East Side and School Coordinated Health to promote healthy exercise

East Side Elementary School, along with Haywood County School Coordinated School Health Director Sharon Thornton, will hold a 5K Walk/Run on Saturday, April 25. Registration will begin a 8 a.m. at College Hill where the race begins at 9 a.m. You can pre-register by calling the East Side for a form – 772-1233.

There will be awards for both male and female winners in each age group: 10 and under, 11-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and over. The first 75 participants to enter will receive a race T-shirt. Participation for adults will be $12 before race day and $15 on race day. Students can enter for free.

East Side shows “Fine Arts”

One could feel the slight air of sophistication in the hallways of East Side Elementary School last Thursday evening. The school held its first Fine Arts Program from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Parents were able to explore various presentations of the school’s arts, dance and music with their children.

Attendees could enjoy the sounds of guest harpist Amanda Hamilton, view a showing of “Stomp!” or even make their own beats and rhythms with frying pans and kitchen utensils. Between snacking on finger food served by student volunteers, attendees were also able view the artwork of students, make their own artistic pieces with fruit and vegetables in place of brushes, or listen to two students explain the lives of Vincent Van Gough and Georgia O-Keefe while cleverly dressed as the artists’ paintings. There were also stations for creative writing and storytelling.

The Fine Arts Program is just one of the school’s events held throughout the year to encourage family participation in their children’s education.

“We’re excited. We like to try different things,” East Side Principal Tammie Canada said. “Our goal is to have a family event once every month."

Dads …

 
Food Art

Food Prep

Group of storytellers


Harpist

Music Awards

 
Story creators

Families …

Student Art …
 

Heroes enjoy breakfast with East Side students

On March 11, Mrs. Joyce Sikes, cafeteria manager at East Side hosted a “Heroes Breakfast” in honor of National Breakfast Week.

Ms. Joyce invited several Haywood County heroes to a special breakfast. After breakfast, each hero walked around the cafeteria speaking with the children reminding them of the importance of eating breakfast daily!

Super Hero Susie Powers (a.k.a. Allison Pyron), Director of Food Service “flew” in to join the students at breakfast.

East Side Family Night a great success

East Side Elementary School was the place to be Friday, February 20, for Family Movie Night. About 200 family members gathered to watch Madagascar2 in East Side’s gym. “This was East Side’s third and best movie night,” Principal Tammie Canada said.

Mrs. Reid talks to students about her travels

Mrs. Elizabeth Reid visited the class of Dr. Amy Harris at East Side as a reward for their good behavior! She brought along a basket of souvenirs from her many travels to more than 54 countries. Each student chose one souvenir and Mrs. Reid explained the story behind each one. Example - Mrs. Reid climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on the continent of Africa. There were no souvenir shops atop the mountain, so she chose a rock from the top of the mountain as her souvenir! Mrs. Reid is the grandmother of Mattie Ford, a student in Dr. Harris’ class, and she is the wife of the Honorable Judge Lyle Reid.

 

Students learn to write a letter and about geometry

The fifteen students in Mrs. Andrea Gibb's third- and fourth-grade Comprehensive Development Classroom have been busy learning the parts of a friendly letter and how to address an envelope in language arts. In math, the students have spent time learning a little about geometry. They even demonstrated what they’ve learned!

Mrs. Darlene Young and Miss Mary Bufford are the paraprofessionals who assist Mrs. Gibbs and the students in this class.

Graphing can be fun!

Ms. Janet Grammer’s third graders at East Side Elementary have enjoyed creating and interpreting various graphs!



 

National Breakfast Week essay winners recognized

Mrs. Joyce Sikes, East Side cafeteria manager, held an essay-writing contest in honor of National Breakfast Week. There was a third-grade and a fourth-grade winner. The students won coloring books for themselves and each one of their classmates. They also received a lunch tote bag.

The morning of the Heroes Breakfast, each student present at breakfast participated in a breakfast drawing. The winner was a third grader! She won a bag filled with healthy snacks and other goodies.

There to present the awards (from left)) were Mrs. Mamie Watson, assistant cafeteria manager; Superhero Susie Powers (a.k.a. Allison Pyron - Director of Food Services); East Side Cafeteria Manager Mrs. Joyce Sikes; and Mrs. Sharon Thornton, Haywood School Health Coordinator.
 

East Side students study cultures around the world

Students in Leslie Essary’s third-grade class recently completed a social studies lesson on cultures around the world.

To make it more interesting, students were divided into groups and each group was assigned a country. The teams created a display and wrote a report featuring key items about their country including, capitol, leader, imports and exports, population, art, landmarks, a map of the country, foods, and fun facts. The students compared the cultures and enjoyed eating pound cake from France, citrus fruits from Australia, passion fruit smoothies from Africa, sweet and sour chicken and fried rice from China, and pizza from Italy.