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March 25, 2016
Schools Closed - Good Friday
March 28 - April 1, 2016
Schools Closed - Spring Break
April 4, 2016
School Board Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
April 19, 2016
Inservice Day - Students Do Not Attend
May 2, 2016
School Board Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
Graduations
May 19, 2016
Sullivan East - 6:00 p.m.
Sullivan Central - 8:00 p.m.
May 20, 2016
Sullivan South - 6:00 p.m.
Sullivan North - 8:00 p.m.
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| Graduation Dates Announced |  Graduation dates will be as follows:
Thursday, May 19, 2016 Sullivan East - 6:00 p.m. Sullivan Central - 8:00 p.m.
Friday, May 20, 2016 Sullivan South - 6:00 p.m. Sullivan North - 8:00 p.m.
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| Spring STEM Night at Innovation Academy | |
Have questions about Innovation Academy or STEM? Come join us for our Spring STEM Night!
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| Egg Hunt at Sullivan Central | 
Easter Egg Hunt at Sullivan Central High School on Saturday, March 26 at 11:00. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BASKET! Sponsored by Indian Springs Optimist Club. |
| Bluff City Elementary School Celebrates Reading with a Read All Day Event |
Students at Bluff City Elementary School took part in a read all day event on Friday, February 26.
Students wore their pajamas to school on Friday and read all day. They read in their classrooms, with buddies, and during related arts. Some students even read in the cafeteria after eating their lunch. We also had special guests come read books to our students. Our students were able to read over 800 books together on this special day! The faculty and staff at BCES are extremely proud of how many books their students were able to read.
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| Mary Hughes Students Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday |
The kindergarten through second grade students at Mary Hughes School celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss with several exciting activities. Each day had a different "Seuss theme" and integrated various creative learning opportunities. Guest readers also made special appearances in the classrooms, including many parents and Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. This is always a fun week for both students and teachers!
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Reading Challenge at Weaver Elementary
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The first grade classes at Weaver Elementary participated in a classroom reading challenge beginning in mid-January and ending to coincide with Read Across America week. The students in the two classes documented in a reading log any book they read for the eight week period. At the end of the reading challenge, the two classes read a combined total of 1,742 books! A special congratulations went to the top 2 boys and girls who read the most books in each class. In Mrs. Messick's class the top readers were Max Shaw, Blake Bebber, Emily Story, and Elizabeth Rosenbaum. In Mrs. Rosenbaum's class the top readers were Joshua Durham, Cooper Mullins, Maria Lopez-Richards, and Tori Campbell. Mrs. Messick and Mrs. Rosenbaum are proud of all their students who participated and worked hard in the classroom reading challenge.
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| Sullivan Central Students Visit Nashville and Meet Governor Haslam | After entering the Tennessee Jump$tart Video Contest, Sullivan Central Personal Finance students and FBLA members visited Nashville to attend the awards ceremony on March 4. The students were invited to the Regions Bank building to be honored as finalists in the contest. The ceremony was a red carpet event with personal finance activities, door prizes, photos, and lunch. The special musical guest was country/pop artist Kaylee Rose. As the awards were being given, the SCHS students received the second place award. Prizes included such items as gift cards, cameras, and a door prize of Tennessee Titans tickets.
As well as attending the awards ceremony, the SCHS students had the privilege of touring the Capitol building with Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. The students arrived at the Senate Chambers and were directed to the Lt. Governor's office where they were given certificates recognizing outstanding service, a Tennessee Blue Book, and other Tennessee artifacts. Once Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey arrived, the students were escorted to the office of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam. While meeting with the Governor, the students had the opportunity to allow him to view the video they entered in the contest. Following the meeting with the Governor Haslam, the students toured the Capitol building. Throughout the tour, the students were fascinated to meet many important people and learn about their job descriptions. The students asked about the career paths and educational backgrounds that lead these individuals to their positions within state government. One of the most memorable parts of the tour was having the unique opportunity of climbing up to the cupola, which is the dome of the Capitol where students were allowed to sign their names on the wall. Overall, the students were able to not only tour the Capitol, but gain knowledge of the Capitol's history learning it is the second oldest building still in use as a state Capitol. The students were accompanied by FBLA sponsors and Personal Finance teachers Mrs. Sherrie Spiegler and Mrs. Becky Smith.
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| Literature Comes to Life at Sullivan Central High School |
While reading Of Mice and Men, Mr. Grindstaff's Junior English classes created a game that represented the lives of the main characters in the novel. The goal of the game was to help the characters reach their dreams, while hitting "naturalistic" obstacles from the Great Depression along the way. The odds of the students beating the game were slim, just as the characters' odds of achieving their dreams are slim in the book.
Central Junior Hunter Hall says, "I like stuff like this. It's stress free. We still learn, but without the stress."
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| SNHS Key Club and SNMS Builders Club Celebrate Dr. Seuss Day at Ketron Elementary |
The SNHS Key Club collected donations of new Dr. Seuss books during January and February in order to provide each of the 98 Kindergarten students at Ketron Elementary with a new book to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day on March 2, 2015. While the Key Club and Builders Club were at Ketron delivering the books, club members and advisors took the opportunity to read to the students in grades K-2.
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| Sullivan South's Trinity Pannell Wins Poetry Contest | |
Sullivan South's Creative writing class, sponsored by Mrs.
Street, entered the Inaugural Don Johnson Young Writer's Poetry Contest
fall 2015.
The contest was sponsored by ETSU's Sigma Tau Delta English Honor
Society, and judged by the contest's namesake Don Johnson,
retired Literature and Language professor of East Tennessee State
University.
Submissions came from various schools including, Hawkins, Greene,
Johnson City, and Dobyns-Bennett High School.
South's High School junior, Trinity Pannell received a $100 prize and
a book of poetry. She read her poem to the class and the ETSU honor society during Friday's class. Her poem is titled "Overdose."
The words to her poem are: "Heat/ as it engulfs you/ Pounding in your
ears as you breath / It fills your lungs like smoke / Making you weak as it
builds into your body / You find your voice locked within / A small cage /
A songbird that hasn't seen the light in years / It lifts its head / Small
fragile wings feel the heat / It could burn a fortress / cinders form on
the blood vessels / Bursting in beautiful colors / your eyes are new / you
see a new world
"A lily / a pond / the calm after the rain / It feels like home /
You're warm / In your bed / The relaxing sensation of tranquility / You're
home / But not alone / They are still here"
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| Sullivan South Students Attend Tennessee American Legion Boys State | |
Matthew Montgomery and Tyler Youngblood were selected by faculty vote to represent Sullivan South High School at the Tennessee American Legion Boys State to be held May 22 - May 28 on the campus of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville TN.
American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction and citizenship training for high school students. It is a participatory program where each young man becomes a part of the operation of government. At American Legions Boys State, participants are exposed to the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and non-partisan. While at Boys State, Matthew and Tyler will participate in the actual problems of government as it operates in Tennessee. All 600 participants, representing every county in Tennessee, will put into practice the theories of government through participation in city, county, and state governments which are operated by the students elected to the various offices. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, chorus, and recreational and athletic programs. All delegates are eligible to receive up for four (4) fully transferable college credit hours. A big "Thank You" goes out to the Kingsport American Legion Hammond Post #3 for sponsoring and paying the fees. CONGRATULATIONS to Matthew and Tyler for attaining this high honor.  |
| North Middle Receives $5000 Grant from Lowes Tool Box for Education | |
North Middle School received a $5000.00 grant from Lowes Tool Box for Education. We have used that money to buy books that students have requested that we could not have purchased otherwise and 6 new couches and 5 new chairs for students to use in the library for quiet pleasure reading. We are excited to have received this grant and it has made a huge difference for our students. It allows them to feel valued and gives them a comfortable and attractive place to read. Thank you Lowes!
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| FoodPlay Production | |
On Friday, March 4th, students at Mary Hughes School and Emmett Elementary were treated to a nationally acclaimed and award winning educational assembly by "FoodPlay" Productions. FoodPlay's fun-filled performances put healthy eating and active lifestyles on center stage with a cast of colorful characters, fantastic feats of juggling, music, magic, and audience participation. While FoodPlay was great fun, it contained serious messages for children, encouraging them to control sugar intake, eat breakfast, fill half their plate with fruits and vegetables, and to choose whole grain, low-fat, calcium-rich, and lean protein foods. Students were taught a host of fun ways to be physically active every day including participating in sports, de-stressing with yoga, dancing indoors on a rainy day, and taking walks with their families. The program empowered students with the skills needed to make sense of a confusing food marketplace by seeing through TV commercials and deciphering food labels. The FoodPlay Productions were sponsored by the Sullivan County Coordinated School Health and the School Nutrition programs.
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