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EVERY SCHOOL EVERY DAY(The Tennessean)Battle Ground Academy www.battlegroundacademy.org Today is an all-school conference day. Parents will meet with faculty at scheduled times throughout the day. Several members of the BGA family are being honored tonight as being part of the 25 Most Influential Business Leaders in Williamson County. Dr. Bill Mott, president of BGA, board of trustees member Richard Herrington and BGA parent, Danny York are being recognized. Benton Hall www.bentonhall.org Jayne McFadden's teen living class is teaching culinary survival to high school juniors and seniors who will soon be out in the real world of making their own breakfast, lunch and dinner. Class chefs baked pizzas, cooked tacos and mixed up a batch of School Fuel -- a snack mix made with Chex cereal, chocolate chips and peanut butter snack mix. And McFadden's drama class is now in rehearsal for its upcoming performances of Robin Hood. This fall, the drama troupe will perform in school classrooms at Benton Hall and give a special performance for parents. Bethesda Elementary www.wcs.edu/bes/ Hillary Larsen's class is doing lots of reading and writing. They are also doing some apple activities this week, as well as wrapping up a solids and liquids unit. Emily Bryan's third-graders are finishing up a unit on nouns. They chose a common noun and created a poster board using clipart, photographs, magazines cut-outs and actual objects to represent related nouns. They presented their project to their class and the other third-grade classrooms. Brentwood Academy www.brentwoodacademy.com/ One week from today is the Brentwood Academy Market Street and Festival. The Market Street, featuring more than 50 vendors with all sorts of wares to sell, begins at 1 p.m. in the middle school gym. Games for children of all ages will be in the field beside the middle school from 4 to 8 p.m. The BA Dads Network will serve a spaghetti supper from 5 to 7 p.m. in the dining hall. At 8 p.m., a giant homecoming bonfire will be held. The public is invited to attend. Brentwood High www.wcs.edu/bhs/ The literary magazine, The Walking Shadow, sponsored by Jan Little is accepting final submissions for the limerick contest. T new e-zine also accepts submissions in the following categories: short story, poetry, song lyrics, art and photographs. Brentwood Middle www.wcs.edu/bms/ Help Brentwood Middle win a mobile lab. They have entered a contest sponsored by Dell and Microsoft to win a mobile lab for use in the classrooms. To vote, visit the BMS Web page and click on the picture of the laptop and the world. Centennial High www.wcs.edu/chs/ Tonight is Front and Center activity night at 6:30. Students interested in the arts are invited to attend the Front and Center in-house movie night. The volleyball team plays Page tonight, beginning with the JV team, at 5 p.m. at CHS. The WCS Courier has requested submissions of student art and writing for their district newsletter being published Nov. 20 and distributed through The Tennessean. E-mail selections to Carol Birdsong at [email protected] by Oct. 21. Pam Harper and her committee are busy preparing for the Centennial Holiday Show to be Nov. 19 , 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Nov. 20, noon to 4 p.m. at CHS. Chapman's Retreat Elementary www.wcs.edu/cres/ First-graders are getting into science full swing with exciting hands-on experiments. The students are experimenting with apples. They are also having fun learning about and solids and liquids. Christ Presbyterian Academy www.christpres.org/cpa/ The middle school choir, Heirborne, recently spent 12 hours on the David Lipscomb campus rehearsing with their clinician, Vincent Oaks, director of the Chattanooga Boys Choir. They were taking part in the MTVA Middle School Mass Choir. The day culminated in a concert that evening at Lipscomb's Allen Arena with almost 1,000 middle school voices raised in song. College Grove Elementary www.wcs.edu/cges/ Today is the Read-A-Thon from 3:30 to 5:30. The students have been working very hard reading and raising money for their only fundraiser. They have many exciting activities planned for today like a visit with a zoo animal, puppet shows, an author visit and much more. Crockett Elementary www.wcs.edu/ces/ Thank to PTO for their support of Cathy Furtick, the webmaster and computer teacher. Her knowledge and helpful spirit make learning about computers and all the wonders of different software an amazing journey in knowledge. Second-graders have been anxiously awaiting their butterflies who have been in the chrysalis stage. Learning combinations in math that result in the number 10 has taught the students that all roads lead to 10. Third-graders have been working with plants and seeds in science. Landforms, rounding off numbers, predicates and subjects and making "all about me" flags in art have kept these excited students busy. Currey Ingram Academy www.curreyingram.org/ Students in Rod Jones' eighth-grade U.S. history class recently completed their unique Create-a-Colony projects. Acting as a supplement to classroom discussions on the 13 original colonies, the assignment called for each student's creative rendition of a 14th colony. Required elements included everything from a colony charter, rules and flag to major rivers, capitol city and excerpts from a fictional settler's diary. Edmondson Elementary www.wcs.edu/ees/ Today is hearing and vision screening for students in grades one, three and five. Music teacher Beth Kolwyck is excited to report that they have about 60 fourth- and fifth-graders participating in choir. They have some talented vocalists and anticipate a great year of singing. Ensworth High www.ensworth.com Eighth-grade students and their parents will be at Ensworth High today for a special open house event. The purpose of the evening is to inform students and their parents of the many facets of the high school and what it has to offer in terms of education and student life. Dinner will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m. with the program beginning promptly at 6:30. Fairview Elementary www.wcs.edu/fes/ Kristi Smithson's kindergarten children completed their unit on trees. The students enjoyed the book, The Apple Pie Tree. The children made patterns with various objects as part of their math lesson. They are working on writing numerals zero through five. The class completed their unit on "All About Me" and "The Five Senses." Fairview High www.wcs.edu/frvhs/ Pat Prince's sophomore English classes are beginning their study of Oedipus Rex, while her junior classes are reading The Crucible. Fairview Middle www.wcs.edu/fms/ Michelle Vinci's art classes are finding their voices in clay as they construct and design clay whistles. The process can be quite challenging as the air holes and mouthpiece have to be lined up just right. Each student's whistle has a different range from a high flute sound to a very mellow bass sound, depending on the size and the shape of the chamber inside. Franklin Elementary www.fssd.org Students in Kristin Hullett's class are producing perfectly pleasing poetry in Writers' Workshop. Many forms of poetry are being read and written including acrostics, free verse, persona, list, shape and simile poems. Poems will be published and shared at an upcoming author's celebration. Franklin High www.wcs.edu/fhs/ The dress for today is Culture Day. Water, water, everywhere, and many pets are now homeless and living in local shelters as a result of the devastation of Katrina. Anyone can help Katrina's Critters by bringing in the following items: dog and cat food, clean used towels, bleach, pet treats, kitty litter, litter boxes, paper towels, blankets, pet toys and pet carriers (that will be returned). Items may be dropped off in the huge box (decorated by Bonita Davis's class) in Room 806. Marketing classes are providing a reward to each class that has 100% participation in this project. This project is being organized by business and marketing students. JOBS students will deliver the donated items to local shelters. Any questions, please contact Gloria Houghland, Maria Sheperd or Leya White, the teacher-sponsors. This afternoon at Franklin Lanes the bowling team plays Page High. The freshmen football team plays at Brentwood High at 6:30 p.m. Girls' varsity soccer plays Harpeth Hall at home at 7 p.m. Freedom Intermediate www.fssd.org The fall fundraiser is underway and will continue through Oct. 11. During Structured Activity Period (SAP), Jennie Harris and Florence Pitts are teaching a class in creative technology. The students work in pairs to create slide-show presentations about their views and perspectives of Freedom Intermediate. With the use of the new digital cameras purchased by the PTO, iphoto, Powerpoint, itunes and Garage Band the students expand their creative skills while learning to integrate software and varied technology programs into one finished product. Grassland Elementary www.wcs.edu/ges/ A great big thanks to all the volunteers who signed up to help with the yearbook. Right now they need parents taking pictures of their children and classmates. If parents have any pictures ready to donate, please label them and deposit them in the green yearbook box in the office. They will be scheduling meetings in November and December to start the collage pages. If parents have any questions, please call Claudia Bell or Victoria Ren. Grassland Middle www.wcs.edu/gms/ The pep band will be playing at the biggest football game of the season tonight against Brentwood Middle. Game time is 6 p.m. Come on out and cheer for the band and the team. The sixth-grade Gold Team will travel to Dunbar Cave today and the Red team will go tomorrow. Destination Imagination teams are forming and will begin work this week. Teams are composed of seven students coached by an adult volunteer and compete regionally with top teams continuing on to state and global competitions. Parent volunteers and/or students interested in joining this international creative problem solving program need to see Jennifer Alldredge in the library media center or email [email protected]. Heritage Middle www.wcs.edu/hms/ The sixth-grade language arts classes completed the county's writing assessment this week. Students were given a prompt and 35 minutes to write on that prompt. They are very excited about the students' creative writing abilities. Hillsboro School www.wcs.edu/hems/ The drama/theater teacher Luella Van Hook is very busy working with every grade level. The activities are: kindergarten, creative dramatics; first and second grade, violin; third grade, auditioning for Inventive Minds; fourth grade, auditioning for Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution; fifth grade, auditioning for Tom Sawyer; sixth grade, marionettes; seventh grade, rehearsing for Cinderella; eighth grade, acting skills. Hunters Bend Elementary www.wcs.edu/hbes/ A reminder to parents that Oct. 12, is a focus day. Students will be dismissed at 1:03 p.m. Please remember, a child needs a completed Bike Rider permission form to ride their bicycle to school. This is only available to third- through fifth-graders. Please do not let younger children ride their bicycles. Remember to have helmets and bike locks. Independence High www.wcs.edu/ihs IHS is planning to offer tutoring for students beginning this week. Students can talk with their teachers for more information. Math and English tutoring will be on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45 to 3:45 and tutoring for science and Spanish will be on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45 to 3:45. Today, volleyball has an away game against Hillsboro and Ravenwood starting at 4 p.m. New and used photo-developing materials (cameras, trays, canisters, timers, safe lights, enlargers) are needed for the Photography Club and yearbook staff. Please contact Heather Thorsby at 472-4601, ext. 2605. Johnson Elementary www.fssd.org Sharon Hargrave's students recently presented "A Day in the Life of our Class" to parents who attended open house. Student pictures and scripted dialogue written by the children took parents through a typical school day. The movie was made with the help of Dinah Ray. Kenrose Elementary www.wcs.edu/kes/ The third-graders are anxiously awaiting the arrival of crayfish. The students will spend several days watching, feeding and caring for these critters. Students in third grade have also just completed a map, globe and community unit in social studies. The students are very excited about starting an archery unit in P.E. this week. They will connect this P.E. activity to the subject area of reading through an archery link referenced in their readers. Liberty Elementary www.fssd.org Brenda Williams, second-grade teacher, received STAR Teacher of the Month sponsored by Darrell Waltrip. She was nominated for this award by the parents of Malek Robertson. This award was given for Williams's dedication, love for all students and parent-teacher partners in education. Although her job is to be a second-grade teacher, she devotes many tireless hours to before- and after-school tutoring and Summer MAC tutoring. She credits Jerre Ann Mathis, the principal, and Teresa Davenport, the assistant principal, and the entire staff for making it a wonderful environment for working, learning for students and parent involvement. Lipscomb Elementary www.wcs.edu/les/ Today and tomorrow Linda Cash from Jr. Jazzercise in Franklin will be working with Lipscomb's third- through fifth-grade classes during physical fitness. Jr. Jazzercize teaches, in kid-friendly formats, coordination, strength and endurance, nutrition and the importance of being physically fit. Dance movements and games are two of the activities. The goal of the program is develop habits early that will help shape the child's future success. Moore Elementary www.fssd.org Kindergarten has started a new unit called "All About Me" to help each child realize their own uniqueness. As these students learn about themselves, they build their self-concept. They are learning their address, phone number, birthday and parents' names. As a special project to learn more about their classmates, each child will be making a family collage which will be on display in the kindergarten hall. Nolensville Elementary www.wcs.edu/nes/ There's a brand new class beginning for pre-k students. A new instructor, Karen Lasich, was just hired by Principal Beth Ferguson. Karen taught school for a few years and then pursued a corporate career. She retired from the corporate world with a desire to go back into teaching. She began last year by subbing both in WCS schools and in private schools. She also did two long-term sub jobs as well. The new pre-k students arrived Oct. 3. Oak View Elementary www.wcs.edu/oves/ Today is Hat and Glasses Day for Spirit Week. Tomorrow is Hoot, Scoot and Boogie Day. Please have children wear their new Hoot, Scoot and Boogie T-shirts tomorrow. Afternoon SACC is closed tomorrow. The fifth grade has three different mystery books going in their Literature Circles right now. Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett is one of the books. The students reading this book are working with Pam Frakes, gifted education teacher; Kristin Howell, curriculum assistant; and fifth-grade teacher, Sheryl Bell. This group is made up of the following students: Jessie Sokol, Chloe Wiggington, Micki Dye, Jamie Martin, Hannah Schoettmer, Jason Gawel, John Brackins, Bennett Newell, Matt Stubblefield and Chase Haws. This mystery combines literature, math and art. Students study the pentominoes which appear in illustrations and are clues to the mystery and must also research Vermeer and his paintings during this study. The students enjoy great discussions about a missing Vermeer painting and secret letters. They recommend this book highly to others who love a challenging mystery. Page High www.wcs.edu/phs/ The 2005 Homecoming Court has been chosen. Representing the freshman class is: Taylor Larson, sophomore class representative is Courtney Campbell and junior class is Sarah Smiley. The senior attendants chosen to run for Homecoming Queen are: A.J. Cagle, Hannah Kress, Holly McClure and Kayla Werner. The Homecoming Queen will be chosen tomorrow evening, and it will also be senior night at the Giles County versus Page High football game. Come early (from 5 to 7) and enjoy the Italian cuisine at the band dinner in the cafeteria. Page Middle www.wcs.edu/pms Seventh-grade students are currently working on their poetry projects in their language arts classes. They have enjoyed writing their own poems and have discovered their favorite poems and poetry from different anthologies. Projects will be available for viewing the week of Oct. 10. Students are looking forward to a poetry surprise soon. Pinewood Elementary www.wcs.edu/pes/ Debbie Key's first-grade class has been waiting, not so patiently, for the field trip to the pumpkin patch. The students have been writing about the activities they remember from previous pumpkin patch trips. The class has been brainstorming activities that might take place on this trip. Ravenwood High www.wcs.edu/rhs/ John Curran's world geography classes are studying the cause of wind and ocean currents. Particular attention will be paid to the effect of these global forces on man. Scales Elementary www.wcs.edu/ses/ The fourth grade will be visiting their community partner, the Ronald McDonald House. They will tour the facilities and learn how they can be good citizens by helping in many ways. The students are collecting aluminum can tabs to take with them for The House to turn in for cash. The second grade will be visited by the Brentwood Fire Station clown troupe who will be teaching fire safety. A Gotcha Award was given to Ben Gilliam and Cole Green for cleaning up the art room. St. Matthew School www.churchofstmatthew.org/home/school/school.html Stephanie Pouliot's art classes are in full swing. Studying artist Jackson Pollock, kindergartners created their own action art. First-graders painted water colors based on the art of Wassily Kandinsky's "Square in Concentric Circles." Second grade drew apple studies in charcoal. Third grade drew Rothko studies in oil pastel. Fourth and fifth grade sketched still life studies using a variety of mediums. Sixth grade analyzed color theory by marbleizing paper. Seventh- and eighth-graders are exploring positive and negative space by expanding upon a square. Sunset Elementary www.wcs.edu/sses/ Charlotte Johnston's third-grade class recently collaborated on a book titled Diary of a Fly. Each student wrote and illustrated a page for the book. Sunset Middle www.wcs.edu/ssms/ The volleyball and cross country seasons have officially ended. All participants had a great season. Give an athlete a well deserved pat on the back. Trinity Elementary www.wcs.edu/tes/ This year, every P.E. class begins with jogging. The classes have begun at a slow pace and are building up to jogging for five minutes. Each class ends with a relaxation exercise to get them refocused and ready to return to the classroom. Walnut Grove Elementary www.wcs.edu/wges/ What are second-graders learning this week? Shirlee Bowden's students used symmetry to create quilt squares and butterflies. The squares will be assembled together to create a paper quilt to hang outside the classroom. Margaret Plemmons asked her students to interview a grandparent. Some grandparents are from other countries like Thailand and Greece. It was fascinating hearing about different styles of homes and family traditions. In science, students are also learning about animal classifications and studied the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates. Westwood Elementary www.wcs.edu/wes/ Now that the computer lab is up and running smoothly, third-graders will be researching habitats this week for their culminating activity for the living things unit. Willow Hall www.willowhallacademy.com The seventh- and eighth-graders completed their study on different ecosystems with information they learned on their various field trips . They shared what they discovered with posters of Triple Ven Diagrams, showing how the systems are similar and different. Winstead Elementary www.wcs.edu/wses The fifth-graders have finished their math emphasis on comparing and ordering decimals under Sherrie Hill's guidance. They will now be focusing on adding and subtracting decimals and multiplying/dividing whole numbers and decimals. Life applications such as Olympic competitions, ordering from a restaurant, shopping and purchasing a car will all be used to demonstrate these math skills. Woodland Middle www.wcs.edu/wms/ Students in Melanie Dukes' seventh-grade language arts classes had a popping good start to the school year. Classes popped popcorn with each student smashing bubble wrap and tasting popcorn to experience their five senses. The students brainstormed descriptive words and wrote free verse or rhyming poems about the popcorn. Final copies of the poems were written on popcorn bags and decorated with cotton to represent the popcorn. Williamson Adult Education www.wcs.edu/Familyresource.htm English for Speakers of Other Languages classes on all levels are being offered at the First Methodist Church in Franklin at the corner of Fifth and Church Street on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. For information, call Diana McKay at 472-5014 or Jody Kammerud at 472-4075. For Spanish-speaking assistance, contact Diana at 472-5014. |