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Read Across America has Its Yearly Celebration |
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Dr. Seuss Celebrates His Birthday with Whitnel Students
The National Education Association's Read Across America Day, is a national reading celebration that takes place each year on or near March 2, the Birthday of Dr. Seuss. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, community centers participate by bring together kids teens, and book!
Whitnel was blessed to have a number of readers for Read Across America Day. The readers included our Superintendent, Dr. Steve Stone, a number of school board members, staff from the Education Center, Bussiness from our community, as well as teachers who gave up their planning time to read to the students. We also had many retired teachers. The Kindergarten classes made green eggs and ham, while the first graders made french toast. Yummy!
It has become a wonderful experience for the children as well as the adults that participate in the event. Thanks again to everyone. |
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Take the Family Out For PIZZA
Very Soon We'll be calling all Whitnel Elementary Students, Parents, Family Members and Friends. Come help us celebrate Family Pizza Night at CI CI's from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Our school will get 10% of the sales.
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Girls on the Run at Whitnel |
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Girls On the Run at Whitnel Girls on the Run is an after school program for 3rd through 5th grade girls at Whitnel Elementary. The purpose of this program is to prepare girls for a lifetime of healthy living and self - respect. The Girls on the Run Program oniginally started in Charlotte, N.C. by Molly Barker and it has become an international program. The Girls on the Run program meets two times a week after school, for an hour, for 12 weeks. Part of the hour includes fun activities tha teach healthy life lessons about taking care of self, building self - esteem and helping others. The second part of hte hour focuses on physical activity to help build strong minds and bodies. Girls on the Run is not a competitive running program. The program concludes at the end of the 12 weeks with a 5K race that is a fun event not just for the girls, but the entire family. The program at Whitnel meets from 2:45pm - 3:45pm and parents must be able to provide transportation for their daughters. The cost of the program is $50.00 and schorlarships are available for families facing financial difficulties. Please feel free to contact Caroline Sigmano, school social worker for additional information.
The girls participating in this program did a remarkable job running a 5K race in the freezing cold on December 12th. Along with them we had other faculty, Nurse Jessica, Mrs. Cottrell, Mrs. Steele, Mrs. Price, and Miss Rogers. Students running were,Brianna Perkins, Brianna Beck, Rebecca White, Catalina Gomez, Keely Triplett,Dakota Suddreth, Crystal Martinat, Kourtney Perkins, Taylor Pendergrast, Abby Paulson, Gracie Cordell, Amanda Grinnell, Gina Austin, and Jordan Winters. Those unable to participate this time were Falon Breedlove, Nautika Dula, Brooklyn Lackey and Ariel Suddreth. Whitnel gives a big Shout Out for all these young ladies are striving to accomplish. |
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Students Start Your Engines |
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Students Pledge To Be Drug Free! |
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| Whitnel Elementary School Celebrated Red Ribbon week from October 26 - 29. Red Ribbon Week focuses on the prevention of drug, alcohol and tobacco use. Each day the students participated in theme and wore a different type of clothing to show that they are saying "no" to drugs (crazy sock day, sports day, etc). This year's main theme was "Keep Your Head in the Game" and we invited some special guest to help us celebrate this special week. |
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Students in grades 4 - 5 participated in an assembly presented by Mr. Fred Haywood, a survivor of throat cancer as a result of tobacco use. Mr. Haywood talked with students about the prevention of tobacco use and how they can grow up to live healthy lives.
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| Students in grades PreK - 3 attended an assembly where three of Hibriten High School's star football players Michael, Hunt, and Jonathan, as well as our principal, Mrs. Swanson, reminded students about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco and how we can use sports and other activities to stay healthy. Hibriten's "Panther" mascot, South Caldwell High School's Sparky the Spartan, and Hickory Crawdads' Conrad also visited and participated in our school spirit. |
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Parents, please help your child to earn the maximum number of Attendance Bucks possible by making sure that he/she is at school all day everyday. Tardies and early dismissals reduce your child's Attendance Bucks.
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