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Pleasant View teacher Debra Cox receives Above and Beyond Award

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Debra Cox (right), second grade teacher at Pleasant View Elementary School, was presented with the Above and Beyond Award last Thursday during the Whitley County Board of Education’s monthly meeting. The award is given each month to employees in the school...

Adult welding classes to be offered soon at Whitley County High School

If you are an adult living in Whitley County and have thought about a career in welding but didn’t know where to get training, then you are in luck. Starting in August, Whitley County High School will be offering a welding night class two nights a week, and you have to already...
Posted On 26 Jul 2023

Whitley County BOE recognizes students and staff

The Whitley County Board of Education awarded a “Above and Beyond” award to Mrs. Wilson, four students were accepted into the Craft Academy and the district’s top Accelerated Reading Program award winners were announced during the board of education’s recently monthly...

Osborne presented with Above and Beyond Award

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT  During the Whitley County Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting on April 20, Superintendent John Siler (left) presented Ruth Osborne (right) with the district’s Above and Beyond Award. Osborne, who is the district’s instructional coach for the...

Holston Gas honored by Whitley County BOE

Photo by Timothy Wyatt The Whitley County Board of Education presented Holston Gas of Williamsburg with the Above and Beyond Award during the board’s regular monthly meeting on Sept. 15. Superintendent John Siler said the district has always had a good relationship with the...

Whitley County sets 2022-2023 school calendar

Whitley County school district students will return to class this fall on Aug. 10, 2022, with a projected last day of school on May 10, 2023. In addition, there will be a full fall break, a three-day Thanksgiving break, a two-week Christmas break, and one full week of spring...
Posted On 24 Mar 2022

WCHS eyeing possible building expansion

The Whitley County School District’s next building project may be a physical education training addition at Whitley County High School. During Feb. 17 regular monthly meeting, the Whitley County Board of Education voted to allow Superintendent John Siler to solicit proposals for...
Posted On 25 Feb 2022

Whitley County Board of Education votes to join regional grant co-op

How can you get grant money to do things when, in many cases, the big grants may require that 15,000 – 20,000 students to be serviced by the grants and you don’t even have that many students in your entire school district? The Whitley County School District and a few other local...
Posted On 22 Jan 2022

WCHS designated area career technology education center

Thanks in part to its new designation as an official local area career technology education center, Whitley County High School is hoping to expand the number of career pathways that it is offering for students. In other words, the school district is hoping that this will further...
Posted On 18 Sep 2021

WCHS Career and Technical Education Building price tag increasing

The price tag for Whitley County High School’s new Career and Technical Education Building is increasing. Pleasant View Elementary School Principal Bobby Gibbs presents second-grade teacher Christy Frazier-Moses with the March Above and Beyond Award. Read this story and more for...
Posted On 19 Mar 2021
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