Parents considering an independent school for their children can attend a event next week to help with the decision.  The Memphis Association of Independent Schools Fair is planned for Monday, September 19th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.  The event will be held at the Hilton Hotel at 939 Ridge Lake Boulevard in Memphis.  24 different independent schools will be represented at the fair.  It's a chance for parents to learn more about what each school has to offer from student-teacher ratios to financial assistance. 

Tennessee schools interested in receiving salad bars for their cafeterias are invited to apply at <http://www.saladbars2schools.org/>.

Produce for Kids and Publix Super Markets are joining with "Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools" to support the donation of salad bars to schools in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina.

"Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools" is a public health initiative to donate salad bars to schools across the country in order to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption and improve child nutrition.

High school bands need to raise money. Uniforms, instruments, competitions and travel are expensive and most school budgets can’t cover it all. That’s why you see kids holding car washes and selling wrapping paper.

Those are fine fundraisers, but the Bartlett High School Band knows the best way to tempt Mid-Southerners is with wonderfully cooked pork.