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March 8
End of the 3rd Nine Weeks -- March 14 Formal Presentation on Rezoning Options (public comment is welcome and no action will be taken)
-- March 19
Schools Closed - Inservice Day Kindergarten Registration ACT Testing -- March 28 Special Called Board Meeting to vote on rezoning alternative (public comment welcome prior to vote)
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| Kindergarten and PreK Registration |
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Sullivan County Elementary Schools will register all Kindergarten and PreK students who will be attending Sullivan County Schools during the 2013-14 school year. As a reminder, students must turn five (5) on or before August 31, 2013 to be eligible for Kindergarten and they must turn four (4) on our before August 31 to be eligible for PreK. To register a child for school, parents need to bring: - Birth Certificate with the State Seal
- Immunization Record on Tennessee Form
- Physical Examination by Tennessee Doctor
- Child's Social Security Number
- Proof of Residence
Questions may be directed to the local school or to the Sullivan County Department of Education at 354-1000. |
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| Sullivan Central Science Bowl Team in State Competition | The Sullivan Central High School Science Bowl team went to the state competition in Alcoa, TN.
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Sullivan East CTE Students Heading to State Competition
| Sullivan East High School CTE students competed in the SkillsUSA Contest at Northeast State Technical Community College on February 26th. The following students will compete at the State SkillsUSA contest this April in Chattanooga:
Anthony Stevens - 1st Place, Criminal Justice
CSI Team: - 2nd Place, Crime Scene Investigation
Madison Cross
Savanna Summers
Rebecca Murray
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 | CSI Team Members and Mr. Boomershine
Madison Cross, Savanna Summers, Rebecca Murray
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Colonial Heights Middle STEM Project
| Colonial Heights Middle School Students in Mr. McMeans STEM class were given four notecards and six inches of tape and assigned the task of building a structure at least 0.5" tall that would hold the most weight possible. Sixth grader Gray Crum build a cylindrical structure that held eighty pounds. After holding eighty pounds, a book was placed upon the structure and Gray was allowed to stand on it himself. The structure was able to hold all of his body weight. Gray created an incredibly strong structure considering the material s he had to work with. |
Miller Perry Reads for Dr. Suess Week
| Miller Perry Elementary held many fun activities this week to celebrate Read Across America and Dr. Suess' birthday. One activity brought all students and teachers out in the halls to read together.
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Sullivan North Middle School News
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X-Y Axis Activity
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Students are using the North Middle School lobby to improve plotting skills using our x-y axis on the lobby floor.
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Raider Report
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Eighth period intervention and enrichment time includes a crack news team that produces the quarterly Raider Report. Student teams interview students, teachers, staff, and administration about whats happening in the school as well as investigative topics that are of concern to students. The program includes reporting teams and news anchors. The report is viewed at the end of each quarter.
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North Middle School students who participated in the local spelling bee are Katie Bates, Aaron Swartz, and Emily McDavid. Emily has won a spot in the regional competition.
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Bluff City Elementary Read Across America Week
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Mrs. Nave's second graders enjoy DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) in their Pajamas.
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Bluff City Elementary celebrated Read Across America Week February 25-March 1 with a variety of activities. Students were encouraged to dress up each day to show their support for reading. The dress up days included Grizzly Day, Hat Day, Tie Day, Pajama Day, and Favorite Book Character Day.
 
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Dr. Timbs reads to Mrs. Pridemore's 4th grade class.
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Retired BCES teacher Joyce Leonard and school board member Betty Combs pose for a picture with Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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The Scholastic Book Fair was set up in the library all week. The proceeds from the book fair will be used to increase nonfiction books in the classroom teachers'libraries. Clifford, who is celebrating 50 years with Scholastic, visited BCES and took pictures with many of the students. In conjunction with the Scholastic Book Fair, BCES participated in a program call All for Books. All for Books™ provides an easy and effective way to unite the school community and provide more books for kids and teachers. All funds collected through All for Books are used to buy more books from the Book Fair.Scholastic matches the monetary donations schools generate, with a donation of up to one million books to two national non-profit organizations dedicated to helping kids and families in need: Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. and the Kids In Need Foundation.
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Mrs. Hale, a Kindergarten teacher at BCES, read her manuscript "Grandma, Tell Me About When You Were a Little Girl" to Dr. Embree's 5th grade class. She is working on getting her manuscript published.
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Many people from the community volunteered their time to read to BCES students this week. Some of those include: retired teachers, BCES parents/grandparents, Sullivan East High School students, and Dr. David Timbs, just to name a few.
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Mrs. Sandidge's Kindergartners worked very hard in stations this week on Dr. Auras foldables. The foldables included poems, graphs, rhyming, and estimating.
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On Tuesday and Wednesday, BCES held aDonuts for Dad/Grandfather and Muffins for Mom/Grandmother event inviting those family members to join us at the book fair to enjoy donuts/muffins and juice before school.
To end the week long celebration, BCES held their 2nd annual Family Movie Night playing The Lorax in the auditorium. Free popcorn and drinks were served. The book fair was open as well.
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Mrs. Guinn's 5th grade class is ready to read in their PJ's.
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Sullivan Central CTE Students Headed to State Competition
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Sullivan Centra
l will be taking 25 students to compete at the state level following the SkillsUSA Competition. Medalists include:
Britany Johnson was 1st place in Nail Care
Amanda Hubbard was 1st place in Esthetics
Kylie Burkey was 1st place in Cosmetology
Nicole Bowman placed 2nd in Fantasy Makeup
Hunter Fitzgerald placed 3rd in Carpentry
Chris Ball placed 2nd in Criminal Justice
Jessica Owens placed 1st in Extemporaneous Speach
Catherine Hagee placed 3rd in Job Skills Demo
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Mary Hughes Market Day
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 The third grade at Mary Hughes recently held a Market Day event to conclude their economics and money unit. Each student was given the task to create, advertise and market an original product to sell at the event. Students were given the opportunity to be a producer as well as a consumer. Some of the unique items for sale included pet rocks, paper airplanes, edible dog treats and stick friend adoptions (think popcicle stick animals). Students were given $25.00 in play money to use to fund their project as well as purchase from classmates. Overall the event was a great success!
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East High School Engineering Day
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 Eastman Engineers visited Sullivan East High School on Thursday February 28th to meet with students and discuss different fields of Engineering.
The 4 Eastman Engineers told the students about themselves and their own stories of school, college, careers, and employment/fileds at Eastman. One of the Engineers was a Sullivan East High School Alumni. The Engineers also discussed the differnt levels of pay for different careers and how these salaries connected to Degrees and levels of Education. Then the Engineers demonstrated a couple experiments, then had the students break into groups and compete to build the tallest, free-standing building, with the lowest cost. The only items students could use to build were drinking straws, bobby pens, clothes pens, and tape. Each piece had a price, so the Engineers could keep up with their cost versus their height.
The students had a wonderful time and enjoyed learning about Engineering.
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