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Karen Bridgeman
Director of Communications

Email: kbridgeman@acs.ac


Phone: 865-463-2800
Ext. 2860


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MARCH 2010

Click here for The Oak Ridger's coverage of ACS's FastTrack Academy

FEBRUARY 2010

 
Click here for WATE-TV's coverage of the impact of snow delays on TCAP achievement testing
CHS students compete in Virtual Enterprise Trade Fair
Norris Middle School Green Team 'outsmarts waste'
ACS sets snow day/makeup contingency plan, moves TCAP test dates   Click here for WBIR's 2/1/2010 story on snow days
CHS teacher notified of intent to dismiss
Click here for WATE-TV's feature on FastTrack Academy   (Click here for a pdf file/text version)
Clinton High School students score in DECA competition
Clinton High School students earn HOSA honors
Clinton High School teacher suspended

JANUARY 2010

ACHS Basketball Homecoming and FFA food drive set
Woman arrested at Clinton Middle School
Second round of H1N1 flu immunizations begin Wednesday, Jan. 13
Decision to appoint new Juvenile Court Judge "critical"
Click here to see WATE-TV's 1/6/2010 report on decisions to close school because of weather
Click here to see WVLT-TV's 1/5/2010 feature on the Norris Middle School bullying prevention initiative
Click here to see the Knoxville News Sentinel's 1/3/10 story on the Norris Middle School bullying prevention initiative
LCES to host "empty soup bowls" event for Second Harvest on January 15

DECEMBER 2009

Click here for the Knoxville News Sentinel story on the new FastTrack Academy
Claxton's "Bells of Christmas" program includes 650 students
Bullying prevention program kick-off is January 5      Click here for the Knoxville News Sentinel brief
LCMS students, staff "dress for the decades"
H1N1 vaccine delivered to ACS students     Click here for WBIR-TV's story

NOVEMBER 2009

Leadership Anderson County visited Anderson County schools
Grand Oaks and Claxton to benefit from AT&T technology grant
Norris Elementary PTO donates laptops for classrooms
Drug dog named: You can call him AL     Click here for the Knoxville News Sentinel feature story; click here for the KNS video
ACS working with AC Health Department on H1N1 vaccine delivery to students      Click here for WBIR-TV's story
WHITLEY: New tools for parents with technology
Skyward IDs and passwords going home with students; survey planned
Click here for a link to WVLT's coverage of the Clinton High School concert to honor veterans (11/09/09)
Click here for a link to WBIR-TV's coverage of the student "commercials" for Skyward's Family Access and links to the commercials, too.
ACS prepares to soar with Skyward Data Management System
Students in Anderson County Schools to honor veterans
Norris students take electronic field trip to the Smokies: Click here for a link to the Knoxville News Sentinel story

OCTOBER 2009

Clinton High School concert set to honor vets on Monday, Nov. 9    Click here for WVLT-TV's coverage of the concert
Lake City Elementary School students to mark Veterans' Day
Andersonville students learn about Hallowe'en safety
ACCTC students lunch with, learn from the pros
Reorganization: Three ACS leaders to take larger roles
Fall festival at ACCTC on October 24
At Claxton, Cathy Smith honored by Office Max for "A Day Made Better"
Child Health Week celebrated
Here Comes the Judge: Juvenile Court staff tours The Learn Center
Taking Aim: Archery comes to AC Schools
John Byrd Soars to State's Educator of the Year Award
ACS students get to NAME THAT DOG!

SEPTEMBER 2009

Nearly 400 school children may lose meal benefits   Click here for WBIR-TV's story   Click here for WVLT-TV's story
Remember Child Find screenings Sept. 28-Oct. 1 for children 1-month-old to age 5
Coordinating Health -- ACS staff part of presentation panel
School closing extended to include Monday, Sept. 20
ACHS and CHS sporting events go on as scheduled 9/17 and 9/18; CMS postpones homecoming activities
CHS volleyball team to 'dig pink' on Oct. 6
Anderson County Schools closed Thursday and Friday, Sept. 17 and 18; absences rising because of illness
CMS homecoming activities (including dance) postponed.pdf
Norris Elementary School Principal Jess Anne Cole earns CSH Principal of the Year award
Child Find screenings Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 at four locations in Anderson County
Spirit Week starts Sept. 14 at Clinton Middle School
Car seat checks offered Sept. 19
President Obama's speech to school children, lesson plans approved for use in classrooms in MSWord format (click to view in pdf format)
Click here to see WATE-TV's coverage of the issue

AUGUST 2009

Second Harvest Food for Kids program expands in Anderson County
Career and Technical Education staff attend summer conference
CitiFinancial donates school supplies to Briceville Elementary School students
Students in Pam Pittman's class visit Norris wetlands
Talking about health and flu at Claxton Elementary PTO meeting
Orientation held for new teachers
ACS sends second round of information on flu
ACHS invites parents, community to School Improvement Plan progress meeting
Click here for a link to the Knoxville News Sentinel story on the reconstruction of Norris Elementary School's Lily Pad wetlands research center (August 21, 2009)
Click here for a link to WATE-TV's story on 08/19/2009 on Free- and Reduced-Price Breakfast/Lunch Programs in ACS
FREE- AND REDUCED-PRICE BREAKFAST/LUNCH qualifications (Information published in The Courier News August 2, 2009)
Car seat safety checks set for September 19, 2009
CHS BAND: Practicing and fundraising
Resource officers train for school safety, support
Preschool/Head Start and after-school care programs under way
Anderson County School enrollment steady
School calendars feature student artists
Judge dismisses Confederate flag lawsuit          Judgment Order          Memorandum of Opinion
Click here to see WATE-TV's coverage of the issue; click here to see WVLT-TV's coverage of the issue
Click here for a link to WBIR-TV's story 8/11/2009 on H1N1 (swine) flu preparations
Click here for a link to WBIR-TV's story 8/10/2009 on the new standards and the Tennessee Diploma Project
Director of Schools Larry Foster kicks off the new school year (and the new slide at Briceville Elementary School) - WBIR-TV
Photos from Dragon, Maverick, and Senator Days and the Back-to-School Lunch at Main Street Baptist Church in Lake City

JULY 2009

Churches Join Back-to-School Celebrations

Retiring teachers, staff facing 'new year' without school

Science Kits Open World of Inquiry for Elementary School Students - Video Clip - WBIR TV
Science Kits Open a World of Inquiry for Elementary School Students - Press Release
Back-to-School Preparations Begin
Myers is New ACCTC Principal, Cupples Moving to Fairview and Patton to Briceville, Six Assistant Principals Named
Home School Registration Deadline is August 1
Preschool/Head Start Screening Set July 27-31
Clinton Middle School Hawk Day Set August 4
 

JUNE 2009

Thirty years, Thirty Dollars
ACS offers substitute teacher training
Wade, Tipton, Mann named ACS Teachers of the Year
Tim Parrott named director of career & technical education
Homeschool registration deadline is August 1
 

MAY 2009

Schools provide free breakfast, lunch program for summer for children 18 years old and younger -- Click here for link to WBIR-TV's story
Larson named pre-school/Head Start director; Faulconer new principal at Lake City Elementary School
Andersonville Student Wins Publishing Contest
Larry Foster Named Director of Schools Candidate
Anderson County Responding to Flu Questions
Loan helps Anderson County Schools keep up in tough economic times
Free Student Meals on Rise
Mr. V.L. Stonecipher, In the News
 
Congratulations Paul Brown, WBIR Educator of the Week!
 
Claxton and WBIR Student of the Month, 1-29-2009
 

Joint Commission & School Board Workshop Documentation, 1-2009

 

AC Board of Education Workshop
The AC Board of Education will meet on 1-29-2009 to discuss the selection process for the new Director of Schools.  The meeting will be at 6:30 pm in the AC Board Room, 5th floor of the Robert Jolly Building

 

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