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WHHS August 2010 Construction Update White House Heritage High School is open for business and ball fields are shping up. Pictures are available… |
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Sales Tax Holiday 2010 The fifth annual Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday will begin 12:01 a.m. Friday and end Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Tennessee shoppers will have three full days of tax breaks on clothing, school and art supplies and computer purchases. During the designated three-day weekend, consumers will not pay state or local sales tax on select clothing with a price of $100 or less per item, school and art supplies with a price of $100 or less per item and computers with a price of $1,500 or less — a savings of nearly 10 percent on exempt items. Examples of exempt items include: Clothing: Shirts, dresses, pants, coats, gloves and mittens, hats and caps, hosiery, neckties, belts, sneakers, shoes, uniforms whether athletic or non-athletic and scarves School Supplies: Binders, book bags, calculators, tape, chalk, crayons, erasers, folders, glue, pens, pencils, lunch boxes, notebooks, paper, rulers and scissors. |
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Open House Schedule 2010 School starts soon! Wednesday, August 4, is an abbreviated day for student registration. Monday, August 9, is the first full day of school. Start the year off right by attending your school's open house. |
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Tutoring Opportunities We have tutoring opportunities for high school students who need to take Gateway, End of Course, or End of Course Adequate Yearly Progress tests this summer. |
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Mayor Bradley's Back 2 School Bash All Robertson county Students are invited to Mayor Bradley's Back 2 School Bash on Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Springfield Middle School. Free school supplies and more will be available! The first 500 students will receive free backpacks! |
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WHHS March 2010 Construction Update The construction/renovation project at White House Heritage School is moving right along. Pictures are available… |
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FREE High School Sports Physicals FREE high school sprots physicals are being provided for students in grades 9-12 by NorthCrest Medical Center and Star Physical Therapy. All students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian in order to receive a free sport physical. Physicals will be valid for the entire 2010-2011 school year. |
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Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Registration for 2010 It's time to register for the 2010-2011 school year! Kindergarten registration begins Friday, May 7, and Pre-K registration begins the next week on Thursday, April 22. You can find flyers, information packets, and forms to fill out ahead of time on the Elementary Education Department's web site. |
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New Student Immunization Rules The Tennessee Department of Health (TDOH) has issued new immunization rules and a new Official Immunization Certificate (Form # PH-4103) that is required for school entry into certain grades. |
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Slight Changes to the School Calendar As of the February 8 Board meeting the planned May 10 holiday has been rescinded to make up for a snow day. The parent-teacher conferences that were scheduled for February 16 will be rescheduled by the individual schools by March 1. Parents will be contacted by their child's school regarding the new conference times. See this explanation of stockpiled days for more information about snow days as well as a Board approved contingency plan now that we have used all our inclement weather days. |
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WHHS February 2010 Construction Update The construction/renovation project at White House Heritage School is moving right along. Pictures are available… |
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WHHS January 2010 Construction Update The construction/renovation project at White House Heritage School is moving right along. Pictures are available… |
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2010-2011 Calendar Approved The Robertson County Board of Education has approved the 2010-2011 school system calendar. We have a printer friendly version (PDF) available as well as an ICS file you can import into your calendar application. |
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WHHS November 2009 Construction Update The construction/renovation project at White House Heritage School is moving right along. Pictures are available… |
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Recognition of 2008-2009 Retired Educators On November 9, 2009, the Robertson County Board of Education honored educators retiring... |
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Upcoming H1N1 Vaccinations The Robertson County Health Department is working with your child’s school to give the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to children at school. We will hold vaccination clinics beginning this fall, and your child’s school will let you know the specific dates once vaccine is on hand. School staff will send you more information about the disease and the vaccine. They will also send you a form that will include options allowing you to either accept or refuse the vaccination for your child. If you refuse, the vaccination will not be given to your child. |
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WHHS October 2009 Construction Update The construction/renovation project at White House Heritage School is moving right along. Pictures are available… |
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PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION: A Growing Problem with Youth Drug abuse trends change--- DARE America responds. With the upswing in the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medication (Rx/OTC) DARE has initiated a curriculum directed at this problem. Over the next few months the Robertson County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the Robertson County Board of Education will be presenting classes based on this curriculum, to parents and the general public at different public schools through out the county. Although this material will not completely stop this growing trend it is a good start at awareness. |
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Collaborative Planning -- Early Dismissal Some news about six planned early dismissal dates in our school calendar. |
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School Calendar Modified The State of Tennessee's Department of Education has changed their window of testing for the TCAP test forcing us to make changes to our school system calendar. The calendar page of our web site has been updated as well as the downloadable calendars. The changes are listed below. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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