• Alcoa Elementary School - Lisa Williamson (982-3120 ext. 2113)
• Alcoa Intermediate School - Jerry Jones (865-982-4767 ext. 5114)
• Alcoa Middle School -Fonda Davis (982-5211 ext. 6407)
• Alcoa High School (A-L) - Dr. Tracy Downs (865- 982-4631 ext. 3108)
• Alcoa High School (M-Z) - Katie Ferrell (865-982-4631 ext. 3106)

• Have an attitude of expectancy - Expect something great to happen for you every day and it will. 
• Take control over what you can, and stop worrying about what you can’t -  Refuse to worry about circumstances beyond your control. Don’t allow yourself to become so emotionally entangled that it paralyzes your progress.
• Read and listen to positive information - You need constant reminders telling you that you are capable of achievement.
• Be with positive people as often as possible - Seek out positive people and don’t engage in negative conversations. 
• Speak positive affirmations - Regardless of what is going on around you, speak out loud what you want to happen. 
• Learn from your mistakes, instead of repeating them - We all make mistakes; the key is to learn from them and keep on moving. Conduct regular self-evaluations and examine how you handled situations and what you could do differently next time. 
• Make a plan - There is a very popular saying: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” When you take time to plan, you allow yourself to think through the entire process from beginning to end. 
• Celebrate accomplishments, whether big or small - Always take time out to celebrate. Reward yourself each and every time you reach a goal.
• Build a support team - Having the right people in place to help you is crucial to your success. 
• Rehearse your victories - Oftentimes we forget how far we’ve come and the successes we’ve already accomplished. Designate a token of achievement that you can carry with you to remind yourself that you are a winner.

You don’t have to be positive all the time.  It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious.  Having feelings doesn’t make you a negative person, it makes you human. - Lori Deschene

A healthy relationship is one in which love enriches you;

not imprisons you. - Steve Maraboli

Do know the signs of an abusive relationship

by Rachel Ehmke

If you are in an abusive relationship your boyfriend or girlfriend might:

• Be constantly critical of you, and make you feel bad
• Try to keep you away from your friends or family
• Want to check your phone messages
• Use social media to monitor where you are and who you are talking to
• Threaten that something bad will happen if you break up
• Force you to do things you don’t want to do
• Make you feel guilty
• Hurt you