The Roane County Chamber of Commerce and Roane County Schools has recognized 100 graduating seniors as Tennessee Scholars.

Tennessee Scholars is a four-year high school program. In 2021, the program requires students to complete a rigorous course of study, maintain an overall “C” average, have 95% or higher attendance, pass all end-of-course tests, have no out-of-school suspensions, and complete a minimum of sixty hours of community service.

Ten received Tennessee Scholar Scholarships, each worth $300, supporting their education and career goals. The ten include:

Sydney Brackett,  Roane County High School

Morgan Grigsby, Roane County High School

Kassie Jones, Rockwood High School

Alexia Lamb, Roane County High School

Kailey Mackie, Rockwood High School

Jordan Ross, Roane County High School

Harlea Shillings, Harriman High School

Olivia Tagliere, Rockwood High School

Carmen Turner, Oliver Springs High School

Kendall Wade, Midway High School

A grant from the Roane County United Way provided the funds for the ten scholarships.  The United Way’s support of the Tennessee Scholars program is a part of its education efforts which engage students and parents to increase their involvement in setting high educational goals and help them better understand the value of higher education.

Roane State Community College awarded $500 Tennessee Scholars scholarships, one for a Scholar from each of the five high schools, to attend Roane State in the fall. The scholarship recipients are:

Carmen Turner, Oliver Springs High School

Niral Patel, Roane County High School

Kristina Spradlin, Harriman High School

Sofia Patterson, Midway High School

Alexia Milliken, Rockwood High School

The Tennessee Scholars is a Roane County Chamber of Commerce led program conducted in partnership with local businesses and Roane County Schools. The Chamber is a partner in The Roane Alliance.

The Roane Alliance’s mission is to create an environment and a unified voice that promotes job creation, economic development, enhanced quality of life, education, and workforce.  To learn more about the Alliance and its partners, please call 865.376.2093 or visit www.roanealliance.org.

2020-2021 Tennessee Scholars (not all students named are pictured below)

HARRIMAN HIGH SCHOOL

Silas Adkisson, Brittney Altum, Shabre’ Eskridge, Taneyiah Gallaher, Aleena Goldston, Mica Holmes, Maria Ibarra, Riley Moore, Austin Oliver, Harlea Shillings, and Krsitina Spradlin.

MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL

Amber Ekard, Shealeigh Moses, Sophia Patterson, Abby Townsend, Kendall Wade, and Kadrienne Whitehead.

OLIVER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

James Beach, Danielle Denham, Savannah Hall, Timothy Koontz, Jacob Martin, Jacob Massengale, Jadyn McCrane, Makayla Pride, Jace Tedder, and Carmen Turner.

ROANE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Alexis Abbott, Victor Alford, Erin Bailey, Bryson Boles, Nathan Boles, Skylar Brackett, Sydney Brackett, KyAnn Chapman, Landon Diggs, Ryan Dubois, Logan East, Audrey Ferguson, Avery Fritz, Stephen Garrett, Sierra Glandon, Avery Goedeke, Nathan Goss, Zoe Graham, Morgan Grigsby, Fiona Hargis, Hannah Harris, Wyatt Heidle, Taylor Helms, Emma Herrera, Anna Humphrey, Marisa Klein, Alexia Lamb, Gage Lawson, Emma Littlefield, Brady Luttrell, Bryce McCracken, Aaron McKinney, Nathaniel McNelley, Benjamin Murphy, Harper Neal, James Paine, Shakara Pankey, Niral Patel, Isaac Pettitt, Sara Pistole, Braydon Powers, Elizabeth Proctor, Marcus Rose, Jordan Ross, Zane Ryans, Khloe Sampson, Gabriel Sawyer, Madison Scarbrough, Cory Schwarze, Malcolm Sherbine, Demi Shirran, Abby Storm, Raegan Tjon Sien Kie, Savannah Walker, Emma Ward, Kirsten Wattenbarger, Maggie Wright, and Adia York.

ROCKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Faith Boles, Hunter Cook, Haley Evans, Kassie Jones, Jackson Kelly, Kailey Mackie, Katelyn Maples, Dakota McMillan, Alexia Milliken, Dominic Paolucci, Kaitlyn Rascoe, Jacob Reano, Olivia Tagliere, Landon Vitatoe, and Allison Wilson.