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Originally Posted by jpbklb
. I am interested in activities for the kids, especially involving the Smokies
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You may be interested in the Smoky Mountain Field School. It's a program conducted by the Smoky Mountain National Park in conjunction with the University of Tennessee. They meet in different parts of the national park on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays for outdoor classes on different subjects. One of their programs is called "Family Programs." Here are some of the type courses offered under the family program: GETTING RE-CONNECTED: NATURE AWARENESS SKILLS, POLLIWOGS, EGGS, AND SINGING FROGS, SHARING NATURE WITH CHILDREN, ANIMAL TRACKS AND TRACES, TOTALLY BUGGY, EXPLORING STREAM LIFE IN THE SMOKIES, AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE SMOKIES, SENSATIONAL SALAMANDERS, HIGH ELEVATION ADVENTURES. (There is a fee)
They also offer assorted courses and overnight and day hikes in their regular program.
Here is the Welcome Page, then select Courses By Category:
http://www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky/welcome.htm (broken link)
Also, and unrelated to the field school, you might want to see a schedule of activities in the park. Under Activity/Calendar information, click on Ranger Programs.
http://www.great.smoky.mountains.nat...m/cal.htm#spec
As far as regular schools go, if you want to see how the schools in your potential new town do on standardized tests:
HIGH PRIORITY LIST UNDER NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
If you want information on how individual Tennessee schools perform on standardized testing, start with this link. It will tell you the underperforming schools by county under No Child Left Behind for the last two years. Click on the link 2006 - 2007 High Priority Schools List or 2005 - 2006 High Priority Schools List.
http://www.state.tn.us/education/nclb/ayp/
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS
If you want to see specific report cards (Tennessee standardized tests) and other info about the individual schools and individual school districts go to this page:
http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/rptcrd06/
Where it says View System Report Card (second search box) select the school district from a drop down menu. Note: Some schools have their own district within a county (example: Oak Ridge is in Anderson County but has its own school district so you would select Oak Ridge from the drop down menu if those schools are what you are interested in, not Anderson County. I suppose that if you don't know if a town/city has its own school district look for that first on the drop down menu and then look for the county).
The first page you will see is Part I System Profile. Hit the Next link near that title and you will see Part II Student Academic Achievement. That information is about the school district.
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT
Go back to the page that says Part I: System Profile (by hitting the back arrow button) and scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. In the box where it says View School Report Card select the specific school, from the drop down menu, for which you seek information. The same information you saw for the school district, you will be able to view for the individual schools in that school district. That includes grades for individual school subjects.
The first page you will see is Part I System Profile. Hit the Next link near that title and you will see Part II Student Academic Achievement. That information is about the individual school.
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