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SCHOOL NEWS FOR
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2002
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Notes From the High School |
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By MHS Principal Terry Howell |
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Last week I accidentally omitted two senior band members
from my list that named our seniors performing at their
last home game against Chester County. Jason Arnold, a
four-year member of the band, performs in the drum line
and was a member of last year's Division I State
Champion drum line. Chase Barton, a six-year member of
the band, plays tuba. Chase has received several honors
as a musician including being in the U.T.M. Honors Band,
being the 1999 Most Improved Brass player, and being a
Division I State Finalist. These two young men, along
with their senior counterparts, have served the band
with distinction. We certainly applaud their commitment
and contribution to our band program.
Our cross country team competed in the 7-A-AA regional
meet at the U.T. Ag. Center in Jackson last Thursday.
Our students did remarkably well with everyone improving
their times in the meet. The team ended its season, but
junior Amber King placed 7th to qualify for the state
meet this Saturday at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.
Amber ran a career-best 22:15 to earn a top ten finish
and automatic berth in the state competition. Sophomore
Lucy Snead ran a 25:30 for 26th place. With the boys
freshman Caleb Owen ran a 20:39 for 33rd place and
freshman Holland Hames completed his run in 20:47 for
47th place. Sophomore Jason Bloodworth ran his best time
in 28:48. The cross country teams are coached by Tenia
King. This is our second year to have students compete
in cross country. Congratulations to those students for
representing us well.
As I have mentioned previously, report cards were issued
on October 22. In reviewing some of the data, I found
several interesting results and trends. Twenty-eight
(28) students made the High Honor Roll. These students
had no grade below 95. Twenty-nine (29) students
qualified for the Honor Roll. These students had no
grade below 89 and an A average. Seventy-seven (77)
students earned recognition on the Merit Roll -- no
grade below an 85 and a B average. I do think that I
found one thing interesting about these students on our
honor roll lists. We had 134 students qualify for one of
the three honor roll lists. Of that number, 92% had
missed two days or less. It seems that regular
attendance translates to the opportunity to make good
grades. Of our 365 students, 188 made at least one A --
approximately 52% of our students. Two hundred,
thirty-four (234) students had at least one B --
approximately 64%. One hundred, ninety-nine (199) had at
least one C -- 55%. One hundred, sixteen (116) had at
least one D -- 32%. Ninety-eight (98) students had at
least one F -- 27%. At our school we reported 1380
grades. Of that total number, 25% were A's, 28% B's, 23%
C's, 41% D's, and 12% F's. The first grading period is
usually a jolt for many of our freshmen. I encourage
parents to factor good study habits with these first
year high school students and to talk to teachers in
those classes in which the student is not doing well.
Many freshmen fail to make adequate progress their first
year, and that lack of progress affects their ability to
graduate in four years.
The Balfour representative will be here on Wednesday,
October 30, to meet with the senior officers and then
the senior class in regard to ordering graduation
supplies. Seniors will get a packet and order form and
chose the invitation style that they want to use. On
November 6, the representative will return to our school
at 7:15 A.M. to take orders. The only required items to
order are the cap and gown and the diploma and diploma
cover.
The football team lost an evenly played contest to the
Lexington Tigers by a score of 3-2. The score says a
great deal about the way the game was played. Both
defenses held their opponent to less than 175 yards of
total offense. Both offenses had moments in which they
appeared to have an opportunity to score a touchdown
only to see that opportunity marred by penalties or
turnovers. The Rebels had four costly turnovers for the
night and 75 years in penalties. After a first quarter
safety caused by the Rebel defense, the Tigers countered
with a 37-yard field goal just before the end of the
first half. The Rebels record dropped to 6-3 (3-1 in the
region). This week the Rebels end their regular season
with a trip to cross-county foe Huntingdon. The Rebels
will advance to the play-offs against an opponent from
Region 5-AA to be determined. That first round game will
be on the road.
On Friday, November 1, students will participate in the
National Student/Parent Mock Election. NSPME is a
bipartisan endorsed organization that has been supported
by almost every major national electoral organization in
the United States. The election will involve millions of
students across the country who will study the national
and state level candidates and their position on
important public issues prior to casting their votes.
Representative John Tanner addressed our student body on
Thursday of last week. Mr. Tanner from Union City
represents the 8th District of Tennessee which includes
McKenzie and Carroll County. He spoke about the distinct
differences between the world today and the world of the
50's and 60's in which he attended school. He also
stated that students today needed to study hard now to
be in a position to be leaders of tomorrow and to have
those skills of citizenship that are necessary to
maintain a democratic form of government. Congressman
Tanner presented a flag that had been flown at the
United States Capitol to our school. He closed with
several complimentary remarks about McKenzie High School
and the reputation it has in West Tennessee. Our thanks
go to County Executive Kenny McBride for helping to
coordinate this program.
The McKenzie High School band competed in the Tennessee
Division I State Marching Band Championship at
Murfreesboro Riverdale last Saturday. Through the
preliminary rank, our band placed 9th out of 17 bands.
Only the top eight enter the final round of competition.
The percussion finished 4th in the state out of the 17
bands. The guard, field commander, and percussion all
scored at the superior level. Although the band did not
finish as high as they expected, they did present a
quality performance on Saturday.
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Phone (731) 352-3323 or
Fax (731) 352-3322
washburn@mckenziebanner.com
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