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Heavy on Farragut is Cedar Springs state champs

April 30, 2025 by Staff reports

Cedar Springs Homeschool Group’s Science Olympiad middle school team (Division B in Science Olympiad) will be representing the state of Tennessee at the national competition Friday and Saturday, May 23-24, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Six of the group’s students live in Farragut, according to Lauren Krause, a member of Cedar Springs Homeschool.

This homeschool group is “a supportive community for homeschooling families, dedicated to helping parents and fostering connections among children,” its website stated. It is connected with Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, 9132 Kingston Pike,

Aytug, Rector are CCS val, sal

April 30, 2025 by

Valedictorian and salutatorian at Concord Christian School High School, Class of 2025, have been announced.

Valedictorian is Ada Aytug. “Ada has a 4.63 grade-point average and a 34 ACT superscore,” a CCS press release stated. “She plans to attend the University of Tennessee Knoxville in the fall (and) major in neuroscience.”

‘Older’ Rocky Top #1s in state chess

FIS, FPS, Northshore teams x strong

April 30, 2025 by Staff Report

Farragut schools’ chess teams dominated in the older classificiations during 2025 Harry D. Sabine State Chess Team Tournament at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville Saturday, March 29.

Fei Tian, president of Rocky Top Chess Club, announced the Farragut teams’ success while noting the tournament drew the strongest scholastic chess teams statewide.

“Representing Farragut schools, students from Rocky Top Chess Club delivered an outstanding performance, taking first place in both the high school and middle school sections,” Tian said.