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Whites Creek students to graduate with associate degrees; Academies of Nashville students of the year honored
Summary
At the MNPS board meeting, officials celebrated Whites Creek High School's first early-college cohort and named 12 Academies of Nashville students of the year and the district's winning high-school energy conservation video team.
The Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education recognized student achievements on May 20, including Whites Creek High School’s first early-college cohort and the district’s Academies of Nashville students of the year.
Director of Schools Dr. Battle congratulated Whites Creek students who will graduate with associate degrees from Nashville State Community College as part of the early-college program. “We have 21 students at Whites Creek who will be graduating with their associate's degree, from Nashville State,” the director said (Director of Schools Dr. Battle). The director also noted that 27 students districtwide have more than 30 college credit hours as they enter college.
State Representative John Ray Clemons presented a signed House Joint Resolution recognizing Hillsborough High School’s Class 4A boys basketball championship. Clemons said he introduced House Joint Resolution 507 and presented an original copy signed by the governor to the board.
The board also honored 12 Academies of Nashville students of the year—one from each zone high school—and listed where each student plans to enroll after graduation. Michael Cass from the district communications department announced the honorees and destinations, including multiple full scholarship recipients to Belmont University, acceptances to Middle Tennessee State University, Clark Atlanta University, the U.S. Air Force Academy and other postsecondary destinations. The Whites Creek student of the year, Sadie Scales, will graduate from Nashville State with an associate degree and attend North Carolina A&T University.
In addition, the district announced a winning high-school energy-conservation video produced by students at Nashville School of the Arts; the students and their teacher were recognized and invited to the front of the board chamber for a photo.
Why this matters: The recognitions highlight the early-college program’s tangible results—students earning college credit and degrees while in high school—and celebrate districtwide academic and extracurricular achievements ahead of graduation week.
