East Side Elementary
1315 Jefferson Street East
Brownsville, TN 38012
731-772-1233
 

Lee Ann Garrett named East Side Teacher of the Year

Lee Ann Garrett

Members of the faculty at East Side Elementary chose as their Teacher of the Year Lee Ann Garrett. She teaches fourth-grade math, science, and social studies. She has been teaching for 26-1/2 years, 15 in her present position.

Mrs. Garrett holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, a Master’s of Education Degree from the University of Memphis, and 45 hours above from Cumberland. She has served as a SACS Committee Member and as a Mentor Teacher at East Side.

“Mrs. Garrett is certainly an asset to East Side Elementary,” East Side Principal Opal Hay said. “Her experience and dedication as a teacher gives her students a wonderful educational experience in school. We are proud to have her on our staff at East Side.”

Mrs. Garrett is a member of Brownsville Baptist Church and the Eleventh Review Club.

Students learn about controlling their asthma

Fourth-grade asthmatic students at East Side Elementary recently completed a curriculum entitled “Open Airways” by the American Lung Association. This is the second year the class has been taught.

“This is an area identified by Coordinated School Health and the East Side Healthy School Team as one we needed to address,” School Health Coordinator Sharon Thornton said. “We are trying to educate each asthmatic fourth grader so he or she knows how to manage the asthma. When children understand how to control asthma, they are able to attend school and miss classes less frequently.”

ES Honor Roll students receive rewards

On January 22, East Side students celebrated being on the first and second honor rolls for the third six weeks with a board game/popcorn and juice party in the gym. It was great fun to see the fun to see the students interact and enjoying their free time.

Morning meeting at East Side

East Side faculty members, staff and students enjoys their morning meetings. On this particular morning, the Word of the Week was “INJUSTICE.” A student volunteer showed the entire student body how to put the word into syllables.

 

National Theater for Children cast performs at East Side

On January 22 the third and fourth graders at East Side Elementary enjoyed a visit from the National Theater for Children. Here a student poses with the two actors from “The Energy Guy’s Daylight Saving Crime” skit, sponsored by TVA and our local power company.

Students create “Gallon Men”

Ms. Tammy Oliphant’s third-grade class is studying capacity. Students created “Gallon Men” to practice identifying gallons, cups, pints, and quarts.
 

StudyIsland offers skills practice

This student practices state-tested skills on Studyisland.com using his username and password.

 

East Side’s Book Jam “sporty” this year

The winter Book Jam was held at East Side on January 15. The theme was “The Super Book Bowl.” The students and teachers wore their favorite sports jerseys and T-shirts.

Student wins bicycle

Mrs. Jennifer Emerson fourth-grade teacher congratulates one of her students for winning the Character Counts bicycle. This student exhibited outstanding acts of respectfulness during the third six weeks.
 

“Fraction” animals teach lessons

Ms. Leslie Essary’s class is crazy about fractions. Here students created fraction animals to practice identifying fractions.
 

Food teaches fractions

Students practice using fractions with hamburger/sandwich manipulatives.

 

Congrats to Reading Wall of Fame winners

Ms. Shalondria Hardin’s class has been participating in the Reading Wall of Fame contest every six weeks. They have 99 percent participation so far for the year. This six weeks all 3 top winners from third grade came from her class: Jackson Pettigrew, Alex Williams, and Sam Thornton. Students read daily and are committed to logging their books.

Students share dreams

Members of Ms. Alyssa Aggreh’s third-grade class shared their dreams after learning about Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Some dreams included hope for the country of Haiti. Ms. Aggreh sketched this portrait of President Obama and Dr. King. WOW!