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CTE building completed at Clinton High School


Workers have finished building Clinton High School’s new building for career and technical education. - Ben Pounds
Workers have finished building Clinton High School’s new building for career and technical education.

Clinton High School student and Anderson County Schools Student Board Member Brooklin Wilkerson announced the construction’s completion at the board’s April 9 meeting.

“Every student in the building is so excited to have finally got the new building ready and for getting the opportunity to experience it next school year,” she said.

Anderson County Director of School Tim Parrott said the building will support welding and two agriculture classes.

He estimated the building’s cost had been about $2.5 million.

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Clinton, Norris students win ‘Dream It, Do It’


Clinton Middle School’s “Dream It, Do It” team celebrates a second-place victory. Pictured are ACEDA President Andy Wallace, GEON’s Brock Kennedy, Wesley Weaver, Hayden Martin, Jazzlyn Elliot, Nichol Manning, Kelsi Mitchem, teacher Jonathan Lewis and Kristin Waldschlager, education outreach at Consolidated Nuclear Securities. - Ben Pounds
Students at Clinton Middle School and Norris Middle School won awards for their industry-promoting videos in the “Dream It, Do It”competition.

Judges evaluated videos made by eighth-graders from several schools for the competition, which involved researching and promoting East Tennessee companies. Consolidated Nuclear Security Y-12 sponsored the competition, and the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development Committee evaluated the videos.

The winning schools received checks to support their science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.

Norris students took first place for their zombie-themed video for Covenant Health Methodist, receiving $1,000 for their STEM program. Clinton Middle School students took second place for a guardian angel-themed video promoting GEON Performance Solutions, a polymer compound company. Clinton Middle School received $750.

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