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Kingsport offers its residents excellent opportunities for both primary and secondary education. Kingsport City Schools, comprised of seven elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, is committed to its mission to provide excellence in education for all students.

All Kingsport City Schools are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The System has also received the Governor’s A+ Award each year it has been offered. In 1996, Money Magazine ranked Kingsport City Schools one of the top 10 school districts in the United States that offered academic excellence in an area with reasonably priced housing.

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D-B e-Commerce Team Places in Nation's Top Ten - Read More
5 May 2005  by Jeff Fleming
Eleven Dobyns-Bennett High School students traveled to Anaheim, California, on April 22-26 to compete in the National Business Professionals of America Competition after placing at the State BPA Leadership Conference in Nashville. ...

Kingsport City Schools receive two major national music awards - Read More
5 Apr 2006  by Jeff Fleming
KINGSPORT – Kingsport City Schools is pleased to announce that the school system  and ... Dobyns-Bennett High School is one of 42 schools in the nation, and the  only school in Tennessee, selected as a GRAMMY Signature School for 2006 by ...

Newsweek names Kingsport's Dobyns-Bennett as one of America's best ... - Read More
5 May 2006  by Jeff Fleming
Kingsport ’s Dobyns-Bennett is the only school in the Greater Tri-Cities TN/VA  Region to make Newsweek’s list of America ’s best public high schools. The list  does not distinguish between charter/magnet schools and schools with general ...

D-B Art Wing receives first place architectural design award - Read More
9 Jan 2006  by Jeff Fleming
The Tennessee School Boards Association recognizes architectural firms for their  ... School of the year awards are granted in five categories including new ...  The Dobyns-Bennett High School Art Wing was designed with four studios for ...

Kingsport's D-B Cheerleaders Win National Championship in Dallas - Read More
5 Jan 2006  by Jeff Fleming
Dallas , TX – The Dobyns-Bennett High School Cheerleading Competition Team  recently placed first in the National Cheerleading Association Junior and Senior  High School National Championship in Dallas , Texas. ...

Kingsport's Washington Elementary one of 30 in nation named Blue ... Read More
8 Dec 2005  by Jeff Fleming
KINGSPORT – Washington Elementary School is one of 30 schools in the nation recently  named a Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School by Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc.  The school recently accepted the award at the Blue Ribbon Schools ...

DBHS Student Wins National Writing Ward - Read More
4 Nov 2005  by Jeff Fleming
Ketron received a plaque and certificate. The DB English department also received  a certificate of commendation for excellence. Ketron's name and school are listed  in an NCTE publication Achievement Awards in Writing 2005. ...

D-B volleyball coach named TSSAA Coach of the Year - Read More
30 Nov 2005  by Jeff Fleming
KINGSPORT – Dobyns-Bennett High School Volleyball Coach Kathi Shaffer was recently  named the 2004-2005 State of Tennessee Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year by the  Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association. ...

Kingsport's George Washington Elementary Librarian Patty Williams ... Read More
6 May 2005  by Jeff Fleming
Williams was honored with the award based on her promotion of school library media  services as an essential component in the daily learning experiences of students  in grades K-12. The award recognizes media specialists who have made ...

May 16: D-B Band receives Sudler Award - never before awarded to ... Read More
12 May 2005  by Jeff Fleming
Jeff, as you might recall, the Dobyns-Bennett High School Band received the prestigious Sudler Flag Award for excellence in Concert, Marching, and overall  music program. This award was received by only 3 High Schools in the United ...

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