November 8, 2013
In This Issue
Sullivan County Community Concert for Caring
Innovation Academy 8th Grade News
iWellness at Innovation Academy
Colonial Heights Middle Academic Game Day
SNHS NJROTC Hosted Area 9 Drill Meet
SSHS Band Final Competition
Important Dates
   
  
November 27-29
Schools Closed
Thanksgiving Break
  
December 2, 2013
Board Meeting - 6:30 p.m.
  
December 5, 2013
Community Concert for Caring
  
December 20, 2013
1/2 day for Students
  
January 8, 2014
Students Return to School
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Sullivan County Community Concert for Caring
  
  
  
 Thursday, December 5, 2013
  
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
  
Sullivan Central High School Little Theater
  
Performances by Sullivan County Educators and Officials
  
Admission is Free,
Donations will be accepted to benefit the United Way

Innovation Academy 8th Grade News

 During the Agriculture STEM curricular unit, 8th grade students at Innovation Academy completed a cross curricular project that combined ELA and Multi-Media. Students read the novel, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, which centers around a community of individuals living through the Great Depression. Students were required to complete a diary project in ELA based around this novel. Students created a fictional character from the book then wrote ten diary entries from their character's point of view and supported their entries with evidence from the novel. After completing their diary entries, students transposed their diary project from a simple word document to an iBook during their Multi-Media class. Students created their iBooks using the iBooks Author application, and added pictures and other design elements to make them visually appealing. Upon completing the iBook, students were able to transfer their iBooks to their iBook Library on their iPad and create a collection of the diaries so they could view and share their iBooks.

 


    

 

   

iWellness at Innovation Academy

iWellness is a in house fitness gym designed for the 21st century. Coach Gragg aids the students to achieve maximum achievability in four domains: Aerobic, Anaerobic, Agility, and Cardiovascular. The students use their iPads to maintain an achievable goal. Students follow their own personal fitness plan on a daily basis. They use the Fitness Pal app to calculate their daily caloric intake and exercise. The information provided by the app will aid them to examine their fitness goals and give them a graph on whether or not the achievement is taking place. The students are able to understand the importance of eating the right foods in order to achieve energy to function. Also, XBox Kinects is used for Plyometrics, Training, Dance and Rhythm, and various fun games like Wipeout.

    

 

 

Colonial Heights Middle Academic Game Day

Colonial Heights Middle School Related Arts Teachers held an Academic Game Day on September 27th.  Students competed in games that combined athletic and academic skills that reinforce Common Core concepts.  Games included a basketball dribbling relay race, in which every student solved a math problem at the halfway point in order to finish the round.  Students also competed in an egg and spoon race with each plastic egg including a Language Arts grammar problem to edit.  Students then had to identify every major city in Tennessee while participating in a scooter race. 

    

 

    

Sullivan North NJROTC Hosted Area 9 Drill Meet

Sullivan North High School Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp (NJROTC) hosted the Area 9 drill qualifying event on Saturday, October 12.  Nine schools participated in this event which included Armed and Unarmed Drill, Color Guard, Armed and Unarmed Exhibition, Physical Activities, Inspection and Academics.  At the end of the day, Cocke County High School finished first overall, Anderson County High School finished second and Volunteer High School finished third.  These schools now qualify to represent Area 9 at the Eastern qualifying event in February.

 

 

 

  

SSHS Band Final Competition
Congratulations to the Sullivan South High School Rebel Band for their amazing performance this last Saturday at the US Band Southern States Championships in Chattanooga, TN.  The band placed 2nd in their class and 2nd overall out of 30 bands from 5 different states.  The band scored a 96.038 which is the highest score in the bands history.  This has been a very special year for the Rebel Band, and the band would like to thank the entire school for their support and encouragement this year.  WAY TO GO REBEL BAND!

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