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RES is “family friendly”
Scavenger Hunt |
Fight-Free Flag |
Spaghetti Supper |
AR Family Read Night |
RES Awards Program |
The faculty and staff at Ripley Elementary School have worked
hard to encourage a family-friendly environment and encourage
the good behavior of the students who are enrolled there.
Officials at the school also recognize the academic achievement
of their students, and provide events that include and inform
the families it serves.
RES opened its doors to the families of its students on many
occasions throughout the school year, each time giving parents
and care givers valuable information and strengthening the
students’ support system.
During its open house and scavenger hunt, parents and students
were given clues to search for various classrooms and teachers
around the school, helping them to become familiar with the
campus and the faculty. Once the families found the answers to
all the clues, they received the “treasure” of a free “100” from
Principal Elkins.
Other family-friendly events included a spaghetti supper, where
parents received information on upcoming TCAP tests, and AR
Family Read Night, offered each nine weeks when RES Librarian
Teresa Henderson opened the library for families to read AR
books with their children.
To encourage good behavior, the school offers its “Countdown to
Good Behavior” program, offering rewards on each Friday of the
last nine weeks of the school year with deserving students
receiving candy, popcorn, ice cream, popsicles, and cokes. The
students have to make good behavior choices each day.
Students were also given Good Behavior Awards, sponsored by area
businesses for students named Most Improved and Best Behaved by
their teachers. Each student received an AR book, a certificate
and rewards provided by the programs sponsored. Businesses who
sponsored the program included the Bank of Ripley, Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale, and BankTennessee.
The school also raises its Fight-Free flag each day that there
is not a fight at the school, and keeps track of its number of
fight-free days in the school. When a fight occurs, the students
involved have to go with a school administrator to take down the
flag.
To recognize the students who achieve academically, the school
holds an awards program and gives the students with the highest
GPA a $25 certificate to Wal-Mart. Honor Roll students are also
recognized. At the end of the year, the top performing students
of the nine weeks, as well as for the school year, are
recognized.
RES students reduce, reuse and recycle
RES fifth-graders collected recyclables from their home for a
class assignment honoring Earth Day.
Students in Ms. Milan's fifth grade class at Ripley
Elementary School recently used Earth Day to learn about
becoming environmentally conscious.
Throughout the year, Milan has taught her students to strive to
make the world a better place. As an extra credit assignment, in
conjunction with Earth Day, students were asked to make a
project out of something by reusing objects that they found
around their home.
Some students brought in reusable objects including bird
feeders, purses and make-up boxes, with others bringing in
crafts or decorations for the home. Many students worked with
family members on the project, giving the students a good
opportunity to spend quality time with their family and teach
others about environmental awareness.
RES students show they “Can” help local
center
Ripley Elementary School students and staff involved in the
Project L.E.A.D. after school program recently concluded a
six-week food collection drive to benefit the county”s Exchange
Club/Tina Turner Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.
About 75 students participated in creating a “yard art” design
on the RES campus by spelling out “Project L.E.A.D.” with the
cans of food collected. Following a pizza party, all the cans
were boxed and presented to the center, in appreciation for its
role as a strong community partner.
April Oliver Teacher of the Year
RES Principal Phyllis Elkins (left) and
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager Danielle Dixon (right) congratulate
April Oliver, who was selected as the Wal-Mart Teacher of the
Year.
April Oliver of Ripley Elementary School was recently honored
with “Teacher of the Year” recognition from area Wal-Mart and
Sam’s Club locations. She teaches third, fourth and fifth
graders at RES.
On National Teacher’s Day, Tuesday, May 9, Oliver was surprised
in her classroom by RES Principal Phyllis Elkins and Wal-Mart
Assistant Manager Danielle Dixon, who awarded her with a $1,000
grant for the school, a $100 gift card to buy supplies for her
classroom, a “Teacher of the Year” polo shirt, and a
personalized certificate.
“The teachers in our area are superb,” said Dixon. “The
selection process was not an easy one, but we are happy to
announce our recipient and share this great news with our
community.”
Teachers were nominated by members of the community in February
and selected by a committee of store associates. Winning
teachers also have the opportunity to apply for state Teacher of
the Year honors, with Wal-Mart donating an additional $10,000 to
the schools of state winners. All state winners are
automatically entered into the national competition. The
national winner will receive an additional $25,000 education
grant to his or her school.
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