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SCS to start accepting Pre-K applications

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, 11:42am

SCS to start accepting Pre-K applications

Shelby County Schools will be accepting applications for 2012-13 Pre-K classes the week of June 25 through 28. Applications will be accepted from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. each day at the following locations:

Monday, June 25

Highland Oaks Elementary
Southwind Elementary

Tuesday, June 26

Millington Elementary
Northaven Elementary

Wednesday, June 27

Oak Elementary
Lucy Elementary

Thursday, June 28

Rivercrest Elementary
Bon Lin Elementary

Shelby County Schools offers Pre-K classes, which are funded by the Tennessee State Lottery and Shelby County Schools. Classes are designed to meet the needs of four-year-old children who are identified as being educationally and economically at risk.

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Future scientists, mathematicians hone their skills at summer camp

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Monday, June 18th, 2012, 1:17pm

Future scientists, mathematicians hone their skills at summer camp

Beginning this week, hundreds of students from all over Shelby County Schools will be immersed in a wide array of STEMulating learning experiences that teach them how to respond to and recover from storm-related emergency situations.

The sixth annual Shelby Scholars Summer Institute (SSSI) kicked off today at the Fogelman Business College on the University of Memphis campus. This one-of-a-kind camp runs every day for the next two weeks and ends with an exhibition in the U of M’s Fed Ex Institute of Technology on Friday, June 29, at 12:30 p.m.

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Millington Middle finds creative uses for technology

Submitted by GHSTV on Friday, June 8th, 10:36 am

As technology becomes more and more a part of our everyday life, educators are finding more innovative ways to use it in the classroom. At Millington Middle School technology is being used to train students' bodies and minds.

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Woodstock Middle focuses on character education

Submitted by GHSTV on Friday, June 8th, 10:35 am

Students at Woodstock Middle benefit from more than just academics. Character education plays a large role in the success of this school and these student are taking the lessons they learn well beyond the walls their school.

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Award-winning ESL Summer Camp back for another year

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, June 7th, 2012, 1:29pm

Shelby County Schools’ award-winning ESL (English as a Second Language) Summer Camp is back for the fifth year.

The camp has earned the statewide Excellence in Education Award from the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) multiple times in its five-year run, and ESL students from around the district are signed up for more multicultural fun this year at the Millington Family Resource Center (Millington Public Library).

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Shelby County mayor to deliver keynote at Title I summit

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Thursday, June 7th, 2012, 10:50am

Shelby County mayor to deliver keynote at Title I summit

(WMC-TV) – Shelby County mayor Mark Luttrell will deliver the keynote address at the school system’s Title I Parent Engagement Summit this Saturday.

The event, which helps families become informed and involved with their children’s schools, will be held on Saturday, June 9 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Middle School.

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Orpheum announces winners of 2012 HSMTA

Submitted by Jamel Major on Tuesday, May 29th, 10:25 am

On Thursday, May 24, The Orpheum Theatre announced the winners of the 2012 High School Musical Theatre Awards in a dazzling, Tony style awards show hosted by Tony Award nominated actress and country artist Laura Bell Bundy.

Modeled after the Tony Awards and now in its third year, The Orpheum’s High School Musical Theatre Awards recognizes achievements in all areas of high school musical theatre. This event is part of the National High School Musical Theatre Awards program which includes thirty programs from across the country.

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