Stone Elementary uses Christmas as lesson in international culture
Stone Elementary uses Christmas as lesson in international culture By Mike Lacy | December 17, 2020 at 4:45 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 6:39 PM
WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - Stone Elementary Principal Sandy Danzey has gone all out for Christmas, and the enthusiasm has spread to the staff. One wonders if they enjoy Christmas more than the kids.
It took about three months to turn the inside of the school into a Christmas-themed tourist agency for kids with a side trip of history.
“We wanted to give them something where they were excited about coming to school while also learning,” Danzey said.
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Schools, both public and private, across Tennessee are starting to pilot rapid COVID-19 tests in an effort to keep classrooms open.
Hamilton County Schools, the state’s fourth-largest district, began testing symptomatic teachers in the district’s middle schools on Monday, using BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 tests provided by the Tennessee Department of Health.
Mardee Miller, principal of Howard Connect Academy, was one of the first tested by a trained school nurse. The tests are available to school districts free of charge thanks to federal funding, according to Shelly Walker, spokesperson for the state Health Department, and provide results in just about twenty minutes.