Principal Dorothy Bond’s notes …

I want to let everyone know how proud I am of the students at Sunny Hill School for one of their recent projects. One of our students, sixth-grader Charles Moody, recently lost his home to fire in the Hillville Community. And our students and faculty immediately went into action. By the next day, the word has spread, and altogether we raised $754 for the Moody family. In turn, I rewarded all the students the next day with ice cream. Their willingness to help a fellow student in a time of need makes me proud to be their principal!

Students as teachers

These Haywood High School students are giving back a little of what they have learned in school by helping elementary students at Sunny Hill School. They are members of the Child Development/FCCLA classes in the Career and Technical Division of Haywood High. “We do this as part of the Learn and Serve Program. These students are mentors,” said their teacher Shaunda Brittain, “and they help the younger students with math, reading, spelling or in any area they need help.”
 

Students learn of Navajo Mission

Members of the Sunny Hill Student Council learned about community service when they met with a representative of the Navajo Mission Group on Thursday, October 26, and heard about the needs of the Navajos in Arizona. The students decided to sponsor a school-wide collection project for the mission group. Each homeroom was responsible for bringing certain items until Thanksgiving. On November 29, representatives of the mission group picked up the items that will be taken to Arizona and distributed among the needy. The students are pictured here with the boxes of items they collected for the mission group.
 

The “Science Man” visits Sunny Hill School

On November 9 Robin Stephens, a retired university science professor with the Bureau of Lectures, presented a program to Sunny Hill students to help prepare them improve their performance on the TCAP tests. His program, “Science Fun and Fact,” included lessons in optical illusions and light and sound. Mr. Stephens travels throughout the area giving these science presentations to elementary students.
 

Sunny Hill receives grant

Pictured (from left) are Lowry Pearson, Chief Operating Officer of Hooper Quick Stop; David Hooper Jr., President of Hooper Quick Stop; and Sunny Hill Principal Dorothy Bond and Assistant Principal Penny Boyd.

Sunny Hill School has received a $500 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program to support the school’s student award program. David Hooper, Jr of Hooper Quick Stop #3, 4032 Hwy 76 south worked with school officials to secure the grant, which is one of 4,000 available to schools across the country served by Exxon or Mobil stations. The grants were made possible by funding from the Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program is designed to provide Exxon and Mobil retailers with an opportunity to invest in the future of their communities through educational grants to neighborhood schools. ExxonMobil believes that, as members of the community, local retailers are best qualified to work with local educators to help identify schools and programs most in need of support. Hooper Quick Stop #3 met stringent eligibility criteria before applying for and being awarded this grant, including having a commitment to provide a superior buying experience for customers,
 

Students learn first-hand about politics

Dorothy Jackson and Denise Phillips’ fifth-grade social studies students had an up-close and personal experience with politics Monday, October 30, when they visited a Democratic Party rally for Harold Ford Jr. Rep. Ford, who is seeking to represent Tennessee as a Senator in Washington, took time out of his busy schedule to pose with the kids and sign autographs. It was a real-life social studies lesson.