DeKalb School District Makes Honor Roll

December 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Two districts in Tennessee, DeKalb County School District and Sevier County School System, are among 250 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 10th Annual Advanced Placement (AP) ® District Honor Roll.

To be included on the 10th Annual Honor Roll, schools must have shown an increase in the number of students participating in AP courses since 2017 while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher. Achieving these goals indicates that both Sevier and DeKalb are successfully identifying motivated, academically-prepared students for AP participation and credit. Additionally, this is Sevier’s second recognition since 2014.

“The efforts of DeKalb and Sevier counties exemplify what Best for All truly means,” said Tennessee Education Commissioner Dr. Penny Schwinn. “Expanding AP access while increasing exam scores takes incredible commitment, and we commend the students, teachers, and leaders who worked so hard to achieve these results.”

National data from 2019 show that among historically underserved student groups who are ready for AP courses, only about half of them participate. The first step to increasing participation is increasing access. By removing barriers and opening more doors to prepared and motivated students, these counties give more students the opportunity to get a head start on postsecondary success.

For inclusion on the 10th Annual AP District Honor Roll, DeKalb and Sevier met the following criteria:

• Increase participation/access in AP courses;
• Increase or maintain the percentage of historically underserved students taking exams and increase or maintain the percentage of these students scoring 3+ on at least one AP Exam; and
• Improve or maintain performance levels when comparing the 2019 percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher to the 2017 percentage, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which more than 70% of its AP students earn a 3 or higher.

“With more students participating and succeeding in AP in these districts, more students have the chance to earn early college credit,” said Trevor Packer, senior vice president of AP and Instruction at the College Board. “We are pleased to honor the teachers and administrators who cleared a path for more students of all backgrounds to advance through AP.”

The complete 10th Annual AP District Honor Roll can be found here: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/awards/district-honor-roll

December 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Dewain Hendrixson has reclaimed sole possession of 1^st place among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters.

The show airs today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. with the forecasters picking winners in several college football conference championship games.

Hendrixson has the overall best record for the season choosing winners after 14 weeks at 140-70 followed by the James Gang (Grant and Jeff) at 139-71 (1 game back). Darrell Gill is 134-76 (6 games back). Jacob Parsley 130-80 (10 games back). Chad Kirby and Ricky Atnip each at 129-81 (11 games back). John Pryor and Will Graham each at 125-85 (15 games back). Jared Davis 124-86 (16 games back) and Scott Brown 121-89 (19 games back)

For the week, Jacob Parsley had the best record at 11-4 followed by Ricky Atnip, Chad Kirby, and Will Graham each at 10-5. Darrell Gill, Scott Brown, John Pryor, Dewain Hendrixson, and Jared Davis each went 9-6, and the James Gang and last week’s guest Coach Danny Fish each went 8-7.

Scott Brown has overtaken Jared Davis as the underdog points leader among the forecasters. Scott added 8 points to his total last week as Duke upset Miami 27-17 and he now has 45 underdog points. He was the only forecaster to pick up points.

Brown is now in the lead with 45 underdog points followed by Jared Davis with 41.5 points, Dewain Hendrixson 28, Jacob Parsley 24 points. John Pryor 21.5 points. The James Gang has 21 points, Ricky Atnip 20.5 points, Darrell Gill 19, the Guests 14.5, Will Graham 13 and Chad Kirby with 1 point.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Baylor vs Oklahoma, Utah vs Oregon, Louisiana vs Appalachian State, Miami (Ohio) vs Central Michigan, UAB vs FAU, Cincinnati vs Memphis, Hawaii vs Boise State, Georgia vs LSU, Virginia vs Clemson, Ohio State vs Wisconsin, Army vs Navy and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Raiders.

Today’s special guest is former DCHS athlete and pro baseball player Steven Jennings of the Greensboro Grasshoppers, a Single-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by Graham Services, the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Davis Auto Body, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, and Domino’s Pizza.

December 4, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The Dodge Ball Last One Standing Dodge Ball Challenge will be Saturday, December 7 to benefit the DCHS Tigerette Softball program.

Games begins at 10 a.m. at the DCHS gymnasium..

Divisions: 6th to 8th grade, 9th to 12th grade, Women (all female teams will play in women’s high school division) Men’s (co-ed teams welcome).

For more information call Renee Walker at 931-808- 0169 or Jamie Cripps at 931-319-1981.

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