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Tomorrow
- KCS Counselors Meeting
- DB Boys & Girls Basketball in Chop House Classic at Knox Central11/24/2009
News and Information
KCS Announces Changes to Spelling Bee Qualifying Process
KINGSPORT – Kingsport City Schools is revising the qualifying process for the 2009-2010 Spelling Bee to align with changes at the regional spelling bee competition.
Kingsport City Schools will no longer hold a system-wide spelling bee. A student will be selected from each elementary and middle school to attend the Southern Appalachia Regional Spelling Bee in Knoxville on February 27, 2010. Ten representatives will be selected from Kingsport City Schools through a written and oral process.
Each individual school will be giving a written qualifying test on December 11 during the school day. A registration form to participate in the written qualifying test has been distributed to students. Students that meet their school’s qualifying score on the written exam will participate in their school’s Oral Spelling Bee given during the week of January 12.
Study guides are available to registered students by clicking here. These study guides will help prepare students for the written qualifying test.
For more information, contact Jeanne Peal, spelling bee coordinator, at 378-2270 or visit the spelling bee website at http://www.spellingbee.com/.
D-B Arrowhead Now Online
KINGSPORT -- Dobyns-Bennett High School's student newspaper, The Arrowhead, is now online and available for view at www.dbarrowhead.com.
For more information, contact the Dobyns-Bennett Arrowhead staff at (423) 378-8400.
Visitors to the site will be able to read the latest news and opinions of students, listen to podcasts, view slideshows and video feeds, check out the latest sports scores, as well as comment on articles and submit letters to the editor. Visitors may also sign up to receive daily e-mail notification of new postings.
For more information, contact the Dobyns-Bennett Arrowhead staff at (423) 378-8400.
KCS Announces 2009 State Report Card Results
KINGSPORT – Kingsport City Schools is pleased to announce the results of the 2009 Tennessee Department of Education Report Card for the school system and individual schools.
The report card, which was unveiled to the public on November 3, gives KCS an “A” in academic achievement in math, science and social studies. The system received a “B” in academic achievement for reading. In alignment with a national focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), KCS continues to make gains system-wide in elementary, middle and high school math and science.
For the full story, click here.
Click report card link to review results. 
Click here to listen to WCSK Radio Interview with Dory Creech, KCS Director of Accountability on State Report Card Results.
KCS Asking Parents to Help in Prevention of Spread of H1N1
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Tennessee Department of Health are urging schools to notify parents and the community to observe routine public health recommendations for preventing the spread of flu; and provide steps in the event they suspect their child is exhibiting flu-like symptoms, and where to go for more info. For more information, click here.
The state of Tennessee has established a hotline for flu questions and concerns at (877) 252-3432. The line is open Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Click the link to the left to connect to www.flu.gov.
