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Bradley County Schools App is now available!
Scott Webb

The Bradley County Schools app provides parents, students, and faculty members with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessed and formatted specifically for consumption on their mobile devices.

The app includes:

- Blogs, news, and announcements
- Calendar events
- Constituent directory and more

Download the app today to ensure you are always aware of the most important news, announcements and calendar events, and you have access on-the-go to the most current community directory.

Users are able to:

- Browse the latest published photos and videos
- Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use
- Catch up on current news
- Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests.
- and More to come...

The information presented in the Bradley County Schools app is drawn from the same source as the Bradley County Schools website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.

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Children and adults pose with educational displays about invasive species and fish in a classroom.
#WhereLearningLeads Series - Park View Elementary Students Receive State Awards for STEM Project
Scott Webb

Park View Elementary students won first place in the Elementary Division of the 2026 Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) Statewide Design Challenge for their innovative solution to invasive carp in Tennessee, also earning the prestigious “Boots on the Ground” Award for a practical conservation approach. The team researched the issue, collaborated with wildlife professionals, and developed a crowd-sourcing app to report carp sightings, advancing from a district win to the state championship in Nashville. Their work highlights the power of hands-on STEM learning, combining research, teamwork, and real-world problem-solving.

Park View Elementary students won first place at a state competition in Nashville recently for their solution to the problem of invasive carp in the state of Tennessee. Students won first place in the Elementary Category of the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Statewide Design Challenge. They also won the Boots on the Ground Award for their project.

Park View Elementary students Lochlan Burns, Dani Casavant, Dane Landers, Mya Moore, Grayson Pike, and Emma Scofield presented their research and app they created at the state-level competition in Nashville on April 15, 2026. Park View Elementary won first place in the state competition in the Elementary category. Park View Elementary School also received the 2026 TSIN Statewide Design Challenge Boots on the Ground Award. The Boots on the Ground Award is given to one team out of all K-12 participating teams for “a practical conservation solution that can be realistically implemented by TWRA”. 

Ms. Lauren Suits attended the Tennessee STEM Innovation Summit on May 5-6, 2026, where she presented a poster session on the students’ experiences working on the Statewide Design Challenge. She also received trophies for the students’ win in the Elementary Category and their honor for Boots on the Ground.

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) offers a Statewide Design Challenge to students in grades K-12. The TSIN Statewide Design Challenge provides an opportunity for students to combine their own background knowledge with new research as they work to solve a problem. Students work through the stages of the Engineering Design Process through this project. It’s a great opportunity for students to be creative and to design and build solutions to real-world problems.

This year, the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) partnered with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency for the challenge prompt. The 2026 TSIN Statewide Design Challenge Prompt is “How can we develop innovative, sustainable solutions that protect, restore, enhance, as well as maintain terrestrial ecosystems in Tennessee?”. This prompt offers students a range of interesting issues to explore.

At Park View Elementary School, Mrs. Lauren Suits offered fifth-grade students the chance to participate in the 2026 TSIN Statewide Design Challenge through an after-school class. Local TWRA professionals, Ashley Padgett and Cody Ritter, educated students on current issues. Through this partnership, students learned about invasive species and some of the challenges TWRA faces in combating invasive species–particularly invasive carp.

Students decided that an app could help TWRA crowdsource carp spotting by enabling people across the state of Tennessee to identify invasive carp and report sightings easily. Students then partnered with a Bradley County Schools Innovation Specialist, Betsy Clem, to learn about app design. Students worked as a team to continue researching invasive carp, design the app, and build a functioning prototype. Mrs. Suits’s after-school group worked for many weeks to research, build, refine, and present their ideas and prototype to multiple groups.

Students presented their app on campus to a team of judges and also participated in the Bradley County Schools STEM Competition and received first place.

Six women stand on a stage holding awards in front of a backdrop with the Tennessee outline and "Future STEM" logo.

Park View Elementary Teacher Lauren Suits (first person on the left) and Ocoee Middle School Teacher, Jami Thomason (first person on the right) receive TSIN awards at the TSIN STEM Summit in May in Nashville, TN.

A woman stands in front of a large poster board displaying a "Statewide Design Challenge - Middle School Winner" award, with a blurred background of a conference hall filled with people and displays.

Jami Thomason, STEM Teacher at Ocoee Middle School, presents a poster session on her students’ winning project in the Middle School Category.

In the foreground, a young woman presents a poster to a group of attendees, while the background reveals a crowded conference hall with other participants and displays.

Lauren Suits, fifth-grade teacher at Park View Elementary, presents a poster session at the TSIN STEM Summit in Nashville on her students’ winning project in the Statewide Design Challenge.

Six children stand on a stage in front of a large screen displaying the STEM Design Process.

Park View Elementary students present their research and app at the state-level competition for the TSIN Statewide STEM Design Challenge in Nashville.

Five children stand in front of a backdrop featuring a colorful autumn forest scene and wildlife agency logos.

Park View Elementary students participate in the state-level competition of the TSIN Statewide STEM Design Challenge in Nashville. From left to right: Dani Casavant, Emma Scofield, Mya Moore, Lochlan Burns, Grayson Pike, and Dane Landers.

A man and a woman shake hands in the foreground of a blurred classroom with students in the background.

TWRA Representative, Cody Ritter & Fifth Grade Teacher, Lauren Suits

Children and adults stand in a classroom holding educational materials about invasive species, with a whiteboard and posters visible in the background.

Back: TWRA Representatives, Ashley Padgett and Cody Ritter

Students and a teacher work on laptops at a table in a classroom decorated for Christmas, with a whiteboard and a festive tree visible in the background.

Front: Dani Casavant, Grayson Pike, Dane Landers, Mya Moore, Lochlan Burns, and Emma Scofield

Students and a teacher work on laptops at a table in a classroom decorated for Christmas, with a whiteboard and a festive tree visible in the background.

Park View Elementary students design an app.

Two girls in the foreground are working on laptops and a tablet, while in the background, other students are also engaged with technology in a classroom setting.

Park View Elementary students design an app.

OMS 2026 TSIN Design Challenge winners
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#WhereLearningLeads Series - OMS teams wins TSIN State Design Challenge
Scott Webb

A team of sixth-grade students from Ocoee Middle School earned middle school champion honors in the TSIN Design Challenge for their innovative environmental monitoring app. Their project, Animal Health Care Center, is designed to track real-time air, water, and soil conditions across Tennessee, helping identify pollution trends and environmental risks. The app includes features such as alert systems for wildfires and pollution threats, as well as an easy-to-use dashboard mapping environmental data. Their work highlights the impact of student-driven innovation in addressing real-world challenges while connecting communities and scientists.

A team of sixth-grade students from Ocoee Middle School, Molly Withrow, Neriah Gluckner, Emberly Love, and Brylee Sams (pictured left to right), have earned top honors as middle school champions in the TSIN Design Challenge. We are incredibly proud of the way they represented their school, sharing their ideas at each level of the competition with confidence.

Their project focused on creating an environmental monitoring app specifically for Tennessee. They designed an app, Animal Health Care Center, that could track pollution across rivers, forests, and urban areas, collecting real-time data on air, water, and soil conditions. Their goal was to help scientists better understand patterns like seasonal changes, flooding, and pollution trends across the state.

One of the standout features of their idea was an alert system that could notify wildfire officers, local residents, and community leaders when environmental risks arise. They also included warning signals for parks and areas near rivers, along with a dashboard that maps pollution hotspots, water quality, soil health, and wildlife risk zones in a way that’s easy to understand.

What makes their project especially meaningful is the focus bringing communities and scientists together and making important environmental data more accessible. Their idea shows how thoughtful design can help protect wildlife, improve safety, and support better decision-making.

Their achievement highlights not only their creativity and hard work, but also the power of student-driven ideas to inspire real-world solutions.

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J Baynham - Congressional App Winner
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#WhereLearningLeads Series - Baynham wins Congressional App Challenge
Scott Webb

Jimmy Baynham, BCHS students, won the 2025 Congressional App Challenge, one of the top awards for computer science.

Last week, Jimmy Baynham traveled to Washington, D.C., on behalf of Bradley Central High School as a winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge. The Congressional App Challenge is among the most prestigious prizes in student computer science, and you should be very proud of what you've created with Blast Off. All winners received the following for this year's Congressional App Challenge:

· Showcasing your winning app at the U.S. Capitol for one year.

· Showcasing of your winning app on House.gov for one year.

· Showcasing your winning app on the App Challenge website

· An invitation to #HouseOfCode, our Congressional celebration for winners of the Congressional App Challenge

· A copyright fee waiver through the ARTS Act. 

This was a great opportunity for Jimmy to showcase his achievements to Members of Congress, the D.C. tech community, and beyond. Bradley Central High School and the Baynham family would like to thank King Control Systems, The BCHS Cave, Amanda Lee, and Dr. Cash for helping make this a once in a lifetime experience. 

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