McKenzie Special School District Board of Education plans to vote Tuesday, April 18, 5:30 p.m. on the new director of schools. The Board meets at the Board of Education office, 114 Bell Avenue, McKenzie. more

HUNTINGDON (March 29) — Huntingdon Middle School (HMS) proudly announces the students who made Honor Roll during the third quarter of the school year. Principal’s Honor Roll includes students who made all A’s and Honor Roll includes students who made all A’s and B’s. more

McKenzie Elementary School (MES) released the Honor and Merit Roll earners for the third nine weeks of the 2022-2023 school year. more

McKENZIE (April 4) — One hundred-thirteen students were honored during the 38th annual Honors Banquet hosted by the Rotary Club of McKenzie. The students, grades 9 to 12, were seated at floor level at the McKenzie High School Gymnasium while their parents and friends were seated on the home side in the bleachers. more

ATWOOD — The West Carroll Special School District school board voted unanimously to increase safety measures and hire an additional school safety officer during their meeting Thursday night, April 6. more

McKenzie Special School District Board of Education plans to vote Tuesday, April 18, 5:30 p.m. on the new director of schools. The Board meets at the McKenzie Middle School Library. more

McKENZIE (April 4) — Lynn Watkins, director of McKenzie Special School District, is retiring on June 30. During the April 4 meeting of the Board of Education, Watkins offered to serve as a consultant to the yet-to-be-selected director of schools, whose term of office begins July 1. more

The West Carroll Special School District (WSSD) Work Session is Thursday, April 6, at 5:30 p.m., in the West Carroll Jr/Sr High School cafeteria. Agenda items include the budget overview and review; discussion of debt services and bonds; discussion of TISA projections for 2023-24; discussion of yearly Board of Education calendar and discussion of safety, facilities and growth planning. more

McKENZIE (March 27) — McKenzie Middle School (MMS) released the All A’s and All A’s and B’s Honor Roll earners for the third nine weeks of the 2022-2023 school year. more

Lifeline Blood Services collected 47 units of blood during the McKenzie High School Blood Drive on Wednesday, March 29. more

GUATEMALA CITY — Six Bethel University students helped ensure Guatemalan children had healthy smiles March 5-11 as part of a Global Studies collaboration with Cumberland Presbyterian missionaries. Led by Stacie Freeman, director of Bethel’s international outreach, and fellow co-founder of a new nonprofit for student-staffed travel service projects, Julie Hill, the trip included a mix of compassionate ministry and culture-sharing. more

CARROLL COUNTY (April 3) — Twelve high school seniors from Carroll County were recognized by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce for their academic excellence by scoring a 29 or better on the national ACT test. The Carroll County Chamber hosted a luncheon on April 3 at Mallard’s Restaurant to honor these students. more

Bethel University sophomore Gracelyn Eaves is one of 15 students from NAIA and NCCAA colleges across the country selected to participate in the Red Cross Leadership Program for 2023. more

McKENZIE (MARCH 22) — The number of candidates for the director of McKenzie Special School District was narrowed to five from seven during the March 22 workshop meeting of the Board of Education. Seven candidates were individually interviewed in a brief 15- to 30-minute interview in front of the seven members of the Board. more

HUNTINGDON — Twelve students - freshmen from the schools in Carroll County participated in four Saturday morning sessions with emphasis on STEM - Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from 9 a.m. until noon, beginning on January 21 and concluding on March 4. more

Students of the McKenzie Special School District will have class on Thursday, March 23, 2023. It serves as the make up day for the football playoffs. more

McKENZIE — A team of 25 students from Bethel University’s Physician Assistant (PA) program, along with four Bethel employees, recently returned from a week-long medical mission trip in Belize. more

McKENZIE (March 7) — Twenty-five McKenzie High School students were allowed to tour the Cachengo facility at the former hospital building in McKenzie. The students were invited to the facility by Cachengo CEO, Ash Young. Members of the Young family and technicians of Cachengo explained the technology company’s mission of providing high-end data storage systems to meet global demands for Edge Computing, Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by replacing the over-use of single, large CPUs with several smaller ones, embedded in each drive to perform localized computing where the data actually sits. more

McKENZIE (March 7) — During the Tuesday evening meeting of the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education board members agreed to add cross country to McKenzie High School’s slate of athletic programs. Faculty member Beth Mathis will serve as the coach. more

Liberty Dyal, a freshman at McKenzie High School, is a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders scheduled June 21-23 on the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus, just outside Boston. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country interested in these careers, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal. more