Anderson registration set for April 26 and May 3

On two Saturdays, April 26 and May 3, from 9 a.m. to noon, Anderson Early Childhood

Center staff members will be registering students for 4-year-old preschool and kindergarten to begin in the fall. Children must be 4 years old by Sept. 30, 2008, to register for preschool and 5 by Sept. 30, 2008, to register for kindergarten. Registration for 3-year-olds will be at a later date. Parents or guardians must bring to the registration the child’s birth certificate, Social Security card and immunization record.
 

It was a “Pie in the Face” success

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nderson observed Dr. Seuss’s birthday by celebrating reading throughout the day on March 3 when members from the Brownsville community came and read to the students. Everyone stopped what they were doing, and all the students and faculty listened to readers in their classrooms at 10 a.m.

That afternoon there was an awards ceremony for the 4th six weeks skills. The students had been given the challenge to read 1,000 books. If they met the challenge, the principals would get a pie in the face. They met the challenge! The two students who read the most books, Hannah Littlejohn and Luke Scrifes, threw pies in the faces of Ms. Mary Colling and Mrs. Tracy Riddle.

Pamela M. Thomason Teacher of the Year

Pamela M. Thomason was chosen among her peers to be the Anderson Early Childhood Center Teacher of the Year. She teaches pre-kindergarten and is in her 28th year as a teacher in the Haywood County School System. Mrs. Thomason holds a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Union University. She serves on her school’s School Improvement Committee and is a Mentor Teacher and Co-lead Teacher for Pre-K. She was also selected as Building Level Teacher of the Year in 2003-2004.

Anderson art classes work with clay

Art students at Anderson had the opportunity to experience being a potter as they learned how to work with clay in Ms. Beth Ann Smith’s art class. Preschool and kindergarten students formed and painted their pottery, with lots of great help from parent volunteers and art room staff. About 50 parent volunteers came to help the students
during the week of clay classes.

Preschool students each made a bowl, and kindergarteners made fish with their clay. The pottery is currently drying. When it is ready, Ms. Beth Ann will glaze each piece and then bake them in a kiln to turn the clay into stoneware.

The students’ works will be on display in a school wide art show in late April. The art show will include one piece of pottery and one work of art on paper for each student at Anderson.

Anderson students learn to recycle

Mrs. Callie Adams’ pre-kindergarten class at Anderson Early Childhood
Development Center has had a very busy last two weeks! On January 30, the boys and girls had a lesson in recycling. The children learned that every day objects they use at home could be remade into many more useful items, rather than be thrown away. The students then sorted and separated paper, plastics, glass, and aluminum. At the end of the
day, the boys and girls went home eager to encourage their families to practice recycling.

Then, in February, Mrs. Callie’s class turned in the most completed School Mall booklets of any pre-k class, earning themselves a pizza party! The School Mall booklets are a magazine-selling fundraiser that benefits the school.

Finally, Emmanuel Garrison, a student in Mrs. Callie's class, won the grand prize in the School Mall drawing and is now the proud owner of a remote-control robot.