School Snippets – February 27, 2015
Published February 27, 2015
The information below is provided by each school. Schools are listed in alphabetical order according to grade level.
Elementary Schools
Bethesda Elementary
The Super Scientist, Mr. Richie, paid a recent visit to Bethesda Elementary to teach third graders about separating mixtures. The students Lisa McCullough’s class used a marker to make their design. Then rubbing alcohol was dropped in the middle and it spread the marker into a beautiful design.
Clovercroft Elementary
At the beginning of the school year, each grade at Clovercroft Elementary School chose a local organization for which to perform acts of service throughout the year. Our fifth grade chose The Boys and Girls Club of Fairview. Their second service project involved making Valentines and sending in treats for the boys and girls at the club. Students made the Valentines at home and they included very kind notes. Some parents signed up to bring in treats. Their collection of kindness was organized and then delivered by a groups of fifth grade parents and students after school.
Crockett Elementary
Crockett Elementary fourth graders recently had the opportunity to engage in an educational theater presentation called “Giants of Electrical Science.” The students learned about electricity and how it worked. They also learned about Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday and Thomas Edison and their contributions to the science of electricity. In other news, the PTO Family Fun Night and Auction has been rescheduled for Friday, March 6 from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Our fabulous night of festivities includes Jet’s Pizza, Sweet CeCe’s, Mr. Bond the Science Guy, Anthony the Balloon Kid and our own patriotic game of BINGO with Mr. Bohrer! Tickets are $30 per family. See the PTO Pioneer Express for details and links to online auction items.
Edmondson Elementary
Members of the Edmondson Elementary newspaper staff are working on their second issue of the EES NewsFlash. This publication is created by students, for students. The staff consists of writers, interviewers, photographers, illustrators and layout artists. The first issue was well received and the second issue is shaping up to be another winner. The new issue is scheduled to be published the first week of March.
Fairview Elementary
At FES, we are getting back into the swing of school! After a long break, everyone was thankful to be back. Fourth graders this week are working on combining their math skills and their storytelling skills. Using a program called Storyjumper, students are creating math word problems involving decomposing fractions. They are excited to show their skills off and have fun at the same time. Third graders took their writing assessment this week and will wind up the week by going on a field trip to the Nashville Children’s Theater to see a show on Jack tales. They have been studying these local folklore in preparation and are excited to see a good show.
Grassland Elementary
Book Fair Week is March 2-6. Family Night is Tuesday, March 3 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. along with catered concessions and a bake sale from 4 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Thank you so much for sending in your Bake Sale items on Tuesday, March 4 in the car rider lane or to the office by 3 p.m. We appreciate so much our Book Fair Chair Lacey Steih and Co-Chairs Tracy Olson and Kelsey Burtchaell. Our bake sale is coordinated by Renee Puckett (renee.puckett@yahoo.com). Special thanks to our own Library Media Specialist Delois Bratton and Library Assistant Beth Williams.
Kenrose Elementary
It’s a great week at Kenrose Elementary School! We’re kicking off book fair in the library and PTO is sponsoring Pennies for Patients. Tuesday was Crazy Hair Day, Wednesday was Pajama Day, and Friday was Dress for Success and Picture Day!
Nolensville Elementary
Read Across America week is March 2 through 6. A variety of activities are planned including the Spring Book Fair. This is a great opportunity to build home and classroom libraries while supporting the school library. Students will also be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Kristen Ramirez, the NES librarian, has planned dress up days for students and staff that go along with Dr. Seuss books for each day of the week. Something new this year is a Family Literacy night. On March 5, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., families are invited to participate in trivia, bingo, karaoke, poetry readings, author and character discussions. Participants are encouraged to dress up like their favorite story book character. A photo booth will be a highlight of the evening.
Trinity Elementary
Trinity Elementary School’s PTO recently hosted the annual Parents and Pastries event. Parents were invited to come to eat delicious pastries with their students. After eating, the families enjoyed shopping at the book fair.
Walnut Grove Elementary
SACC at Walnut Grove recently kicked off nine BASE Clubs focusing on academics, athletics and the arts. Over a hundred Grizzlies are very busy at The Grove with Intro to Java, Hip Hop Dance, Scout Sprouts, Breakfast & Book Club, Fun With Foods, As Seen on TV Club, Bricks 4 Kidz, and Pokemon Club. This semester students in As Seen on TV Club will be making predictions about, market-testing and offering product evaluations on The Bacon Bowl, the Magic Bullet Dessert Bullet, the My Spy Birdhouse, Juggle Bubbles and many other gadgets and gizmos. Thursday’s Bricks 4 Kidz will be building on the universal popularity of Legos by constructing a new model each week based on themes such as space, sports, animals or even amusement parks all the while learning about gears, torque and friction, geography, and weather. It’s definitely an exciting time to be part of BASE Clubs at Walnut Grove!
Winstead Elementary
Our Winstead family is full of talent! Thank you PTO and all volunteers who helped with our Talent Show. In music class, second grade students are very busy practicing for their program, Update Earth. Important dates to remember: Read Across America will be March 2 and Spring Break will be March 16-20.
Middle Schools
Grassland Middle
The Grassland Middle School Scholastic Book Fair Fiesta is back again to give students and teachers an opportunity to purchase a wide variety of books and other educational materials! The book fair promotes literacy and raises funds for school library materials. It has also funded author visits by Roland Smith, Tracy Barrett and Tim Green! Students visit the fair with their language arts classes and can purchase books for themselves or from their teachers’ “wish lists.” Additionally, the DEAR at Home Challenge encourages all students to sit down with a parent and Drop Everything and READ for 20 minutes and then take a minute to talk about why that is important! Chuck Sugg generously gave us Sonic treat coupons to give to everyone who takes the challenge and the winner of this drawing gets a $25 Scholastic Book Fair Gift Certificate!
Heritage Middle
Our HMS students are rigorously and, in the case of Ms. Fischer’s 6th grade science classes, deliciously, learning this week. Learning the different phases of the moon has never been sweeter when you can create them using Oreos. This hands-on learning experience was just another way to help our students retain this sweet learning. In 7th grade science before the impromptu snow break, Ms. Telford’s student’s were busy using their knowledge of Newton’s Laws of Motion, simple machines and the engineering/design process to create a Rube Goldberg Device using classroom supplies. Students were challenged to create a device containing at least four unique energy transfers that could carry out a simple task (such as turning off the light, closing the door, ringing a bell or turning on a faucet). Loads of great learning going on at HMS!
Hillsboro K-8
The 4th Annual Hoops and Holler will be held Friday, March 6 at Hillsboro at 5412 Pinewood Rd. What is Hoops and Holler? This is a community wide event where we open the doors to the community for a fun basketball game against our teachers and our student athletes. This isn’t your normal basketball game; it’s filled with fun antics, games and door prizes. This year, WCS Superintendent Dr. Mike Looney and Communications Director Carol Birdsong will be our guest referees. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the admission is one canned food item (or item listed) per person benefitting those in need at Hillsboro and Graceworks. The critical needs at this time are canned ham or chicken, crackers, spaghetti sauce (plastic jars or cans), canned beef stew, jelly, boxed meals, boxed mashed potatoes, rice, pasta, canned fruit, juice boxes, cereal, easy mac, pudding cups, cheese or peanut butter crackers. Personal hygiene items are also needed; toilet paper, shampoo, laundry detergent, conditioner, razors, shaving cream, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes and diapers size 4-6. Full concessions will be available to feed your family. Come out and have some fun!
Spring Station Middle
Mark your calendar for Spring Station Middle School’s Souper Saturday on March 7 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. If you think your soup or chili recipe has what it takes to be the best in the area, sign up to bring it to be judged. You can find the entry forms on the Spring Station website at https://old.wcs.edu/SSMS/ at the bottom of the page. Top three winners will receive gift cards in the amount of $50, $30 and $20. Whether you are bringing a dish to be judged or not, this event is a fun time for the whole family. Besides the soup contest, there will be a talent show, book fair, face painting, a photo booth, balloon man, caricature artist, donut challenge and so much more! Tickets will be sold at the door the day of the event. This event is sponsored by the SSMS Student council and is their major fundraiser for the year. All proceeds from this event will go to Make-A-Wish foundation.
Woodland Middle
The Woodland Girl’s and Boy’s Swim teams claimed 1st place in the 2015 Middle School Championship Meet. The meet consisted of 55 public and private middle schools with a total of 671 swimmers. Their success is a result of great teamwork, practice and determination! Many swimmers had personal best times, making for a fun meet for everyone. Placing in the top eight among all schools in the finals and earning points for Woodland were the following swimmers: Avery Carpenter, Shannon Byrd, Valerie Bates and Savi Alwis placed 4th in the Women’s 200y Medley Relay; Jacob Cobb, Micah Engle, Matthew Carrico, Spencer Townes placed 1st in the Men’s 200y Medley Relay; Samantha Bates, Bella Dawson, Avery Carpenter, Savi Alwis placed 3rd in the Women’s 200y Free Relay; Spencer Townes, Andrew Grissom, Matthew Rigsby, Micah Engle placed 1st in the Men’s 200y Free Relay; Samantha Bates, Shannon Byrd, Allie Diaz, Valerie Bates placed 4th in the Women’s 400y Free Relay; Matthew Carrico, Matthew Rigsby, Robert Pyles, Jacob Cobb placed 1st in the Men’s 400y Free Relay; Avery Carpenter placed 5th in the Women’s 200y Free; Matthew Carrico placed 2nd and Matthew Rigsby placed 7th in the Men’s 200y Free; Valerie Bates placed 3rd in the Women’s 200y IM; Jacob Cobb placed 1st and Andrew Grissom placed 15th in the Men’s 200y IM; Samantha Bates placed 5th in the Women’s 50y Free; Spencer Townes placed 5th in the Men’s 50y Free; Valerie Bates placed 3rd and Savi Alwis placed 16th in the Women’s 100y Fly; Jacob Cobb placed 1st in the Men’s 100y Fly; Samantha Bates placed 9th in the Women’s 100y Free; Spencer Townes placed 2nd in the Men’s 100y Free; Avery Carpenter placed 9th in the 100y Backstroke; Micah Engle placed 2nd in the Men’s 100y Backstroke; Shannon Byrd placed 14th in the Women’s 100y Breast Stroke; Micah Engle placed 16th in the Men’s 100y Breast Stroke; Shannon Byrd placed 6th in the Women’s 500y Free; and Matthew Carrico placed 2nd and Matthew Rigsby placed 8th in the Men’s 500y Free.
High Schools
Brentwood High
The Brentwood High School production of The Music Man has been postponed. A delay in the production of the Brentwood Performing Arts Center means the musical will be presented March 26, March 27 and March 28 at 7 p.m. There will be no Sunday matinee. Tickets already purchased will be transferred to the same day of the week as originally requested. Sunday tickets can be exchanged for one of the evening shows. Click here to purchase tickets. For more information, please email Lisa Moody.
Centennial High
Congrats to the CHS Wrestling team on their great showing at the state tournament. They finished 11th in the state, just 2.5 points away from 8th place. Cole Iler placed 6th, Devonta Walker 5th and Adam Fuller 2nd in state. Coach Pelkey was extremely pleased with how well each one competed as well as how well they represented CHS off the mat. Meanwhile, the Centennial Chamber Choir participated in the MTVA Choral Festival on February 24. They received “Excellent” for Performance and “Superior” for Sight-reading. CHS Director Jeff Myrick was proud of their outstanding performance. And congratulations to Freshman McKenzie Garey on being selected for the American Choral Director’s Association’s National Honor Choir. McKenzie is in Salt Lake City, Utah this week representing Centennial.
Fairview High
Fairview High School students are being rewarded for their positive behaviors during the school’s First Jacket Bash. The Jacket Bash is connected to the school’s positive behavior incentive system – or PBIS. Local vendors supplied food and drinks. The students earned time to listen to music, play games and participate in prize drawings. During the Jacket Bash, students also had the opportunity to get academic feedback and help from their teachers. Meanwhile, Fairview Freshman Academy students are exploring college options for the future. The group will travel to MTSU’s campus next Tuesday, March 3. The goal is to expose them to a university’s options and opportunities.
Franklin High
FHS Family Night for students and 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 has been rescheduled for March 2 at 6 p.m. Parents will report to the auditorium and students to the gym for an informational night. All students must turn in a registration form, even if you entered courses into the database already. Any student who has not turned in a form will be registered for standard level courses, as counselors have no verification that parents have approved you to take honors, AP or IB courses. The Rebel Round Up 5K will be held March 7 at 7 a.m. at the Harlinsdale Farms Park. This is being presented by the FHS Track and Field Team. Online registration is available at www.racesonline.com/events/rebel-roundup-5K. Please join us and support the Track & Field team.
Page High
The Page Players will present Disney Channel’s,High School Musical On Stage! on March 5-7. General admission tickets will be on sell during lunch March 3-6 for a discount of $7. At the door, tickets will be $10. House opens at 6:30 p.m. and curtain is at 7 p.m. each evening. On March 3, freshmen have a shadow day, sophomores will will take the practice ACT, juniors will take the ACT and seniors will either shadow or take a college visit. Students reporting off campus should have the permission forms turned in before the visit and return with correct forms signed from their shadow visits or the college visit.
Ravenwood High
Midnight to Morn is an annual event hosted by the Ravenwood High School PTO, parent and students. The post-Prom experience is for Ravenwood juniors and seniors that attend prom and also for those who choose not to attend prom. The event will take place right after Prom which is being held on Saturday, April 18. M2M will take place at Belmont University Beaman Student Center and students of Belmont University will volunteer their time to supervise the students along with help from Ravenwood parents. We are seeking sponsors, donated prizes (including gift cards) and food. We would like to say thank you in advance for considering what role you or your company can play in helping us provide a memorable and safe Midnight to Morn experience for our students. Visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090948acad2ea46-midnight to donate.
Summit High
Congratulations to the following students for being named Spartans of the Month for January: Carly Smith, Ethan Kuehl, Abigail Alford, Wil Dalton, Caitlin Vincent, Tyler Harris, Jessica Settlemire and Davis Jackson.