The Knoxville School District will host two events this month to honor the 2021 graduating class. Senior Scholarship Night will be held Wednesday, May 19th at 7:00 p.m. at the Knoxville Performing Arts Center. Knoxville Panther Scholarship Foundation President Curt Froyen says a variety of scholarships will be awarded.
“We have 60 members of the senior class who have applied for our foundation scholarship. We also give out community scholarships that night. Those are handled by the high school administration. We’ll be giving out about $34,000 of scholarships that night.”
Attendance that night will be limited to the senior class, their family, and their guests.
The Knoxville School District has received a donation from Weiler Foundation to aid in the purchase of a CNC Mill for the high school advanced manufacturing class. CNC milling, or computer numerical control milling, is a machining process which employs computerized controls and rotating multi-point cutting tools to progressively remove material from the workpiece and produce a custom-designed part or product. Business Manager Craig Mobley says this will provide valuable learning opportunities for students.
“Sean Sanger, instructor of our advanced manufacturing class has been looking for a CNC Mill. He happened to find one in California from a company that’s going out of business. It’s almost brand new, really good price on it. Weiler stepped up and helped out with a donation, they’re helping with shipping and receiving to get that machine to us. It’s going to be a big help to that program, to get students in front of that new technology.”
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The Knoxville School District staff received COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday through collaboration with Marion County Public Health. Through the clinic, 213 KCSD staff received the first dose of the vaccine.
Superintendent Cassi Pearson thanks the team at Marion County Public Health for their partnership, and that district staff were thrilled to receive the vaccine. The second dose is scheduled to be delivered to district staff on Thursday, March 11.