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Where To Learn and a true, “wireless” campus at Cherokee High School.
IPADS for Students with Disablities
Apple iPads allow students with disabilites to experience a new way of learning math, reading, and language arts, and developing social skills.
Transportation
Hawkins County Schools have 92 school buses that travel 4,478 miles each day.
Child Nutrition
Hawkins County Child Nutrition Department, began increasing the volume of fruits and vegetables (with an emphasis on freshness) and gradually moving toward whole grains well before the federal mandate. Mooresburg Elementary School and Joseph Rogers Primary School were chosen to receive a Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Program grant for the 2011-12 school year. This program introduces free, fresh fruits and vegetables to students ,at least twice per week, as healthy snack options.
Coordinated School Health
Coordinated School Health (CSH) is an evidence-based model developed by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). Designed to improve the physical, social, and emotional health of students, the goal of CSH is to enable students to arrive at school ready to learn, support at-risk students, and reduce the prevalence of health-related issues that impair academic success.
FRC food pantry drive was also orchestrated by CSH among area churches this year. CSH is the school system liaison for the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Team Up for
of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams of 25 students or more are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork
Healthy Living Program. This federally funded grant initiative places ETSU students in the High School Lifetime Wellness classrooms to provide a series of health education lessons.
skills, and build and program a robot to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. It is as close to “real world” engineering as a student can get. Professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide the rookie team. Students, teachers and industry leaders worked day, night, and weekends for six weeks in preparation for regional competition. Sponsoring teachers include Jeff Hobbs, Matt Dalton, Dewey Ferguson and Assistant Principal Bob Edens.
Hawkins County CSH Projects for the 201112 School Year
School Nurses complete hearing, vision, height, weight, and blood pressure screenings in Grades K,2,4,6,8, and High School Wellness classes. In partnership with Rural Health Services Consortium, School Based Health Clinics are operational at Cherokee and Volunteer High Schools; a mobile medical clinic travels to our remaining 16 schools. All clinics are staffed with a receptionist, a Registered Nurse, and a Nurse Practitioner. Students and staff visit school based clinics for sick visits, sports physicals, immunizations, flu clinics, and Tenn-Care Well Child Exams. CSH partners with the Family Resource Center (FRC) to support the Food for Kids Backpack Program, which provides non-perishable food items for children who need weekend food. An
FIRST Robotics Competition
The very first student team from Cherokee High School competed in the International FIRST Robotics regional competition in Knoxville on March 1-3 and brought home a second place trophy. Dubbed a “varsity sport for the mind,” FRC combines the excitement