Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1998, almost 25 years ago, Whitwell Middle School Principal Linda Hooper thought their students needed to learn more about ...

BLOUNTVILLE – A simple class project at a Tennessee middle school grew into an extraordinary international landmark thanks in no small part to the inspiration of school’s principal. Northeast State ...

SIOUX CITY -- More than 20 years ago, a middle school principal in a small Tennessee town wanted her students to learn a lesson about tolerance. Despite the fact that the mining town of Whitwell had a ...

Retired educators Linda Hooper and Sharon Shadrick join News 12’s Amelia Greer to preview the launch of their book based on the Holocaust. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – A lesson on diversity turns into ...

Linda Hooper volunteers as Coordinator of the Children’s Holocaust Memorial in Whitwell, Tennessee. She is the former mayor of Whitwell and the former principal of the Whitwell Middle School. As ...

The people responsible for the extraordinary award-winning documentary film, “Paper Clips,” are coming to Napa for a free public showing on Wednesday, Oct. 4! Peter and Dagmar Schroeder, German ...

Until recently, the riveting and much-acclaimed 2004 documentary, “Paper Clips” — which chronicles the attempt by the small, rural town of Whitwell, Tenn., to educate its students about the enormous ...

The Paper Clips Project emerged in Whitwell, Tennessee to engage rural Tennessee students in Holocaust education. Meanwhile, in nearby McMinn County, the school board has taken a key source from eight ...