The Seymour community is rallying around its school and helping to put it in position to win some big bucks. Seymour High School led the voting after three weeks in U.S. Cellular’s Calling All Communities national campaign.

Seymour is competing for a share of $1 million. The top 10 schools in voting each receive $100,000. Imagine what Seymour High could do with that kind of money — improve computer technology, buy SmartBoards, add to the library holdings, purchase education-oriented software and obtain items that can enhance learning for the students. Schools decide how to spend the money.

Seymour High, like most schools, is struggling to keep up with the growing demands of educating its students. There are so many ways schools can do that if only they had the money. Here is one way to generate $100,000 in new money just for the school.

Anyone 18 or older can visit any U.S. Cellular store to pick up a voting code, and each voting code can only be used once. Winning schools will be announced in February. No purchase is necessary to vote. U.S. Cellular has stores in Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Gatlinburg, as well as one on Chapman Highway not far from Seymour.

The top 20 leading schools will be posted weekly at uscellular.com/callingallcommunities and at U.S. Cellular’s facebook page.

Between now and Jan. 15, Sevier County school supporters can come into any U.S. Cellular store and vote for the school of their choice. Seymour has organized a so-far successful campaign for votes, but you can vote for any school. All schools in the U.S., public and private, serving kindergarten through high school are eligible. Schools receiving the donations will be announced in February.

Congratulations on what obviously is a well-organized drive in Seymour to make sure that school finishes in the top 10. There is a long way to go, and as the deadline nears you can be sure other schools will step up their strategies and organized efforts.

However it appears the students, faculty and parents of Seymour High won’t be denied. Let’s support their efforts. What is good for Seymour High is good for Sevier County.