February is the perfect time for tree tapping and when you have a school campus with healthy Maple trees, a lesson plan is soon to follow. As part of a first grade STEAM project, Hobgood Elementary students tapped Maple trees on the school grounds this week to begin the harvest of… Read More »
Murfreesboro City Schools is proud to announce the 2020 Teachers of the Year. Teachers from each school were nominated for the prestigious education award given by the Tennessee Department of Education. Teachers from each school were nominated for the prestigious education award given by the Tennessee Department of Education. Twenty-six… Read More »
Murfreesboro City Schools will host a teacher recruitment fair from 9:30 to 11:30 am on Saturday, February 8 at Scales Elementary School located at 2340 St. Andrews Drive in Murfreesboro. The fair is designed to match qualified candidates to the available teaching positions for the 2020-21 school year. Applicants will… Read More »
MCS and John Pittard Elementary are thrilled to announce that Fifth Grade Math and Science Teacher Kyle Cantrell has been named as an Extraordinary Educator by Curriculum Associates. Curriculum Associates named 31 members nationwide to their inaugural class of Extraordinary Educators. Congratulations Mr. Cantrell on receiving this great honor! So… Read More »
Murfreesboro City Schools takes reading on the road with BOB the Book Bus. BOB encourages reading during the summer months and throughout the year. “Bringing a mobile library to neighborhoods helps children and families have easier access to books and the power of reading,” says Caresa Dodson, Reading and Intervention… Read More »
Bradley Academy drama students joined forces with award winning children’s show “Adventures in Murphy’s Burrow” for the 2019-20 school year. Adventures in Murphy’s Burrow is a unique educational initiative between the City of Murfreesboro and Murfreesboro City Schools that began in April 2004. “In this first year of the collaboration,… Read More »
Dinosaurs are aligning reading with science, art, math and engineering in Hobgood Elementary’s second grade classrooms. While studying the life of English fossil collector Mary Anning and reading the children’s book about her life, “Stone Girl, Bone Girl”, students were introduced to the study of paleontology. World-renowned paleoartist Julius Csotonyi… Read More »
Dr. Heather Knox, a former fifth-grade mathematics teacher at Northfield Elementary, now serving as a MCS Gifted Specialist, has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST award is the nation’s highest honor for K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The awards program is administered… Read More »