School Snippets – March 13, 2015

Published March 13, 2015

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

Elementary Schools

Allendale Elementary

This week, first graders have been researching inventors. The students have learned about Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers and a few others. They’ve learned how their inventions changed the world and are still being used today. Many first grade students have been writing their own original stories and publishing them. The students have also been learning how to tell time.

Bethesda Elementary

Fourth graders at Bethesda Elementary School have been practicing their skating in physical education class this week.

Clovercroft Elementary

Clovercroft Elementary School will have kindergarten registration for the 2015-2016 school year on March 24 (10 a.m. until noon, 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.) and March 25 (10 a.m. until noon, 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.). On Friday, March 27, Clovercroft will host the Daddy Daughter Dance from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. The Colts Chorale will perform at the Fine Arts Festival at The Factory on Saturday, March 28 at 11:30 a.m.

Crockett Elementary

Brownie troops 2930, 1605, and 1475 recently donated 3 trees to Crockett Elementary School. The Tulip Poplar trees were purchased by the girls from the money they raised selling Girl Scout Cookies. The gift of trees was made as part of the girls “making the world a better place” and “giving back” to their communities. The troops helped plant the trees on the playground during their recess. A special thanks to Principal Bohrer and teacher Jason Newman for digging the holes! In other news, second graders learned more about the “6 Simple Machines” when Mr. Bond, the Science Guy, visited the school. They were able to have a hands-on lesson with many simple machines, and even experienced “electricity” at the end of the program. Alison Andrews, Lily Hollowell, Taylor Schmidt, Charlie Bedrosian, George Johnson, Patrick Sullivan, Carol Milne, Brady Gutting and Ethan McEwan came up close and personal with a lightning bolt! Speaking of special guests, to celebrate Arbor Day season, Jennifer Gosciniak from Keep Williamson Beautiful and Jay Sanders, from Middle Tennessee Electric recently talked with kindergarteners and first graders about the importance of trees through a program called Tree Wise. As part of the program, students were given a Kousa Dogwood tree to plant in their yard. In upcoming events, kindergarten registration will be held on March 25 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and on March 26 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. until 7 p.m. The third grade music program is now scheduled for March 26 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria.

Edmondson Elementary

Edmondson Elementary fifth graders in Kahla Smith’s class recently mentored some younger friends. They met with third grade students in Mrs. Leslie George’s class and gave them pointers to prepare for the MIST test. The MIST test is an online writing assessment given to grades 3-5 in the computer lab.

Fairview Elementary

We are all about the books at FES during book fair week. Our students love visiting the book fair and making a wish list of books they want to take home. It’s one of the most exciting times of the year! We are especially excited to enjoy our family night on Thursday, March 12 where students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair and do some math and reading activities. Should be a great time! We are also gearing up to celebrate Pi day on Friday, March 13. Lots of classrooms have been at work making pi hats and pi charts. They are also working at solving math tasks for the honor of “pie-ing” our principal, Mr. Oakley, and math coach, Mrs. Butler, in the face on Friday at community meeting! We can’t wait!

Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary students enjoyed the third grade music program “Make a Difference” on Tuesday, March 10. After being postponed many times and practices missed due to inclement weather dates the second grade students were AMAZING! HES second graders have also been collecting canned foods all month to donated to Spring Hill’s local food pantry, The Well. This is their way to “Make a Difference.”

Hunters Bend Elementary

Hunters Bend is very proud of our Destination Imagination teams that competed last week. They both performed well and one of the teams is moving on to state competition. Ms. Smallwood’s music classes have been busy preparing for their program on March 31. Fifth grade classes have been using the “force” to shoot down notes and improve their note reading skills. Fourth graders have been studying the phases of the moon in tasty ways. They have used Oreo cookies to model the phases of the moon. All of our students have been exercising while they skate in PE. We wish all our families a safe and happy Spring Break. Kindergarten Registration will be March 23-27 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day and Tuesday from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Please bring two proofs of your residence, official birth certificate, legal or custodial paperwork, immunization record and a photo ID for the parent or guardian.

Kenrose Elementary

Kenrose Elementary School students are learning how to work with clay in art class.

Longview Elementary

Spring Hill Mayor Rick Graham, Fire Chief Terry Hood, and Police Chief Don Brite recently visited the first graders at Longview. The students learned about the responsibilities of our communities leaders.

Nolensville Elementary

It has been a busy week at Nolensville Elementary. PTO sponsored Skate Night at the Smyrna Skate Center on Tuesday, March 10. Students and their families were invited to skate free of charge. It was a great night for a big crowd. The Book Fair was extended until Thursday. Literacy Family Night was rescheduled for Thursday, March 12. This was a first time event at Nolensville. It was very successful. Spring Parties were held on Friday, March 13. Room moms and parent volunteers planned crafts, games, and had refreshments. It was a great way to begin Spring Break.

Oak View Elementary

The conclusion of Oak View Staff Appreciation Week may have had a snow delay but it concluded on Monday of this week with a fabulous “spa” and a delicious catered lunch. It was worth the wait! The scrabble themed week had also included a brunch, a dessert day, and flower day. The staff felt honored and had a wonderful week! Thank you PTA! The Cat in the Hat was also delayed by snow but made a visit to kindergarten and had fun reading to Mrs. Strunk’s class this week. The first Oak View Family Math Night was held on Tuesday night and was a huge success. There were estimation stations, bump games, scrabble, bingo, and fraction art to name a few of the activities. Thank you to Mrs. Puryear and all of the students and parents who came out for the math fun!

Pearre Creek Elementary

Our Spring Book Fair has been going on the last two weeks at Pearre Creek Elementary. Thanks to our librarian, Julie Boggess, and many wonderful volunteers, our library was transformed into a magical, undersea kingdom. Tuesday was a special day which started as students and faculty dressed as their favorite character. It ended with Family Night where we celebrated with food, balloon animals and face painting, along with some really awesome books for sale! We also had a large turnout for our annual “Jump Rope for Heart.” This was a huge success and the Pearre Creek families raised over $7,600 for the American Heart Association. It was a fun night for all!

Scales Elementary

Jay Sanders from Williamson Recycles recently spoke to the kindergarten classes at Scales Elementary School about Arbor Day and presented each kindergartner with a tree to plant at their home.

Sunset Elementary

Students at Sunset Elementary School enjoyed participating in the school’s international festival this week. In addition, third graders studied the free market system leading up to Market Day.

Walnut Grove Elementary

It’s Chemistry Day for the third graders at Walnut Grove. They have been learning about the states of matter, their properties, and how matter can change. This includes understanding that matter can exist in three different states: solid, liquid and gas. Students have read informational texts on matter to help them prepare for this. During Chemistry Day, the students get a chance to test different substances and describe both physical and chemical changes that occur. The students will make predictions and write about the changes they see while experimenting with the substances.

Winstead Elementary

Thank you to our wonderful PTO, especially the kindergarten and first grade parents, for the delicious luncheon on Tuesday. Wednesday morning, students enjoyed a Donut with Dad. This week in fifth grade, students are learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Students are viewing primary sources about the attack and the significance of the attack. Important dates to remember: Spring Break March 16-20 and Kindergarten Registration March 25 and 26. Have a safe a wonderful Spring Break!

Middle Schools

Brentwood Middle

Recently, Brentwood Middle had several students participate in the National History Competition. In the Group Documentary category, Jessica Cortez and Ashton Edgeworth placed second and Lexi Wiemer, Adele Brothers, and Hanna Seiters placed third. In the Individual Documentary category, Gabriella DiTraglia placed first; Ben Hetherington placed second; and Namrah Ajmal placed third. Lauren Creech won first place for her individual paper, and Jonathan Coggin placed third for his individual website.

Grassland Middle

The GMS Book Trailer Café hosted an opportunity for GMS students to view the current media trailer for Insurgent. Book Trailer Café was created to take the place of the standard book club. Students are invited to gather in the GMS Library during their scheduled lunch periods and view book and movie trailers while having lunch with classmates. This has been an incredibly popular monthly offering and one that makes the GMS Library so unique. Way to go Mrs. Oldham and Mrs. Owen!

Heritage Middle

The HMS Theatre production of Aladdin Jr. will be March 27-28 at 6:30 p.m. and March 29 at 2:30 p.m. Come on out and see “Why you never had a friend like ME!”

Sunset Middle

Congratulations to Sunset Middle for making it to the final round during Tuesday’s Williamson County Battle of the Books. Team members practiced for nine weeks, memorizing hundreds of facts and details from eight books in preparation for the battle. Also, congratulations to the Sunset Middle orchestra for earning a superior rating at the concert festival. Craig Madole is their director.

Woodland Middle

Woodland Middle School is happy to announce that all three Woodland Destination Imagination Teams are in the top three finalist positions and are advancing to the state tournament April 11. In addition, Creativity Cubed received the Renaissance Award. This is only awarded to one team in the tournament and recognizes those who “demonstrate extraordinary amounts of effort and preparation in their solutions or outstanding skill in engineering, design or performance.”

High Schools

Brentwood High

The Brentwood High School Speech and Debate team had an outstanding showing at last weekend’s National Speech and Debate Association Tennessee District National Qualifying Tournament. Rebekah Ninan and Sarath Pavuluri went undefeated to win 1st place in Public Forum Debate and qualified for the NSDA National Tournament in Dallas in June. Also qualifying for the National Tournament are Ben Rando and Abe Westbrook who won 2nd place in Public Forum Debate. Andrew Brown won third place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking and is the first alternate to the National Tournament. Rebekah Ninan was named the Tennessee District Student of the Year for the National Speech and Debate Association. Brentwood High School won the Debate Sweepstakes Award. Kevin Keidel was named Tennessee District NSDA Principal of the Year. For more information, contact Harriet Medlin at harrietm@wcs.edu.

Centennial High

On February 28, Centennial’s Mock Trial Club participated in the Tennessee District 4 Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the Tennessee Bar Association. Centennial was one of nine high schools in the competition. Although the students did not make it to the championship round, their confidence, enthusiasm, and preparation were clearly evident! Please congratulate the following students for their outstanding work and doing such a great job representing CHS: Mason Grow, Riley Fobare, Marlin Lewis, Anna Rooke, Callie Grow, Aniket Ghare, Nyamal Pal, and Hayden Fobare. Meanwhile, the Centennial Orchestra was awarded all Superior ratings in performance and in sight reading at their regional Concert Festival last week. With ratings across the board of Superior, they have qualified for the TMEA’s State Concert Festival for the second year in a row.

Franklin High

The chamber ensemble “Franklin Winds” are currently traveling to Indianapolis to perform as one of six invited chamber groups in the Music For All National Festival. They perform Friday morning at 10 a.m. and will be working with world class musicians throughout the weekend. This is the third ensemble from Franklin to participate in the National Festival. Congratulations to these students: Maddox Myers, Maegan Vincent, Madelyn Vincent, Christine Barham, Mia Uni, Claire Terrel, Chase Lantz, Emily Sanders, Kat Olson, Sam Stone, Chandler Wilder, Meredith Aydelott, Mikayla Ray, Audrey Binnicker. We would like to give a special congratulations to Dylan Akers who has been selected a member of the Nashville Junior Predators Hockey team.

Page High

Prom will be held Saturday, March 28 at The Factory. The theme is Evening in Neverland. Seniors should arrive by 6:45 p.m. to line up for “Presentation of the Seniors” where they will be presented and then have the Senior-Parent dance. Doors open for juniors at 8 p.m. The evening will include dancing, photographs, appetizers, and presentation of Prom King and Queen. Prom tickets may be purchased at school. Saturday, April 11 will be Spring Campus Clean-up at Page High School from 8 a.m. until noon. Bring your gardening tools and come join the fun.

Summit High

Summit High School TSA (Technology Student Association) participated in the State Tournament in Murfreesboro on March 5-6. The following are the results:

• 1st Place – CAD 2D – Allison Baldwin
• 1st Place – CAD 3D – Camden McNeely
• 2nd Place – Technology Bowl Written Test – Josh Sadler
• 2nd Place – Technical Sketching Written Test – Allison Baldwin
• 2nd Place – On Demand Video – Taylor Shelby and Jeremiah Daniels
• 3rd Place – Technology Bowl – Josh Sadler, Camden McNeely, and Dylan Settlemire