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Nobuntu, a five-women acappella group from Bulawyo, Zimbabwe, performs at Kingpsort's Roosevelt Elementary School Wednesday morning. It was part of an outreach by the group and the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts at East Tennessee State University.
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Nobuntu

Nobuntu brings music of Zimbabwe to Lynn Garden

Roosevelt Elementary School students got a dose of music from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe this week via Nobuntu, an acclaimed five-part a cappella vocal ensemble from that African country.

Yesterday at 8:30 PM
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.
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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".

Yesterday at 3:00 PM
Zombie Isabella Crawford makes a point about smoking a rainy Wednesday afternoon in downtown Kingpsort, part of a New Vision Youth, Boys and Girls Club and Girls Inc. event.
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Great American Smokeout

Message from the undead: Don't smoke

Zombies and teenagers holding signs bring anti-smoking message to downtown Kingsport on eve of Great American Smokeout Thursday.

Yesterday at 11:30 AM
Dobyns-Bennett's Ian Hicks (30) looks to muscle past Bearden's Kahlil Abdullah (5) at J. Fred Johnson Stadium on September 28, 2018 in Kingsport, TN.
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J. Fred Johnson Stadium

BOE votes to spend nearly $1M to replace J. Fred turf

Kingsport school system leaders have unanimously approved spending just short of $1 million to replace the more than 10-year-old year-old artificial turf at J. Fred Johnson Stadium at Dobyns-Benentt High School. The turf covers both the football and baseball field used by the Indians, as well as turf for an indoor baseball practice facility on the site. 

Nov 14, 2018 at 11:01 AM
Some of the students playing recorders during the Veterans Day program at Indian Springs Elementary School Tuesday.
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Veterans Day 2018

Indian Springs Elementary marks Veterans Day

Aside from musical performances and recitations from the third and fourth grade students, the Sullivan North High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Color Guard also appeared.

Nov 13, 2018 at 11:00 PM
Bethany Flora is to become president of Northeast State Community College effective Jan. 2, the Tennessee Board of Regents unanimously decided Tuesday.
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Flora appointed next president of Northeast State Community College

The Tennessee Board of Regents appointed Bethany H. Flora, Ph.D., as the next president of Northeast State on Tuesday. The board also appointed Kelli A. Chaney as the next president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville. Both will assume their new duties effective Jan. 2.

Nov 13, 2018 at 12:51 PM
Dobyns-Bennett High School competitive marching band. The Indians won Class AAA at the Grand National competition in Indianapolis and took 10th place overall among all classes in finals. It was the band's third time in finals at the Bands of America event.
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Dobyns-Bennett High School competitive marching band

Marching Indians 'Rise Above' at BOA competition

Dobyns-Bennett High School was first in Class AAA and 10th among the top 12 bands in the national at the Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Statium in Indianapolis, an event put on by Bands of America, part of Music for All.

Nov 12, 2018 at 12:43 AM
Hawkins County School Board members (L-R) Debbie Shedden, Bob Larkins, Chris Christian and Cathy Cradic near the end of a lengthy, and occasionally frustrating discussion Thursday evening regarding appointments to the Student Disciplinary Hearing Committee.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

School principals to hear Hawkins student disciplinary appeals

The 45 minute debate leading up to that decision was the result of a revelation last month that the current SDHA was operating in violation of board policy because it hadn't been appointed by the BOE annually for at least the past decade.

Nov 10, 2018 at 3:30 PM
Volunteer senior Hannah Yarosh said the organization would allow students "a safe place" to talk about LGBT issues, as well as helping increase understanding and respect for everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation. She estimated there are currently at least 20 students interested in joining the organization, some of whom are gay, and some, like her, aren't gay but consider themselves "allies".
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE postpones approval of Gay-Straight Alliance at Volunteer

Approval of a Gay-Straight Alliance organization for Volunteer High School was tabled Thursday to give the Board of Education a month to study the student proposal, and determine if this is a decision that should be made at the BOE or school level.

Nov 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM
The new Hawkins County director of schools Matt Hixson takes over Jan. 2
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Hawkins County schools

Base salary of $105K offered to new Hawkins director of schools

Aside from the $105,000 annual salary and one time $8,000 stipend for moving expenses, Matt Hixson will also receive $600 per month for a car allowance and a $1,000 annual stipend from the state of Tennessee to be the CEO of the school system.

Nov 10, 2018 at 7:30 AM
Retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Chaflin, a flight paramedic with Wings Air Rescue, gave the keynote address about the U.S. flag during the Veterans Day program at Colonial Heights Middle School Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, as other veterans and students listened.
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Veterans Day 2018

Iwo Jima re-enactment highlights Colonial Heights Middle Veterans Day program

Keynote speaker Chris Chafin, a retired Air Force staff sergeant, spoke about the U.S. flag and why students should respect it and the veterans who have protected the things for which it stands.

Nov 9, 2018 at 6:00 PM
Hawkins Elementary fifth grade teacher and school garden advocate Amy Antrican admires Peppa the Pig she and other teachers fashioned from a cabbage head, celery, yellow pepper, berries and tooth picks.
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Behind the Blackboard

'Ag in the Classroom’ gives kids food for thought

During the week Tanna Nicely is the executive principal at Knox County’s South Knoxville Elementary School. But on weekends, she presents professional development sessions teaching teachers how to bring agriculture into classrooms throughout East Tennessee.

Nov 8, 2018 at 9:46 AM
Architect Dineen West speaks to the Sullivan County school board about a one-year delay in completion of the new West Ridge High School, now projected to open in the fall of 2021.
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West Ridge High School

Sullivan BOE approves funds for West Ridge rock removal, land purchase for sewer near East

The Sullivan County school board voted to buy a small section of land for a sewer pump station, needed for Sullivan East Middle School, for $2,500. It also approved spending $81,335 more than had been set aside for rock removal for the West Ridge High School.

Nov 7, 2018 at 9:15 AM
This is from the 2018 Dobyns-Bennett High School Band's competitive show titled "Rise Above."
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Dobyns-Bennett High School

D-B competitive marching band headed to Grand Nationals, again

Wednesday afternoon, the competitive band of more than 200 students and its band boosters will board charter buses headed to the Bands of America Grand Nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Nov 6, 2018 at 6:23 PM
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Northeast State Community College

TBR chancellor recommends Flora for Northeast State presidency

Dr. Bethany H. Flora is associate director of the Center for Community College Leadership at East Tennessee State University, where she also serves as an associate professor of postsecondary leadership in ETSU’s Clemmer College of Education.

Nov 6, 2018 at 5:07 PM
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