The DeKalb County School district has set the state assessment testing dates at each school for the remainder of March and April.

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps and other school administrators are asking parents to make sure their children are in the classrooms each day for the assessments.

“Our state testing provides feedback about students’ academic progress. The results help us to make informed decisions on how to better invest in our schools. All high school students will take the End of Course exams online this year,” said Director Cripps. For a preview of how your child will be tested at the high school level please visit this link: https://tn.nextera.questarai.com/tds/#practice

“All other students in our district, grades 2nd-8th, will take the paper version of the TNReady test. Additional information regarding TNReady and End of Course testing can be found on the Tennessee Department of Education website.”
https://www.tn.gov/education/assessment/tnready/tnready-parent-resources…

The following testing dates are specific for each school.

DeKalb County High School:
* March 20th ACT-11th Grade
* April 16th-26th-Grades 9-12
* April 30th-May 4th-Grades 9-12
* Make-up dates for TNReady: April 20th, May 4th

DeKalb Middle School- Grades 6-8
* April 17th-April 27th
* Make up dates: April 18th, April 26th

DeKalb West School-Grade 2 and Grades 3-8
* 2nd Grade Assessment -April 23rd-April 26th
* Make-up date: April 27th, April 30th
* 3rd-4th-April 17th-April 25th
* Make-up dates: April 26th, April 27th
5th-April 17th -April 26th
* Make-up dates: April 27th, April 30th
6th-8th -April 17th -April 27th
* Make-up dates: April 30th, May 1st

Northside Elementary School-Grade 2 and Grades 3-8
* April 18th
* April 23rd-May 1st
* Make-up dates: April 27th Grades 3-4; April 30th-May 1st-Grade 2-5
* 2nd Grade Assessment -April 24th-April 26th
*Make up date: April 26th, April 30th, May 1st

Smithville Elementary School Grade 2
* 2nd Grade Assessment-April 24th-April 26th
* Make-up date: April 27th

Congratulations to the following DCHS FBLA members who placed at the State Leadership Conference.

1st place:
Sarah Ann Colwell and Jasmine Parker, American Enterprise Project
Andrew Fuson and Wesley Carpenter, Banking and Financial Systems
Faith Judkins, Addison Oakley and Raiden Martin, Community Service Project
Jasmine Parker, Journalism
Chance Mabe and Justin Trapp, Marketing
Mackenzie Partridge, Chapter Scrapbook

2nd place:
Maggie Robinson, Organizational Leadership
Anna Chew and Holly Evans, Partnership with Business
Eli Cantrell, Electronic Scrapbook

3rd Place:
Ami Patel and Emily Lasser, Emerging Business Issues
Raiden Martin and Parker Gassaway, Global Business
Madi Cantrell and Macy Hedge, Hospitality Management
Tyree Cripps, Local Chapter Annual Business Report
Madi Cantrell, Macy Hedge, and Carly Vance, Partnership with Business

4th Place:
Holly Evans, Introduction to Financial Math

5th Place:
Madison Judkins, Sophie Cripps, Chloe Sykes, Business Ethics
Trey Fuston, Noah Byrge, Website Design

The DeKalb County High School Chapter received the following Awards:

2nd largest chapter in the state of Tennessee with 125 members
Level 3 Membership, Gold Level
Club 100
Gold Seal of Merit Chapter
First Place Children’s books with over 2,000 books
Third Place Can Tabs, with 52 gallons

Raiden Martin was elected the Tennessee FBLA Treasurer. Marilyn Roberts, Lead Adviser at DCHS was chosen as the Adviser of the Year. Several of these students qualified to compete at the National Leadership Conference this summer in Baltimore, Maryland. The chapter was also recognized for our contributions to Tennessee FBLA Scholarships and the March of Dimes.

Tennessee’s 2018 spring turkey season opens on Saturday, March 31 and continues through Sunday, May 13. The state young sportsman hunt for youth ages 6-16 is March 24-25.

Spring turkey harvest numbers have been consistent for a number of years in Tennessee. Tennessee turkey hunters have passed the 30,000 harvest mark for 15 consecutive years during the spring hunting season.

Hunting hours for turkeys are 30 minutes prior to legal sunrise until legal sunset. Legal hunting equipment includes shotguns using ammunition loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller. There is no restriction on number of rounds in magazine. Longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, and crossbows are permitted.

Firearms and archery equipment may have sighting devices except those devices utilizing an artificial light capable of locating wildlife. Night vision scopes are illegal.

Bag limits are one bearded turkey per day, not to exceed four per season. Any turkeys harvested during the young sportsman hunt count toward the spring season limit.

More information on the 2018 spring turkey season can be found in the 2017-18 Tennessee Hunting & Trapping Guide. The guide is available at TWRA offices, license agents, and online at www.tnwildlife.org.