Students in the Spotlight
Congratulations to the following Sullivan County students for their achievements:
Cliff Hawkins
Sullivan East High School
Sullivan East Senior Cliff Hawkins has set four school track records and will be representing East in the A-AA State Decathlon on May 21st. He will also be competing in the state track meet next week in the 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, long jump, and trimple jump
Cliff's school records are:
110 Hurdles 14.86
300 Hurdles 39.63
Long Jump 21'11"
Triple Jump 44'5"
Sullivan East's boys track team placed second in the sectional tournament.
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Sullivan County Students currently in fifth and sixth grade have the option to apply for admission to the new STEM school, Innovation Academy. View the flyer. Applications will be accepted through June 1, 2012. Students will be notified of acceptance in late June.
As of Friday afternoon, May 18, 321 applications had been received for Innovation Academy. Of those, 186 applications are from current 5th graders and 132 from current 5th graders. The number of boys and girls who have applied is almost even at 156 and 136, repectively (with some additional without gender specified).
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Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors!
Next week is our last week of school, with May 24th being the students' last day (1/2 Day). We look forward to a fun week of learning to wrap up the school year.
Some upcoming dates to consider: May 18 - Graduation at Sullivan North and Sullivan South May 24 - Student's Last Day (1/2 Day) June 5 - School Board Meeting at 6:30p |
| CHMS Students Create Children's
Books for School in Haiti
Kristen Kaudewitz, Linda Allen, and Jessica Hayworth's sixth grade Literature classes at Colonial Heights Middle School created their own children's books to donate to Jubilee School in Gonaives, Haiti. The students also donated published children's books as well as several pairs of flip flops to the students of the school. We hope our outreach activity inspires others to see the importance of books and reading around the world.
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Putting Children First Grant Helps Fund Math Centers and Success at SMS
 
LeAnn Farthing, sixth grade math teacher at Sullivan Middle School, was awarded a $750 grant through Eastman's Putting Children First Program. With that money, she purchased a math program, Center Stage Math, that provides supplemental material for all of the topics covered in the sixth grade math curriculum. In correlation with Farthing's library of manipulatives, students were provided the opportunities to work individually as well as through group centered activities, learning the curriculum at a higher level. |
| TCAP and EOC Scores
Sullivan County has received the quick score reports from TCAP and end of course tests.
 Although the scores have not been publicly released by the state, they will be used in final grade calculations - just in time for report cards to come home next week. |
| Pondering at Miller Perry Elementary
Students at Miller Perry Elementary are learning to ask the right questions. Above is Rhonda McConnell's questioning wall that relates Webb's depth of knowledge to the lifecycle of a frog. On the wall, Level 1 questions are at the egg stage progressing through to Level 4 questions which are at the adult frog stage. As students in the school ask questions in class, they refer to the questioning wall to see what level question they are asking.
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Tennessee Transition
to the Common Core Standards
The Common Core State Standards will prepare Tennessee students with the most important knowledge and skills to compete in an increasingly global environment. These standards will emphasize thinking, problem solving, and creativity, and introduce next generation assessments that will give students, parents, and educators better information about college- and career-readiness based on performance beyond multiple-choice tests.
Information about Tennessee's transition to the common core standards may be accessed at www.tncore.org.
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| Common Core Math Instructional Shifts and Implications - Video Available
Beth Cocuzza, from the non-profit Student Achievement Partners examines the key shifts and implications for mathematics instruction related to the Common Core State Standards. This presentation was part of the Core Coaching Training Banquet in Nashville.
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