School Snippets – April 29, 2016

Published April 29, 2016

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

Elementary Schools

Allendale Elementary

Allendale’s mascot, Allen Alligator, learned third through fifth graders were learning to roller skate. Allen didn’t want to miss all the fun, and he made an appearance at the Friday morning meeting to show off his excellent skating skills.

Bethesda Elementary

Our second grade students at Bethesda Elementary School are learning about idioms through art. All the second grade students made an idiom out of clay. Pictured in the top picture is Ethan Munn, a second grade student in Mrs. Judy Welch’s class. Ethan’s artwork is a piece of cake, which is made of clay. The picture on the right of him is his artwork. The bottom picture is Rachel Branton, a second grade student in Mrs. Lisa McCullough’s class. Rachel’s artwork is two peas in a pod, which is also made of clay. Rachel’s artwork is in the picture on the left of her. The students started with a ball of clay and molded it into the shape they wanted. They smoothed out the clay, painted their project and then glazed and fired their artwork. Ms. Nancy Mash, Bethesda’s wonderful art teacher, did an awesome job with helping all of these students complete their artwork.

Clovercroft Elementary

Clovercroft’s Green Team has done a fabulous job this year. Every week the students come early to school to take care of teachers’ recycling bins. Not only do they help the environment, but they serve as leaders by being dedicated and responsible. Thank you, CCES Green Team.

College Grove Elementary

College Grove Elementary celebrated Rocket Run April 15. The Rocket Run is an annual fundraiser. The students had fun running laps and raising money for their school.

Edmondson Elementary

Kindergarten students from Edmondson Elementary visited the Nashville Zoo. The children were able to use their science skills to compare the basic features of plants and animals. They also saw many animals from their study of the rain forest and oviparous animals.

Fairview Elementary

FES just won’t stop learning! Even though we are nearing the end of the school year, we keep on filling our heads with knowledge! Last week, fourth graders took a field trip to Bowie Nature Park. They went on a hike and heard lectures from various park employees. They had a blast learning about the outdoors. Last Friday, April 22, first graders who read more than 200 books got to enjoy a special party with Assistant Principal Dr. Bullard. There were more than 20 students who participated! We can’t wait to see what these kids will do next year! Mark your calendars for our kindergarten music performance on Thursday, May 12 at 8:30 a.m. and for the PTO family fun dance on Friday, May 13 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

Grassland Elementary

The first graders at GES are learning about economics and the marketplace. In this build-a-town project, students created businesses that provided goods and services. They also became consumers and exchanged money for products. But, most of all, they had fun learning about economics in a meaningful way.

Hunters Bend Elementary

The list of readers at Hunters Bend is growing! Each year a list of nominated titles, by librarians from across Tennessee, are announced. If you read a minimum of three titles, you are eligible to vote for your favorite book. The students at Hunters Bend have been very busy reading Volunteer State Book Awards with over 30 students having read at least three books and many more having read at least one book. Thus far, the most books read by one person is 13 by Denise Koutsoukos and she is a FIRST GRADER! Voting takes place this week.

Kenrose Elementary

Kenrose’s lower grades lined the halls to cheer on the older grades during a Rock the Test parade.

Lipscomb Elementary

Congratulations to Lipscomb Elementary student Claire Zhang for winning two first place awards at the 25th Annual Skate Nashville Competition. Claire won the awards for Basic Elementary Level 7 and Basic with Music Program Level 7. The Skate Nashville Competition is part of the U.S. Figure Skating southeast regional competition.

Scales Elementary

Phoebe Moody’s kindergarten class has been watching closely the eggs in an incubator. To date, six chicks have hatched, three yellow and three black.

Trinity Elementary

In art this week, kindergarten and first grade students are learning about the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. Second grade students are learning about elephants, so they used lines and shapes to create a detailed drawing of an elephant. Third graders are creating seascapes inspired by Winslow Homer. Fourth graders are creating Kente cloth paper weavings inspired by Ghanaian artists, and fifth grade students are working on a cross-curricular project where they mix colors and paint a background for their “I Am” poem describing themselves.

Walnut Grove Elementary

This week at Walnut Grove, students in the Jump Rope Club performed exciting routines for their parents. Jump Rope Club is comprised of approximately 70 third through fifth graders who meet once a week in the morning to learn various jump rope skills and techniques. Jumping rope is an easy way to enhance overall fitness as well as incorporate cardiovascular endurance. Ten minutes of jumping rope is equivalent to jogging for 30 minutes, and the students jump rope for approximately 40 minutes each week. It is fun to see the students develop and nurture relationships with their peers and work together to create incredible routines using jump ropes, hula hoops, pogo sticks and jump balls. Congratulations Jump Rope Club for all your hard work this year.

Westwood Elementary

Westwood Field Day is scheduled for Friday, May 6. The day will consist of traditional field day activities as well as carnival-style games. The fourth and fifth grade students have been finishing up with clay monsters. The kindergarten celebration and fifth grade celebration are scheduled for Friday, May 13. The “Best of the Best” talent show is scheduled for Wednesday, May 18. There are many fun and exciting things going on at Westwood Elementary.

Winstead Elementary

Winstead fifth grade students in Shelley Massey’s class had a very special guest speaker: Chester Kross, a veteran who was involved in heavy battles in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Kross was born in Salem, Massachusetts on Dec. 25, 1922. His parents were immigrants from Poland. After graduating from high school in 1940, there were few jobs, so Kross joined the Navy. In March 1941, he was assigned to commissioning the new battleship USS North Carolina. The ship joined forces in the Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Kross received many awards during his 30-plus years in the Navy, including battleships, cruisers, destroyers and retiring from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, where he served with the deck force. He retired honorably in 1973 and lives in Franklin with his wife, Peggy.

Middle Schools

Grassland Middle

GMS student council representatives are helping to collect funds for the recent Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s student series, Pennies for Patients. If you have a child entering the seventh or eighth grade, then they have the opportunity to be in Honors Chorus next year! Honors Chorus is an auditioned year-round class that has many opportunities to grow as musician including multiple performances, songwriting education and active partnerships with the Franklin High School Chorus. Auditions are May 3 and 4 after school. Applications and audition sign-up times can be found in the GMS Commons during lunch or Mr. Haeger’s classroom. Feel free to contact Jonathan Haeger if you have any questions, jonathanh1@wcs.edu. Attention eighth graders! Mark your calendars for the upcoming auditions for the 2016 Franklin Color Guard! We will hold clinics/auditions over the course of three nights May 2-4 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Franklin High School. These evenings will be crucial for us to understand how many members will be joining us this summer and fall, as we plan the marching band show, order flags and uniforms and more. We encourage all returning members to attend, and be sure to tell all your friends! Anyone in eighth grade through current juniors can attend. This is sure to be an incredible year for The Franklin Band. Don’t miss out!

Page Middle

The sun may not come out tomorrow, but that’s okay because you should head on over to the Page High School Theater for the Page Middle School’s production of “Annie.” Annie, played by Erin Shanahan, and her real life dog “Sandy” will capture your hearts. The entire cast welcomes you to their hard knock life, Friday, April 29 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Arts are alive at Page Middle School!

Sunset Middle

Sunset Middle School entertained parents, students and community members last week with its production of “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” The student performers did a wonderful job and fun wqas had by all.

Woodland Middle

Students enjoyed hearing from author Roland Smith. He entertained the students with his stories of being a zookeeper, an animal research biologist and his method of writing a book. Students were challenged to write about things that are important to them and to research thoroughly prior to writing. His books are favorites among Woodland students, and they frequent our Volunteer State Book Award reading lists. Special thanks to the WMS PTO for their support in helping to provide his visit.

High Schools

Brentwood High

Brentwood High TV and Film students received half a dozen awards at the Western Kentucky Film Festival and the NATAS Student Awards on Wednesday. In Bowling Green, BHS took home four of the five trophies, winning first place honors for Animation, Experimental, Music Video and Short Film. The winners are as follows: Best Short Film – “Squatch” produced by Matthew Hughes, Timmy Derryberry, Thomas Costner and Ben Sherrill; Best Animation – “Road Rage” produced by Jack Cerrato and Austin Collier; Best Experimental Film – “€ Motions” produced by Reed Smith, Ryan Tyler, Christian Gilliam and Bethany Foust and Best Music Video – “Soul Boy” produced by Caleb Howard, Ryan Clo, Jake Fisher and Ben Sherrill.

Centennial High

Congrats to CHS on being among the Top Tennessee Schools ranked by the Washington Post and the also the US News and World Report. The Centennial Art on April 25 was a wonderful evening to celebrate the many talented artists at CHS. Congratulations to these creative students: 2-D Art – First place Jaime Gim, 3-D Art – First place Jose Meza, Photography – First place Nick Vogelpohl, Digital Art & Design – First place Julie Lerche, AP Studio Art – First place Sammy Reilly, Principal’s Choice – Sammy Reilly. Centennial staff and faculty said a huge thank you to the incredible volunteers who helped make this school year a wonderful success. Thanks to everyone who put in time and energy to make CHS a top school in the county.

Franklin High

The choir performed at the ACDA TN State Choral Festival on Thursday of last week and both the Chamber Choir & Women’s Choral had a very successful day with both choirs earning superior ratings. The Chamber Choir received the second highest score in FHS history for that choir placing fifth in Middle Tennessee (28 choirs) and 12th in the state (64 choirs). This year’s 2015-16 Speech and Debate Team had a strong showing at the Tennessee High School Speech and Debate League State Competition in Morristown. Musa Subramaniam was awarded Outstanding Speaker in the Senate, while Amanda Wong “broke” (moved to the final round) and was acknowledged for several excellent speeches in the House. Diana Pope qualified in Impromptu Speaking and Abdul Aleryani qualified to “octo” (final 16) competition with his partner, Franklin McKenzie, in Public Forum Debate. In other news, please congratulate Justin Ma. His artwork entitled “Columbia Blue” was selected for inclusion in Williamson Medical Center’s 2016-17 academic calendar. It will also be featured in Williamson Medical Center’s art gallery for 12 months.

Page High

The theater was full with proud faculty, staff, parents and students Tuesday evening at the Awards Night. Chloe Pique was named the DECA Member of the Year, Jacob Hamm won the Foundations of Technology Award and Jacob Wilson received the Entrepreneurial Leadership Award. From Health Sciences, the EMS Student of the Year was Noah Fast, the Health Science Education Student of the Year was Johnna Hazelwood and the Medical Terminology Student of the Year was McKenna Persch. Molly Sanderson won the award for Nursing Education Student of the Year, Gabe Ambrosio won the award for Outstanding Architectural and Engineering Design 2, Sean McCabe won the award for Outstanding Architectural and Engineering Design 3 Architecture, Zach Horton won the award for Outstanding Architectural and Engineering Design 3 – Engineering and Kyle Scoggins won the award for Outstanding Architectural and Engineering Design. The TSA Student of the Year is Sean McCabe. Congratulations to all.