Sunny Hill earns SACS approval

Sunny Hill Elementary recently completed a five-year evaluation on
November 7 and 8 for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
A team made up of members from Crockett County and Lake County came to evaluate the school.

The team was chaired by Mr. Joey Hassell, Lake County Schools Superintendent. The SACS committee spent time getting to know the school by interviewing principals, teachers, paraprofessionals, and students, and visiting classrooms. The team was chaired by Lake County Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Joey Hassell.

“Sunny Hill is grateful to parents who were on our committee, those who helped with the evalation process, as well as student teams,” said Principal Dorothy Bond. Sunny Hill received a positive rating and was accredited for the next five years.

And the answer is …

I.M.P.A.C.T. students at Sunny Hill have been exploring the American Civil War during the first semester. The culminating activity for this unit of study was a student-designed, interactive Jeopardy game created on the computer in Powerpoint. Students worked in teams of three or four students. They gathered the information for the game from various activities about the war. They researched and discussed the political, social, and economic causes of the war.

After watching a film on the “Firing on Ft. Sumter,” students listed and illustrated contrasts between the North and South. In creating their games, each team selected five Civil War categories and wrote five questions and answers for each category. One of the big challenges was to remember to state the questions in the form of a statement and the answers in the form of a question. Each team created its own Powerpoint game complete with custom animation and action buttons to move easily from the game board to weighted questions and back to the game board again.

Competition was lively among teams as students played each other’s games.
 

Sunny Hill students enjoy HHS Homecoming

Sunny Hill students recently attended the Haywood High homecoming parade. They enjoyed catching candy thrown to them by Principal Dorothy Bond, Assistant Principal Drayton Hawkins, and parade marchers.