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

The camp, which attracts students from around the district, has earned the statewide Excellence in Education Award from the Tennessee School Boards Association multiple times in its four-year run, and hundreds of ESL students from around the district are signed up for more multicultural fun over the next two weeks at Bailey Station Elementary and Bon Lin Elementary.

Paul Frye's Auto Technology students at Bolton High are riding a hot streak into the National Ford/AAA AutoSkills Finals.

Daniel Pace and Trey Collins both earned a spot in the national competition after winning first place in the highly competitive Tennessee finals. The two also won a trophy for having the highest written test scores in the first round of the state competition, marking the fourth straight year Bolton has earned this distinction.

The Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills is a national automotive technology competition for high school juniors and seniors who are interested in pursuing careers in the auto service industry. Students are tested in areas of automotive knowledge, workmanship and problem-solving abilities. The competition also challenges students to diagnose and properly repair intentionally bugged vehicles under a strict time limit.

Bolton High School’s baseball field suffered serious damage during this month’s storms, but now another ball club is coming to the school’s aid.

The Memphis Redbirds are going to donate a portion of every ticket sold to their game Sunday, May 1 to Bolton.