Picture Days Begin Tomorrow

Wednesday is picture day for pre-k through 3rd grade.
Thursday is picture day for grades 4-8.

If siblings want their picture made together, please send a note. They can be made on either day.

It is best to wear a solid color shirt. Try to avoid white or black shirts.

To see this year's background click here.
This is the portrait for the yearbook.

Football Team PIctures

The junior high football team will have their team and individual pictures made on Thursday, September 9 when all the yearbook portraits are completed.

This is only football, other sports will have their photos taken later in the year.

September Newsletter from Mr. Tompkins

Dear Families,

It seems everyone is getting into the groove of the new school year.
We are in the middle of our school-wide fundraiser. We should have
extra order forms on Thursday, September 2nd for those who need them.
The class that sells the most in k-2, 3-5, and 6-8 will get a pizza
party.
The PEACE Program will begin on Tuesday, September 7th. The kick-off
dinner for parents and students will be Thursday, September 2nd at
6:00 p.m. for those who have responded back. The PEACE Program is a
tutoring and enrichment program. Kindergarten through third grade is
served in the mornings between 6:50 a.m. and 7:50 a.m. Fourth
through eighth grade is served in the afternoons between 3:00 p.m.
and 5:00 p.m.
We have several students who are repeatedly being picked up before
car riders are called in the afternoon. I would ask parents to
please wait until car riders are called to pick up your children. We
are implementing the new state curriculum standards in all grades and
expect children to be in class the entire day. Students who
repeatedly leave before 3:00 p.m. are loosing class time and
instruction for homework and expectations for the next day. It is
important for the success of your children to be in class the entire
day and receive all classroom instruction. I will be sending home
letters to parents of students who are repeatedly being picked up in
the near future as a record that we are addressing this problem.
Parents who want to avoid the rush in the afternoon may wait until
3:20 or 3:25 to pick up their children.
Important dates for September are:
Friday, September 3rd—Health Screenings for grades 4th and 6th
Saturday, September 4th—1st grade bake sale at B&K—8:00 a.m. until ?
Monday, September 6th—NO SCHOOL—LABOR DAY
Tuesday, September 7th—SCHOOL-WIDE FUNDRAISER ENDS
Tuesday, September 7th—PEACE PROGRAM BEGINS
Tuesday, September 7th—6:30 p.m.—home football game—Avery Trace
Tuesday, September 7th—girls 5-8 basketball game-away-Burkesville-5 p.m.
Wednesday, September 8th—fall pictures—grades pre-k through 3rd
Thursday, September 9th—fall pictures—grades 4th through 8th
Thursday, September 9th—football game-away-Burkesville-5:30 p.m.
Friday, September 10th—MID-NINE WEEK PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME
Monday, September 13th—boys/girls 5-8 basketball game-away-Cornerstone-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 14th—Girl Scout representative speaks to grades K-4
Tuesday, September 14th—6 p.m.—Girl Scout meeting K-8 cafeteria
Tuesday, September 14th—football game-away-Red Boiling Springs—6:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 16th—storytelling—K-3—12:20-1:00, 3-5—1:10-1:50, 6-8—2:00-2:40
Thursday, September 16th—5-8 girls basketball game-home-Burkesville, 5 p.m.
Monday, September 20th—boys/girls 5-6 basketball game-away-Pine Haven 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 21st—football game-home-Albany-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 22nd—1:00—Boy Scouts—grades 1st-5th
Thursday, September 23rd—Boy Scout Roundup—6 p.m.—K-8 cafeteria
Thursday, September 23rd—football game-home-Burkesville-6 p.m.
Friday, September 24th—Health Screenings for grades Kindergarten and 2nd
Monday, September 27th—boys/girls 5-8 basketball game-home- Cornerstone 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 28th—boys 5-8 basketball game-away-Burkesville-5 p.m.
Thursday, September 30th—football game-away-Albany-6 p.m.
Thursday, September 30th—boys/girls 5-6 basketball game-home-South Fentress-5:00 p.m.

Kenny Tompkins, Principal

And the winner is. . . .

Mrs. Julia Barber is the winner of the $40.00 gift certificate from CSN Stores. Mrs. Julia, watch your e-mail and CSN Stores will promptly send you a code you can use to make your order.
Thanks to all who entered and thanks to CSN Stores for providing the prize.

September

30 Days Hath September

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap year, that's the time
When February's days are twenty-nine.

Enter Soon!

Tomorrow is the last day to enter the $40.00 giveaway from CSN Stores. We will draw a winner at noon. E-mail or comment to enter. They make it very easy to use. Just redeem you code at check out and then sit back and wait for your item to arrive!
See the details in the post below or click on the side link.

YearBook Photos

Next Wednesday and Thursday our school photographer, Joel Poston, will be making our yearbook portraits. Here is the background.
He says all colors should look nice, but that wearing a black or white shirt might be a bad idea.
On Wednesday we will make the pre-k though 3rd grade and on Thursday it will be 4th through 8th grade.
If you want us to make a photo of siblings together please send a note to the teacher or an e-mail to Mrs. Delilah at gibsond2@k12tn.net

Wednesday, September 8 = pre-k through 3rd
Thursday, September 9 = 4th through 8th

Win $40.00 @ CSN Stores

Let's end the week with a giveaway! CSN stores is providing a $40.00 gift certificate to pass on to one lucky reader. CSN stores has everything--it is one stop shopping.
There are over 200 online stores where you can find everything from cookware to cribs to dining room sets and dog beds!

How can you win?

All you have to do is leave a comment and say pick me or send me an e-mail telling me you would like to win. (gibsond2@k12tn.net)

You have until noon on Wednesday, September 1st to enter then I will put all the entries into a "hat" and let a student draw a winner!

Visit CSN stores and look around! Good luck!

I recently reviewed a product for them. Click here to see what I reviewed!

The winner will receive a code in their e-mail that allows them to spend or apply $40.00 to any item at CSN stores.
One entry per person.

Fifth Graders Begin DARE

The fifth grade class began their DARE classes today. Deputy Keith Smith is their instructor. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. The program will last about 12 weeks, with a weekly Wednesday class. At the end of the twelve weeks, the K-8 fifth graders will have a graduation ceremony. Today's lesson was an introduction to the program and a lesson about decision making.
You can learn more about DARE by visiting the DARE website. (click here)

It's Fundraising Time

Do you remember the children's song that goes:
Nobody likes us
Everybody hates us
Guess we'll go eat worms. . .!

Well that's how we feel when we have to ask you to help us raise funds. It's a part of education we don't enjoy, but we must have materials and supplies to be able to do our jobs. Yesterday the entire school met in the gym to kick off our fund raising project. There was a display of the prizes available and some dancing. I heard that cookie monster even made a visit to the lower grades.

So help us if you can, the students are selling cookie dough, candles and some other yummy things like soft pretzels and braided breads.
The order forms and payment due date is Tuesday, September 7.

The delivery date for all the items is Thursday, September 23

Thank you for your support.