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SCHOOL NEWS FOR
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2002
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Elementary School News |
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By Mary Nethaway and Max
Batchelor |
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Well, it's hard to believe that the school year is
coming to an end. With four weeks remaining, there are
many exciting things happening.
Mrs. Jill Warren's 4th grade class had a paper airplane
race last week. Design and flight winners were 1st place
- Justin Horton, 2nd place - John David Russell, 3rd
place, Chelsea Powers.
To celebrate the completion of TCAP examinations, the
4th grade will be having a cookout at the city park on
Thursday, April 25th from 10:30 - 12:30. Parents are
welcome to attend.
The Accelerated Reader field trip is coming up. All 2nd
- 4th grade students with 60 or more points will be
travelling to Martin to the Cine' Theatre for a matinee.
Career Day will be held on Thursday, April 25th in
Kindergarten and 2nd grade. Kindergarten will have
visitors from 8:15 - 9:15 and in 2nd grade from 9:00 -
10:00. It should be an exciting day.
On April 30th, MES students will travel to UTM to
participate in the annual Special Olympics competition.
MES resource teachers will accompany them.
Last week, Kindergartner's Partner in Education,
Brummitt Funeral Home, presented awards for the 5th six
weeks of school. The award winners for Most Academically
Improved were: Montryll Robinson and Zachary Morgan
(Wilkes), Christopher Leach and Noah Ross (Roney), Mayra
Jimenez and Brett Sampson (Kreuter), Abbi McCaleb and
Lane Pressley (Perkins), Brice Webb and Dennis Coleman
(Pate), and Juan Calderon and Leslie Foster (Jones). P.
E. awards were presented to the following: Corey Tharpe
and Chace Jackson (Wilkes), Tyler Borchert and Zachary
Reason (Roney), Alec Parrish and Ebony Wade (Kreuter),
Daniel Calderon and Kati Ferrell (Perkins), Diamonique
Jumper and Dakota Parish (Pate), and Morgan Jenks and
Tyree Owens (Jones). Thanks again to Brummitt Funeral
Home for their continued support of MES Kindergarten.
Until next time . . .
Compiled by Max Batchelor
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Middle School News |
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No Middle School News This Week. |
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Notes from the High School |
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By McKenzie High School Principal, Terry Howell |
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This Thursday we will recognize the accomplishments of
many of our students at the annual Awards Day Program at
10:00 A.M. in the high school gymnasium. Brandon Trull
and Ben Martin, the Student Council president and
vice-president, will recognize students who have
performed well in regard to academics, leadership, and
athletics (Those not previously mentioned in banquets,
news releases, etc.). I will also present many senior
awards at this time and some awards that are
community-based. The public is invited to attend this
special program of recognition.
The softball team continued its impressive season with
four victories last week. Last Monday they defeated
Martin Westview in non-district action by a score of 14
- 8. They followed this victory with a District A-AA
doubleheader victory over Riverside High School winning
7 - 3 and 13 - 5. The Lady Rebels were powered by the
strong pitching of Summer Poff and Brittany Carpenter.
They were led in hitting by Becky Toombs who slugged a
home run against the Lady Panthers. On Thursday, the
Lady Rebels faced their toughest opponent of the week,
the Lady Lions of Camden. The always competitive Camden
team had beaten our team for several consecutive years
and had earlier beaten us in Camden. Behind strong
defense and pitching, the Lady Rebels broke its losing
streak with a 3 - 2 victory, putting us at the lead in
District 11AA. The Lady Rebels raised their overall
record to 20 - 5, with only one loss in the district
against 5 wins. This week we play at Huntingdon on
Monday, at home against Milan on Tuesday, at South
Fulton on Wednesday, and at Lexington on Thursday. The
girls conclude the busy week with a doubleheader at home
against Gleason on Saturday at 1:00 P.M.
The Rebel baseball team also had a busy week with
several games played. On Monday, they defeated Milan for
the second time this season. This time they won by a 12
- 4 score. This marks the first time that we have swept
both games against Milan in many years. Continuing in
district action on Wednesday, the Rebels fell to Camden
10 - 6. Their record in the district went to 4 - 3 with
the loss. This week the Rebels also unleashed an
offensive explosion with six home runs against Riverside
High School in their district contest against the
Panthers. The Rebels easily won the contest behind the
firepower of homerun hitters Mitchell Hall, Jay Taylor,
Chris Wall, Rory Lacey, Brian Toombs, and Taylor
Holland. On Friday the Rebels played non-district foe
Union City in a make-up game. The Rebels lost to the
Golden Tornadoes 6 - 5.
This week the Rebels play at Bruceton on Monday, at
Huntingdon on Wednesday, and at Westview on Thursday.
The Beta Club will induct twenty-two members into the
organization on Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 P.M. Those
being inducted into the club are Clinton Anderson, Julie
Bennett, Jason Bloodworth, Jeff Bunn, Rachael Clark,
Renee Crawley, Paul Edwards, Brigette Eubank, Kelly
Fowler, Kimberly Gaskins, Virginia Hames, Elise Hayes,
Megan Hutchison, Randy Lacey, Crystal Mann, Nicole
Parham, Carol Perritt, Lee Russell, Jordan Trull, Sara
Wilson, Andrew Wilson, and Whitney Wilson. The Beta Club
is a national honor organization that focuses on
academic excellence, community service, and the
promotion of ethical and moral principles. Our local
Beta Club is quite active assisting the school at
Parent-Teacher Conference, participating and competing
at the state Beta Club Convention, and performing areas
of community service. Our Beta Club sponsors are Dawn
Clubb, Jo Elam, and Zia McKennie. This year's club has
had the capable leadership of Amanda Mansfield.
Many members of our middle school and high school band
have a day trip planned to Six Flags in St. Louis. These
students sold Domino coupon booklets in helping fund the
trip. Approximately 40 people will travel to St. Louis
early on Saturday, April 27 on a chartered bus to enjoy
a full day of fun at Six Flags. They will return late
that night to McKenzie. The instrumental band program at
the two schools allows students to develop their musical
talents, to learn the value of teamwork and cooperation,
and to compete individually and collectively as
musicians representing their band and this school. The
band program is directed by Keith Breeden. Our active
Band Booster Club is led by Joel Washburn with
assistance from many parents and patrons. The Band
Boosters support the band through their sponsorship of
activities like this, through the running of the
concession stand during football season, through the
chaperoning of trips to ballgames, competitions, and
parades, and through many fund raisers to upgrade the
standard and quality of the program. I publicly salute
them for their tireless work.
Upcoming school-wide dates to put on calendars include
the following:
Thursday, April 25 @ 10:00 A.M. Awards Day
Friday, April 26 Fish Fry Parade
Saturday, May 4 @ 7:00 P.M. Prom
Friday, May 10 Strawberry Festival Parade
Sunday, May 12 @ 8:00 P.M. Baccalaureate
Friday, May 17 @ 8:00 P.M. Graduation
The track team participated in three meets last week. At
the JCM meet the team placed third overall, one of the
strongest showings by our two-year program. The good
part of this is that we have athletes competing in
nearly all events, which improves our ability to score
points. At the USJ meet on Thursday both teams finished
6th out of the 16 teams competing. Again, we competed
against much larger schools -- many of them AAA, but we
managed to do well in overall point totals. On Saturday,
the team went to Murray, Kentucky, for a meet involving
many schools from West Tennessee and western Kentucky.
On Tuesday, April 16, seventeen students competed in the
Freed-Hardeman Math Contest at Henderson. Each category
of competition had approximately 40 students involved.
In the pre-calculus division, Jesse King placed 5th. In
geometry Jake Smith placed 5th, and Matt Jones and Ryan
Drewry placed 9th. In team competition in Algebra II,
Heather Flippin, Andrew Cross, and Mallory Brandon won
2nd place honors. In geometry, Julie Smith, Matthew
Jones, Matthew Holt, and Ryan Drewry won 2nd overall.
Congratulations to these students for representing us
well.
School will not be in session on Friday, April 26. Our
band will compete in the Fish Fry Parade and our
McKenzie High School royalty will participate as well. |
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Phone (731) 352-3323 or
Fax (731) 352-3322
washburn@mckenziebanner.com
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