Effective July 1, 2007, school systems are prohibited from hiring any individual whom the department of children's services has found to have committed abuse against a child or whose name has been placed on the state's vulnerable person's registry or the state's sex offender registry.  School systems are required to submit the names of all potential employees to DCS prior to employment to determine if the potential employees were found by DCS to have committed child abuse.  This will be in addition to the criminal history record check conducted by the TBI.  

The Newport City School System is searching for students with disabilities within the District. The following are considered to be handicapping conditions: speech-language impaired, learning disabled, blind, deaf, health impaired, physically impaired, seriously emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, gifted, autism, hearing impaired, multi-handicapped, functionally retarded, or developmentally delayed. If you have a child that is not currently enrolled in the Newport City School System that meets one of the above conditions, please call the Special Education Department at Newport Grammar School at 423-625-0686

Newport Grammar School is now providing English as a Second Language (ESL) tutoring for any student in kindergarten through eighth grade who doesn't speak English at home or whose native language is not English.  Eighth grade language arts teacher Lenora Douglas recently earned an additional endorsement on her teacher's license that qualifies her to teach English as a Second Language.  Mrs. Douglas's primary goal is to give extra assistance to her ESL students' individual needs.  However, Tennessee has an ESL curriculum in place, and all ESL students are required to take an achievement test, the English Language Development Assessment (ELDA), as well as the TCAP test each year.  Mrs. Douglas says she is excited to have the opportunity to provide extra help and support for students who may otherwise fall behind because of language barriers.  The ESL tutoring class meets after school on three days a week in Mrs. Douglas's classroom .

Virtually any kind of parent involvement boosts student achievement, from baking cookies to joining a committee, from going on a field trip to volunteering in your child's classroom. When you are present in school activities, you send a clear message to your children that school is worthwhile and valuable.

The Newport City School District, 301 College St., Newport, Tennessee, is an Equal Opportunity Employer & Educator who fully and actively supports Equal Access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Age, National Origin or Disability. We wish continued progress for all minority communities.