Don’t forget our PTO meeting Dec. 3 at 6:30pm. You need to make plans to attend as there will be a dessert auction during the meeting. This is to raise funds for our Accelerated Reading Program.

 Our Citizenship Club members sponsored a canned food drive on campus. For every food item brought in, students were able to vote for their favorite football team — Alabama or Auburn. Auburn won by a landslide! Students brought in over 400 food items that were donated to Ecumenical Ministries.

Mrs. Benita Battle’s, Mrs. Debbie Smith’s, Mrs. Jennifer Curenton’s and Mrs. Angela Stewart’s fifth-grade classes were excited about going to the University of South Alabama for a field trip.

They participated in P.A.W.S., Powerful Activities With Students. In the College of Education, there were activities from across the curriculum that challenged students to think ‘outside of the box.’

While visiting the College of Engineering, the students were able to view the wave generator and the life-size pulleys and levers. The students were given the opportunity to question the techniques used in designing the student’s dune buggies that are used in a college competition. 

One purpose for creating P.A.W.S. Day was to provide a positive initial experience to a university setting for the 100 fifth-graders from our school. The idea behind P.A.W.S. Day was to bridge a connection between the College of Education, College of Engineering and the Baldwin County Public School System. This college experience was meant to build a foundation for an interest in higher learning.