Emily Crumley, and Rene' Montgomery presented Marleigh with a blue ribbon and check on March 17.  The poster will be sent to state competition.  Congratulations and Good Luck, Marleigh!

  

 

As part of the Genetics and Bioengineering unit, the eighth grade is once again going outside to the raised beds built during the Agriculture unit.   Students are studying the Reconstruction Period in Social Studies and one of the effects of the Civil War was that many came back maimed and disabled in some way.  The era depended on every able bodied person to help build back the country; however, those disabled often found themselves sidelined and unable to help.   For this project the students will be working through the Engineering Design Process as they create gardening devices for individuals with disabilities.  To give the students a first hand experience with their disability, they went to their raised beds and tried to plant seeds and water their gardens as an individual with a disability. 

 

Through Science, students are studying genetics, natural selection, and disease mutations through genetic coding.  It is in Science, as well, that students will discuss the Engineering Design Process that will drive the culminating project of designing and creating an accommodating device for someone with a disability.   Math will support this unit by asking students to prove theorems about two-dimensional geometric figures within each of the adaptive or assistive products designed and created.  Each proof will be tailored and designed to fit each particular group's product thus giving individuality and credibility to the mathematical theorems.  In English/Language Arts, students will use their knowledge of Reconstruction (1865-1877) and develop a historical narrative based on that time period about someone who became disabled due to the Civil War and the obstacles that had to be overcome.  

 

 
  

The Sullivan Central High School Key Club attended the 2013-2014 Kentucky-Tennessee District Key Club Convention on March 21-23. Thanks to their hard work this year, they were awarded: Dues on Time Award, Silver Category for Monetary Donations to the Ronald McDonald House ($500 donated), 1^st place Gold category for Single Service Project, 1^st place Major Emphasis Program Project, 1^st place club Scrapbook (special thanks to Amber Ramsey), 2^nd place Club Poster Contest (special thanks to Kara White), Keith Ashbury Most Outstanding Lieutenant Governor (Maddie Potter), and Most Outstanding Club for Division 7. Also, Maddie Potter was elected as the 2014-2015 District Governor, which is truly an honor for her and the entire club. This was a wonderful way to end the year. Congratulations to all who participated!

  

The Sullivan Central High School Key Club began pen pal correspondence with the fifth graders at Central Heights Elementary School. All twenty-seven children were paired with a Key Clubber who wrote them letters every two weeks, to which the fifth graders replied. This event was made even more special when the SCHS Key Club arranged a field trip to meet their pen pals on February 27. With ice cream and lots of pictures, everyone had a blast! These kinds of projects are really important to the future of our community because they give the younger generation role models to follow and a sneak peek at what their lives may be like several years from now. 

 

The Sullivan North PTO would like to thank everyone who participated in the first Raider Clean-Up party.  The event was held March 1st and focused on cleaning up the baseball and softball fields and tennis courts.  Teams of parents, faculty, and students pitched in to remove brush and debris, paint the dugouts and clubhouse, and prep the ball fields.  The next Raider Clean-Up party will tackle the football stadium.