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August 23
Schools Closed - Bristol Race September 2 Schools Closed - Labor Day September 9 Board Meeting @ 6:30 pm
September 19 Schools Closed Parent/Teacher Conferences |
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| PreK Openings Still Available at Central Heights, Miller Perry and Rock Springs |
Students may register for a pay based PreK program for children who will be 3 or 4 years old on or before August 31st. PreK students will be taught the standards based on Tennessee and National Core Curriculum. These are the skills for PreK that are needed to be successful for Kindergarten. The discovery approach uses guides learning in an active, constructive process, which promotes thinking and problem solving skills in a nurturing environment. PreK classes may be held at Central Heights, Miller Perry and Rock Springs Elementary.
Please email Carol Briggs to register or for more information: carol.briggs@sullivank12.net.
More information can be found here. |
| Colonial Heights Open House a Success |
Nearly 200 parents attended Open House at Colonial Heights Middle School on Tuesday, August 13th. The band began the evening with The Star Spangled Banner, followed by 8th grade students Clara Roller and Taylor Ellege, who each sang wonderful solos. Prior to being dismissed to visit the teachers' classrooms, nationally recognized "cup stacker" Camden Basso, a 6th grader, displayed his talents, which have earned him five junior Olympic medals!
Parents are invited to attend Common Core Parent Involvement Night on September 24th beginning at 6:30 p.m., which will feature parents participating in the same Common Core tasks in which their students are engaged. |
| South High School ARJROTC Update | |
Sullivan South Air Force Junior ROTC Cadets have been busy this summer. Below is a list of events they have participated in:
June 9 - Six cadets, Cole Wampler, David Reeves, Haylea Copas, Allie Titus, Seth Oaks and Hannah Moody, traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio to present the colors a the nationally televised Reds baseball game.
In August, four cadets, Josh Nichols, Beth Parsons, Dylan Holderfield and John Machen, volunteered one of their Saturday afternoons to help clean up Kingsport following the heavy rain and flooding.
This summer, Haylea Copas, a junior, won the overall #1 cadet out of over 200 at the Mountaineer Cadet Officer Leadership School at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia.
On August 10, four cadets, Jared Jenkins, Cole Wampler, Josh Nichols and Allie Titus, presented the colors at the grand re-opening of McDonalds in Colonial Heights. Also at the event, Vivian Taylor, Haylea Copas, Jessilyn Stanley and Courtney Hobbs, sang the national anthem and did an outstanding job! The Sullivan South cheerleaders also attended and made the event very upbeat. |
| Sullivan South Students, Teacher, visit Caltech as Part of Astronomy Research Project | |
Sullivan South students Peyton Nanney, Wes Cox, and their teacher, Tom Rutherford, traveled to Caltech in mid-July as participants in the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Project (NITARP). This program has students and their teachers work as part of a research team on a specific project using archived data, in this case data from the GALEX satellite and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Other teacher/ student teams in the group are from Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. They are working under the direction of Caltech/JPL astronomer Dr. Varoujan Gorjian. The research group is attempting to find a way to predict the distances to certain active galaxies by examining their brightnesses in the infrared and in the ultraviolet. Also participating from South are students Matthew Boyd and Luke Hiester, who will help present the group's results at the American Astronomical Society conference in Washington, DC., in January. In addition, the group also visited the Griffith Observatory and the campus of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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Holston Valley Middle School's Back to School Bash | |
Holston Valley Middle School hosted a Back to School Bash on Friday, August 9. Parents and students enjoyed activities and games organized by the Booster Club and PTA of HVMS. After a rainy start to the evening, everyone came inside and had a great time. |
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Online Free and Reduced Lunch Applications |
Available Now!!
Online Free and Reduced Applications for Sullivan County Schools
Now you can apply on-line for your children to receive free or reduced price school meals. Your application will be sent from a secure web site directly to Sullivan County Schools so you don't need to worry about filling out a paper form that could be lost or misplaced.
www.LunchApplication.com is an easy, secure and convenient way to apply for free or reduced meals.
www.LunchApplication.com has been designed to make it easy for you to know exactly what information you need to provide and to guide you through the process. Once your application has been received the district office will determine your eligibility and send you a letter with the results.
To apply, simply go to www.LunchApplication.com and Click Apply Now.
IMPORTANT NOTE!! If you have recently received a letter in the mail stating that your child(ren) have already been approved for free or reduced meal benefits for School Year 2013-2014, YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION!! You may call the School Nutrition office at 423-354-1017 if you have any questions about your benefits.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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