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Influenced to Impact Change

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Indian Activist, Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” A quote that is so apropos for describing the Class of 2019. Every year the students have multiple chances to participate in various service-learning opportunities within the community. The graduating Class of 2019 accumulated 4,661 hours of community […]

Class of 2019 Fulton Falcons

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This year, Fulton honored 196 students on their graduation day on Saturday, May 18th at Thompson Boling Arena. From the time students arrived at the ceremony, you could feel their excitement mounting as they were getting ready with all their cords, stoles, and graduation caps. Students entered the floor of the arena grouped by Small […]

Austin-East High School’s Legacy Graduation and Class of 2019

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This year’s graduation was memorable as we not only celebrated 139 new alumni of this great school, but we also recognized the first graduating class of Austin-East High School-the mighty Class of 1969! Fifty years after strolling across the stage at their own graduation, a good number of them processed in with the Class of […]

Time to Celebrate

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The time has come to applaud the hard work of our college scholars. A total of 48 Project GRAD scholars have completed their initial postsecondary journey this semester. They are graduating from Aveda Institute, Carson-Newman, Clark Atlanta, ETSU, Maryville College, MTSU, North Carolina A&T, Pellissippi State, Roane State, Spelman, TCAT Knoxville, TSU, Trident, University of […]

Slime and the Super Computer

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Project GRAD pilots Urban Brilliance! a hands-on STEM experience Watch WATE coverage here. On May 8, nearly 200 elementary and middle school students participated in Project GRAD Knoxville’s first “Urban Brilliance!” STEM Experience (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) designed for the 12 GRAD supported K-8 schools. The new Change Center skating rink was transformed into an […]

Austin-East Alumni Support Current Students

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This has been a very special year at Austin-East Magnet High School (A-E). This year marks the 50th anniversary of two great schools merging to make one. Austin-East High School alumni are feeling especially proud of how far we have come. Alumni are also feeling generous and interested in giving back to the current Austin-East […]

Annual Grandparents as Parents Luncheon

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What would Project GRAD do without its partners? Very little I would say. For more than 76,000 school age students, they would say, “What would I do without my grandparents?” 11.3% of children under the age of 18 live with a grandparent who is the head of the household. For programs like Project GRAD, grandparents […]

Thank you Tennessee Tech University

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On April 22, Tennessee Tech University (TTU) welcomed 35 junior and sophomore scholars from Austin-East and Fulton. On site campus visits like this one prove to be eye opening experiences for many of our students. Hearing about college life, and “experiencing” it first-hand, can yield very different results. Our agenda was jam packed for this […]

Celebrating Our Scholars!

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Project GRAD’s annual Celebration of Stars took place at the Knoxville Convention Center on Sunday, April 14. Families, community members, elected officials, GRAD staff and Board and GRAD partners gathered to celebrate the hard work and achievements of the graduating GRAD scholarship recipients from Austin-East and Fulton high schools. Beautiful decorations adorned the ballroom. Flowers, […]