The new school being built on the corner of Ridgeway Road and Belle Forest Drive now has a name, Belle Forest Community School.

The groundbreaking of this new elementary school was on April 11, 2012.  Belle Forest Community School is set to begin classes this August, the first year of the new merged school system.  This school will hold 1,200 students and have classes from Pre-Kindergarten to the Fifth grade.

The architectural plans for Belle Forest Community School were reused from the newly opened Riverwood Elementary.

According to school officials, any rezoning for the unified school district, including for this new school, will be presented to the Shelby County School Board on Tuesday, March 5.

Memphis City School students got to test their knowledge of Black History Saturday.

The Memphis Police Department's Knowledge Bowl is an old tradition that has been going on for decades.

But this year, the competition zero'd in on black history in honor of black history month.

"Black history is really not taught that much in school. What we want to do is challenge the students to learn more about black history," said Memphis Police Department Lt. Dennis McNeil.

Students from 8 schools were divided into 16 teams.

The high schools that participated were Trezevant, East, Westwood, Northside, Ridgeway, Melrose, City University, Hollis F. Price, Cordova, and Sheffield.

The Catholic Diocese of Memphis plans to close Bishop Byrne Middle and High School this upcoming spring.

The class of 2013 will be the last graduates of the 46-year-old school.

Students in grades seven through 11 will be encouraged to apply to Memphis Catholic or other schools in the system.

The diocese said this decision was made after years of rising costs and decreasing enrollment.

That decision is also part of a new initiative to enhance academics and student life at Memphis Catholic middle and high school.