What’s Right With Our Schools: Project Inspire
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Diverse classrooms call for diverse teachers. Project Inspire is working to meet that need with some pretty impressive results. Dr. Dan Challener is with…
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Missing Hamilton County Teenager
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN (WDEF) - Hamilton County authorities need your help to find a missing boy. Fourteen year old Trent Oliver was last seen at his home in the Sedmon Hills neighborhood around…
What’s Right with Our Schools: Be Pro, Be Proud
CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) - An interactive new exhibit could be rolling to a school near you. Be Pro, Be Proud gets middle and high school students interested…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Catoosa County’s From Here to Career Academy
RINGGOLD, GA (WDEF) - High School is an exciting and very busy time in a teenager's life, but some students might be wondering, 'How…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Fund for Teachers, Thrasher’s Ricky McEvoy
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WDEF) - The best educators never stop learning. As the world continues to shrink, another country can be great place to get…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Fund for Teachers
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The best educators never stop learning. Fund for Teachers gives them a chance to focus on their subjects with leading experts around the globe.…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Battle Academy Reach Cooking Class
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Summer Reach Program allows Battle Academy students to learn in new and creative ways. It's a tasty example of what's right…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Howard High Ice Cream Flavor
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Howard High and Clumpies ice cream come together for a summertime treat with plenty of local flavor. Ashley Bottoms is a Senior Manager at…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Howard Connect Mini Week
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - It can be a real challenge to keep students interested during the last week of school. Howard Connect came up with a creative…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Prep Public Royal Readers
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - If a picture is worth a thousand words, then, a million words should get you a trip to Dave and Busters. The Royal…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Battle Academy Bagel Spread
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Students at Battle Academy recently tackled a tasty and fun assignment that taught them the ins and outs of running a business.…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Battle Academy Bagel Toppings
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Battle Academy students are getting lessons in running a successful business. They've teamed up with Honey Seed to learn how to make bagels,…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Battle Academy Students at Honey Seed
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Cooking Up Learning is a program at Battle Academy that teams students up with community partners for lessons in real world…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Battle Academy Lessons in Business
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Real world experience can pay off for students long after graduation. At Battle Academy students are learning, step by step, what it…
Brainerd Road Shooting Arrest
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Chattanooga Police made an arrest after a man was shot on Brainerd Road over the weekend. James Dupree is charged with attempted 1st degree murder, aggravated assault and unlawful…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Chattanooga Prep leads to Knoxville Prep
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - A tuition free charter school for boys. Chattanooga has one. Knoxville is getting one. Our neighbors to the North think the…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Rossville Middle Schools Book Vending Machine
ROSSVILLE, GA (WDEF) - A healthy love of reading is the foundation for a solid education. Our friends at Rossville Middle School have come up…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Notre Dame Students Help Clifton Hills
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - The Chattanooga Area Food Bank is making sure neighbors in the Clifton Hills Community have enough to eat. Students from Notre…
What’s Right With Our School: Ridgeland Robotics Team
ROSSVILLE, Ga. (WDEF) - The Ridgeland High School Robotics Team might be a relatively new thing, but it's already making noise on the world stage. It's a timely…
What’s Right With Our Schools: East Side Dance Performance at Coosa Mill
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Students at East Side Elementary in Chattanooga have spent months working on a colorful and creative dance routine. They recently…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Richard Hardy Memorial Hosts Scopes Trial
SOUTH PITTSBURG, TN (WDEF) - The Scopes Trial is a vital part of local history that is still being discussed nearly a hundred years later.…
Golden Apple: Stephanie Elgin, Harrison Elementary
HARRISON, Tenn. (WDEF) - Computers are part of every classroom these days. Keeping all that tech running smoothly is no small task. Thankfully, Harrison Elementary has Stephanie Elgin. For providing…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Nolan Elementary’s Laura Dowd
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN (WDEF) - A lifelong love of reading can begin with a good librarian. Nolan Elementary School certainly has one. In fact, Laura Dowd is…
Golden Apple Award: Kim Lockery, Nolan Elementary
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN (WDEF) - Recognizing each child's unique strengths *and* challenges is crucial to helping them become the best students they can be. Kim Lockery does that every…
What’s Right With Our Schools: OLPH Robotics Team
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - In just two short years, the Robotics team at OLPH is already making noise on the world stage! Those smart and capable students are…
Golden Apple Award: Joann Hellmann, Brainerd Baptist School
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - From Pre-K, to Sunday School, to YMCA fitness, Joann Hellmann has a heart for service. The Brainerd Baptist Community is truly blessed to have…
Lifeforce Helicopter Crashes in Macon County, North Carolina
MACON COUNTY, NC (WDEF) - News 12 is following a developing story out of Macon County, North Carolina. According to a Deputy with the Sheriff's Office a Lifeforce…
Golden Apple Award: Allyson Dunbar, Bess T. Shepherd
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Learning to read is the most important brick in the foundation of lifelong learning, but not every child learns the same way or at…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Skyuka Hall’s New Campus
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - Skyuka Hall has come a long way in 9 years. When it was founded, there were only a dozen students. Now, it's a…
Golden Apple Award: Maggie Caruso, Skillern Elementary
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Skillern Elementary School is proud to offer a different kind of educational experience for students. A healthy dose of outdoor activities and a holistic approach…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Howard Students Get Lessons in Finance
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - If you start investing at an early age passive income can really add up! Students at Howard High got a timely…
Golden Apple Award: Jori Day, Trion Elementary
TRION, Ga. (WDEF) - For most of us, education begins in Pre-K. Jori Day has helped generations of Georgians get off to a strong start in the classroom. Parents…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Notre Dame High School 60 years of Integration
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - These days schools throughout the Tennessee Valley are integrated, but it wasn't that long ago, when that was not the case. Notre Dame High…
Golden Apple Award: Hixson Middle School’s Brian Ailey
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN (WDEF) - Music is a fun and important part of a well-rounded education. At Hixson Middle, Brian Ailey hits all the right notes by making…
School closings for February 15
POLK COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) -- Due to a major water line break and the possibility of water being off all day, West Polk County schools will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday February 15. This includes Benton Elementary, South Polk Elementary, Chilhowee…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Polytech Academy at Chattanooga State
All too often kids head off to college without any real idea of what they want to do. A collaborative effort between Chattanooga State Community College and Hamilton County Schools helps students get jump start on their career and college.
Teen Mom Actor Arrested in Hamilton County
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN (WDEF) - You might remember him from M T-V's teen mom, but at last check, Ryan Edwards is in Silverdale facing several charges. His latest brush with the law started Thursday (2/9/23) when Hamilton County Authorities served…
Golden Apple Award: Amber Hicks, Skyuka Hall
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - Teaching math is no problem for Skyuka Hall's Amber Hicks. Her approach starts with being a good listener. Factor in trust and kindness, and the…
What’s Right With Our Schools: Chattanooga Valley Middle Robotics
FLINTSTONE, Ga. (WDEF) - When it comes to learning, reading, writing and arithmetic are the traditional three "R"s, but Chattanooga Valley Middle School has added a fourth, robotics. Four…
Golden Apple Award: Boyd Buchanan’s Bonnie Ray
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WDEF) - The best teachers are interested in their students' lives outside the classroom. Boyds Buchanan's Bonnie Ray has been known to show up at her kids'…