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May 19, 2016
Last Day for Students - 1/2 Day
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.
June 6, 2016
School Board Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
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| Jaycee Barrett Led 2nd Annual Food Drive at Blountville Elementary |
A third grade student, Jaycee Barrett, led the 2nd annual food drive for our school. She created posters and placed them throughout our school and encouraged students to bring food and/or toys for the Sullivan County Animal Shelter. She recently took the collected items to the shelter for donation.
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| Bluff City Elementary's Tyson Mitchell Named All-Around Champion | |
Tyson Mitchell from Bluff City Elementary won All-Around Champion at the local annual MLB Pitch, Hit, and Run competition and will advance to the Regional competition in Virginia on May 14th. He won all three categories in his age group.
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| "Kohls Cares" Helps Educate Central Heights Students About Plant Life | |
Central Heights Elementary in an effort to educate our students about plant life and horticulture has partnered with Kohls department store. On May 6th, "Kohls Cares" volunteered to do a "green event" with all grade levels, prek-5. Three raised planting beds were donated and built for vegetables, flowers and pollinators to give students hands-on experience with the origins of food and how plants cross pollinate. Many thanks to Kohls and Evergreen of Johnson City for the generous donation of plants and seeds.
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| Local Artists Visit First Graders at Indian Springs | |
Local artists Paul and Pam Demaris visited the first graders at Indian Springs Elementary. They talked about different mediums of art, blending colors, shading, and the importance of perseverance. Paul even gave us a demonstration by creating a painting in front of us! We are grateful for such talented guests who were willing to share their passion.
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| 4th Grade Spelling Bee Winners at ISE |
4th graders at Indian Springs Elementary participated in an annual Spelling Bee on May 11th. Congratulations to our winners!
1st Place: Sam Perdue
2nd Place: Avery Bledsoe
3rd Place- Leann Harley
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| History Comes Alive at ISE |
History came alive at ISE on May 11th! Fourth graders dressed up as their favorite historical characters and created a museum for the third graders to enjoy. Learning and fun all wrapped into one!
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| Military Father Returns From Overseas to Surprise Daughter | |
On Wednesday, April 27, a Ketron Elementary first grader was surprised by her military father. Kevin Risney had been serving overseas for 6 months. He returned home and came to his daughter Anna's first grade class to surprise her. He greeted her with flowers and hugs. It was a special and joyful moment to see them reunited. Channel 5 News also covered this touching story.
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| Race Car Visits Ketron 3rd Grade | |
Third grade students have been doing a racing theme project to get ready for state tests. For the past several weeks, students took practice tests and their race cars were moved down a hallway to show their progress. As a final activity, the Kingsport Speedway was invited to come talk to students about hard work, dedication, and focus. Even though state testing was cancelled, the racing team was still asked to come and speak. On Friday, April 29, Ronnie McCarty, 2015 champion, brought his race car and spoke to students about being a driver. Students were excited and full of questions for the driver. Students also learned that Ronnie was a former Ketron student. The Kingsport Speedway team gave each student free tickets to their raceway.
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| Mary Hughes 2nd Graders Visited by Dr. John L. Hott |
Mrs. Warren's second grade science class at Mary Hughes Elementary school had a visit from Dr. John L. Hott, Director, Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs from Eastman Chemical Company. Under Dr. Hott's direction, the students created "Homemade" lava lamps using normal household items, which demonstrated 1) differences in densities, 2) entrapment of different layers, even within "like" fluids and 3) differences in state of matter (gases and liquids). Dr. Hott is the father of one of the students in Mrs. Warren's class. We enjoyed his visit and the opportunity to create a really cool hands-on activity.
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| Mary Hughes and Holston Valley Bands Perform at Dollywood | |
Recently the Mary Hughes and Holston Valley bands combined for a performance at Dollywood as part of their "Performing Stars" program. This was a huge honor for these bands. The students worked very hard as they combined for several after school rehearsals. The trip was a huge success and the kids enjoyed a well-deserved great day.
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| Sullivan North Students Visit Washington, D.C. | |
Teacher Eric Donner was really excited to take a group of students from North Middle and High School to Washington D.C. this last spring break. They attended some of the world's best museums, visited our national monuments, and experienced our nation's history first-hand. Around 60 students made this once in a lifetime trip to explore our nation's capital. It was our first trip to D.C. and we are very excited to take more students in the future years to come.
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| Sullivan Central FBLA Students Ranked Top 5 in State |
Sullivan Central High School students attended the FBLA state conference and completion April 11th through the 13th. There were eleven students competing from Information Technology and Finance concentrations. Students attending were: Austin Ramsey, Griffin Winkle, Logan Salyers, Nick McCrackin, Preston Hall, Payton Hammit, Hayley Robinette, Abbey Williams, Megan Lange, Abbie Davenport, and Savannah Hillman.
Out of 2,000 competitors, 4 SCHS FBLA members placed in the top 5 at state. These include: - Publication and Design (2nd place) : Savannah Hillman - Accounting 1 (3rd place) : Logan Salyers - Emerging Business Issues (3rd place) : Preston Hall and Nick McCrackin
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| Sullivan Central Senior selected for Drum Major Position at ETSU |
Congratulations to Sullivan Central's own, Skylar Booher, (pictured in the middle) for being selected as one of the 3 drum majors for the ETSU Marching Bucs for the upcoming fall. Skylar auditioned for this position, competing against 2 other freshmen candidates from Science Hill and 5 upperclassmen currently enrolled at ETSU. Skylar is the first incoming freshman to be selected as a Drum Major at ETSU in the past 30 years. Thank you for your 4 years of hard work at Sullivan Central and congratulations on being selected for this prestigious leadership position with the Marching Bucs! Good luck in your new endeavors at East Tennessee State University.
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| Sullivan North Navy JROTC Hosts Annual Awards Ceremony |
On April 13th Sullivan North Navy JROTC hosted their annual awards ceremony to honor their Cadet's accomplishments and achievements for the past school year. Presenting the awards were various civic and military leaders and organizations such as, the Sullivan County Mayor, Sullivan County Sheriff, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Association of the Army, Korean War Association, Vietnam Veterans Association, Marine Corps League, American Legion, East Tennessee Veterans Partnership, Admiral McKinley and CAPT Ladley. During the year the cadets had over 1,000 hours of community service and school support and competed in numerous air rifle and academic events. This year there are eight seniors graduating from the program. One student is joining the Army Reserve, three are attending college and the rest will be entering the work force. Additional, the unit was selected by the Area Nine Manager Commander Merv Dial for the Unit Achievement award, which is awarded to units that demonstrated exceptional performance during the year.
Mr. Brent Palmer (North Principal) presents Cadet Leah Banks the Principals Academic Award during the annual NJROTC awards night.
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Sullivan North Navy JROTC Travels to the Naval Academy
and Washington, D.C.
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On Thursday, April 28th, 2016 five students from Sullivan North's NJROTC Academic Team traveled to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland to compete in the annual Navy JROTC National Brain Brawl Championship. On Friday the 29th, the Cadets toured the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Museum. During the tour cadets visited Bancroft Hall, where all Midshipmen live while attending the Naval Academy. Cadets also toured the Chapel where they visited the crypt of John Paul Jones, the Father of the U.S. Navy. Friday afternoon the Cadets toured Washington D.C. While there Cadets visited the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Capital building, the World War Two Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and the Holocaust Museum. The Cadets also visited the Lone Sailor memorial, where they got to meet the actual model for the statue of the sailor in the memorial. On Saturday morning the Cadets competed in the Brain Brawl and Saturday afternoon they visited D.C. where they toured the National Air and Space Museum and the Marine Corps War Memorial. One of the highlights of the trip was visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial where one of the Cadets found the name of her great uncle.
( L to R Cadets Flethcer, Crumley, Carter, Banks and Cox in front of the Tecumseh Monument at the United States Naval Academy during the National Brain Brawl)
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| Sullivan North High Band News |
During the four week s of April, the Sullivan North High School Band Intensive Studies class participated in "Sousa's March Mania," a tournament pitting 32 marches against each other for the Marine Band online community to determine which one is the favorite. The John Philip Sousa's march "The Stars and Stripes Forever" finally won the tournament.
Hosted and performed by "The President's Own", the pool of competitors included several composers and different styles of marches, all performed in the spirit of the band's 17th Director John Philip Sousa, also known as "The March King."
Throughout the competition, participants were introduced to marches they had never heard.
Band Directors and music educators incorporated the mania into their classrooms utilizing it as an educational resource, playing traditional marches with their students to expose them to new music while having fun and enjoying the spirit of the competition.
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| Sullivan South High School Art Mural | Congratulation to the following students for completing a wall mural outside of Mrs. Joyner's classroom at South High School. These students collaborated with her to create an image that she felt reflected her subject matter that she teaches surrounding the Health Sciences.
From left to right in the photo: Bella Filetti, Kaitlyn Short, Olivia Bloomer, Madison Moore, Karissa Tate, and Melissa Green
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| Sullivan South's JROTC Receives 2015-16 Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit Award |
For the 14th year in a row, the Corps of Cadets from Sullivan South's Air Force JROTC program has been selected to receive the 2015-2016 Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit Award. This award recognizes Air Force JROTC units that have performed above and beyond normal expectations, and that have distinguished themselves through outstanding service to their school and community while meeting the Air Force JROTC mission of producing better citizens for America.
The objectives of the JROTC program are to educate and train high school cadets in citizenship and life skills; promote community service; instill responsibility, character, and self-discipline through character education, and to provide instruction in air and space fundamentals. Enrollment is open to all young people who are in the 9th grade or higher and are citizens of the United States. Air Force JROTC is located in over 800 high schools across the United States and at selected schools in Europe, in the Pacific, and in Puerto Rico. JROTC enrollment includes more than 120,000 cadets. Pictured here are cadets from Sullivan South on a recent field trip to the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk VA. Congratulations to the cadets for a year long effort and a job well done.
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