DWS Announces December Students of the Month

December 13, 2021
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School has announced its Students of the Month for December. Named to the honor are Calla Vickers, Pre-K, Dylan Bates, Kindergarten, Claire Cripps, 1st grade, Lileigh Smith, 2nd grade, Kyson Gray, 3rd grade, Zane Griffith, 4th grade, Kate Pistole, 5th grade, Averly Moss, 6th grade, Raegan Murphy, 7th grade, and Carter Vickers, 8th grade. Teachers choose students for the award based on criteria including academic and good character.

Picture front row left to right are Calla Vickers, Kyson Gray, Claire Cripps, Dylan Bates, and Zane Griffith. Back row left to right are Assistant Principal Joey Agee, Carter Vickers, Averly Moss, Raegan Murphy, Kate Pistole, and Principal Sabrina Farler. Not Pictured Lileigh Smith.

December 12, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

A 13-year-old DeKalb West School student was taken into custody by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department Sunday after investigators learned that the 8th grader was threatening to bring a gun to school to shoot a teacher.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said the boy, who lives within two miles of the school at Liberty, was taken from his home Sunday evening and placed in a juvenile detention center in Cookeville. He will be charged in a juvenile petition with threat of assault to shoot a teacher. He will make an appearance later this week in juvenile court.

“Director of Schools Patrick Cripps called me today (Sunday) at 3:30 p.m. and said that DeKalb West School Principal Sabrina Farler had contacted him about a child planning to bring a gun to school” said Sheriff Ray.

“I immediately got the school’s SRO and a detective to go find the child. He was at home with his mother and step-father. The SRO and detective questioned the boy and he admitted to making the threat although he said it was done in anger and that he really didn’t mean it after he calmed down. The boy was taken into custody and transferred to the Cookeville detention center,” said Sheriff Ray.

Both the SRO and detective conducted a sweep of the boy’s home and no weapons were found. Sheriff Ray said the parents were cooperative. There are no plans to file charges against them.

Sheriff Ray said although the threat no longer exists there will be extra officers at DeKalb West School Monday and parents should not be afraid to send their children to school.

“I want to commend the student who came forward to report this threat and I encourage any student with information about any potential threat in the future to contact the school’s SRO, teachers, principals, or parents to report it. We take all threats seriously,” said Sheriff Ray.

Director of Schools Cripps added his thanks to everyone involved from the school level to the sheriff’s department for their fast action in getting to the bottom of this threat

“I appreciate Principal Farler and Assistant Principal Joey Agee for immediately following through on our established protocols when learning of the threat and Sheriff Ray along with Detective Stephen Barrett and DWS School Resource Officer Billy Tiner who responded quickly and kept us in the loop the whole way,” he said. “I also join Sheriff Ray in commending the student who reported this. When students hear of these kinds of threats being made, we want them to feel like they can come to us so we can stop anything that potentially could happen and get the person who makes the threat the help or whatever they may need as well. The safety and wellbeing of our students, faculty, and staff is of the utmost importance and we want to ensure everyone that we are doing everything we can to make the schools as safe as possible,” said Director Cripps.

December 12, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

DCHS Lady Tiger Senior Basketball star Kadee Ferrell and Tiger Senior Manager Aiden Whitman were crowned the school’s first ever “Baron” and Baroness” Friday night culminating a weeklong inaugural Alumni Homecoming observance. The presentations were made as DCHS hosted Stone Memorial.

Each year a member of both the Tiger and Lady Tiger basketball programs will be honored with the title of “Baron” and “Baroness” and recognition will be given to two basketball standouts from the past.

Ferrell is the 18-year-old daughter of Anthony and Trena Ferrell. Her high school career resume is as follows:

Clubs and Active memberships: Beta and Climate Crew

Athletic participation: Four-year member of the Lady Tigers Basketball team and one year on the Softball team

Accomplishments and Awards: ACT 21 + Club

Basketball:
Freshman- District 8AA 2nd Team, All-Freshman Team, 8AA All- District, 4AA All-Region, Record for Most Points as Freshman (502 points)

Sophomore-District 8AA 1st Team, 4AA All- Region, 8AA All- District, Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic Tournament MVP

Junior-1,000 Point Club, Allen D. Hooper MVP, District 8AA 1st Team, 4AA All- Region, 8AA All-District, All-Defensive Team.

Future Plans: “My plans after high school are to attend Bryan College and continue my academic and athletic career. I am going to get a degree in Pre-Physical Therapy, then continue college for two more years there to be a Physical Therapist,” said Ferrell

Church/Community Involvement: Active member of Whorton Springs Baptist Church and the First Baptist Youth Group,

What does being a DeKalb County Tiger mean to you? “Being a DeKalb County Tiger, to me, means representing the county and school that my whole family grew up in and pushes me to be the best that I can possibly be,” added Kadee

Whitman is the 18-year-old son of Joy Whitman and Trent Whitman. His high school resume is as follows:

Clubs and Active memberships: Beta and FCA

Athletic participation: Basketball Manager and Tennis player

Accomplishments and Awards: Hardest basketball worker, ACT 29+ Club, Accepted into Tennessee Tech
Future Plans: A degree in Computer Science and then maybe become a teacher or start a business
Church/Community Involvement: Member of Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church

What does being a DeKalb County Tiger mean to you? In the wild, Tigers are strong, independent, brave fierce, self-confident, and loyal. A DeKalb County Tiger should aspire to be these things except not a wild animal.

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