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Corbin schools auctioning off surplus furnishings from old elementary, intermediate schools

The Corbin Board of Education approved a motion to declare numerous desks, chairs, tables, shelves and similar items that remain following the closure of the intermediate and elementary schools as surplus. At the board’s regular meeting last Thursday, the members unanimously...

Old Corbin Intermediate, Corbin Elementary buildings to be sold at auction

Seven months after the last students roamed the halls of the former Corbin Elementary and Corbin Intermediate School buildings, the buildings are headed to the auction block. At Thursday’s regular meeting of the Corbin Board of Education, the board authorized Superintendent Dave...

Current, past South Ward faculty, staff urged to attend reunion event at the school Sunday

With less than a month remaining in the lengthy history of the South Ward Elementary/Corbin Intermediate School, which is located on 17th Street, teachers and staff members, past and present, are invited to a celebration in its honor. The event will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m....

Corbin Intermediate teacher awarded ‘Unsung Heroes’ grant

A Corbin Intermediate School teacher is one of 100 teachers chosen to receive a $2,000 grant from Voya Financial through the company’s “Unsung Heroes” awards competition. Nerissa Calhoun, who teaches sixth-grade science, social studies and geography, said she would use the grant...

Corbin sixth graders get economics lesson with ‘Pay It Forward’ event

Corbin Intermediate School sixth grade students are getting a lesson in economics, entrepreneurship, repurposing materials and philanthropy. The 230 students have been working over the last month to design and build products/crafts using recycled materials that may then be sold...

CIS students raise over $1,800 for 14 charities/non-profit organizations through the ‘Pay It Forward’ Project

  The 6th grade students of Corbin Intermediate School raised over $1,800 for 14 various charities/non-profit organizations, with many being local charities, through their Pay It Forward Project. The project consisted of the students creating products from recycled materials...