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First Day of School Education Celebration Canceled This Year

The Back to School Education Celebration is back again but at a new location. Instead of the public square where the event was held for several years, this year’s Back-To-School Bash” for free school supplies will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM inside at the Smithville First Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center, 101 West Church Street, Smithville.

In 2019 parents and kids stood in line for free school supplies at Education Celebration. The 2020 event has been canceled due to COVID 19

June 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Education Celebration held annually on the square in downtown Smithville the first day of school, has been canceled for the 2020-2021 school year.

If you or your organization would like to make a monetary donation or any type of school supplies those may be dropped off at the Ernest Ray Education Center located at 110 South Public Square Smithville from 8:00 to 3:00 Monday through Thursday beginning July 6, 2020.

Meanwhile, all DeKalb County students in grades K-12 will be provided a chrome book for the 2020-2021 academic school year. It will be necessary for these devices to be transported from school to home and back. These devices are 13 inches long, 9 inches wide and inches thick. This information is provided for your consideration prior to purchasing your child’s backpack for the upcoming school year.

Back to school information will be released throughout July to students and parents. This information will be released through WJLE and DeKalb County Schools, TN Facebook page.

WJLE Presents “Special Fiddlers’ Jamboree Moments” from Past Festivals (View Video Here)

2019 Square Dancing: First Place-Rocky Top Revue of Franklin

June 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Over the next few days, WJLE will be presenting “special moments” from previous years of the Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival.

In 2019, Rocky Top Revue of Franklin repeated as the Square Dancing Champion at the 48th annual Jamboree. They came into the competition as the defending champs from 2018.

This award winning group beat out two other square dancing teams in the 2019 finals including Step Aside of Waverly, who took second place and Harpeth River of Franklin, who finished in third place.

(VIEW JAMBOREE PHOTO GALLERY ON THIS WEBSITE)

Enjoy this “special Fiddlers’ Jamboree moment” from 2019

IMG_8193 from dwayne page on Vimeo.

Rocky Top Revue also repeated as champs in 2015 and 2016 but was not eligible to compete in 2017 as per rules of the Fiddlers Jamboree (no contestant can win more than two years in a row).

High School Equivalency Exams Move to Online Format

June 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Tennesseans working to obtain a high school equivalency diploma can now take their exams at home via a new online program, HiSET Exam at Home. This program makes the test accessible to adult learners while many testing centers are closed due to COVID-19.

Starting Monday, June 22, 2020, Tennesseans can register to take the HiSET test online using the human remote proctoring service, ProctorU.

The online exams are identical to HiSET exams taken in physical testing centers in terms of content, format, on-screen experience, and scoring. Each of the features test takers experience in testing centers, such as the ability to preview, skip questions, review, and change answers, are available with the online exam.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s HiSET Voucher Program covers all costs associated with the exams. To receive a voucher from a local Adult Education program, a test taker must be a Tennessee resident and demonstrate test preparedness through a qualifying practice test.

Adult learners interested in completing the HiSET Exam at Home program should first contact their local Adult Education provider. You can find a list of local providers here.

https://www.tn.gov/workforce/jobs-and-education/ae/aer/find-your-program.html

To utilize the HiSET Exam at Home option and associated vouchers, an individual must be at least 18 years old and ensure that their computer and testing room meet the remote proctoring requirements. You can find a list of those requirements here.

https://www.ets.org/s/cv/hiset/at-home/equipment/

ETS, the program’s vendor, is taking every precaution to ensure the HiSET at Home Exam meets the highest standards of validity, security, and reliability. The at-home solution employs multiple best-in-class security measures, including real-time human monitoring and artificial intelligence technology. These measures allow for the recognition and remediation of the hardest-to-detect security incidents.

An adult learner who passes the HiSET at Home Exam will earn their high school equivalency diploma issued by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Adult Education Division.

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