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May 2014
Congratulations Graduating Class of 2014!
 
TSF wants to congratulate our 2014 graduates from across Madison County. 

 

Monday May 19th
 
Madison City High School Graduations | Propst Arena

James Clemens HS @ 4pm

Bob Jones HS @ 7pm

 

Tuesday May 20th

Madison County High School Graduations | Propst Arena

Sparkman HS @ 3pm

Hazel Green HS @ 7pm

 

Wednesday May 21st

Madison County High School Graduations | Propst Arena

Buckhorn HS @ 3pm

Madison County HS @ 6pm

New Hope HS @ 8pm

 

Thursday May 22nd

Huntsville City High School Graduations | Propst Arena

New Century HS @ 1:30pm

Johnson HS @ 3:30pm

Columbia HS @ 5:30pm

Grissom HS @ 7:30pm

 

Friday May 23rd

Huntsville City High School Graduations | Propst Arena

Butler HS @ 1:30pm

Lee HS @ 3:30pm

Huntsville HS @ 5:30pm

 

 

Principally Speaking Network Plans Underway for 2014-15
Dr. Jan Irons Harris, PSN Director
  
The 2013-14 Principally Speaking Network professional development programs have concluded.  Twenty participants are looking forward to attending the Mooresville Connection, July 22-24, 2014.

  

The Mooresville Graded School District embarked on a full Digital conversion in the fall of 2008, putting laptops in the hands of all third through twelfth grade students, and a SMART Board in every kindergarten through third grade class.

 

This is an outstanding opportunity for an inspiring and enlightening three days of training.  During the three days, the Mooresville team will offer strands for:
 

  • Superintendents & District Administrators
  • School-Based Administrators
  • Technicians
  • Teachers

Although Summer Connection is SOLD OUT, we have 20 slots reserved for selected participants from PSN 2013-14.  All registration costs will be covered by PSN. 


Additionally, we are in the planning process for next year's programs.  The goal of Principally Speaking Network is to provide high quality, professional development to principals, aspiring principals and lead administrators.
  
96th Annual Alabama PTA Awards Banquet
May 3, 2014 - Huntsville Alabama
  

The Alabama PTA (Parent Teachers Association) based out of Montgomery held it's 96th annual convention  in Huntsville earlier this month at the  Huntsville Marriott.  Madison County boasted a number of  statewide awards.  Congratulations to all!

Outstanding Educator Awards:

Outstanding Support Staff
Cindy Moeller of Rainbow Elementary School in Madison City
Teri Mitchell of Challenger Middle School and Martha Sharp of Huntsville High School in Huntsville City

Outstanding Teacher
Suzanne Bradley of Virgil I. Grissom High School of Huntsville City

Outstanding Administrator
Robert Parker of Bob Jones High School of Madison City

Outstanding Superintendent
Dr. Barbara J. Cooper of Huntsville City

Click Here for the Alabama PTA Website

  
  
Huntsville to be the Headquarters of GreenPower USA Foundation

 

Dr. Casey Wardynski, Superintendent of the Huntsville City Board of Education, and Patricia Jebeles, Trustee of the Greenpower USA Foundation, announced that Huntsville, Alabama will become the home of "Greenpower USA," the first international extension of the Greenpower UK Education Trust (founded in the UK in 1999), a highly engaging and inspirational design-build-race competition for students. The announcement complimented a keynote address at the Siemens Solid Edge University in Atlanta delivered by Karsten Newbury, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Siemens' Mainstream Engineering Software. Dr. Wardynski stated that "the formation of Greenpower USA will provide many innovative learning opportunities to students, both in Huntsville, and across the United States."

The Greenpower Education Trust sponsors the competition, which requires students, with help from teachers and industry mentors, to design, build, and race electric cars. Each team is given the same specified motor, batteries, and strict set of regulations to follow. Students must utilize their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to dream, design, fabricate and test a competition-worthy vehicle before racing it against other schools' Greenpower cars. Greenpower has a vision of advancing education in engineering and associated technology subjects by presenting them as a fascinating and dynamic career choices. Since holding their first electric car challenge event in 1999, the organization has expanded its initiative and now works with over 8000 students around the U.K.

Last year, high schools students from the Huntsville City School District became the first team from the United States to ever compete in a Greenpower race in the United Kingdom. Team USA, as they were known, won honors as "Best Newcomer" and captured the "Siemens Innovator Award." The student team will compete again this fall at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, West Sussex in the United Kingdom.

Superintendent Wardynski will coordinate the launch of the Greenpower Challenge in the United States with the completion of regulation compliant race-tracks at three schools in Huntsville. The efforts will make Huntsville, Alabama an ideal host city for state, regional, national and international Greenpower events.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle says that, "as an engineering community, we are enormously proud of the high level of talent and ingenuity among our students. We are proud to have Huntsville host Greenpower USA, and look forward to engaging students from across the world here in the Rocket City." 

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Elizabeth Dotts Fleming, Executive Director
256-535-2080
Hilary Gould, Program Coordinator
256-679-5551

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