Elkton School New
October 2010



Congratulations to Morgan Dunnavant - Student Council Student of the Month for October.  Other third, fourth, and fifth graders nominated for this top honor by their homeroom teachers were Madison Moore, Payton Walls, Makenzie Kelley, Makeia Bellefant, Bonnie Brunko, Hailey Kelley, Madison Mitchell, Juliann Wray, Houston Smith, Nathaniel South, and Jacob Rayburn.

Elkton School would like to welcome the following new members to the faculty and staff. Ms. Laura Drew is teaching k-4 resource.  Miss Melissa McElrath is a one-on-one paraprofessional.  Mr. Justin Wilbanks, a student teacher from Martin Methodist College, is working with Mrs. Nadine Herrington in seventh and eighth grade science.  Mrs. Savannah Selby, also a student from Martin Methodist College, is working with Mrs. Teri Mize to fulfill her required field experience hours in secondary English. 

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PRE-K STUDENTS!  They turned in an enormous amount of pull tabs this month to the Beta Club.  They have worked really hard in collecting these.  Remember, they are sent to the Ronald McDonald House in Nashville. 
The mission Ronald McDonald Charities of Nashville is to "keep families close" by providing essential resources and a "home away from home" for families of critically ill children receiving inpatient or outpatient medical care at Nashville area hospitals.

Early this fall  Elkton School established its first Green Schools Team called the Green Patrol  This program was established in 1996 by TVA to help school districts save on energy costs and to afford students the opportunity to become environmental stewards and energy-efficiency advocates in schools, homes, and communities.  The goals of the Green Schools Program are to educate students, faculty, staff, and the school community about energy efficiency and its relationship to the environment and the economy; provide immediate energy savings to the schools and homes through no-cost behavioral and operations changes by encouraging retrofits; and strengthen academic learning using hands-on project-based instruction and tools.  The fourth through eighth grade Green Patrol members are Brian Moore, Austin Callahan, Morgan Dunnavant, Rylie Hill, David Erwin, Cheyanne Garner, Mary Mize, Justice Billings, Lauren Bell, Kyle Oliver, Taylor Spivey, Destiny Cross, Casie Miller, Matthew Dunnavant, Jacob Herbertz, Dylan Gibbs, Pesleigh Hall, Chasity Back, Anthony South, and Jared Allen.  Teacher sponsors are Mrs. Angela Mayes and Mrs. Nadine Herrington.

Girls' and boys' basketball tryouts have been held.  Those representing the Lady Elks for the 2010-2011 season are Tyneshia Vance, Kailee Rogers, Jackie Conway, Haley Garner, Keneisha Love, Kristen Williams, Briley Gaudette, Sarah Williams, Chasity Back, Pesleigh Hall, Haley Witt, Tierra Johnson, Jamie Martin, and Chrystal Pierce.  Destini Harney and Alexis Rose are the Lady Elk's managers.  Returning to coach the Lady Elks to victory this season after a long break is Coach Ricky Rose.
Representing the Elks for the 2010-2011 season under the leadership of Coach Terrance Cross are Matthew Dunnavant, Michael Ledford, Caymen Edwards, Clayton McAlister, Steven Brunko, Tyler Trotter, Anthony South, Parker Walls, Jedidiah Jenkins, Keegan Potter, Rkell Reed, Ethan Turbyfill, Shawn Gibson, Kyler Oliver, and Peyton Hall.  Morgan Witt and David Erwin are the Elk's managers.
On October 4, the faculty and staff served Mr. John Hughes a special home cooked meal.  He has left his substitute position at Elkton School for a year of military service in Iraq.
The magazine assembly was held on October 5.  Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Smith's class, the top class with over $2000.00 in sales.  Mrs. Herrington's, Mrs. Tucker's, Mrs. Scott's, and Ms. Deason's classes had over $1000 in sales each.  The top three sellers were first Jackson Hughes with $653.00 in sales.  He won $50.  Sam Bolen was second with $360.00 in sales.  He received $30.  The third top seller was Jasmine Billings with $283.00.  She won $20.  In total, over 175 students over $15,000.00 in magazines.

On October 6, Quest students went to the Nashville Children's Theater to see "Bud, Not Buddy."

The Energize Guys brought their performance to Elkton School on October 7 for k-6.

The Fall Athletic Banquet was held on October 7.  Awards were presented to cheerleaders, football players, and soccer players for their achievements in athletics during the fall sport's season.

Congratulations to Mrs. Paulette Bledsoe, Elkton School's pre-K instructor.  She was the Pulaski Citizen's Citizen of the Week for October 12.

The Natural History Educational Company of the Midsouth's annual wild animal show visited the gym on October 18.  This year's visitors included a Red Kangaroo, a hedgehog, an Egyptian fruit bat, a European legless lizard, and a silkie chicken.

A traveling jump rope team from Maury County entertained students on October 18 to announce and help kick off the upcoming Jump Rope for Heart to be held on November 12.

Mrs. Carol Abernathy has announced the members of this year's Scholastic Bowl team.  Congrats go to Anthony South, Clayton McAlister, Jared Allen, Alana Carter, Kailee Rogers, Casie Miller, Destini Harney, and Tyler Owens.

The PTO's annual Harvest Festival was held on October 22.  First place winners of the poster contest were Justice Billings, Jasmine Billings, Laura Cox, Rachel Oliver, and Elizabeth Cox.  Second place winners were Farron Graves and Hunter Holladay.  Congratulations to Gloria Hill, the winner of the laptop computer.  She bought the winning ticket from Aiden Hill.

On October 22, Nurse Tina Carlton called the SWAT (Student Wellness Advocacy Team) team together for its first meeting.  SWAT members this year are Tyneshia Vance, Tyler Owens, Ethan Turbyfill, Zach Daniels, Bradley Thompson, Sarah Williams, Clayton McAlister, and Laura Carter.

Eighth grade students Alana Carter and Clayton McAlister were Elkton School's representatives in the GCHS homecoming festivities on October 29.

The PTO aluminum can drive will be taking cans on the first and third Tuesday of each month until the end of school.  Drop them off in the pick up container in the back parking lot of the school.