Tag Archives: Cumberland County High School

Cumberland County and Stone Memorial High Schools are the highest-ranked Upper Cumberland high schools in the new U.S. News and World Report rankings of best public high schools. Cumberland County ranked 61st among Tennessee schools in the report, scoring a 75.8 on the magazine’s scorecard. The school graduated 91 percent of its students and received a 9.4 ranking on college ... Read More »

Cumberland County High School graduate Bailey Tollett conducting classes focused on the safe use of assistive devices as part of her graduate research. Tollett said after surgery, people often use walkers and canes incorrectly, prolonging the recovery process. The Lincoln Memorial researcher said improper use also increases the risk of additional injuries. Tollett said how people are taught immediately after ... Read More »

White County High School has started its own wrestling program after years of having wrestlers participate with teams at other schools. First-year teacher David Foster said the school planned to co-op with Cumberland County High School this year. He said when some 45 White County students signed up to wrestle, he decided he would coach the team if the school ... Read More »

York Elementary School among the Upper Cumberland schools chosen as STEM Grant recipients by TVA. A total of $1.5 million being awarded across the Tennessee Valley this week. York Elementary Stem Ambassador Kayla Yantz said the school will use the $5,000 grant to purchase a classroom lab kit of 3-D hologram cubes. The cubes can project anything found on the ... Read More »

Van Ruden the winner among some 1800 SROs statewide Crossville’s Scott Van Ruden received the state’s School Resource Officer of the Year award. Graduating seniors at Cumberland County High School nominated him. Van Ruden was nominated by graduating seniors at his school. Van Ruden said he recieved copies of the nominating letters after the ceremony. “It about made me cry ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Board of Education took the next step in building a new auditorium at Cumberland County High School. The board approved putting the project out for bid after a report from Board Member Nicholas Davis Thursday. “There’s been a public meeting held to raise the opportunity to talk through any concerns or questions and how that would be ... Read More »

The Cumberland County community will get its first glance Tuesday at the plans for a new auditorium at Cumberland County High School. Director of Schools Billy Stepp said unlike Stone Memorial High School, the Cumberland County campus does not have an auditorium. “A lot of the comments in the community that have been made to me is that it is ... Read More »

Cumberland County High School has officially sold its CTE Construction Class home. CTE Director Dr. William S.  Maddox said that the students who work on the house are upper-level construction students. He said that students typically take about a year to construct the home complete with stud walls and roofing. “It’s a lot of work put into it,” Maddox said. ... Read More »

The city of Crossville has less than 90 days to respond to the Department of the Navy’s call to repair the Cumberland High School jet. City Manager Greg Wood said the future of the jet will up for the county school board to decide. “The requirement is for the school to maintain it,” Wood said. “We need to let the ... Read More »

The Fairfield Glade Garden Club and Cumberland County High School horticulture program will be holding its annual poinsettia sale. Co-President Kathy Spancake said the five-day fundraiser begins November 29th. “Danny Wilson is the educator that we deal with and his class plants the plants in the fall when they come into school and they take care of them and grow ... Read More »