McKenzie Elementary School

McKenzie Middle School

McKenzie High School

McKenzie's new high school was completed and ready for occupancy on December 1, 1997. The new facility is approximately 107,000 square feet. The school has an average enrollment of 440 students. The school has 20 classrooms, three computer labs, three science labs, a multi-media center, a climate controlled gymnasium, a music area, a cafeteria and administrative offices. There are more than 100 computers connected to the internet in the building.

Courses
Advanced courses offered by McKenzie High School include: Applied Communications; Math for Technology; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Accounting; Software Tools; Desktop Publishing; Technological Presentations; Art Appreciation; Theater Arts; Instrumental Music; Drivers Education and Physical Education.

Students are also offered the following vocational/technical courses:
Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie- Drafting; Industrial Electricity; Carroll County Vocational Center (Huntingdon)- Office; Metal Technology; Auto Mechanics; Tennessee Technology Center at Paris- Cosmetology; Industrial Maintenance; Plumbing and Pipefitting

Sports
Football, Golf, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Tennis and Cheerleading teams are active at McKenzie High School.

HIGHER LEARNING

Bethel University
325 Cherry Street
McKenzie, TN 38201
731-352-4000

With 160 years of providing education in Tennessee, Bethel is full of tradition and history. But, it's not what has happened in the past, it's what is happening in the future that Bethel is about. Bethel is the first "IBM Thinkpad University" in the state of Tennessee and strives to stay with the leaders in computer training.

Every full time student in their traditional on-campus program walks into an environment that is oriented toward the future. When you arrive on campus a state-of the-art IBM laptop computer will be waiting for you, complete with your own e-mail address and access codes for Bethel's local area network and for unlimited access to the World Wide Web. Class work, research, and the whole scope of communications will be moved to another level - a level that reflects the future, not the past.

Tennessee Technology Center
16940 Highland Dr.
McKenzie, TN 38201
731-352-5364

The Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie, established in 1965 under the state Board of Education, provides post secondary education in the technical field. The curriculum prepares students for employment and upgrades the skills and knowledge of persons who have already entered the workforce. The Technology Center operates on a quarter term and offers classes year round.

Preparatory training is offered on a full-time basis during the day. Classes to upgrade previous training are offered as part-time supplementary classes in the evening schedule.

Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie offers programs in Automotive Technology, Basic Skills, Business Systems Technology, Drafting, Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Industrial Electricity/Electronics, Machine Shop and Welding.

Additionally, Tennessee Technology Center is willing to work with industries that request specific training. Blueprint Reading and Computer Training are two courses that have currently been added due to the request from local business and industry.

Carroll County Adult Learning Center
191 Mebanewood Drive
Huntingdon, TN  38344
Computer basic skills and GED preparation with a workforce emphasis.
Contact:  Brenda Parish 
carrolleducation@bellsouth.net

Carroll County Technology Center
Grades 9-12
1235 Buena Vista Rd.
Huntingdon, TN 38344
731-986-8908

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