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Halls Elementary School
601 Carmen Street
Halls, TN 38040
Phone - 731-836-9651
Fax – 731-836-5573
Principal: Pat Carmack
(pcarmack@mail.lced.net)
Pat Carmack holds a bachelor of science degree in education from
the University of Tennessee at Martin and a master’s degree in
educational administration from the University of Memphis. He
taught seventh and eighth grades for two years, was the
principal at Central Elementary for two years and has been the
principal at Halls Elementary since 1973. He is married to Diane
Carmack, and they have two children.
Assistant Principal: Andy Campbell
(acampbell@mail.lced.net)
After seven years in the classroom at Halls Elementary School,
Andy Campbell will begin serving as Assistant Principal in the
2006-2007 school year. He holds an associate of science degree
from Dyersburg State Community College and earned his bachelor
and master of science degrees from the University of
Tennessee-Martin. He and his wife, Kelly, have two daughters,
Molly and Sydney.
Curriculum Coordinator:
Donna Dabbs (D2@mail.lced.net)
For the school’s website, go to
www.lced.net/HES.htm
HES holds sixth grade
graduation
Halls Elementary School
recently held its Sixth Grade Promotion Ceremony, with members
of the Class of 2014 received certificates as they prepare to
leave the elementary school and move on to Halls Junior High
School in the fall.
Several students received
recognition, with 37 students earning academic awards for
maintaining A’s and B’s from third through sixth grade.
Students were required to
earn 237 AR points throughout their years at HES. Seven sixth
graders were honored for earning over 500. Chelsy Aitken and
Courtney Gooch were the top two readers, receiving a trophy and
a gift card to Hastings Books in Dyersburg for earning 1000.2
points and 972.7 points, respectively. Other AR readers earning
certificates of achievement for outstanding AR reading included
Shania Rogers for 631.6, Gaylon Broglin for 629.6, Skyler
Harrison for 520.8, Jessie Belton for 520.4 and Katelyn Cherry
for 507.5.
Top
2007-2008 AR readers
Halls Elementary recently
recognized its Top 10 Accelerated Reader students for the entire
2007-2008 school year. Julie Hill was the top reader with 631 AR
points. Chelsy Aitken earned 481.3, with Courtney Gooch earning
439.8, Quenatassja Elijah earning 294.2, Valerie Patrick earning
256.4 and Michael Lilly earning 219.1. Chase Ward earned 217.3,
Hailee Wallace earned 199.1, Logan Hurt earned 194.8 and Grayson
Morris earned 187.8. Each student received a certificate, a
medallion, and a snack bag from Arnolds Healthmart.
HES DARE graduation
Halls Elementary School
fifth graders participated in the DARE program and celebrated
its completion at a graduation ceremony at the beginning of May.
The DARE program teaches
students about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Mike
Arguello of the Tennessee Highway Patrol directed this program
for all fifth-grade students.
At the end of the
program, students wrote essays about drug and alcohol awareness
and the top three essay winners in each classroom were presented
with awards at graduation.
Silly history
What great minds invented
toothpaste, silly string and the yo-yo? Students in Tammy
Nelson’s fifth-grade class at Halls Elementary School can tell
us. The class recently completed reports on the origin of many
everyday items, using laptops to research information and type
the reports. After completing their projects, students shared
the history of the items with the class in an oral presentation.
Young
Authors Day
HES recently hosted a magician, Terry Scott, of Illuminating
Illusions as part of its Young Author’s Day activities. The
Lauderdale County Council of Arts sponsored the program. Scott
is pictured with four students and some of his “balloon art.”
Jim
Jaggers, meterologist with News Channel 3 in Memphis, spoke to
students about
the art of television
weather production, adding a little science to their
“Artistically Speaking” theme. Jaggers also taught the students
about tornado safety, asking them to demonstrate the safest
position to be in, in the event of a tornado.
Bill Butner of Memphis, a
member of the Lauderdale County Council of Arts, played his harp
for HES students at their recent Young Author’s Day event. Chris
Butner and Bill Kelly, HES’s piano teacher, accompanied Butner
on a few pieces.
Halls
Elementary School recently celebrated its annual Young Authors’
Day, with every student in school writing and illustrating his
or her very own book.
The books
were judged, and winners were selected from each grade level.
The theme for this year’s Authors' Day was “Artistically
Speaking,” with HES faculty introducing students to different
kinds of art, music and science.
Young
Author’s Day activities included performances by a magician, a
singer and a harpist, while weatherman Jim Jaggers and several
other speakers gave presentations.
Top AR
Readers named for third nine weeks
Halls Elementary School
recently congratulated its top 11 Accelerated Reader students
for the third nine weeks. The students each received a Wal-Mart
gift card from the HES PTO and gift bags provided by Arnolds
Healthmart.
Each of these students
earned well over the 15 points required for their AR grades:
Winners include: first place, fifth grader Julie Hill with 202.2
points; second place, fifth grader Quenatassja Elijah with 137.2
points; third place, fifth grader Valerie Patrick with 100.8
points; fourth place, sixth grader Chelsy Aitken with 88.4
points; fifth place, sixth grader Courtney Gooch with 88.3
points; sixth place, second grader Logan Hurt with 84.6 points;
seventh place, fourth grader Chase Ward with 74.4 points; eighth
place, sixth grader Tyler Wiggins with 58.4 points; ninth place,
fourth grader Ally Cherry with 55.9 points; 10th place, sixth
grader Hailee Wallace with 55.8 points; and 11th place, fourth
grader Evan Reaves with 55.6 points.
DI team is bound for
state!
The Halls Elementary
School Destination Imagination team of Richard Dawson and Mandy
Bushart is headed to the state competition.
Team members competed in
the Region Tournament in early March and won first place in
their category. The team chose Chorific, one of the several
challenges available in the competition. In the contest,
students were required to form a skit around a chore.
Materials used to create
the skit included a water hose, milk-crate and umbrella. An
obstacle was presented in the challenge for the team to
overcome, which required students to create multiple sounds and
incorporate improve techniques. The team members created a skit
and presented it to the judges and the audience, earning the top
spot in their category and entry into the state competition in
Nashville.
Team members include
Meredith Bullock, Katelyn Cherry, Elizabeth Gunter, Katie Hardy,
Mallory Hardy, Zach Harris, Alexa Ray Jordan and Amanda McBroom.
Coaches are Mandy Bushart and Richard Dawson.
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