Chris Lane, Carter High School’s new custodian of four months shares a day in his life. He starts his day at 4:30 AM, making his way to the school. The first thing he does is take out all the trash and sweep the floors. Lane then gets started on the bathrooms, cleaning up the previous …
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Coach Munday and her Coaching Career
Wouldn’t a coach that played for many years at a high level be amazing? When she was in high school, Coach Munday played basketball for Farragut High School. She played all four years of high school and started all four of those years (1999-2003). Her sophomore year was the first year she was named captain …
Little Known Fact About Mr. Martinez: He Is German
Mr. Martinez is a well-known teacher at Carter High School. But what a lot of people don’t know about him is that he actually grew up in Germany. Martinez grew up in Heidelberg Germany and it turns out that life in Germany isn’t too different from life in America.For Mr. Martinez, he had this to …
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Quarantine Teaching with Ms. Sharp
Have you ever wondered how hard it would be to teach several students with multiple classes? Imagine having to do so while being in quarantine for two weeks. English teacher and color guard instructor, Alicia Sharp says “It’s really difficult not to be in the classroom with my students.” When Ms. Sharp is teaching virtually, …
Carter Alumni – There Were Some Good Times
Mrs. Fortenberry, a math teacher at Carter High School, was once a student at our school just like the ones we have now. After graduating in 2006, going to college, and getting a teaching degree, she came back and taught the students at her old high school. She explained that, “It’s kind of different seeing …
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Paper assignments going away for good?
Paper assignments in class may be going away due to health regulations. This may also be caused by students now all having personal laptops and access to the internet. Mr. Adamson, a science teacher here at Carter High School, stated “The Chromebooks have mostly been a blessing. There’s a plethora of fantastic online resources for …
Mrs. Briano Loves England
Emily Briano, Carter High School librarian, dreams of beautiful lands and pastoral cottages in London, England. She has yearned to visit England since she was a little girl. She loves the idea of a pastoral town and riding to a small village on her bicycle. Ever since Emily Briano was a little girl, she has …
School wifi blocking popular apps
Getting on the schools’ wifi at Carter High means limiting the number of apps to get on. Students and staff can only use the schools wifi for school purposes instead of streaming their favorite apps. At Carter High, students are prohibited from opening up their favorite social media apps when using the schools internet. Popular …
Carter Seniors: Plans for the Future
The class of 2021 have had an odd senior year. But most kids are determined to see their plans through. Some may want to go into a trade, or some may want to go into a college. Either way, a plan is something that seniors especially should think about. But Skippy Chaney, a former Carter …
The Distractions of Technology
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 …
