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The Wonders of Writing
Ripley Elementary School Excel teacher Kathi Bridges recently
presented a writing lesson to fifth graders in the school’s
Project LEAD program. During the lesson, Bridges inspired
creativity and shared examples and ideas to promote good writing
skills for the students who participated.
Space Talk
If you had the opportunity, what questions would
you ask someone who has actually traveled into space?
Fourth-grade students in Sandra Thayer and Tressy Crutchfield’s
classes at Ripley Elementary School recently joined other
schools across the nation for an opportunity to ask those
questions in an online chat with former NASA astronaut Rich
Clifford. The opportunity was provided by Space Explorers, which
is funded by a grant that was given to the Lauderdale County
Schools by the Development and Advancement of Rural Education or
D.A.R.E.
RES announces Science Fair winners
Several RES students who recently
participated in the school’s science fair will go on to compete
in regional competition in March.
RES recently held its annual science fair, with 18 students
working for several months in preparation for the event. Those
who participated selected an experiment, performed it using the
steps of the scientific method and compiled their research. The
students then wrote an abstract that showed their data and
designed a board that presented the results of the experiment.
Judges of the event included Dr. Charles Bray and Dr. Paul
Palazolo, both of the University of Memphis, and Ray Cole of
Quebecor World in Covington.
Several of the winners will go on to compete in the West
Tennessee Regional Science Fair in Jackson, Tenn., to be held in
March.
RES names students with top GPA
Ripley Elementary School recently held its awards ceremony for
the second nine weeks of the 2006-2007 school year. Students
with the top grade point averages were honored at the event, as
well as those who earned the most AR points during the grading
period. Cody Cox earned the top GPA for fifth grade, Melody
Culver earned the highest ranking among fourth graders, and
Weston Conrad was named the top student in third grade.
RES and the “Bee”
Ripley Elementary School recently held its annual Spelling Bee,
with the top students moving on to represent their school in the
county-wide Lauderdale County Spelling Bee. Second-grade winners
included first place, Peter Glass; second place, Alexis “Lexie”
Bolden; and third place, Whitney Hardee. Third-grade winners
were first place, Geoffrey Burnett; second place, Weston Conrad;
and third place, Autumn Crowder. The county bee will be hosted
by Halls Elementary School on January 30.
RES Project L.E.A.D. recognizes Honor Roll
students
Ripley Elementary School’s Project
L.E.A.D. recently recognized students participating in its
after-school program for achieving honor roll on their report
cards.
Students who earned Principal List include Shunta
King, Candy Latham and Evan Leon, with Excellent Honor Roll
recipients Ana Acuna, Raylon Barbee, Zachary Bates, Cubert Bell,
Mason Cannon, Kwanzaa Dowell, Briana Holloway, Qwon Johnson,
Haylee Pittman, Jelesa Sims and Rowdy Troutman.
Project L.E.A.D. students listed on the school’s
Honor Roll include Chamara Anderson, Tyler Barham, Antonio
Bennett, Stafford Bing, Candace Burnett, Nick Conrad, Zack
Conrad, Andrew Curtis, Eric Davis,Jasmine Davis, Symoane Demoss,
Jamesha Figgs, Taylor Fincher, Kaylan Graves, Katie Griggs,
Charlie Hale, Ro'Shun Kyles, Raheem Maxwell, Dee Midkiff,
Jeremiah Nance, Thomas Peat, Quincy Richmond,Bailey Stewart,
Meyata Thomas and Dontay Thompson.
Students in the Project L.E.A.D. program will be
offered reading, math, science, lightspan, keyboarding, P.E.,
games, reading enrichment, math drill and tutorial classes
throughout the spring semester.
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