East Side earns SACS accreditation

Four area educators visited East Side Elementary School in November to observe and evaluate the school’s programs for the SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) Review Team Evaluation process, and the school was awarded accreditation.

The school was commended for having technology integrated into daily learning experiences and for being “the cleanest school the team had visited” as well as being safe. The team reported that parent and community involvement is evident and on-going, and that they had never been to a school where parents spoke so highly of the school and its staff. The team also congratulated the administration, faculty and staff for being a caring school for all students.

According to Principal Tammie Canada, SACS team members gave the school two recommendations for improvement.

“East Side will work to collaborate with feeder schools to ensure student success and to analyze subgroup test data in all subject matter,” Canada said. “East Side’s motto is ‘A Great Place to Learn,’ and we feel that this review supports that motto.”
 

East Side Elementary hosts fall fest

East Side Elementary School hosted its Fourth Annual Family Fall Fest Saturday, November 1. The weather was nice as staff, students and parents turned out in good numbers and enjoyed the food, fun and fellowship.

East Side students “Elect to be Drug Free”

East Side Elementary students learned from the Police Department’s Drug Unit for Meth when it visited the school to kick off Drug Awareness Month. Ms. Flodine Hudson and her committee, Catherin Lester, Minnie Reed, Ragan Baumheckel, and Monica Johnson, worked diligently to prepare a month of activities for the students. This year’s theme is “We Elect to be Drug Free.”

Among the activities was a classroom poster contest. Among the winners in third grade were: 1st place – Ms. Grammer’s class, 2nd place - Mrs. Gibbs’ class, and 3rd place Miss Aggreh’s class. Fourth grade winners were: 1st place – Ms. Samantha Davis’ class, 2nd place – Mrs. Miranda Jones’ class, and 3rd place, Mrs. Lee Ann Garrett’s class. School Board members Pearlie Hess, Daniel Thornton and Robbie Jarrett-King judged the competition.

These board members will also judge entries in a Drug Awareness Essay Contest after the October 21 deadline.

Fitness Fun!

Maria Hart’s fourth-grade students used a rainy day to exercise during their recess recently with an exercise video that she checked out of the Teacher Resource Center in the school’s library. Their goal was to burn energy and calories and have a good time.

Students at work …

A stroll around East Side Elementary gave a roving photographer a look at what students were doing in their classrooms. Some were studying symmetry or building a story, while others were writing shape poems and scarecrow stories. The photographer also saw posters that displayed what students were learning about “nouns,” butterflies, layers of the earth, and Tennessee’s Grand Divisions. Last but not least, she saw creative displays of seed collages. There’s lots of learning going on at East Side!