School Snippets - November 7, 2014

Published November 7, 2014

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

Elementary Schools

 

Allendale Elementary

Kindergarten has had a lot of exciting things happening! Last Friday they celebrated fall by dressing up like scarecrows. On Wednesday, they celebrated their 50th day of school. They had a sock hop and lots of fun activities using the number 50, and they ended the day with coke floats! On Friday, they enjoyed their fall parties in their classrooms.

College Grove Elementary

College Grove students are enjoying learning about the Volunteer State Book Award and other award winning books in the library. Students have enjoyed reading Creepy Carrot and creating their own creepy carrots for the library. The library will be hosting the annual fall book fair November 17–21. Parent Night at the book fair will be on November 18 from 3:30-7 p.m. and Lunch with a Loved One will be on November 20.

Crockett Elementary

Crockett Elementary third graders have been working on their typing skills during computer lab. Williamson County Schools use a web-based program called Type to Learn 4 for typing education in the elementary schools. Since the program is web-based, students can work on the program from home as well as school by downloading the application software. Students should be able to demonstrate the ability to key 20 gross words a minute on a three minute timed writing by fifth grade.

Fairview Elementary

We are busy at Fairview Elementary School this week! Sunday was our fall carnival. We raised lots of money for our school and all the attendees had a great time visiting the class booths and playing the fun games. We can’t wait for next year’s event. This week at school the 5th graders go to JA Biztown to see what it’s like to work and earn money in a real town setting. They are excitedly getting ready and we know they are up to the task! Fourth graders continue to work on their 4H speeches. We can’t wait to see them in action!

Grassland Elementary

The Veterans Day Celebration will be held on Tuesday, November 11 at 9 a.m. We will honor our Veterans for their service with guest speakers LTC John Dooley, US Army. The program also features musical performances by the Grassland fourth and fifth grade chorus directed by music teacher Christy Summey. Parents Week in P.E. takes place November 10-14. This is a great way for parents to exercise with their child and promote a healthy lifestyle. For additional information, please contact Coach Connor and Coach Guiffre.

Hunters Bend Elementary

Parents at Hunters Bend have been busy making our campus beautiful! They held a work day to pull up old landscaping and spruce up our trees! They will be planting new landscaping in the coming weeks. Sloan Bishop has spearheaded the project and had a handful of helpers this weekend on the first phase, demolition. Kyle Renaud, Will Gamble, Chris Morrison, Derrick Bean, Kenny Weaver, Bill Beasley, William Wallace, Wade Kirkham, Christa Williams and Chad Walker all took time on Saturday to help. Stephanie Lee and Kristen Bishop also provided much needed food and refreshments. Kindergarten students are beginning a science unit on the five senses. Mr. Bond, the Science Guy, will come visit students and guide them through some experiments using all of their senses. First grade is experimenting with states of matter! This week, they will look at gases. Third grade will begin learning division in math. In social studies, the students will be learning about elections and voting, the three branches of government and civic responsibilities. Fourth grade is working on poetry where they are learning about theme, mood and author’s purpose of a poem. Fifth Grade enjoyed learning about local history by visiting both the Carton Plantation and the Carter house.

Kenrose Elementary

Kenrose Elementary School held its annual Veterans Day Assembly on November 5. The Kenrose family would like to give a big “thank you” to all our men and women serving in the military.

Oak View Elementary

Oak View was excited to be the elementary school stop for the bus tour that included Dr. Looney, School Board members and County Commissioners last Wednesday. Everyone enjoyed meeting our guests and showing them what we do every day at Oak View. Also last week, kindergarten celebrated their 5oth day of school with a sock hop in the gym. The students and teachers dressed in fifties clothes to mark the occasion. Poodle skirts, jeans rolled up, white t-shirts and then… Elvis! Elvis! Elvis! made an appearance adding even more fun with song and dance. It was a great week at Oak View!

Scales Elementary

First graders enjoyed a recent visit by the Brentwood Fire Department. The firefighters spoke to students about fire safety. Also at Scales, students in grades 1-5 had fun competing in the Pumpkins, Poems and Pictures contest!

Walnut Grove Elementary

Walnut Grove’s kindergarten classes are finishing up a unit on living and non-living objects. The students used their five senses and science tools to investigate and observe pumpkins. They predicted what the inside of the pumpkin would look like and then observed how it really looked. They observed the outside of mini-pumpkins using science tools like magnifying glasses and measuring cubes and made predictions about whether or not it would float. The students are also learning about different fall holidays and traditions and participated in the fall tradition of painting pumpkins to celebrate Halloween.

Winstead Elementary

Dads in P.E. brought lots of fun into P.E. this week. Students and their dads participated in partner warm-ups and several games. Students were thrilled to compete against their fathers. Mrs. Forsyth’s Pre-K class welcomed a guest reader from third grade. The students enjoyed a Halloween story and shared their favorite part of the book with the class.

 

Middle Schools

 

Brentwood Middle

Over 300 students in 7th and 8th grade from across Middle Tennessee auditioned for the Middle Tennessee Vocal Association’s Middle School Honor Choir. Several students from Brentwood Middle were selected to participate in this prestigious event. These students were Shane McNabb, Quinn Heithcock and Carson Roberts. On January 27, these students will rehearse with choral students from across Middle Tennessee for a full day culminating with a performance at the end of the day.

Hillsboro K-8

Sixth grade students in Valerie Capstick’s class are investigating how Earth’s materials are heated at different rates. In other news, the Hillsboro Walking Club will start Friday, November 7. The club will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings in the gym from 7:20-7:50. Nurse Jeanna Roush is the club’s sponsor.

Sunset Middle

Congratulations to the six nominees for October’s Student of the Month at Sunset Middle. Our teachers selected two students from each grade level for their consistent demonstration of “Responsibility.” From left to right they are Zachary Thomas, Parker Leftwich, Monet Jones, Jacob Firek, Jordan Walker and Josie Ricketts. November’s character focus will be “Perseverance.” Meanwhile, Mr. McKaig’s sixth grade science class is learning how to use weather tools. Students are grappling with predicting weather through investigations involving heat transfer in our atmosphere. And the sixth grade math class just finished its Mosaic Art Project Pieces. The students had to come up with their own tile art using paper tiles. After they completed their tile art, each student had to compute what fraction, percent and decimal each color made up in their art. The students really enjoyed the project. It was a great conclusion to our percentage unit.

 

High Schools

 

Centennial High

CHS is looking forward to hosting Leadership Franklin on Wednesday November 12. Members of the leadership group will take a tour of the school and observe classrooms. Prestige Portraits will be at CHS November 11 to take any last minute Senior Portraits that need to be made before the deadline. Senior students need to sign up in advance in room #240. Be sure to mark your calendar to attend the 17th annual Centennial Holiday Show on Saturday November 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, November 23 from 12-4 p.m. For more information, please visit the website at www.centennialholidayshow.com.

Fairview High

Kevin Sizemore’s TSA students are developing apps for the Verizon App Challenge. Students will compete in their classes for the best app. The two class period winners will be entered into the state competition where can compete for a chance to win money and work with an MIT computer science programmer to build their app for use and a possibility to compete nationally. TSA students are also selling poinsettias during the holiday season to help raise money for a trip to Washington, D.C.

Franklin High

Please help us congratulate FHS swimmer Ethan Browne who’s verbally committed to swim for the University of Tennessee as announced in Swimming World. Ethan is ranked second in the State of Tennessee by collegeswimming.com. Two FHS cross-country runners Davis Holliday and Mikayla Prince recently competed in the TSSAA State Cross County Meet at Steeplechase. Mikayla finished 33rd with a time of 20 minutes and Davis finished in 10th with a time of 16:19. Congratulations to both runners.

Independence High

The Vocal Departments of Independence High and Heritage Middle will be teaming up for a combined concert, dinner and silent auction Thursday, November 13. The dinner will be soup, appetizers, desserts and drinks from 5:30–6:45 p.m. The concert will highlight the Indy Show, Women’s, & Chamber Choirs as well as Heritage Middle School’s Vox Aurea, 6th-8th grade Combined Choirs, and four mass numbers including all 250 singers from both schools. Tickets for the dinner will be $7 for adults., $5 for students and children under five get in free. Concert admission tickets are $3 per person. The silent auction will be from 5:30–6:45 p.m. All proceeds will go to help support the vocal music departments at both schools.

Ravenwood High

The Interact Club is supporting Operation Christmas Child by sending shoe-box sized gifts to children around the world, and you can too! The club hopes to send boxes to 30 children in total. Students or families can choose a boy or girl, age 2 to 14, and fill a box with soap and toothpaste or pencils and notebooks, stickers, baby blankets, or funny colored socks. Each box will cost $7 to ship. Please stop by Ms. Gorokhovsky’s office (A112) to pick up one box and bring it back ready to go on November 10.

Summit High

Summit High Cheerleaders competed November 1 at the Mid-South Regionals in Southaven, Mississippi. The cheerleaders were awarded first place and a bid to the Universal Cheerleading Association National Championship in Orlando, Florida. The cheerleaders will compete in the state tournament November 15 at MTSU and then prepare to compete at Nationals in February.