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½ Day - Last Day of School - Friday, May 29 |
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Congratulations Graduates!!!
Congratulations to the 6th graders and their parents. The 6th grade graduation is Thursday, May 28, at 9 a.m. | |
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Mark Your Calendar |
Field Day
Mon, May 25
Memorial Day
No School
Thurs, May 28 at 9am
6th Grade Graduation
Fri, May 29
Last Day of School
½ Day for students |
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Thank you!
A big 'thank you' to Mrs. Svarda, Mr. Winton, Mr. McGee, Mrs. Turnbow, Mrs. Cunningham & Mrs. Waldecker for a wonderful "Night of the Arts". |
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Discovery School Field Day May 22
Field Day is scheduled for May 22. The sixth grade students have planned and are going to work this year's event. Please feel free to come to Field Day and have a good time watching your child participate in each activity. Field Day will be Friday, May 22 from 9am until 2:00 with a break for lunch. Please send your child with sunscreen already applied, appropriate clothing and a water bottle. |
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Discovery School Garage Sale
Congrats to the fourth grade students, their parents and faculty who organized the May 16 yard sale to benefit tornado victims. The sale raised $540. | |
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Discovery School does the
School House Rock
Recently several Discovery School students were featured in the Murfreesboro Center for the Arts production of SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE! Jr! directed by Michael McGee. The production ran for two weekends, Thursday thru Sunday, May 7-17. The Discovery School students are Sarah Alexander, Marlee Bratsch, Danielle Brown, Sophia Hall, Madison Huffine, Chloe Keating, Adam LaPorte, Natalie Madigan, Taylor Matteson, Kinsley and Madison May, Jackson Nelius, Maddy Perrien, Kendall Reynolds, Madeline Seymour, Rachel Soetje, Rob Tank, and Anna Waldecker. Former DS students, Sierra Fortney, Jay Hicks and Jeffrey LaPorte plus future DS student Chamberlin Little were also in the double cast of 45 members.
The show was a HUGE success, with DS parents, Lavy Little and Julie Seymour, stepping in to run lights and sound. DS parent and staff member, Trish Huffine, also pitched in with the box office and various other duties.
Michael wishes to express that he is very proud of the kids' performances and very thankful to those and other parents. A "special thanks" also goes to Rob Tank for all of his extra duties.
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Science Olympiad Stars!
The Discovery School competed in the Elementary Science Olympiad Competition grades 3-6 with a field of 21 teams. 16 schools participated; some schools like us have two teams A and B. There were 21 events and medals were given to the top 10 places in each event. Our school competed in 20 of 21 events.
Congratulations to these 4th, 5th and 6th grade students.
- Barge Building: Joey and Yousuf - 4th Derek, Conner, and Mark - 9th
- Boggle Science: Jewell and Jessica - 3rd Katie Lou and Rohit - 10th
- Categories: Chase, Conner, and Hannah - 5th
- Circuit Wizardry: Cameron and Devin - 2nd Chase and Rohit - 4th
- Color Wheel: Julia - 2nd Sayoni - 13th
- Deep Blue Sea: Cameron and David - 2nd Asfah and Julia - 8th
- Density: Hannah and Alaa - 1st Maggie and Sadie - 6th
- Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures: Rohit and Kaitlyn - 6th Adam and Jessica - 8th
- Magnets: Devin and Dustin - 1st Ojee and Jordan - 4th
- Metric Mastery: Chase and Jordan - 1st Cameron and Sayoni - 4th
- Mystery Architecture: Conner and Cooper - 3rd Yousuf and Joey - 4th
- Mystery Powders: Asfah and Pranay - 1st Cameron and Lauren - 6th
- Pentathlon - Kaitlyn, Alyssa, Alaa, Pranay, and Dustin - 2nd Lauren, Adam, Sadie, Maggie, and Jewel - 10th
- Picture This: Adam, Jewell, and Sayoni - 3rd Chase, Jordan, Julia - 9th
- Plastics Detective: Julia and Alyssa - 7th Yousuf and David - 9th
- Rock Hounds: Katie Lou and Alaa - 5th Yousuf and David - 9th
- Starry Starry Night: Asfah and Katie Lou - 1st Dustin and Maggie - 8th
- Water Rockets: Devin and Mark - 9th Lauren, Maggie, and Joey - 10th
- What Went By: Jessica - 5th Hannah and Ojee - 7th
- Can Race: Pranay and Alyssa - 9th Joey, Derek, and Yousuf - 10th
Competitors:
6th - Asfah Mohammed, Jessica Chen, Hannah Hall, Lin Ni, Sayoni Ghosh, Katie Lou McCusker, Dustin Hennigan, Rohit Srivastava, Joey Richardson, Pranay Manda, David Yue, James Yang, Derek Schafer
5th - Yousuf Mohammed, Kaitlyn Kloss, Connor Marmen, Cameron Stone, Devin Schafer, Ojee Sharma, Adam LaPorte, Alyssa Smith, Mark DeHoff, Jordan Reynolds, Julia Beasley, Chase Scott,
4th - Sadie Crytz, Maggie Wincek, Lauren Walker, Cooper Baughn, Alaa Mohammed
Thank you so much to Dr. Phelps and Mr. Wincek for all of their help in preparing the kids along with Mrs. Mall and Mrs. Burt. Also, thanks to the parents who helped out on the day of the event: Mrs. Sharma and Mrs. Marmen.
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 Chess Champion -- Jack Zhao
Congratulations, the check mate goes to Discovery School second grader, Jack Zhao. Jack won 9th place in his age division in a national chess tournament held in Nashville in April. |
The Discovery School and Chase Scott
are recognized for achievement in the
Duke Talent Search
Among all schools in Tennessee, The Discovery School at Reeves Rogers had the highest number of students recognized by the Duke University Talent Identification Program during the 2007-08 school year.
4th/5th Grade Talent Search participants can learn more about their academic talents by taking the EXPLORE test.
This eighth-grade exam serves as an optional above-level test for fifth and sixth graders in the talent search. The test results and their explanations give students insights into their academic abilities. Testing also allows students to compare their scores with their own academically-advanced peers and with eighth graders. 256 fifth and sixth grade EXPLORE test-takers earned a composite score in the 99th percentile or higher and will receive a Duke TIP medallion in honor of their achievement and be invited to a recognition ceremony in their state.
Congratulations to Chase Scott of the Discovery School for being one of 18 students in the state of Tennessee invited to be honored at our state ceremony. |
Danielle Brown to test for her Black Belt
Danielle Brown is a 4th grader in Mrs. Davis-Louis class.
Danielle has been recognized by her instructors, her dedication and hard work has advanced her to test for her Black Belt in October 2009. She has been training at Bill Taylor's Bushido School of Karate for about 3 1/2 years. We are so proud that she is achieving such a level of accomplishment and wish her the best with her testing requirements.
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Dear Discovery School Parents,
In an effort to continue to improve all avenues of communication with Discovery School parents, the PTA will be redesigning its Web site over the school break. We expect the new site to launch sometime before school resumes in July. Thanks to Mona Sharma who is taking the lead on that project. Thanks also to Sheraz and Shahnela Hanif who are also helping with the site's makeover. The Compass, our popular PTA newsletter, is increasing its staff to provide more of the news our school community wants. Steven Chappell, a Discovery School parent and director of student publications at MTSU, will team with longtime newsletter editor Karen Scott to put out issues of the newsletter over the summer and during the 2009-10 school year. The PTA Executive Committee met on Wednesday, May 20, at 12:30 p.m. in the PTA room to conduct a strategic planning session for the 2009-10 school year. Anyone with thoughts or concerns that should be addressed by this group is asked to contact Donna Abernathy at dlfcomm@bellsouth.net. When you receive your survey this week, please take a moment to let us know how we can be the best PTA and school possible! The PTA Membership, Fundraising and Communications committees teamed to help welcome the families of incoming students who attended an orientation program on May 7. When classes begin in July, the Discovery School will welcome 60 kindergartners and 23 new upper grade students. We're excited about welcoming these new families into our school community and look forward to involving the parents in PTA volunteer opportunities. Thanks to all the parents who took time out of their schedules to attend Coffee with the Principal on May 6. We're wrapping up the first year of these parent-administration networking opportunities and feel they have been a huge success. Look for more of these to be hosted by the PTA Hospitality Committee during the next school year. Thank you to everyone in our school community who came together to support families and faculty in our school affected by the Good Friday tornado. Your generous donations, which were collected and distributed by the PTA, totaled $1866.40.
Donna Abernathy
PTA President 2009-2010 |
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Discovery School Explorer Fund Adopters
Einstein Level
Daily News Journal
Dr. David Johnson, DMD Family, Cosmetic & Laser Dentistry
Dr. David S. Martin, MD, FACS
Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, Drs. Bratsch, Cade, and Chandrashekar
Regions Bank
Galileo Level
Allgood Systems TRIA Technology Solutions
Wild About Smiles Dr. Mary T. Moss, Women's Health Specialists
James Wood, DDS Worx Group
Lewis and Clark Level
Jeannie Almon, State Farm Barfield School of Dance
Chef Place by Julio Community First Bank and Trust
Adam Dodd, Attorney DLF Communications Services
Five Little Monkeys Matlock and Associates
Middle Tennessee Dairy Parthenon Metal Works
Rucker, Rucker, and Gilley True North Geographic Technologies
Robert P. Tuma, D.D.S. Woodruff Interiors
Jimmy Woods, Edward D Jones |
| Would you like to see your child's face in The Compass? Please send pictures of school events to dcscottkd@aol.com. If your classroom event, or just a great event for our students to attend, is not listed on the Calendar, please send the information to Karen Scott. Thank you! | |
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