We are pleased to announce that Dr. Garfield Adams has been selected to serve as the new principal of Oak Ridge High School. Dr. Adams is himself an Oak Ridge High School graduate, and received his advanced degrees at UT and LMU. Welcome back to the Wildcat family! 🐾
There will be a two hour delayed start time tomorrow, January 8th. No breakfast will be served. ECC will be closed in the morning, but open in the afternoon. Stay warm and safe!
Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year finalists from each school: ORPS-Missy McMurry; GW-Amanda Fitch; LN-Steffanie Greer; WB-Melanie Bloomer; WL-Inger Scudder; JM-Mike Murphy; RM-Michael Mott; SCA-Tobran Tillman; ORHS-Kayla Gass.
🎉Congratulations, Principal of the Year, Roger Ward. Mr. Ward has been principal of Linden Elementary since July 2005. He began teaching in 1990. Roger emphasizes the importance of students learning academic skills as well as how to be responsible, respectful, ready, and safe.
Congratulations to all four Principal of the Year candidates: Pearl Goins, Sherrie Fairchild-Keyes, Roger Ward, and Phil Cox. The winner is 🥁 Roger Ward! 🌹
@LindenLion
We are happy to announce that as of yesterday, we welcome a newly-appointed board member, Erin Webb.
Erin joins us as Paige Marshall steps down. Thank you Paige, for your service.
Dr. Beckendorf-Edou wanted to be sure to stay with us through graduation.🎓
We wish her well as the new superintendent at Cascade School District in Washington.
@228Cascadep
Today in
@ORSchools
we welcomed the new
@TNedu
Commissioner Penny Schwinn to talk to us about college and career readiness. She is shown here talking to students about Rube Goldberg, 3D printing, and welding.
#CTEinTN
We did it! Graduation 2018 is on the books. A giant thank you to the weather ⛅for holding out and for all who participated. It was a moving, touching, and fun celebration. This has been a superb class-act group of seniors. Congrats! More photos to follow.
#ORHS2018
🎓
We know it’s been a beautiful day in OR when we receive a letter that begins this way: “Congratulations on being accepted to participate in NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Your proposal for the RamSat CubeSat Project has been selected.” More soon!
@RMSortn
@toddlivesay
Today, Dr. Zacharia visited
@toddlivesay
‘s NASA class to learn more about RamSat, our CubeSat for the CSLI mission. He brought with him a GIANT check for $15,000 in support from
@ORNL
—Thank you for your support!!
We join
@MicrosoftEDU
in congrats 🎉 to
@hhenderlight
for being selected as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert for FY 2020! Each year, Microsoft selects Innovative Educator Experts to be part of an exclusive global community of peers to share ideas and learn from each other.
What a great opportunity for Dr. Michael O'Brien to mentor his daughter, Katie O'Brien in work-based learning. Katie is one of our health science clinical interns!
#CTEinTN
#ORSRocks
We would like to congratulate our Oak Ridge Schools Custodian of the Year, DeWayne Amos! He has been a fabulous supporter of so many of us in multiple buildings in our district throughout his years! I imagine he will receive kudos 🙌 all over Oak Ridge!
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Drayton Hawkins has been selected by a committee of teachers and administrators to serve as the new principal of Oak Ridge High School. Please see the attached link for further details.
Class of 2020: I want to offer a personal note of congratulations for your many successes in your time with us in Oak Ridge Schools. We are keeping you especially in mind, and want to ensure you are celebrated in unique and special ways under our current circumstances.
Sequoyah HS welding competition: ORHS-1st 2nd, and 3rd places in the 3G competition. OR TCAT night school-1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in the 4G competition. Five students including Keyanna, Jackson, and Jerry, earned 3G AWS Certification. Keyanna received a $1,000 scholarship!
We are proud to highlight four Reward Schools: Linden, Glenwood, and Willow Brook Elementary, and Jefferson Middle. Reward status is the top distinction a school can earn in Tennessee for those who are improving overall academic achievement and growth for all students.
Congratulations to Selena, who will be the first chair violinist in the TN All-State Orchestra. This is a first for Oak Ridge High School. Congratulations on this phenomenal accomplishment!
@ORHSOrchestra
@ORHSWildcatMGM
Hey Oak Ridge, are you ready for the Cupid ❤ shuffle? Dr. Henderson and Mrs. Ollis are! If you ask nicely, maybe they will teach you how, too! Watch this simple video to get you started.
Thank you,
@DaleLynchTOSS
for coming in person to recognize Dr. Borchers as East Tennessee Superintendent of the year! We are so thankful to have him in Oak Ridge!
@Bruce67fb
@tosstn1975