School Snippets – October 9, 2015

Published October 9, 2015

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

Elementary Schools

Bethesda Elementary

Mrs. Judy Welch’s second grade children at Bethesda Elementary are learning about pink lady butterflies and their life cycle.

 

Chapman’s Retreat Elementary
Champan’s Retreat Elementary participated in the International Walk to School Day on October 8. Students, parents and teachers walked or biked to school beginning at 8:10 a.m. Walk to School Day events raise awareness for the need to create safe routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, traffic congestion and concern for the environment.

Clovercroft Elementary

Clovercroft Elementary’s kindergarten students are going to Lucky Ladd Farms to learn about the plant life cycles using pumpkins and see how plants and animals change as they grow. The students will also get to take home a pumpkin. During Art classes, the fourth grade students are using plant and animal cells as subject matter for an abstract painting inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe. The students will also discuss color theory using primary and secondary colors.

College Grove Elementary

Fifth grade classes at College Grove Elementary made solar ovens to bake s’mores. The fifth grade was so excited to make these, and they even said the s’mores were very yummy!

Crockett Elementary

Crockett Elementary had a great time watching the Ravenwood Homecoming parade and wearing red and black to show their Ravenwood spirit. Sutdents also had an opportunity to show their Crockett spirit by wearing Crockett Elementary spirit wear this week. In other news, for this year’s fall Fun run, students collected snacks and donations to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville.

Edmondson Elementary

Fifth grade students at Edmondson Elementary were treated to a visit from Abraham Lincoln this week. Performing in character, Mr. Dennis Boggs entertained the students with his amazing impersonation of the famous president. The event was an in-house field trip which ties into the fifth grade study of the Civil War.

Fairview Elementary

Archery is the name of the game at FES this week! Students are learning the correct form and movements to be able to shoot. Kindergartners, first and second graders all learn mechanics and basics of archery using large foam javelins. Third, fourth and fifth graders get to experience the real thing! They go outside and take turns shooting arrows and targets set up on hay bales. They have to be mindful of their hand placement, the steadiness of the bow and how they grip the string. It’s hard work. FES is also ready for our Hawk Walk fundraiser, which will be October 15, weather permitting.

Grassland Elementary

The GSCA Board members presented a check to the GES Administration for a COW! A COW stands for Computers on Wheels, which can be used in different classrooms as needed. The generous parents at GES donated enough money during the Grassland Gives campaign to purchase a COW for our school, which means that the school now has 30 Chromebooks with headphones on a self-charging cart. This is a tremendous asset to our school and teachers are so excited! Thank you to our wonderful families who made this possible.

Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary second grade students released their butterflies on October 1. Students enjoyed learning and watching the butterfly cycles and had a celebration of the release. Parents were invited to attend.

Hillsboro School

Attentional second and third grade parents. The second and third grade music program, “Thank a Veteran” will be Tuesday, November 10 at 1 p.m. in the Hillsboro Performing Arts Center. The program will last 30 minutes. Please mark your calendar for this exciting event to honor our veterans. More details to come!

Hunters Bend Elementary

Fourth graders used Oreo cookies to talk about the importance of close reading. If you eat the cookie too fast, you miss the details of the cookie. When you read text too quickly without a second read, you miss important details. Oreo cookies are a tasty way to learn about close reading. Additionally, the kindergarten students visited Gentry Farms and found a farm full of activities. Career Day is Friday for third, fourth and fifth grade students. Twenty-seven professionals are coming to talk about their careers.

Kenrose Elementary

On October 7, Kenrose Elementary students walked and biked to school. Parents, siblings and PE teachers joined the kids on their walk.

Lipscomb Elementary

Anthony Krammer was caught being NICE to other students by Principal Michelle Contich and honored for his behavior. In addition, Lipscomb Elementary teachers were cheerleaders at our Invest in the Best pep rally. We celebrated meeting our goal with Fall Fest.

Longview Elementary

Stormy, dark. lightening and rainy weather did not damped Longview Elementary second graders from releasing their butterflies! Mrs. Pickerill was among the teachers who braved the weather to release her class butterflies. Each class sang a song about the life cycle of a butterfly to a proud group of parents before the big send off.

Nolensville Elementary

Nolensville Elementary is preparing for its biggest fundraiser of the year. We continue to raise funds for new technology for our students to use in the classroom. Fun Run is a popular event for students, staff and parents. Sponsors can either make pledges per lap or make a flat donation. Pledge booklets were sent home earlier this week with information for parents. Fun Run takes place on Thursday, October 15.

Oak View Elementary

Oak View Elementary art teacher Melanie Johnson is working with third graders to learn about the artist Georgia O’Keeffe. The students had an opportunity to draw their own sunflowers, then they will add pastels for color.

Pearre Creek Elementary

Pearre Creek Elementary held its second Annual Math Night, sponsored by the Pearre Creek PTO. Mu Alpha Theta Club of Independence High School organized activities as a community service project. Some of the activities included: the Pi Walk, Jeopardy with mathematical equations for various grade levels, BINGO for all operations at different ability levels, Human vs. Calculation with students trying to find the answer faster on the calculator than the student calculating on paper and many more activities. Informational tables and presentations were made available to students and parents by faculty members along with the fun math events. Parents could learn how to log on to the students’ GO MATH accounts, take a MICA practice test and complete Math tasks.

Scales Elementary

Brooke Davis’ kindergarten class is learning about rhyming by using stories of Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill and Hey Diddle Diddle.

Trinity Elementary

Trinity Elementary has a school assembly Friday, October 2. The Daughters of the American Revolution came to speak and presented our school with two books for the library and a framed portrait of President George Washington.

Walnut Grove Elementary

Second graders participated in the Great Butterfly Release this week. This event took place in the Butterfly Garden, following a month of care. The students enjoyed watching them eat and grow and recorded their observations in their science journals. Students studied the life cycles of the painted lady butterfly, watching the caterpillars as they build their chrysalises and emerged as butterflies. Students created a diorama for their animal habitat project. It included an animal and the environment where the animal would be found naturally. In other news, second graders performed their musical play, Bugz, on Thursday. Students have worked on their presentation skills, which are important in building confidence and pose.

Winstead Elementary

The fifth grade students at Winstead Elementary visited the Carter House and Carnton Plantation as a culmination of the Civil War unit. Students learned all about the Battle of Franklin and the culture of the Civil War era. After students returned to school, they wrote about their experience and discussed ideas with classmates. The Winstead staff would like to send a heartfelt thank you to our amazing PTO and all the volunteers that worked so hard to make the Wildcat Palooza a great success. Thank you to all the families for your generous support.

Middle Schools

Fairview Middle

On Friday, October 2, Fairview Middle and High technology students took a field trip to tour a few of the digital manufacturing plants in Middle Tennessee. Two of the plants visited were Horn and Apcom. Students were able to dive into the world of digital manufacturing and learned about drilling and flash technology, mother boards and more. They also met the infamous R2-D2 from Star Wars.

Grassland Middle

BE NICE and say thank you! Williamson County School’s Successory program gives students a chance to say thank you to the school employees who are helping them become a success. Participating is easy! Just print off a Succesory form online, drop the form in the specially marked box in the front office the week of October 5-9. At the end of the week, a name will be drawn and one lucky employee will receive a special prize. The fourth Annual Grassland Games will be help on Wednesday, October 28 from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 per student in advance or $25 at the door. Price includes admission and 1 entry into the drawing for great prizes. Grassland Games is an annual fundraising event at GMS and 100% of the proceeds fund the CIT3 program.

Heritage Middle

All eighth grade students performed an original piece of poetry during a poetry slam. Alex Cuebas took home the first place trophy for his work entitled Moving.

Page Middle

Ms. Caitlin Galo had her class create rememberances (haikus) for the memory of the Vietnam War. These will be taken to the Memorial in CD over all break and left by a student. They will then be archived in the Museum Resource Center for years to come. A real world application! Additionally, the Page MS football team soared to victory with a win over Brentwood Middle with a score of 14-6. This is their first win against BMS since 1993! Congratulations on an outstanding season, Panthers, and congratulations to their head coach, Donnie Clemons, on an outstanding head coaching career. You will be missed!

Spring Station Middle

The eighth grade recently held their annual Paint War. It was a messy, but fun day!

Sunset Middle

Sunset Middle sixth grade navy team students wrote poems or short stories for a contest. Our students could not wait for the results, parents donated prizes and we selected our own winners. The winners in the poetry category were Dawnbe Yu, Betta Baghaevaji and Miles Pollard. Winners in the short story category were Logan Salvucci, Noah Hoogerheide and Ishita Bhatia. We are so proud of our writing Sabers.

Woodland Middle

WMS has surpassed the goal of $4,000 in less than three days for Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital campaign to provide Halloween goodie bags for over 210 children. Select eighth grade Chorus members will give a special performance to the children on October 28 after delivering the treat bags. Student Council and the Beta Club helped collect money and will stuff the treat bags as part of their service for the semester.

High Schools

Brentwood High

The Brentwood High girls soccer team honored seven seniors during their senior night on October 6. Congratulations to seniors Jordan Chawan, Madi Caylor, Sydney Gilliam, Ailsa Grant, Kira Lee, Olivia Winnett and Kameron Ziesig.

Centennial High

Congratulations to the 2015 CHS Homecoming Court. Freshman attendant, Kaia Hicks, Sophomore Attendant, Morgan Jones, Junior Attendant, Maral Akbari, Senior Attendant, Brady Bove and Homecoming Queen, Rachel Dumke were presented before the football game on Friday evening. Wednesday, October 14 will be “Senior Great Day of Service.” CHS seniors are encouraged to participate in a service project with a local organization. Seniors may also use that day to make a college visit or a career shadow day. October is domestic violence awareness month. In order to help shine the light on this subject, the CHS varsity basketball cheerleaders are partnering with Bridges Domestic Violence Center by conducting an items drive. The drive runs October 1 through October 12. Items being requested are Kleenex, diapers, wipes, toilet paper, etc. There are collection bins throughout the school for your donated items.

Franklin High

Three FHS students were presented as members of the 2016 US Army All-American Marching Band. They will perform in January in the Alamo Dome in San Antonio at the US Army All-American Bowl Game. Congratulations to Anna Dossey, Michael Hall and David Curtis. Congratulations are also in order for Band Director David Aydelott, who was named by Music for All as one of the 40 Music Educators Who Have Made a Difference. Don’t forget, next week is Homecoming Week at Franklin. Exciting activities are planned for next week!

Page High

Wednesday, October 14 will be testing for the PLAN and the PSAT for sophomores and juniors. Seniors will be job shadowing or on college visits and freshmen may take the PSAT or will remain in classes. Parent-teacher conferences may be set up in Skyward with each teacher you need to see and will be held Thursday, October 22 from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Drama Club is holding their eighth Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat food drive now through November 2. There is a competition between Prime Time classes based on an average and the class with the highest average will get free pizza for lunch. Please send in non-perishable food and no glass containers please.

Ravenwood High

RHS celebrated a successful homecoming this past week! Students enjoyed a powder puff flag football game between the junior and senior girls on Monday with seniors emerging victorious. The dress up days were Tacky Tourist Day, America Day, Pajama Day, Steeplechase Day and Neon Spirit Day. The rain did not stop the students from enjoying a parade where class floats were highlighted. The fun continued with friendly competition between classes with relays and a spirited pep rally. Despite the continued poor weather, the student section was completely packed as the court was presented at halftime and the King and Queen, Zach Tudeen and Hannah Stauffer, were crowned. The Raptors finished the night with a victory over the McGavock Raiders and celebrated with an exciting homecoming dance.

Summit High

Senior Night for volleyball was held October 1 and seniors Haleigh Ferretti and Theone Rizane were both recognized. Head Coach Warne Riker said of these two athletes, “The joy of coaching these two seniors for the last four years cannot be put into just a few sentences. They have created memories that I and others will not soon forget. Theone and Haleigh have both played on the varsity team from their freshman years. The two of them have accumulated stats will not soon be broken both on the court and off the court. Between the two of them, they have put in countless hours with their sport both on and off the court and still manage to hold an accumulated 4.0 GPA.”