Author Archives: Raegan Boring

Mrs. Chollman, the Anatomy and Marine Biology teacher, has been a teacher at Carter High School for 20 years. Mrs. Chollman attended Carter High when she was a teen, and claims that the reason she is a teacher today was her Biology teacher, Mr. Wilber Acuff. She said, “He made learning so exciting and I …

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The Carter High School Physics Class won big a few weeks ago when they won a countywide physics competition. The competition was called the Rube Goldberg Machine Competition and the students had to create an effective machine of some sort and submit a video of the machine to UT. The students worked very hard to …

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Carter High School’s Girls Volleyball team recently won the title of District Champions at the end of their season. According to the Coach, Mrs. Rachel Myers, the volleyball team was highly committed to being successful this year, and even upped the intensity of their practices and training. She stated, “I am ecstatic that the Carter …

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Title: Out of Body Artist: NEEDTOBREATHE Label: New Elektra Release Date: August 28, 2020 Available: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, CD, Vinyl NEEDTOBREATHE, an American Christian rock band just this year came out with a brand new album, Out of Body. Their folksy, backwoods sounding songs are perfect for sitting around the fire or driving through …

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All around Knox County, students are able to complete all required courses prior to their last year of high school. Carter High School seniors are not given the option to finish their classes that way. They are supposed to complete the required classes per year. For instance, Government and Civics is to be completed Sophomore …

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Many public schools, including Carter High School, have accepted more technology into their daily routine. Carter High School and all other Knox County Schools gifted students Microsoft Chromebooks in preparation for “going red”. However, instead of students’ typical paper assignments, all classwork is done on a computer and submitted through websites like Canvas. In addition …

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The theatre department at Carter High School recently announced that their typical fall musical has been moved to the spring semester. Mr. Webb, the choir and musical theatre director at Carter, shocked many students and local theatre enthusiasts when the traditional autumn performance was switched to spring in hopes that COVID-19 changes would be revoked …

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