Hello, Titans!

Well we may be tired from a long night full of Rising 6th Grade Parents and a spectacular turn-out for International Night, but wasn't it fun?! As we approach Spring Break, the work of the Governance Council, and CRCT soon, I have lots to share (and celebrate), so please read carefully.  

• International Night was a wonderful event, with our largest turn-out ever. The performances, displays, foods, and crafts were all absolutely amazing. We would like to give a special thank you to the following people:
  • Northwest LC Teacher of the Year Miyuki Johnson for all of her coordination and hard work.
  • All of our students who performed, including: Drama Club, Thomas Penhallegon, Harita and Harshita Yepuri, Shea Rose Trenholm, and the Fulton County String Band (with a cameo from Mr. Seth Gamba).
  • All of the staff members who helped prepare, plan, and present.
  • All of our parents who participated in a variety of ways, especially Ms. Pabian, Ms. Arnett, and Ms. Cowles for their extra support.
  • All of our local businesses who donated food at no cost: Ippolito's on Holcomb Bridge Rd, Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant on Rucker Rd, Slopes BBQ on Crossville Rd, and Moe's on Crossville Rd.
  • All of our local restaurants who catered with a significant discounted cost for our event: Athens Greek, Douceur de France, Jet's Pizza, and Indian Chef.
  Thank you to everyone who helped make this such a special event!
• Linguapalooza offers students the chance to show off their language skills.  On Saturday, February 22nd, 30 EPMS World Language students participated in the third annual Fulton Middle School World Language Competition - Linguapalooza.
  
  Almost 400 students participated and were judged by more than 50 teachers from all over the county. For the competition, students participated in a one on one interview with a teacher from another school in the language they are learning to assess their speaking skills. Certificates and ribbons were awarded to the students based on their proficiency: Superior, Excellent and Distinguished. Congratulations to all of the participants!   
• Superior: French Lisa O'Brien, Zachary Smith, Nathan Smith, Emma Strickland, Oussama Kerzazi, Rylyn Monahan, Camille Wise, Chloe Sluss
• Superior: Japanese Coleman Fox, Jess Miller, Jordan Schroyer, Maansi Shah, Rebecca Choi, Jordan Widis, Keyera Marshall, Kira O'Hare, Cameron Overall, Jack Rush
• Superior: Spanish Ryan Wise, Thomas Penhallegon, Nilay Dixit, Emily Salmond, Rebecca Jeltuhin, Cassie Manrique, Ramtin Mahmoudkhani
• Excellent: French Nia Smith
• Excellent: Japanese Natalie Miller
• Distinguished: French Jackson Levitt
• Distinguished: Spanish Zachary Peterson, Stephanie Albregts
• Our Teacher of the Year Miyuki Johnson and Professional of the Year Denise Lewis, along with nominees Jody Collins and Karen Jones, will be honored at at breakfast hosted by the PTSA on Thursday, April 17.  To help make this celebration a success, please follow the link: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0548A4A822A64-teacher4/1347248
• Congratulations to student Ida Klausen who attended the Eastern Sectional Southern Zone age group Swim meet at Georgia Tech. She qualified for 5 events and 2 relays and was seeded/ranked in the 40th - but in her favorite event 200 Butterfly she was seeded 24, which is a very high ranking in a meet like this - with kids from more than 60 swim teams and from 8 states. Kudos!
• Student Owen Carney had the unique opportunity to perform as part of the American Organization of Kodaly Educators program on March 21st. We are so proud of him.
• Our Media Specialist extraordinaire, Susan Grigsby, was recently selected to serve on the National Conference Committee for the American Association of School Librarians and also received a scholarship to attend Tech Forum Atlanta, where she was today. She continues to seek ways to bring innovation to EPMS and support your students.  We are lucky to have her!
• The Interact Spring Conference was March 22 at the Cottage School.  Schools from the Rotary District 6900 came together for team building activities, a service project that raised money for the polio fund, and an awards ceremony.  Elkins Pointe won "Best Overall Middle School Interact Club!" This is a great accomplishment as this is only the second operating year of the Interact Club at Elkins. We are so proud!
• Our Science Olympiad Team placed 6TH IN THE ENTIRE STATE! We are so proud of their hard work, and the results are better every year! Please congratulate these individuals on their achievements:

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