This week, we’ll provide an update on the Malesus STEM Innovation Center - which is scheduled to open for middle school students in August. Our Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Teresa McSweeney will join us to provide renovation details, information about the STEM classes that will be offered, and exciting info about the Toyota Engineering, Manufacturing & Mechatronics Institute.

This week, we're visiting with Danielle Shaw Jones and students in the BioSTEM program at North Side High School. We’ll learn about several innovative career-building opportunities that are available for students North Side and throughout the district. 

This week, we’ve invited former West TN Teacher of the Year - Bob Sparks - he’s currently an English Teacher at JCM Early College High. He spent time in Nashville recently to learn more about policies impacting - teachers and students in the state of TN….he’ll tell us about that experience and the importance of civic participation from school district employees….Plus…School Board member Andre Darnell is here to recap his experience at the Student Congress on Policies in Education…Mr. Darnell served as a group leader as a group of students from Liberty Technology High School participated in SCOPE for the 2nd year in a row.