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December 14, 2015
Board Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
December 18, 2015
1/2 Day for Students - Christmas Break Begins
January 6, 2016
Students Return - FULL Day
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| 98.5 WTFM Milligan College Teacher of the Month Award Given to Bluff City Elementary Teacher | |
The latest 98.5 WTFM Milligan College Teacher of the Month Award was given to Mrs. Rena Davis, a kindergarten teacher at Bluff City Elementary School. Steve Mann and Lynda Fontaine showed up to surprise her in her classroom. It is still a mystery as to who nominated her but she definitely deserved it! Congratulations Mrs. Davis!
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| Bluff City Students Learn About the Titanic | |
Bluff City Elementary had a fancy visitor this week. Mrs. Nave's 2nd Grade Reading RTI Class will be reading "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912". Before they began the book Mrs. Nave introduced not only background information but also dressed as a first class passenger to expose the children to fashion trends of the early 1900's. Each student will be assigned a real passenger of the Titanic to research that person and determine their class, the reason they were on the ship, and their fate.
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| Holston Elementary Students Participated in Sullivan County Speech Contest | |
Holston Elementary 4th graders participated in the Sullivan County Speech Contest this week. Berkley Pafford (left) spoke on the importance of staying drug free. Naomi Miller (right) shared her passion on adoption. Holston is extremely proud of their courage. Both students did an excellent job!
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| Indian Springs Chorus Performs | |
The ISE Chorus Dept. sang Christmas Carols on two occasions Saturday, December 5. Holston Manor was host at the 10:00 performance and Preston Place I was host at the 2:00 show. The chorus is comprised of 4th and 5th grade students expressing an interest in singing. Everyone certainly enjoyed and sang along!! Kristian Hefner is ISE's music director.
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| Indian Springs Has a Special Visitor | |
On Monday, November 30, we had a special visitor. Guess what continent? AUSTRALIA!! Yes, Ms. Kate Carr is visiting the USA. She shared her Australian culture with our students. She is a Kindergarten teacher who is taking a one year leave from the classroom to study abroad. We loved having you as our visitor, Kate Carr. Thank you, Mr. Hefner, for introducing Ms. Carr to ISE!
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| Miller Perry Students Participate in 4-H Speech Contest | |
Fourth Grade students have completed their speeches at the school level for the 4H speech competition. These fourth graders will be representing Miller Perry in the County 4-H Speech competition coming up the week of December 7. They are from left to right Logan Rosamond, Brenna Chismar, Presley Phillips and Lanie Jordan. Logan's speech topic is Legos. Brenna's speech will be about lollipops. Presley will speak about Addison's Disease and Lanie will tell the audience about basketball. We are very proud of these students and their public speaking accomplishments.
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| Miller Perry Has Picnic | |
Recently, before the weather turned chilly, Miller Perry Elementary had a school lunch picnic thanks to the Miller Perry cafeteria staff and the Fuel Up to Play 60 Team. Mrs. Tammy McCrackin, Mrs. Rosemary Ford and Mrs. Linda Cupp, the cafeteria staff arranged for everyone to have a bag lunch outside. The Fuel Up to Play 60 team helped all the students get through the line, clean up and remain cognizant of healthy choices. Pictured here is Mrs. Amanda Trout and her kindergarten class along with the Fuel Up to Play 60 team dressed up as healthy foods!
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| Miller Perry Newpaper, Bobcat Enterprise, Has Been Released | |
The first 2015-2016 edition of the Bobcat Enterprise has been released. The Miller Perry Newspaper Team has worked hard to get the first edition out this year. Now, their goal is to produce a paper at least bi-monthly. The newspaper began last year after Thomas Burke, Presley Sweat and Jacob McMurray approached their principal and asked if they could form a newspaper team. This year, these three boys have become editors in chief. Thomas, Presley and Jacob helped their principal create an application for new reporters that were selected from Grade 4. With the 4th grade teachers' guidance and completed applications, Arian Mauk, Lanie Jordan, Angelina Kerney and Yssabel Thompson were added to the newspaper team. A special thanks goes to Keith Parker, PE teacher and Abby Williams, ART teacher for their guidance, support and skills. They are the teachers responsible for this team and their newspaper accomplishments.
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| Weaver Elementary Participates in the Johnia Berry Toy Drive |
The students, parents, and faculty of Weaver Elementary recently served as a collection station for the 10th Annual Johnia Berry Memorial Toy Drive. This toy drive is conducted in honor of Johnia and her love of children. Our Weaver school family showed their generous spirit by sending in many toys to be used this holiday season for children in the area. Great job Weaver families and much appreciation to the Berry family for your dedication! Ethan and Avery Baker, relatives of the Berry family, are pictured with the donations.
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| Author Visits Blountville Middle School |
Marc Tyler Nobleman is an author, speaker, humorist, and pop culture archeologist. He spoke to students at Blountville Middle on December 2, 2015.
His book Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman received multiple starred reviews and made the front page of USA Today. Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman was covered by NPR's All Things Considered, The Today Show online/NBC News, New York Times,Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes, and MTV. It led to an invitation to give a TED talk . . . and contains a bombshell that may change pop culture history.
Marc Tyler Nobleman also spoke to other schools in the county. You can read about that here. |
| Bluff City Middle STEM Students Compete in TSA Regional Competition |
Bluff City middle School STEM students recently competed in the TSA Regional Competition at Gray and had the following winners.
Mabel Olson and Tyler McMurray took first place in Tech. Problem solving. Riley Skaggs and Emma Timbs received first place for Structural Engineering. Bluff City also finished first, second and third in the Dragster Design competition.
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| Holston Middle School/Innovation Academy Bands 2015 Winter Concert | |
The Holston Middle School/Innovation Academy Bands presented their 2015 winter concert on Tuesday, December 8th at Northeast State's Regional Center for the Performing Arts to a packed house of over 600 parents, friends, and community members. The sixth grade beginning band performed their very first public concert, while the seventh and eighth grade advanced band performed holiday themed music including 'Jingle Bells and Jungle Drums', 'Canon for Christmas', 'Season of Peace', and 'Sleigh Ride'. The HMS/IA Bands are under the direction of Mr. Jonathan Nichols. Mr. Nichols celebrates his tenth year at HMS this 2015-2016 school year. Over forty percent of the school population is involved in the band program at HMS/IA!
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| North Middle Volunteers for Salvation Army | |
14 members of the North Middle School Builders Club helped to ring bells for the Salvation Army on Saturday, December 5th at Kroger.
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| 2nd Annual JROTC Flag Football Game | |
On Saturday, Dec 5th the second annual JROTC flag football game between the Navy Cadets of Sullivan North High School and the Air Force Cadets of Sullivan South High School was played on the frozen gridiron at North High School. The teams take turns organizing and hosting the game and is an event the cadets look forward to each year. The guest announcer was Todd Broughton and Coach Mike Copas served as the head referee.
The event was simple; a fun and friendly game of flag football between rival JROTC units. The outcome was one winner but an experience in teamwork, camaraderie and tradition that everyone benefited from.The idea of a flag football game between the two rival schools came from the instructors but the cadets are responsible for developing the rules, organizing the venue and setting up the practice schedules.
The team captains, Austin Adams from North and Austin Boggs from South, led their teams on the field. All cadets played their best and gave their all on the field. In the end South overcame North and was victorious on the field. After the game the cadets, instructors, referees, parents and guests enjoyed a lunch together that was prepared and served by volunteer parents and North cadets.
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| South High School Play Poster Contest Winner |
Miss Kaitlin Dean has won our school play Poster Contest for "Disney's Beauty and the Beast".
She has won a free ticket to the show as well as 2 sweet-treat Hershey candy bars for her effort.
Congratulations Kaitlin!
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| South Band to Perform at Outback Bowl | |
As you may or may not have heard, the Rebel Band has been invited to attend and perform at the 2016 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida on January 1st. The Rebel Band is the only high school band from the state of Tennessee to attend this prestigious bowl game. This last Sunday, the Tennessee Volunteers also accepted a bid to play at the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day! This was already going to be a great experience for the Rebel Band, but this just added icing on the cake! Watch the TN Volunteers take on the Northwestern Wildcats and watch our Rebel Band perform at halftime on ESPN 2, January 1st at 12:00 p.m. Go Rebel Band and Go Vols! |
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