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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 began 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)
 Donna
Dabbs was appointed Curriculum Coordinator at Halls Elementary
School at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, after
teaching first grade at the school for 30 years. She earned a
Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics Education from the
University of Tennessee at Martin in 1970, and her Elementary
Certification in 1975. She is married to Danny Dabbs. The couple
has one son, David, and two granddaughters, Abbey and Sophie.
For the school’s website, go to
www.lced.net/HES.htm
3 … 2 … 1 … Balloon blast-off!
For educators at Halls Elementary
School, each day brings the joy of watching students discover a
little more of the world around them. The beginning of the
school year for kindergarten teachers is a reminder that it is
the simple things in life that make the world a happy place for
five year olds.
Students entering kindergarten in
the 2010-2011 academic year enjoyed learning primary colors.
Using food, crafts and everyday items, the students reviewed 11
colors from the color wheel. At the end of the unit they
celebrated with a balloon lift-off, sharing the colors they
learned with the rest of the Halls community.
HES students celebrate Black
and White Day
In honor of Black and White Day
in Halls Elementary School kindergarten classes, members of the
Halls High School Tigers football team came to visit!
Members of the team read the book
“T is for Touchdown,” and visited each classroom for pictures
and questions.
These visitors were so
well-behaved and set a wonderful example of how young people
should act, that our kindergartners have found new heroes and
heroines to add to the theme of their Fall Book Fair—HES HEROES!
HES holds Kindergarten Roundup
Yeee-haw! Kindergarteners at
Halls Elementary School kicked off their academic career with
full Western flair as HES faculty welcomed them into the
Kindergarten Corral. The youngsters dressed up as cowboys and
cowgirls for a round-up tour of the school and instructions on
how to be good cowpokes. Educators and students at HES expect
nothing but “Happy Trails” for the 2010-2011 school year.
HES Heroes promote reading and
school’s Fall Book Fair
These Halls Elementary
School heroes are featured on the library’s bulletin board
outside of the school library to advertise the Fall Book Fair,
scheduled September 9 through 16. Students in Mrs. Amanda
Phillip’s second-grade class pose in front of HES Principal Pat
Carmack who flexes his muscles as Assistant Principal Andy
Campbell and Curriculum Coordinator Donna Dabbs soar in to help
save the day.
The Halls Elementary School
Library will hold its Fall Book Fair September 9-16. The annual
fair features the theme, “Here’s to Our Heroes: Reading Saves
the Day.”
HES heroes are highlighted in the library’s bulletin board —
with HES Principal Pat Carmack, Assistant Principal Andy
Campbell and Curriculum Coordinator Donna Dabbs flexing their
super powers to promote the power of reading.
HES librarian Beth Keen encourages parents to send money with
their children on library day so they may purchase books. Funds
raised will be used to aid all HES students by supplying books,
AR tests, and other items for the library.
Summer School LEADS the way to
fun!
School is not quite over for
students participating in the Project LEAD program at Halls
Elementary School.
Students are enjoying a wide
variety of activities during Project LEAD Summer School, with
lessons designed to expand the mind, tempt the tastebuds and
promote proper etiquette.
HES students learned the proper
way to set a table and the manners required to receive an
invitation back. They also learned how to be creative with
crafts and just how yummy dirt and sedimentary rocks can taste.
Whether designing a dashing
tablescape, crunching oreo cookies into a powder that resembles
potting soil or layering peanut butter and jelly into an edible
form of sedimentary rock, there is no doubt that this program
will provide HES LEAD students with a summer to remember!
Earth Day inspires playground
cleanup
To celebrate Earth Day, students
from Mrs. Tabatha DePriest and Mrs. Lee Ann Harrison's third
grade classes at Halls Elementary School spent a day outside
enjoying the sunshine and caring for their school property.
The classes joined together to
pick up trash and debris from the playground, creating a clean
space for HES students, taking care of the Earth and enjoying
the good, old-fashioned fellowship of working together to make
the world a better place.
Young Authors Day
Each year, Halls Elementary
School hosts an event that turns each and every one of its
students into an instant best-selling author.
The school celebrated its annual
“Young Authors’ Day” on Friday, May 14, with each student in the
school writing and illustrating his or her very own book.
Winners were chosen for each grade level based on best story and
best illustrations.
The theme for this year’s event
was “A Literary Garden: Budding Authors, Blooming Books.”
Teachers on each hallway decorated their halls in a variety of
“garden” themes. Hallways throughout the school became a
tropical garden, a rock garden, a “kinder-garden,” with several
other styles also featured.
Winning authors included Brecken
Beasley, Jonathan Boone, Aubree Brewster, Muriel Buchanan, Mary
Cox, Ryan DePriest, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Keayshia Harrell, Grant
Hilliard, Shelby Hilliard, Kassidy Hurt, Hannah King, Tavon
King, Nathan Latham, Charles Midkiff, Faith Pilkington, Evan
Taylor, Makayla Spivey, Seth Sumrow, Abigail Webb and Erin
Young.
HES sixth graders earn points
for reading
Halls Elementary School held its
sixth-grade promotion ceremony on Tuesday, May 25.
During the celebration, four
students were recognized for their outstanding efforts in the
Accelerated Reader program. Together, the students have earned
nearly 4,000 AR points during their tenure at HES. Each student
received a $50 gift card to Hastings and a plaque honoring their
achievement.
Ally Cherry led the group with
1,646.3 points. Drew Whiteside followed with 1,207.5 points,
with Mariah Carmack earning 1,034.6 points and Chase Ward
earning 1,003.1 points.
Students honored Perfect
Attendance
Halls Elementary School recently
congratulated eight students who earned perfect attendance for
the entire school year. HES students who did not miss one day in
the 2009-2010 academic year include Hope Comeaux, Quayla Dewalt,
J'Myra Harris, Callie Hogue, Elizabeth Hurt, Jackson Millner,
Hannah Oglesby and Tanner Ream.
Sidewalk Scholars
Students participating in the
Project LEAD program at Halls Elementary School recently took
advantage of the beautiful weather and took the classroom
outside.
Creating sidewalk art encouraged
a healthy dose of sunshine and exercise, stretched student
creativity and fostered social bonding.
The beautiful artwork also raised
the spirits of both the students and faculty.
HES names top 10 in AR
Halls Elementary School recently
recognized its Top Ten Accelerated Readers for the school year.
Ally Cherry earned the most AR
points in the 2009-2010 academic year, with Drew Whiteside
taking second place and Mariah Carmack placing third. Lauren
Crews followed in fourth place, with Landon Carmack earning
fifth, Chase Ward taking sixth, Noelia Hernandez placing
seventh, Savannah Pham earning eighth, Cade Booker taking ninth
and Rachel Spurlock rounding out the top 10.
These students went above and
beyond the reading requirements for students in the Lauderdale
County School System.
Mask project spans several
subjects
Students in Mrs. Mina Jenkins’
fifth-grade class at Halls Elementary School recently completed
a project that spanned many subjects and stretched their
creativity, as well.
While studying the cultures of
other countries and how they influence our own culture, students
found themselves crossing social studies and reading curriculums
as they exercised their artistic abilities.
Students not only recreated
masks, but researched the purposes of the cultural items while
learning to cite Internet sources.
Each student made a mask by
drawing a design and rolling tiny pieces of tissue paper into
balls and gluing them onto their mask drawing. The class
completed the masks in time to display them in their hallway for
Young Authors’ Day.
HES Drink Pouch Brigade
Mrs. Bailey Turner's kindergarten class led the HES Drink Pouch
Brigade this academic year, collecting 3,206 drink pouches on
their own and earning a class party this spring. The program,
sponsored by TerraCycle, incorporates lessons on green
initiatives like ‘upcycling’ and earns the school some funds, as
well.
This year, Halls Elementary
School participated in a special program called “Drink Pouch
Brigade” for the very first time.
Sponsored by TerraCycle, the
program promotes green activities and gives the students an
opportunity to earn a little ‘green’ for school programs.
Throughout the 2009-2010 academic
year, students have collected individual drink pouches made by
Capri Sun and Kool-Aid and sent them to TerraCycle. The company
then ‘upcycled’ pouches - meaning they used them to make new
products such as purses, backpacks, and pencil pouches.
Together, HES students sent in
28,627 drink pouches this year, earning $572.52 for the school
from the TerraCycle Company.
“This has been a great
opportunity for students to learn about turning waste into
useful products,” said HES Librarian Beth Keen. “We held a class
competition to see who could collect the most pouches.”
The top class from each grade won
a cookie party, with the top class overall winning a class party
featuring several different types of food.
The top class was Mrs. Bailey
Turner’s kindergarten class, who collected 3,206 pouches on
their own.
Mighty Oak highlights Earth
Day celebration
Students in Mrs. Jill Messer’s
first-grade class at Halls Elementary School celebrated Earth
Day by planting an oak tree.
Students in the class were
provided the opportunity to celebrate the occasion by
participating in a green activity, enjoying new books for the
classroom and enjoying a healthy snack, thanks to the generosity
of Mike and Diane Allmand, the grandparents of classmate Brook
Bentley.
“The students were allowed to
choose where they wanted to plant their tree,” said Messer.
“Each student played a part in planting it — from covering the
hole with soil to watering the tree.”
After planting the tree, the
students read The Earth Book by Todd Park, one of the three
books donated to the classroom library by the Allmands.
“To conclude their Earth Day
celebration, the students enjoyed a snack on plates and cups
made from recycled materials,” said Messer. “The snack was even
packaged in compostable bags. This is sure to be an Earth Day
these students will never forget.”
Messer and her students thank Mr.
and Mrs. Allmand for their generous donations and for making
this Earth Day so very memorable.
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