Coronavirus Response Plan

TSSD has developed a BASIC plan with information about the coronavirus. Scroll over the “Parent Resources” tab above and click on Coronavirus Response Plan.

UPDATE: Tracy Simmons, the Trenton Special School District (TSSD) Director of Coordinated School Health and Holly Barnett, TSSD’s Social Worker, attended the LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) meeting held Wedneday, March 11. Mike Duck from the Department of Health spoke about the Coronavirus. These are points made at thsat meeting:

• Starts with fever followed by dry cough (usually no mucus related symptoms i.e. sore throat, etc.)
• can develop into shortness of breath and pneumonia about a week after onset
• spread person to person within 6 feet of a person's sneeze or cough - droplets from infected person entering nose/mouth/eye membrane of people around them, not airborne, but still no clear answer on surface contact leading to a diagnosis
• death rate is 1-2% with average age 80 and increased risk to those with other health factors (cardiovascular disease, COPD, cancer, etc.)
• in US as of this morning - around 1000 diagnosed cases, 31 deaths, 37 states; compared to the flu with 32 million diagnosed cases and 18,000 deaths
• in TN - 7 cases (1 in Shelby, 1 in Davidson, 1 in Sullivan, 4 in Williamson). NOTE: There are, of course, already more now.
• encouraging continued/increased good health habits with handwashing and minimizing exposure to sick people; stay home if sick, etc.
• if cases diagnosed closer to home, will be up to organzation/business to decide whether to shut down or not; there will not be a directive from emergency management folks.
• confirmed case patient and family members will be quarantined for 14 days.
• some nursing homes are closing to visitors; others are screening (taking temperatures, questions about travel) as visitors enter
• Info line 1-877-857-2945 open from 10am - 10pm

STEM at Peabody

STEM students are busy at work around Peabody High School. STEM 1 student Chase Minton sought to give back to the cafeteria staff who take care of the students daily. He wanted to create something that would be functional and useful for the staff. He chose to construct a hanging rack for multiple uses. The staff can now easily hang up jackets and other belongings as they come into work while easily grabbing aprons for their shifts. Chase even went a step further and personalized each space for the ladies who make up the cafeteria staff, adding their names to each space. He was able to utilize the STEM lab's 3-D Printer in The Cube, a maker's space designated for students to independently work on projects. Chase says he and other students have other plans to help even more faculty members around the school. 

FFA- West TN Regional Contest

Peabody has another team headed to a state competition! Sponsor, Michael Allen, is proud to announce that the Peabody FFA Upper Division Ag Mechanics Skills Team placed 2nd in the West TN Regional Contest and 1st in the District!! The Lower Division (Freshmen) Team did well also, placing 9th in West TN and 2nd in the District! Lower team members were Colin Hickerson participating in the wall stud assembly, Cole Barnett placing 10th in Electric Wiring, Ethan Ray placing 9th in Tool Identification and Ed Burns placing 5th in Small Engine Part Identification. The upper team members were Travis Frazier placing 7th overall in Truss Assembly, Colby Lancaster and Aidan Huerta placing 6th overall in Differential Land Leveling, Mason Gant placing 3rd overall in welding and Rafe Hannah placing 2nd overall in Electric Wiring! 

This is the highest we have ever placed in a Regional Contest and the first time we have had the chance to go to a state contest since 2011 when Taylor Barker, Ashley (Neisler) Johnstone, Stephen Miller and Olivia (Fernandez) Phifer went to state dairy and state nursery/landscaping!

The Regional Contest was held Tuesday, March 3, at Haywood County.

LifeLine Blood Drive sponsored by HOSA

Tuesday, March 3, HOSA (Health Science) hosted their annual blood drive. Peabody had 31 students who attempted to donate blood and 22 successful units that were donated. Thanks so much to our 17 and 18-year-old students and our faculty members that helped save lives today! 

Pictured are HOSA members helping with the drive: Kelton Bailey, Mya Torres, Taylor Scott, Dolly Garofalo, Dajah Randles, and Chase Minton

College Art Day at UTM

Peabody had 11 students participate in College Art Day Friday, February 28, at UTM. They took 3 classes taught by the faculty there and had a great experience! Attending were Seth Hinson, Trevor McCoy, Lauren Latta, Brylee Autry, Kylie Smith, Mea Bell, Jackson Thomas, Aimee Coel, Cole Campbell, Sam Doaks, and Savannah Allen. 

Savannah Allen	Brylee Autry	Mea Bell	Cole Campbell	Aimee Coel	Sam Doaks
Seth Hinson	Lauren Latta	Trevor McCoy	Kylie Smith	Jackson Thomas

Peabody has applied and is being evaluated for a state STEM designation from TSIN (Tennessee STEM Innovation Network).

Click on the “STEM @ Peabody” icon to the left to see pictures from the TSIN visit to Peabody on February 19.

Thanks to Ben Di’Chiara for all his work to create, build, maintain, and improve Peabody’s STEM presence!