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SCHOOL NEWS FOR
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004
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By MHS Principal Terry Howell |
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Several of our Art I and Art II students will travel to
Nashville on Sunday, February 29, to the Frist Center
for the Visual Arts. They will tour the exhibit "From El
Greco to Picasso" which is currently on display at the
museum. There is no cost for the tour. The expenses
involved will be in transportation and for meals.
Depending on the interest, the group will take either
school vans or a bus. This trip is a valuable, cultural
experience which students should show an interest. Art
teacher Glynda Corbin will serve as the
sponsor/chaperone with help from parents.
The boys' basketball team won its first round game in
the District 11-AA tournament at Lexington Monday night
by defeating Riverside 79-57. The Rebels had seniors
John French and Bryan Huffman with 22 points each to put
them in the semi-finals of the district and qualify them
for the regional tournament. On Thursday, the Rebels
played against the top seed in the district and the 4th
ranked team in the state, the Lexington Tigers. Falling
behind early, the Rebels succumbed to the smothering
full-court press of the home team and never made a game
of it. The Tigers prevailed easily 79-44 to put the
Rebels in the consolation game against Camden, which
lost to Milan. Daniel Duncan with 20 points led the
Rebels against Lexington. The consolation game saw the
Rebels play evenly with the Lions of Camden.
Unfortunately, the Rebels ran out of time in their
come-back bid and lost 61-58. Bryan Huffman led the
Rebels with 15 points. He had double-figure support from
John French (13) and John Craig Howell (10). Bryan
Huffman and John French made the all-district regular
season team while Daniel Duncan made the all-tournament
team. The Rebels play in the first round of the region
tournament at Chester County on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
The top-seeded Lady Rebels found a difficult foe on
Tuesday night as they squared off against the Camden
Lady Lions. The Lady Lions led for most of the game and
seemed to hold back each rally by the Lady Rebels.
However, as the fourth quarter wound down the Lady
Rebels found the range, turned up the pressure, and
squeaked by for the win by a score of 37-35. The victory
catapulted them into the championship game against Milan
on Friday. Because the Lady Bulldogs and Lady Rebels had
split during the regular season, the game promised to be
an exciting one. In the championship game, the Lady
Rebels had trouble clicking all night offensively and
played against an inspired Milan team which prevailed
52-37. Hope Wyder with 13 led the Lady Rebels. Making
the all-district team for the regular season were Renee
Crawley, Anna Trull, and Hope Wyder. Named to the
all-tournament team were Anna Trull and Hope Wyder.
Coach Dan Ridley earned the Coach-of-the-Year Award for
the second consecutive year. The Lady Rebels will play
Bolivar on Friday at 5:30 P.M. at Chester County.
On Friday, February 20, Ms. Jo Ann Young, our journalism
teacher, sponsored a trip to Murray State University for
her class to attend a journalism workshop. The purpose
of the workshop was to teach students the skills and
techniques of proper journalism and for students to
learn about the production of a school newspaper. Future
plans are to take the lessons learned and produce and
publish our own school newspaper in the near future.
Students in the class have already polled other students
as to topics and features to include in the paper. We
await the first publication of the yet-to-be-named
newspaper.
Spring football training began last Thursday with 43
rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors participating in
the 10-day spring drill. Coach Wade Comer and his staff
have several holes to plug with the graduation of 10
seniors, many of whom played on both sides of the ball.
Spring drills afford the coaching staff the opportunity
to work with all students to gauge their skill level and
drive to play as well as to teach fundamental skills to
inexperienced players. Plans are to have two scrimmages
this spring against Humboldt on March 2 at 4:00 P.M. and
Crockett County on March 5 at 3:00 P.M. Both games will
be at the high school practice field.
In wellness class this week School Resource Officer
Jackie Sykes spoke with students about alcohol and drug
issues. Officer Sykes provided students with a booklet
which tested their knowledge in a pre-test format. He
then gave them correct answers which in most cases
countered their misconceptions and perceptions. With the
increase in drug and alcohol abuse among all segments of
society, this trendy program helps to supplement what
Coach Comer teaches in his regular curriculum. It also
reveals the true purpose of a school resource officer,
i.e. to educate young people and to establish a positive
rapport between the law enforcement agencies and young
people.
This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week. All teachers
will review the proper procedures to follow in a tornado
drill since we are approaching the tornado season for
our area. The county will also test its severe
weather/emergency transmission system to alert schools
of impending bad weather. The high school will
participate in a county-wide drill on Wednesday,
February 25, when we are alerted by our NOAA weather
radio. Results of the drill will be reported to the
Carroll County Emergency Management Agency which in turn
will give the results to TEMA and the State Emergency
Operations Center. Let me ask everyone that during
inclement weather not to check out students. We think we
have a safe facility and that checking students out may
put them in harm's way, instead of safeguarding them. We
will not release students without proper parent
authorization and a direct contact with a school
official. Your goal as well as ours is to maintain
safety in a threatening situation. |
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Phone (731) 352-3323 or
Fax (731) 352-3322
washburn@mckenziebanner.com
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