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AYP Day Celebration!
It was all fun and games, dancing and eating watermelon when
Haywood Elementary students and teachers celebrated AYP Day.
Sceals moves into computer lab
Ten-year veteran teacher Valerie Sceals has
moved into the computer lab this year at Haywood Elementary to
teach. “I like using computers to teach children,” she said. Every
student at Haywood Elementary uses the computer lab several times
a week to enhance their classroom lessons in math and reading. The
program the children use, “SuccessMaker,” is designed to let
students work at their own pace and on their own level. Ms. Sceals
said that each student has an initial evaluation then they work
their way up the levels of learning. “The lessons are not so hard
they can’t do them, nor are they too easy, and we still keep them
challenged.” She said this method of learning gives students the
opportunity to feel success as they move on to new skills. “Later
on when we have students in the classrooms who are struggling, we
give them extra time in the computer lab,” Ms. Sceals said
Dr. Kathy Cooter speaks at Haywood Elementary
open house
Parents and students visited classrooms and met
with teachers at Haywood Elementary’s open house on August 17.
Special guest speaker for the event was Dr. Kathy Cooter, who
spoke to the group about improving students’ reading abilities.
Haywood Elementary School had a great start to the new school year
with many parents attending the school’s open house on August 17.
The special guest speaker, Dr. Kathy Cooter, gave parents and
teachers recommendations of ways to improve students' reading
abilities.
She made the following points:
Everyone should speak in complete sentences to help students
understand sentence structure and rules of grammar.
Television time for students should be limited.
Students should be read to often.
Comprehension will improve if students are given a chance to
discuss
the text and pictures as they listen or read.
Students should be allowed to select the books even if they are
too
hard or too easy for their abilities.
Parents had an opportunity to visit their children’s classrooms
and meet the auxiliary teachers while enjoying refreshments in the
cafeteria.
Students’ art lines the hallways
Haywood Elementary principal Jean Willis looks
on as this student creates his own personal ceramic tile that is
now mounted on the hallway walls in the school.
Haywood County School Board member Joe Barden
admires the artwork of this Haywood Elementary student. He and his
wife, Dana, who was the school’s PTO president last year, were
instrumental in making this PTO fund-raising project a success.
These are just a few of the ceramic tiles
students at Haywood Elementary painted to display in the halls of
the school. This PTO project will be ongoing, according to school
principal Jean Wills.
Principal Wills and school board member Joe
Barden are proud of the tile art the students at Haywood
Elementary created. This Parent-Teacher Organization project
raised funds that will go back to the school for special projects
and school fieldtrips.
As school wound down in May, Haywood Elementary students, school
staff members, and some of the school’s PTO members were on a
mission. Thanks to an idea of one of the school’s teachers,
students and staff members painted ceramic tile squares that now
line the front hallway of the school.
Haywood Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization President Dana
Barden, with the help of her husband, Haywood County School Board
member Joe Barden, helped spearhead the project by coordinating
parents and staff members to assist the children with their
painting. The artists created their own designs that made each of
the tiles unique. To finish off the project, Joe and Dana Barden
this summer mounted the tiles along the front hallway of the
school, framing them with a colorful wooden trim. The project was
a fundraiser for the PTO. All money raised by the PTO goes back
into the school for special projects or school field trips.
Haywood Elementary principal Jean Wills said, “These tiles will
bring so much enjoyment to parents and students here, as well as
‘alumni’ when they return to visit. It also brightens up and
personalizes the hallway. We are so proud of everyone for doing
this project.” She added that this is a project they hope to
continue each year, allowing new students and first graders the
opportunity to add to the school’s tile art display in the halls.
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