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UNDER THE DOME. The Sevier girls basketball team competes against Robinson Middle during last year’s Tribe Classic at the Buck Van Huss Dome. This year, the Dome has been closed due to structural problems.
Structural problems close Buck Van Huss Dome
Maxx Ball, Staff Writer • November 14, 2022
GOING FOR IT. Carlee Cradic competes on the basketball court against T.A. Dugger. Cradic was a major force on the basketball team this year and helped her team defeat rival Robinson Middle in the Tribe Classic.
Star basketball player looks back on middle school career
Murphy Cody, Entertainment Editor • May 16, 2022
STRUGGLE FOR THE BALL. The Sevier and Robinson indoor soccer teams face off. Soccer is a short activity at Sevier, lasting just about one month and featuring no jerseys of formal games.
Sevier athletes do not need a "proper" soccer program
Ben Pitman, Staff Writer • May 16, 2022
News/Features
Delta 8: Candy Lookalike Drugs
Monkeypox Brings up Fear, Memories of Covid-19
Gabriel Whitehead, Editor in Chief
Delta 8: Candy Lookalike Drugs
Ali Valentine, Yearbook Editor
A NEW LEADER. Kyle Loudermilk, right, sits for an interview with Scribe staff. Loudermilk has taken charge as principal of Sevier Middle, replacing former principal Kelli Seymour.
New principal takes charge of school
Adeline Lyttle, Opinion Editor
ROUGH REHEARSAL. Last years cast of Sevier on Stage practices for opening night under the direction of Annie Griffith. The cast and director struggled with the schools aging sound system.
Actors struggle with sound issues
Jessyca Cook, Entertainment Editor
KEEP THE LEARNING GOING. Substitute teacher Sade Martin fills in for a Sevier Middle teacher. Martin is one of several new substitute teachers who are trying to help eliminate the substitute teachers shortage.
Kingsport, like schools nationwide, struggles to hire substitutes
Ella Smith, Staff Writer
Investigations
Voices
Delta 8: Candy Lookalike Drugs
November 30, 2022

Everyone loves candy, but kids should be more cautious when they eat candy. There are candies and snacks packaged to look like popular candy,...

MISSING BOOKS. New laws and policies may soon see books vanishing from shelves at schools across the state of Tennessee.
TN should keep hands off school library books
SAFETY FIRST? A security camera watches over students in a staircase at Sevier Middle. A recent bill proposed putting cameras in classrooms, too.
Cameras in classrooms would cause privacy and educational issues
SAFETY FIRST? A security camera watches over students in a staircase at Sevier Middle. A recent bill proposed putting cameras in classrooms, too.
Cameras in classrooms make sense for educational and safety reasons
ALERT IGNORED. Amber Alerts could come at any time and any place, yet most middle school students ignore them.
Students need to pay attention to Amber Alerts
A HELPING HAND. Band director Alex White, left, shows students how to hold their instruments. This kind of encouragement is much more effective than humiliating students to get them back on task.
Teachers should not humiliate students
Student Life
Shavoy Powell, originally from Jamaica, now calls Kingsport his home. According to Powell, his family was very happy to make the move to Tennessee.
Maggie Mason, a former park ranger with exerience in psychology, teaches students about language arts. Mason is one of several new teachers at Sevier this year.
IN CHARGE. Lynna Bingham teaches in her classroom. Bingham is in charge of the new Leadership Ambassador program at Sevier Middle.
FOR THE FAMILIES. Robin Kerkhoff has joined the staff of Sevier Middle in the role of Family and Community Liaison. Her job is to work with families to help connect them to community resources.
CONTROVERSIAL ART. A portion of the controversial Sullivan North Mural, located in the school library, awaits the building’s renovation. The mural has sparked controversy about its exlusion of major figures from African American history, among other criticisms.
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