AYP Day Celebration

   
Anderson students, staff and teachers enjoyed dancing, playing and watching a movie when they celebrated on AYP Day September 1.

Anderson students and parents attend open house

Anderson Early Childhood Center opened its doors August 31 to parents and community members at its annual open house. Students were proudly showing off their classrooms and school to parents, and parents had the opportunity to talk to the teachers. “We are really glad so many of our parents came to open house. The gymnasium was full,” Principal Mary Deaton said.



Anderson students will be getting in the school spirit when they don their new school T-shirts that they purchased at open house on August 31.

Music is fun at Anderson

Children enjoy music classes at Anderson under the direction of Ginger Cunningham, who is holding “Clyde” the puppet. She says Clyde makes learning music much more fun for students. “It’s a way to help the kids love music.”

One of the first lessons students learn in music class at Anderson is to “play” the drums. They read the book, “Rain Song,” by Lezlie Evans, and then practice making the distinct sounds of rain, wind, and thunder on the drums.

Anderson expands parking area

Anderson Principal Mary Deaton is glad the school is able to offer about 40 more parking spaces this year. Parking has been a problem there for many years, so school officials took a small portion of the playground and converted it into a parking lot. They also changed the driveways to better serve parents and school buses before and after school. Now the bus has a circular driveway on the east side of the Margin Street entrance, and cars enter only at the Margin Street west entrance and depart at the West Main Street entrance.

“Anderson has 530 students this year, so we have many who bring and pick up their children from school,” Mrs. Deaton said. “We actually also have about 50 more students this year, but we hope the parking situation is better. It is still a challenge though.”

She said that she and her new assistant principal, Drayton Hawkins, try to be out front during the high traffic times to help it go more smoothly. “Some parents still tend to park in the middle of the driving lane at the front entrance of the school and back the cars up that are behind them. We want them to pull up farther or park in a space rather than block traffic,” Mrs. Deaton said. She also added that the Brownsville Police Department has also been very helpful by providing an officer in the morning and in the afternoon to help with the traffic situation.
 

Students munch on “shape snacks"

Students in Tracy Riddle’s kindergarten class have been studying “shapes” and sorting this year. During snack time, they enjoyed a “shape” salad. Each student sorted his or her snacks by shape and then … enjoyed eating them one-by-one. It was a tasty lesson!