Hallways are again buzzing with student voices, the sound of lockers closing, and students ready to learn. After a summer of quiet, it’s good to have everyone back. Several new individuals have been added to the Fulton Family this year! Starting July 1st, principal Seth Smith joined the Fulton Family as head principal. A former […]

As we are at the beginning of another school year, I was inspired by educators and schools serving students with similar demographics and in similar neighborhoods to create excitement and enthusiasm about coming to school. This led to the idea of a “Red Carpet Affair” at Austin-East. The vision was to engage the community in […]

The 2019 Hands on the Future paid student internships are in the books! It was an amazing summer of real-world, meaningful experiences for the 21 GRAD student interns hosted at 18 business sites around Knoxville. We are so proud of our students and the contributions they made during their internships. We are also so thankful […]

Just after students left the buildings and before Project GRAD summer institutes began, the GRAD leadership team gathered to reflect on efforts during the 2018-19 school year to meet organizational metrics. Pulling away off-site for the day provided an opportunity to perform an uninterrupted quadrant analysis of whether actions and activities closely aligned with metrics, […]

The Project GRAD Knoxville Hands on the Future paid internship program began as a pilot during the 2017-2018 school year. Qualified students applicants from Austin-East and Fulton High Schools received a full-day of Workplace Readiness training, experience with mock interviews and support with resume building. After a competitive interview process, 12 student interns were placed […]

Project GRAD partnered with Pellissippi State Community College to host the 18th summer institute for students attending Austin-East and Fulton High Schools. This experience is often the first peek into college life for many students. This year over 160 students participated in the experience giving up the beginning of their summer break in exchange for […]

We have now completed our 2019 Summer Institute at the University of Tennessee Knoxville! This opportunity, provided and paid for by the University, is a residential experience on UTK’s campus. Students move in on Sunday afternoon and spend the entire week on campus, taking classes, participating in team building and other social activities. The week […]

The Project GRAD-TCATK (Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville) Summer Institute 2019 is a wrap. Students from Austin-East and Fulton high schools had the unique opportunity to attend a two-week session on the TCATK campus. Throughout the Institute, students shadowed actual TCATK students, sat in classes and explored the avenues offered in a technical college […]