School Snippets – February 13, 2015

Published February 13, 2015

The information below is provided by each school. Schools are listed in alphabetical order according to grade level.

Elementary Schools

Allendale Elementary

Fourth graders at Allendale Elementary are busy focusing on the moon and its phases. Students are charting the phases and completing an ‘in school’ unit closure. They are also ready to take the MIST assessment, and they’ve been demonstrating their best writing skills by keyboarding.

Bethesda Elementary

The Williamson County 4-H competition was held on Saturday January 31, 2015 at Franklin High School. The fourth grade winners from Bethesda Elementary are Perry Rogers, Sammy Wilson, Madison Palmer and Carter Burrell. Perry Rogers and Sammy Wilson won second place for their speeches; and Madison Palmer and Carter Burrell won third place for their speeches. The fifth grade winners are Olivia Bellini, Sarah Benchea, Maddox Reed, Jenna Holforty, Brooklyn Atkinson and McKinley Johnston. Olivia Bellini won first place for her speech on citizenship; Sarah Benchea won second place for her speech on trustworthiness; Jenna Holforty and Maddox Reed won third place; and Brooklyn Atkinson and McKinley Johnson won fourth place for their speech.

Clovercroft Elementary

Clovercroft will host Baskets and Bidding on Friday, February 20 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. There will be a free throw contest and a silent auction with lots of fabulous items to bid on. Congratulations to the following students whose masterpieces will be on display as part of the Williamson County Art Show at the Frist Center: Carter Goff, Liam Smith, Ryder Schanhals, Haley Kaiser, Nicolette Benyounes, Aedan Doggwiler, Adam Phillips, Raya Whitlock, Taylor Conn, Sophie Vergne, Rowan Howell and Grace Simmons.

Crockett Elementary

Students in grades 3-5 wrote booktalks on a book they had recently read. Then, students created a QR code using their text. When students have trouble finding a book in the library, this bulletin board provides a way for students to see what books their peers are enjoying. Students and teachers alike enjoy using this bulletin board as a way to find their next great book.

Edmondson Elementary

The third grade students at Edmondson Elementary recently did chemical testing for their matter unit. They tested five “mystery powders” and tried to make educated guesses while experimenting with heat, vinegar, water, red cabbage juice and iodine to help determine the powders. After all the testing was complete, teachers revealed the “mystery powders” to the students.

Fairview Elementary

We have been all about that math here at Fairview Elementary! Each week a class is chosen to write a math problem. Then the following week other students in that grade block try to solve that problem by showing equations, writing words, and drawing pictures. The class who wrote the task then has to decide who best answered the question. The winner is presented with a trophy. First graders have taken this a step farther and are solving a task a week! They can’t get enough math! Meanwhile, third, fourth and fifth graders have been busy taking the TCAP writing assessment. They show off their writing skills in this online prompt. They worked really hard to get to this point and everyone is excited to see their great work!

Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary held its 3rd Annual Daddy/Daughter Dance on February 6. The PTO-sponsored event had over 350 daughters in attendance with their fathers! Lifetouch portraits were taken; door prizes were given; and cake and punch was served. Girls from Pre-K to 5th grade had a wonderful time.

Kenrose Elementary

Kenrose Elementary School held its annual Father/Daughter dance on February 6. Father and daughters shared snacks, danced and had a great time. Thanks to all who participated.

Lipscomb Elementary

The fourth and fifth grade reading club at Lipscomb recently invited local author Kevin Glascow for breakfast and a book signing. His book entitled The Pickle Jar was enjoyed by all. Meanwhile, to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week, students at LES wore their college logo gear and showed kindness to college students by inspiring them with notes and letters.

Nolensville Elementary

Congratulations to all of the students who represented Nolensville Elementary at the 4-H speaking competition. ENCORE! registration was held Saturday, February 7 at Nolensville Elementary. Over 500 students were registered for camp this summer. Two sessions will be held, June 8-12 and July 6-10. NES and Sunset Elementary schools partner together to provide a fantastic enrichment opportunity. ENCORE! is geared for students who have completed kindergarten through fifth grades. Camp directors Shantel Watson and Jessica Morgan, along with many counselors and support staff, hope to ignite and foster a love of learning through challenging, creative, and interactive educational classes. Just a few options this year include: Glow Week, Crazy about Cookies, Perfect Poetry, Wacky Watercolors, Kick It, and Wrestling 101. Information packets are available at Sunset and Nolensville.

Pearre Creek Elementary

In Science this week at Pearre Creek Elementary, first graders are closely observing millipedes and their habitats. They built terrariums for them, providing soil, water, leaves, and bits of food to meet their needs. Meanwhile, the fifth graders just finished their vehicle kits in science and did a great job building and experimenting with their vehicles.

Scales Elementary

Parents and students enjoyed the fourth Annual Family Math Night at Scales Elementary February 5. Click here to watch a video recap of the event!

Trinity Elementary

Third grade recently had Market Day recently to experience economics in an exciting way. The students earned “money” over several weeks, created products, and then sold them to their consumers (their classmates). They were able to truly understand the real-life issue of supply and demand, as certain products sold quite quickly! This was certainly one of their favorite days of the year thus far!

Walnut Grove Elementary

Walnut Grove’s Green Team was started in February of 2014 in order to increase the amount and types of materials recycled at the school. While the school already had a parent recycling committee, we wanted to encourage student involvement in the school’s desire to become more green. Because of the previous year’s recycling efforts, Walnut Grove was able to buy new stackable bins for each classroom. Responsibilities of the Green Team members include collecting and emptying these bins in each classroom every Friday morning and also helping to educate classmates and younger students on the environmental impacts of recycling.

Winstead Elementary

Winstead third grade science classes are learning about forces. In math, students made fraction posters and will review the properties of multiplication. In ELA, students will study independent/dependent clauses, homophones and cause and effect. In social studies, students will get to know our European countries more in depth. The week will finish off with Valentine’s Day parties!

Middle Schools

Brentwood Middle

Brentwood Middle School has several students whose artwork will hang in the annual Williamson County Art Show at the Frist. Caroline Southard-Smith’s paper bas-relief sculpture and Max Hawkins’ painter will be on display. A painting from Sarah Miller and a cartoon and recycled sculpture from Ethan Douglas will also be shown. Studio 8 artists Ben Krickbaum will be represented with a drawing and Anna Ko will also have a drawing and a pen and ink project in the show. The show will be from Saturday, February 28 through Sunday, March 15.

Grassland Middle

GMS Goes Red for Women in support of National Wear Red Day. You can always count on the faculty and staff to put their heart in all they do and support a great cause!

Heritage Middle

February is Black History Month and on Monday, February 9, Reverend Rueben Y. Dockery Sr. came and spoke with the HMS study body, faculty and staff on “A Century of Black Life, History and Culture.” Also during the assembly, the 8th Grade Choir performed and HMS student Abigail Jones recited the poem Inequality by the late Maya Angelou, an excerpt of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech and performed a negro spiritual she learned for a civil rights march. During advisory on Tuesdays this month, our students will participate in activities that broaden their knowledge of black history.

Hillsboro K-8

For the second year, Hillsboro Scholars swept the essay contest at the Puppy Love Dog Festival at Independence High School. Honorable Mentions: Emma Regala and Ethan Monsalve; Third Place and $10: Chloe Copps; Second Place and $15: Dalton Williams; and First Place and $25: Chase Tenney.

Spring Station Middle

Spring Station Middle School is one of several schools that now select a Successory winner every week! One of the most recent winners is 6th grade ELA teacher Kim Laughary. She was nominated by 7th grader Cheyenne Scott. Our staff is loving the fact that a lot of the winners are nominated by students they had in previous years.

Sunset Middle

Congratulations to the Sunset Middle Mini Mu team! Seventh-grade students are going through the interview process in which they are writing questions and conducting an interview with an adult. The context of the interview is about an experience that person had with an event that impacted world history in the last 75 years. Some interviewees include Navy Seals who were involved in the capturing of Bin Laden, police officers in Memphis during the assassination of MLK Jr., Nashvillians who were deserted during the flood of 2010, runners in the Boston bombing and an Olympic athlete. They are recording the interviews and sharing them in class as well as blogging their reports to share with other 7th graders!

Woodland Middle

The Woodland Middle School Math Team recently competed in the Math Counts Competition at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville. In team competition, Woodland captured second place. Competing were: Ankush Dhar (team captin), Stewart Moore, Mithul Nallaka, Sheeline Yu, Joseph Moore, Shree Kypa, Kevin Li, Shrihan Nookala and Aidan Schacht. Meanwhile, the Woodland Forensics Team competed February 7 at the Overbrook School Invitational along with 13 schools from the Middle Tennessee Area and brought home first place sweepstakes! Woodland had 27 students attending whose points contributed to our win!

High Schools

Brentwood High

Brentwood High School cheerleaders placed 13th in the nation in Large Varsity-Division 1 at the UCA High School Cheerleading Championships this past weekend. They represented BHS extremely well on a highly competitive national stage. They have worked very hard this year and we are incredibly proud of them.

Centennial High

Congratulations to the Centennial Wrestling team on their great performance at region. The following five wrestlers will advance on to state: Adam Fuller, Brooks Knight, Cole Iler, Taylor Pate and Devonta Walker. Devonta Walker was named Region Champ at that tournament. Congrats to CHS Competition Cheerleaders who competed in the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida. The Team won ninth place in the Large Varsity Division 1. And congratulations to the following students on the Centennial Swim Team who have qualified to compete at the state level in Knoxville this weekend: Evan Ammon, Vaughn Ammon, Matthew Beach, Murphy DePompei, Alex Gray, Emma Henschel, Sam Violassi and Connor Wallace. In other news, Centennial will hold its Mu Alpha Theta Induction on Thursday February 19 in the new Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m.

Fairview High

The Thespian Society is performing their annual spring play. Cinderella opened Thursday night. There will be a Friday night show as well. On Saturday, a kids zone will begin at 1 p.m. with prince and princess meet-and-greets, face painting, and more. There are two performances on Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The event will take place in the school’s auditorium. Meanwhile, Fairview High School students are participating in several events that help others and exemplify the Be Nice motto. The Teens for Jeans drive is going on right now. Students are donating gently used jeans. Students have also been collecting canned goods as part of a food drive to help families in need.

Franklin High

On February 19 at 6 p.m., Franklin High will host students/parents that are either rising ninth graders or students that may attend FHS from private schools, homeschools and students that are moving into our zone. Meanwhile, Ellie Hawkins was one of five finalists in this year’s O’More College of Design’s Verve Show. She was a finalist last year as well, but this year she won second place and was awarded a $30,000 scholarship. Speaking of awards, the FHS Forensics team recently competed in Rossview High’s Congressional tournament in Clarksville, and they all did an excellent job representing FHS. In the Novice chamber, we had Kelli Kee, Tian Geng and Alex Grouzis. In the House, we had Bailey Lanai and Jacob Yousief. In Senate, we had Diana Pope and Musa Subramanian. Alex, Tian and Musa all broke into the finals, so a huge congratulations to them and congrats to all who participated.

Page High

The senior class picture will be taken Thursday, February 18 at 9:30 a.m. There will be an informational meeting about Man Pageant on Wednesday, February 18 after school in Mrs. Tripp’s room. The Man Pageant will be held Friday, April 10. On Thursday, February 19 and Friday, February 20, freshmen will take the Writing TCAP and we will be on an altered schedule. Sunday, February 22 will be the Best Buddies Prom in Nashville. Student’s wanting to attend need to see Ms. Greenstein at Page High for a permission slip in Room 601.

Ravenwood High

Rising Freshman Night at Ravenwood High School will be Thursday, February 19 from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Both parent and student are invited. Students whose last name begins with the letters A-K will begin the evening in the gym; students whose last name begins with the letters L-Z will begin the evening in the RPAC. The event will include a presentation of the 15 focus areas from which all students choose along with a chance to meet teachers in each of those 15 focus areas. The evening will also include a State of the School address by Principal Dr. Pam Vaden.

Summit High

Latin students at Summit High School took the National Classical Etymology Exam which tests a student’s knowledge of both Greek and Latin roots. Summit had two winners this year. Alessia Naretto won a silver medal in the advanced category and Kellie Veltri won a silver medal in the intermediate category. Their teacher is Jason Nabors.