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SCHOOL NEWS FOR
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002
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Elementary School News |
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By Mary Nethaway and Max
Batchelor |
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Well, school is back in session. I hope everyone had a
great holiday break. I have some special news for this
week's column. Citizen of the Month awards for
November/December went to the following students:
- Kindergarten: Michael Tedder - Mrs. Jones;
Rebekah Watkins - Mrs. Kreuter; Brice Webb - Mrs.
Pate; Kati Ferrell - Mrs. Perkins; Michael Keenan -
Ms. Roney; Kayla Goodrum - Mrs. Wilkes.
- First Grade: Elizabeth Harper - Ms.
Brinkley; Chelsey Taylor - Mrs. Lorrie Brown; Taylor
Buckley - Mrs. Tonya Brown; Angie Reyes - Mrs. Creasy;
Magaly Ventura - Mrs. Warren.
- Second Grade: Ivan Harris - Mrs. Anderson;
Hope Cunningham - Mrs. Anderson; Scotty Sam - Mrs.
King; Dalton Waddell - Mrs. Mebane-Graves; Joshua
Hubble - Mrs. Nanney; Cullen Bullington - Mrs. Pyburn.
- Third Grade: Megan Hickman - Mrs. Basford;
Brianna Simpson - Mrs. Gordon; Casey Gunter - Mrs.
Howell; Laura Kay Oakley - Mrs. Smith; Brittany Clark
- Mrs. Verner; Angelique Teague - Mrs. Webb.
- Fourth Grade: Rebecca Jones - Mrs. Austin;
John Johnson - Mrs. Campbell; Janna Pratt - Mrs.
Smith; Zac Jones - Mrs. Warren; Bryce Jackson - Mrs.
Witty.
Congratulations to all of these students. You have
made your school, your community, and your parents
proud.
In other news, I reported several weeks ago on the
success of the annual PTO Fun Run. Over $7,800.00 was
raised. The Fun Run Winners were as follows: 1st Place
- Bicycle donated by PTO and Wal-Mart Supercenter -
Dusty Hollowell; 2nd Place - $50.00 gift certificate
donated by Toys R' Us - Rose Worley; 3rd Place - Boom
Box donated by McKenzie Fred's and Martin Wal-Mart -
Kayla Sterling; 4th Place - Bean Bag donated by
William's Furniture - John Johnson.
Top $$ Class - Mrs. Marlene Kreuter's class brought in
$658.75 and will receive a pizza party.
The following students returned the most money in each
grade and received a $25.00 savings bond from Carroll
Bank & Trust: Kindergarten - Zachary Andres; 1st Grade
- T. J. Birmingham; 2nd Grade - Ashley Williams; 3rd
Grade - Katie Chadwick and Jace Hargrove; 4th Grade -
Alex Rider.
In other news, Charter Communications, a Partner in
Education with 3rd grade, donated $600 to Mrs. Marcia
Webb's 3rd grade class. The money was used to buy
three televisions and three playstations to use
LightSpan learning activities. Third grade has been
studying spiders. Our story for next week is Ananse's
Feast and is about a spider. They have used the
Internet to look up information about spiders and read
different books about spiders and even made their own
books about spiders. They plan to make spider cookies
to finish off the unit this week.
Until next time . . .
Compiled by Max Batchelor
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Middle School News |
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We began our spring semester on January 3. On Friday,
January 4, our students were treated with first semester
report cards. Parents please check your child's grades
and encourage them in appropriate ways. The State of
Tennessee Department of Health has added the
immunization requirement of immunity to Hepatitis B for
entry into the 7th grade beginning with the 2002-2003
school year. Children who have begun the series but have
not completed the schedule may start and finish the
series during the school year. This is consistent with
the standards of any vaccine that requires more than one
dose. Our local health department will gladly assist you
with the Hepatitis B vaccine or you may obtain the
immunization from your family doctor.
You will need to furnish proof at the beginning of
the next school year that your child's series of
Hepatitis B vaccinations has begun before he/she can be
enrolled in 7th grade. If you have any questions, please
contact us at 352-2792. or the nurse at 352-5272.
Our PTO is currently conducting fund-raisers for an
awning to cover the walk in front of our building. This
shelter will protect our students as they enter and exit
to load buses and automobiles. The PTO has sent letters
home with students as well as to many local businesses
and individuals. Anyone wishing to donate should make
checks payable to M.M.S. P.T.O. Building Fund. Send this
to McKenzie Middle School, ATTN: MMS P.T.O., 80 Woodrow
Avenue, McKenzie, Tennessee, 38201.
On the date this article is being written both of our
basketball teams remain undefeated. Hollow Rock-Bruceton
will be hosting the Middle School County Tournament on
January 7, 10, and 12. Come to Bruceton and support our
teams as they defend their county championships. |
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Notes from the High School |
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By McKenzie High School Principal, Terry Howell |
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Bruce Anderson recently won the Voice of Democracy
Script-writing contest at the district level. Bruce's
script addressed the theme of Reaching out to America's
Future. Bruce won the local competition and competed at
the district level against those schools in our
congressional district that participated, usually 12-15
different high schools. He will present his script at
the district meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on
January 22. The local contest is sponsored by Post 4939
here in McKenzie and has become a yearly project for the
past thirty years. The ten local finalists were chosen
from Zia McKennie's advanced English IV class.
During the Christmas break, several football players
received recognition from the Jackson Sun All-West
Tennessee team. Named to the first team were David
Duncan, defensive back; Jeremy Sydnor, offensive
lineman; Josh Stenberg, linebacker; and Mitchell Hall,
receiver. Those receiving honorable mention were Taylor
Holland, Ricky Mathis, Shiron Perkins, Brannon Milton,
Jonathan Adkisson, Justin Adkisson, and Eric Gilbert.
These recognitions follow an outstanding regular season
in which the team recorded a school best 13 victories
and advanced to the fourth round (semifinals) of the
state playoffs.
As part of Ms. Corbin's Art II class, students decorated
several areas of the school with lettering and graphics.
Students had to prepare and present to me sketches of
their work like a graphic artist would have to do to an
employer. The sketches had to be received and approved.
Students then worked in the areas to which they were
assigned to do the final work on the walls and doorways
of the building. Those students who created and
implemented these designs were the following: Mark
Anderson, Chris Hinton, David King, Matt Lewis, Crystal
Neihoff, Sarah Ozment, Ramon Padilla, Jacqueline Pewitt,
Patrick Reid, Cassie Scott, Chris Shrumm, Patrick Smith,
Jill Stambaugh, and Joseph Winchester. Parents are
invited to see the enduring legacy of these students.
Ms. Herrin and our school will host a Financial Aid
Workshop on Monday, January 14, at 7:00 P.M. in the high
school library. This workshop will be conducted by Laura
Bateman with Bethel College. Ms. Bateman will review the
federal aid application process and will provide
specific information about F.A.F.S.A. (Free Application
for Federal Student Aid). Ms. Bateman has conducted this
workshop for several years and has helped parents and
students understand the difficult process of federal
financial aid assistance. The workshop does not focus on
Bethel College, but is a general guideline to follow to
receive federal aid. Ms. Bateman will discuss deadlines
to meet and financial papers/income tax information that
is necessary for completion before aid can be awarded.
During the Christmas break, work was begun to build a
greenhouse on campus. This project is being done by
Project E.C.H.O. (Educational Co-operatives for Habitat
Opportunities). The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
(TWRA) has initiated the implementation of Project
E.C.H.O. on Kentucky Reservoir as a pilot program to
develop and establish management strategies and
methodologies for habitat restoration. Classes on campus
will use the greenhouse as a type of laboratory to learn
real-life ecological standards and lessons. Preliminary
plans are for classes to use the greenhouse to grow
various flora for placement in the Kentucky Lake area.
Also, classes will participate in shore-line seeding
activities overseen by TWRA. Ms. Paula Doster has worked
closely with TWRA officials to make the greenhouse and
Project ECHO a reality. Ms. Doster also sponsors the
Wildlife Club which will work with TWRA officials in
conjunction with Project ECHO.
Project Graduation has scheduled the Great Pretenders to
perform at the Dickey Fine Arts Center on February 8-9
at 7:00 P.M. Members of the senior class and their
parents plan to perform on these nights and impersonate
some of the stars both past and present in the musical
field. Practice sessions for the Great Pretenders will
be on Mondays during the month of January at 7:00 P.M.
Seniors and parents are invited to participate in this
memorable event. The profit for the high school will go
to Project Graduation, the alcohol and drug-free party
after graduation.
The school issued report cards to students for the fall
semester on Monday, January 7. Parents need to be aware
of this and see the results of the fall semester.
Students had an opportunity to earn four credits during
the fall semester and may now earn four more credits
with the new classes in the spring semester. Several
students owe library fines, cafeteria charges, or class
fees. Report cards will be held until these obligations
are cleared.
The basketball teams ended the first half of the season
by playing Clarksburg on December 20. After sweeping the
Lady Rockets and Rockets, the Lady Rebels improved their
season records to 4-5 and 7-2 respectively. In
tournament action during the Christmas break the Rebels
lost to cross-county foe Bruceton by a nine point margin
and defeated Clinch High School outside of Knoxville for
a 20+ margin of victory. Their record changed to 8-3
after the Huntingdon Christmas Classic. On Friday,
January 4, both teams battled Dresden High School in
non-district action. The Lady Lions, ranked 4th in the
state in Class A, fell to the hard-nosed defense played
by the Lady Rebels. The Lady Rebels won the contest
40-39 with Kristin Wiggins hitting the two game-winning
foul shots with 7 seconds remaining. The girls evened
their record at 5-5 with this opening game of the second
half of the season. The Rebels were not as fortunate as
they lost to the Lions 56-47. They had earlier defeated
Dresden by a double digit margin, but did not play as
well this time. They own an 8-4 record as the first full
week of the second half begins. This week the Rebels and
Lady Rebels play host to Milan on Tuesday (January 8)
and Camden on Friday (January 11). On Tuesday of the
following week, the teams travel to Lexington to play
their third consecutive district game.
As this new year begins, I ask for the support of
parents and the community in educating these young
people for the future. Education is a cooperative effort
and the school covets your input. Please direct
academic, attendance, behavioral, or other concerns to
me so that together we can insure the success of each
child in our school. |
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Phone (731) 352-3323 or
Fax (731) 352-3322
washburn@mckenziebanner.com
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