Mrs. Shepherd's first grade class will have a great opportunity to learn about the life cycle of chickens thanks to Tractor Supply. Thank you so much for your donation of an incubator!
Please support our PTO with these fundraisers. We appreciate you!
Some of our choir students were able to participate in the 1st ever Macon All-County Choir. Working with all of the elementary schools and MVI in Macon County, Iotla Valley was represented well and the kids sang amazing. We are so proud of our students!
There is a competition for the MCS Art Show Advertisement. These students won for our school, and their designs will be sent on to the county level competition.
Kindergarten- Abby
1st- Michael
2nd- Phoebe
3rd- Piper
Book Fair officially opens next Monday. However, it will be open this THURSDAY, March 7th, during literacy night. Come shop with your student from 6-7!
We are so excited to celebrate Read Across America next week!
Our school has been doing a food drive, and that ended today. Tim Hogsed, the director of CareNet said that the total weight of the food drive donations were a whopping 3,320 lbs! Thank you so much to everyone that donated!
Our kids have had many great opportunities, and learned so much during Black History Month. Onesia Cleveland visited our 3rd and 4th grade students. She came dressed as Sojourner Truth, and performed Truth's "Ain't I a Woman". Students also had the opportunity to learn traditional African dances from guests Sarah Shepherd and Gabby Wang. In art students have learned about Nick Cave's work. They created Soundsuit Dancers and tribal masks. Music class gave students an opportunity to learn about and listen to many African American musicians.
The third and fourth grade classes have had a chance to work on coding the past few weeks. During library classes they have been using the Sphero robots working through coding lessons.
We are delighted to have all the parents, guardians, and grandparents attending data day tomorrow to support the work your student(s) have accomplished this year. This is a gentle reminder that our teachers have planned a wonderful day of instruction, and we ask that your student(s) remain in school for the remainder of the day after the morning visit to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade classes. We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.
We have kicked off our Book Blast Fundraiser! We held a drawing today for an iPad. Here is our lucky winner!
Our PTO is planning a great event during the evening of December 12th. There is a family gingerbread house contest. You must use a pre-purchased kit. There are some great prizes! We hope your family will join in!
We hope to see you at our Veterans' Day program on Thursday!
We hope you can join us for our Veterans' Day program.
We wanted to show off some of our beautiful work lining the hallways!
October is Principal Appreciation month. We have one of the best. Mrs. Bell always gives her all to our students and school. We appreciate her!
Manna Food Bank is doing a community market in Franklin on October 23.
Wolfpack Mania is coming! Please let teachers know by Monday if you plan to purchase food. We are also looking for donations to our cake walk! Please send those in on Friday. We hope to have a great turnout!
We are so excited that book fair opens tomorrow! Teachers will let you know when they have signed up to shop for the entire class. We also have several opportunities if you would like to come shop with your child. It will be open for parent shopping on Tuesday and Wednesday 7:30-8:00. It will also be open on Wednesday afternoon 2:45-3:30.
We are excited about book fair coming next week!
