Photo courtesy of The Focus Newspaper     

Teachers of the year honored at annual banquet 

Knox County Schools and Sam’s Club West honored the 2008 Teachers of the Year at the second annual Teacher of the Year Celebration Dinner Thursday, March 27, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. All teachers of the year who were selected at their individual schools were honored at this celebration to publicly acknowledge the teaching professionals who achieved Teacher of the Year status this year. Eighty-four teachers from across Knox County were recognized. (Complete list of all Teachers of the year at each schools)

Don't forget your School Coupons for your projects

Spring and summer means vacatiions, days at the pool, and relaxation for many, but it also meands yard work, home repairs, planting, sprucing up, remodeling and much more. Help pay for those projects with coupons from you School Coupons Book.
Don't have one? Drop by any Kroger where you can still buy them for only $10 while supplies last, but hurry. Everyone else is in the 'spring' mood also. (Places to save)

Turn your laundry into dollars for schools

Prestige Cleaners and Knox County Schools have partnered for a fundraising program that could garner as much as $30,000-$40,000 annually for area K-12 schools.  (Read More)

Community Involvement

Knox County Schools' employees are deeply involved in their local communities in many roles in addition to their roles as educators, support personnel and staff within the school system. The more than 7,000 KCS employees are good neighbors, friends, civic club members, church leaders, youth group leaders, and good citizens. They are mothers, fathers, son, daughters, grandmothers and grandfathers, uncles, aunts, sisters and brothers.

Become involved

Education is a team effort. Children, youth, young adults, and adults are always learning. Education doesn't begin with the morning bell and end with the afternoon dismissal, nor take the summer off. Education happens 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. Parents and peers are a great or greater part of that education than the classroom teacher. We are all involved in teaching the individual whether we realize it or not.