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Halls expands Pre-K program
Halls Elementary School expanded its Pre-K program with another
classroom this year with the help of additional funding from the
State. The school now offers a new tier of education to give
preschool children in the area a solid foundation for
kindergarten.
Visitors to HES may have run into Mrs. Janet Baker’s Pre-K class
on their “driving tour” of the school. With the students holding
the hand-made steering wheels of their “very expensive and very
quiet sports cars,” they followed their teacher through the
cafeteria, office and other wings of the school, and were very
careful to watch for stop signs and to give other “motorists”
the right-of-way.
In Mrs. Anne Delashmit’s class, the students are also talking
about transportation as they are pictured in circle time
learning to raise their hands before they answer a question.
School buses were the main focus of conversation for these
students as Mrs. Delashmit engaged them in discussion time.
Students and faculty enjoy AYP success
HES students recently took the time to write
thank-you notes to local
businesses for their support as they celebrated their school's
high
scores on their School Improvement Plans and making Adequate
Yearly
Progress.
Students and faculty at Halls Elementary School recently
celebrated the school’s Adequate Yearly Progress for the
2005-2006 school year with performances by first- and
fourth-grade students and a concert by the Halls High School
Band.
They joined together again to celebrate on Friday, Sept. 1, with
representatives from local businesses to recognize the school’s
high rankings by the State on its School Improvement Plan. The
school earned 4’s across the board for its plan, the highest
marks offered by the State Department of Education.
Administrators say that the HES faculty and staff are proud of
their accomplishments to provide the best education for the
students who attend their school, and they will continue to
strive to be at the top of the class in state rankings.
Students enjoy a “Pet Parade”
First-grade students in at Halls Elementary
School recently finished a science unit on living and non-living
objects and pet care.
At the end of the lesson, the students brought
stuffed animals from home to represent what kinds of real life
animals could become family pets. Then the students took their
stuffed pets on a parade through the school and watched a pet
show by first-grade teacher Mrs. Martha Britt and her dog,
Sandy.
The students even enjoyed some “Puppy Chow” of
their own, for humans, of course!
Students in Mrs. Beth Meeks and Mrs. Tracie Taylor’s classes are
pictured with their stuffed pets.
Families enjoy HES Open House
Halls Elementary School held its annual open house on Monday,
August 14, where families enjoyed entertainment and meeting the
teachers who will instruct their children.
The event began with a general assembly, where fourth- through
sixth-grade parents enjoyed entertainment by music teacher Bill
Kelly’s fourth-grade students and preschool through third-grade
parents were entertained by a group of first-grade singers.
Following the general session, parents visited in their
children’s classrooms and met with their teachers.
Laptops enhance classroom study
Nelson's students are pictured here learning valuable research
skills through their work on the school’s new cart of laptop
computers.
Students in Ms. Tammy Nelson’s fifth-grade reading class at
Halls Elementary School may have used the world-wide Web to find
out more about the author of “Charlotte's Web,” or another of
their favorite children's book authors, in a recent research
project.
Nelson checked a cart of laptop computers out of the HES library
and created a computer lab right in her classroom, teaching her
students how to research data on the Internet for an upcoming
report on children’s book authors. The laptops are just one way
that teachers in the system are introducing new technology to
their students and changing the face of education in the county.
“They had so much fun using those laptops,” said Nelson. “They
were so excited.”
March receives scholarship given in her
mother’s name
Chenille Parr March (right) receives the Shirley March
Memorial Scholarship from HES teacher Janet Baker.
Chenille Parr March, daughter of Shirley Parr March, recently
received Halls Elementary School’s Shirley March Memorial
Scholarship in the amount of $1,400.
Shirley March taught kindergarten at HES for 25 years and was
honored with a memorial scholarship to be given in her name.
Chenille Parr March was a small child when her mother died.
Chenille currently lives in Jackson where she just graduated
from North Side High School. Her plans are to attend Lane
College. Presenting the award to her was HES teacher Janet
Baker.
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