Math lessons with the governor

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut

Gov. Bill Haslam jumped right in with questions on slope and functionality for the students in Wanda Lacy’s AP Calculus class when he visited Farragut High School Monday. Groups of …

Lessons from Tennessee for New York

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut

The New York Times had a front page story on Monday with the headline: “Free Tuition? Tennessee Could Tutor New York.”
The story centers on a Tennessee Promise student from Smyrna …

New role for Seth Hammond

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut

The Rev. Seth Hammond will step into familiar shoes on May 14 as he takes the reins as senior pastor at Christ Covenant church in Farragut. The Rev. Jim Barnes is …

A Little Night Music

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut

Sometimes music can be inspirational. Sometimes, heartbreaking. Sometimes, joyful.
And sometimes you just need a little “Plink, Plank, Plunk” played expertly by Knoxville’s finest and directed enthusiastically by Knoxville’s best.
The Knoxville …

Lessons from the past

Sherri Gardner HowellFarragut

“Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science.” opens at the Farragut Museum on Thursday, May 25. The exhibit is one of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions and focuses on local …