Thank You from the Walking School Bus

at Christenberry Elementary

Christenberry Elementary’s Walking School Bus students held a ceremony to celebrate Tennova's contribution to GSP on behalf of Christenberry Community School. The dignitaries for the afternoon were: Mayor Burchett, Mayor Rogero, Dr. McIntyre. Mayor Rogero is a huge supporter of KCHD's Walking School Bus program.

ECO Garden

Our mission is to promote and support opportunities that encourage children to engage with and experience the outdoors. Youth have the opportunity to engage in hands-on gardening activities. Edible gardening is a great way for students to achieve physical activity while learning about fruits and vegetables. Gardening labs meet state curriculum standards.

Pi Beta Phi Sorority at Norwood Elementary Community School

Pi Beta Phi Sorority partners with Norwood by providing volunteers for reading assistance and special

events. The event pictured is “Game Day” in the after school

program.

Fall Family Fun Night at

Christenberry Elementary

Over 450 students and guardians were in attendance. Students enjoyed workshops and activities with teachers while parents participated in a presentation regarding effective communication.

Summer Program Encourages Young Entrepreneurship Seventeen entrepreneurs have been born out of Vine Middle Community School’s summer program “Guppy Tank”, and they know the business landscape of our city. These rising sixth through ninth graders worked with business coaches to research concepts and the local business environment to create their own business plans.

Doug Minter of Knoxville Chamber encourages scholarship winner

South Knox Elementary Community School GIRLS ON THE RUN

Western Heights Dental has partnered with Green Magnet for the dental initiative. Green Magnet was the first school in Knox County to provide this service to students. Pictured are students receiving their initial

on-site screenings. “SAY AHH!”

 The Dental Initiative

Elgin Children’s Foundation identifies where dental care is insufficient and needed. Elgin wants children to learn the importance of health and wellness, and that begins with their teeth. The foundation facilitates dental care through local school systems, charitable organizations, and volunteers to ensure these young patients will continue to see a dentist for basic, and, if needed, critical dental care. Elgin looks for children who can’t afford a dental visit, are underserved, or at economic risk.

Fulton Student Athletes Inspire

Lonsdale Students

Assistant High School Football Coach Justin Long brought two Fulton football players to meet with the Boys 2 Men club at Lonsdale Elementary to talk about what it takes to participate in Fulton Athletics, and to go on to play sports in college.

Players KJ Roper and DJ Williams shared with students the honest truths about the responsibilities of being a student-athlete. Many students in Boys 2 Men attend Fulton football games and know who KJ and DJ are. Hearing advice from existing role models inspired Lonsdale students to really listen to the obligations and sacrifices necessary to be a student-athlete

Thank you Coach Long for your commitment to facilitating mentorship between high school and elementary students as a College and Career Access Coach at Project GRAD, and for sharing your expectations of what it means to grow from boys to men.

Christenberry Elementary School

Track Club students receiving their track club t-shirts and their 1st field trip to Fulton High School

Caring Cardinals (a Community Service club) making ornaments to hang on our tree at the Fantasy of Trees

Norwood Elementary School Volunteer – Erin Parks. Erin comes in once a week to help

with Boys and Girls Club Power Hour – homework time. Great volunteer!!

Pond Gap Community School Students reading to Vegas, their HABIT (Human & Animal Bond In Tennessee) dog!

STEM Scouts learning modules are designed and vetted by STEM educators and professionals to be fun and age-appropriate. Hands-on activities help students learn the academic concepts behind the experiments. Elementary-age STEM Scouts have the opportunity to earn participation awards for their weekly activities.

Green Magnet Academy

The Walking School Bus is designed to promote active transportation and safe

conditions for kids that walk to and from school. It consists of a group of children that

walk to and/or from school, led by one or two parents or community volunteers. The

Walking School Bus is one of the Safe Routes to School programs promoted and organized by the Knox County Health Department and is not a Knox County School system program.

  “Zoomobile”

The Knoxville Zoo visits

Norwood Elementary School

Dogwood Elementary Community School Urban Wilderness

Great Schools partnership’s community school Site Resource Coordinator, Adam Fritts, collaborates with neighborhood and community partners on plans for an Urban Wilderness Club for their Community School After School Program.

The Urban Wilderness Club in action

Pond Gap Elementary Community School Students

playing chess with their mentor from the University of Tennessee

Healthy Snacks at Norwood

Elementary Community School

Students at Norwood made a healthy “fruit pizza” under the supervision of Dietetic Intern Erica Garrison. The intern provided eight weeks of nutrition education, each lesson ending with hands on preparation of a healthy snack.

Pond Gap Community School Students building an Engineering module with MindSET, a program from

The University of Tennessee

South Knoxville Elementary Knoxville Police Department K9 Demonstration for SKE Community School

after school students

Dogwood Elementary SchoolThe Girls Inc. students are learning healthy ways to relieve stress

Coloring

Homemade bath fizzers