Mrs. Mitchell's third-grade class enjoyed meeting the Chick-fil-A cow!
On Friday, March 8, Greendale Elementary families and friends headed to Chick-fil-A for a Spirit Night to raise funds for safety materials for the school. As we prepared for the Spirit Night, students gave out spirit cards, which enabled us to collect 15% of all proceeds. Each class was challenged to get involved with the promise of a visit from the Chick-Fil-A cow for the homeroom that gave out the most cards. Mrs. Mitchell’s third-grade homeroom class won this challenge! During the night, families enjoyed eating delicious food, hanging out with faculty and staff from Greendale, and spinning the wheel to win free breakfast items! We raised almost $700 during the night, which will go toward radios for every staff member and a camera system for the main office. Greendale Elementary School appreciates the school spirit shown at our Chick-fil-A Spirit Night!
Allison F. with her award winning picture.
Damascus Middle School is proud to announce that Allison F., 8th grade, has won first place in the Washington County/Holston District PTA Reflections Contest for the 2012 – 2013 school year in the Visual Arts category. The theme for this year was “The Magic of the Moment” which Allison used to create a one point perspective using colored pencils of a long hallway with a singular wrapped present at the end. She stated that this symbolized to her that often times we must wait to achieve a goal but that in the end the journey was worth the wait.
Meadowview Elementary School has two more students who have reached the million-word reading goal this school year. Lucas Lynch in Mrs. Crawford's third grade class, and Zoe Chapman in Mrs. Herndon's third grade class, are our latest readers to reach the goal. This is the first time either of these students has met the million-word mark, although, they both had their eyes on the goal when they were in second grade, as well.
Lucas has transitioned from nonfiction to fiction this year and has been reading The Kane Chronicles series and The Heroes of Olympus series, both by Rick Riordan, as well as The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. He is very excited to have reached his goal!
Zoe has been reading other great fiction series this year, such as the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Zoe and Lucas have encouraged each other to read these last few years, and we are so happy to see them becoming such voracious readers! Lucas and Zoe are our 4th and 5th students to reach the million-word-mark this year.
Jacob W. is dressed as Captain John Smith.
Representatives from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation recently visited the fourth grade classes at Watauga Elementary. The two gentlemen brought a wealth of knowledge and lots of artifacts for the students to see first-hand, with emphasis being on Jamestown and Williamsburg. Being able to see the artifacts up close, the students used this time as a review before the Standards Of Learning Tests. Many students participated in this hands-on presentation, and a question and answer period followed. Thank you to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation for traveling across the state and allowing us to see how this great country of ours got started!
First grade students at Meadowview Elementary hold their Bingo cards.
Each nine weeks, the first graders at Meadowview Elementary School work toward an Accelerated Reader goal. The first nine weeks, the students who met their goals earned a “Popcorn and Movie Party.” The second nine weeks, they earned a “Teddy-bear Picnic and Pajama Day,” but the activity for the third nine weeks seemed to be everyone’s favorite. As students met their goals, they were presented a "Bingo Party" ticket. On the big day, every student who reached his or her AR goal went into the school's theater and played Bingo for prizes. Parents sent prizes or small monetary donations with which to purchase prizes. During the Bingo party, the prizes lined the stage. Whenever "Bingo!" was shouted, the winning students were able to go to the stage and choose a prize. The first grade Bingo Party was a huge success, and everyone involved had a great time!