Spotlight
January 16, 2019
Spotlight on Madison County Schools
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Karen Mardis who has been named the Supervisor of Instruction for Madison County Schools. Ms. Mardis has been the principal at Endeavor Elementary School.
Leader of the Month
This Endeavor cub received a surprise visit on his last day of winter break! Congrats to Maurice Carter for being selected as the 4th grade leader of the month for December!
Space Force Seal Challenge Winner
Congratulations, Ms. Mardis!
Welcome Back to School
Our students were welcomed back from Winter Break by having the red carpet rolled out for them to walk on from the bus line and the car line.
Maker Space Friday
Project Lead the Way Robotics in 5th Grade
4th Graders Code with GoTynker
Legacy Lunch Buddies
We made an 'A"'!
Leaders of the Month
Congratulations to our students who were selected as MXR Leaders of the Month for January!
Peyton Shelton
Russell Saylor
Alice Mecham
Ashten Taylor
Miracle Pride
Wyatt Brockman
Annabelle Holland
Lucas Satterfield
CaLee Certain
Wyatt Satterfield
These students were selected by teachers and staff school-wide for the leadership qualities and excellent character they display at school each day.
Walk to Read Group
Mrs. Bess's Walk to Read group practicing their reading skills this morning. They are working on fluency and retell for DIBELS next week. They all recite together, "He who does the work.. learns the most!!" And they are right!!
Art Class
Ambassadors Win House Cup!
Neon Math
Mr. Hollingsworth’s fourth grade math classes had a BRIGHT day of learning this past week. Students got to dress up in neon colors and complete some long division problems in a fun way!
We Made an A!
Trombone Day at UA
These students got to learn and perform alongside trombone players in the University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band, United States Army Field Band (Complete Trombone Section), and Bandmasters from various places in the United States.
The final concert had these Monrovia Middle School students performing on stage alongside high school level, college level, doctorate level, and professional level trombone players across the United States! Go Trombones!
Baseball
Basketball
Scholars' Bowl
West Wing Chicks
Inauguration Parade
JRTOC Drill Team
Regional Championship
Congratulations, Charles
Sparkman MS Math Team
Congratulations, Caleb!
State Superintendent's Art Show
Early College Seminar
Sparkman 9 students attend the University of Alabama Early College Seminar
Students learned more about the UA Early College Summer on Campus Program as well as online options for pursuing and earning college credit.
What should we print? 🤔 Hmm...How about an ELEPHANT?!
Cool time-lapse video of the 2.5 hour process to print a small 3D elephant compressed to 4.5 minutes! #STEM #3DPrinting #ComputerProgramming #VideoProduction #Timelapse
Music Credit: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License,http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Football All-State & All-Region
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
Kicker
Mohammad Nakhleh, Buckhorn
5-10, 155, Junior.
Made 6-of-8 field goal attempts with a long kick of 41 yards; Class 6A honorable mention All-State. Congratulations Mohammad!
HONORABLE MENTION
Linebacker
Nick Owens, Buckhorn, Senior.
Varsity Boys Basketball Captures New Manchester Holiday Classic Title
BHS (17-2): Kuran Garner, 21; Jalon Chapman, 12.
New Manchester Holiday Classic championship game in Douglasville (Ga.)
Buckhorn 81, New Manchester (Ga.) 72
BHS: Garner, 26; Brandon Davis, 17; Trent Lawrence, 10.
New Manchester Holiday Classic semifinals
Buckhorn 65, Stone Mountain (Ga.) 58
BHS: Garner, 17; Kendall Humphrey, 10
New Manchester Holiday Classic
Volleyball All-Region
Adyson Mayhall
Jordan Hunter
Shout out to senior wrestler, Jordan Hunter (182-lb), ranked #1 in the state!!! #BuckPride
Austin Mayfield
Boys Bowling Area Champs
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day!
THANK YOU SRO JONAS WILSON
This past Wednesday was National Law Enforcement Day. We are so thankful for SRO Jonas Wilson and ALL he does to support and protect our students and staff! Thank you for your service SRO Wilson, we are lucky to have you as a member of our Buckhorn family! #BuckPride
End of Semester Fun!
Famous Alabamians Wax Museum
Mrs. Pierce’s (8th grade history) Alabama History class presented a Wax Museum of “Famous Alabamians.”
Scholars' Bowl
Teacher Collaboration
Builders Club
We got an 'A'!
Congratulations to Mt. Carmel Elementary School educators, students, and staff for achieving a 97 on the official 2017-2018 Alabama State Report Card!
Building Relationships
Assistant Principal Mr. Davis stops by Guidance for a game of Connect 4 as students work on implementing social skills and completion etiquette.
Project Lead the Way
Third grade students work hard on the Project Lead the Way Forces and Interactions module.
Liberty’s Legacy
Third grade students kick off the Liberty’s Legacy Program at Madison County Elementary by meeting Libby Liberty and learning all about what it takes to be a good citizen!
Math Challenges
Second grade students complete math challenges to Unlock the New Year.
Setting Goals
Mr. Robert from Alexander Martial Arts came and spoke to our PE classes about goals, techniques, and confidence.
RIS Leaders of the Month
Congratulations to our students who were selected as RES Leaders of the Month for January!
These students were selected by teachers and staff for the leadership qualities and excellent character they display at school each day. Their pictures are now proudly displayed on our Leadership Wall in the front lobby.
Pre-K: Coralee Doll and Reece Hughes
K: Mindy Jiang and Ian Parks
1: Madilyn Lombardi and Nate Cantrell
2: Kate Brandon and Easton Mewbourn
3: KynLee Lamb and T’Marion Lee
Shout out to Wendella at Pitter-Patter Photography for donating her time and services each month to help us recognize our leaders of the month!
Employee of the Month
Congratulations to Mrs. Katie Rutledge, second grade teacher, for being nominated by her peers as Employee of the Month!
Celebrating our Report Card = A!
With a 16-point gain from the previous year, we are excited to announce that we received a 98 - the highest score in the Madison County School System.
Out of approximately 1,345 schools in the state of Alabama, we scored higher than 1,328 of them. We tied as having the 18th highest score in the state.
We are blessed to have amazing educators, students, and staff around. Everyone works tirelessly to ensure our students receive a world-class education. That was proven in our A+ score.
We Can Count to 100!
Thanks, Starbucks!
Let it Snow!
Perfect Attendance Bicycle Winner!
Servant Leader!
Thanks to all of the third graders who brought in items to donate to the elderly this Christmas season. They were very appreciative!
Board Appreciation Month
Collaboration Day!
District-wide 4K Readiness Collaboration today!
Thank you Lynn Fanning Elementary School, Legacy Elementary School, and Monrovia Elementary School for joining us and learning with us today!
Sight Word Review
Project Lead the Way Lesson
Mrs. Owen’s third graders investigated and compared the different traits of all their classmates with the Project Lead the Way Variation of Traits lesson with MCSS STEM Coach, Jessica Williamson.
Michelle Stovall, Principal RIS
Tech Education Class
RIS Radio
Welcome 2019!
Teachers & staff get ready - everyone working getting ready for the 2nd semester
Faculty Collaboration
Students of the Month!
Congratulations to our December Students of the Month! These students show characteristics of leadership, kindness, and helpfulness. We are proud of them and their hard work ~ they are awesome!
Pre-K - Alanna Bey
Kindergarten - Emersyn Sarjahani
First Grade - Cooper Ivey
Second Grade - Troy Wood
Third Grade - Dylan Mason
Fourth Grade - Alexis Craddock
Congratulations, Star Teacher!
Board Appreciation Month
Students of the Month
Congratulations to our Students of the Month! We love celebrating students who are working hard in their classes. Keep up the great work!
9th Grade: Cierrissa Goodlow & Alex Umakoshi
10th Grade: Heather Gomez & Austin Worthey
11th Grade: Emily Graham & Kenneth Brown
12th Grade: Miranda Watson & Damian Laten
Club 30 Welcomes New Members
Seven more students have joined Club 30 after scoring a 30 or above on the ACT! Congratulations to these students on an outstanding accomplishment! We're so proud of your hard work and determination!
Pictured:
Hunter Stafford
April Richardson
Paul Asquith
Madison Cowan
Sarah Mayes
Nathaniel Merchant
Laurel Carter
Marshmallow Challenge
Engineering Academy Receives Donation from Rex Reynolds
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
January 9th was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. We are so thankful to have Officer Petty at HGHS!
Deer Processing in Culinary Academy
Design Challenges in Engineering Academy
Collaboration and Critical Thinking
Mrs. Reid's history students worked together to determine the relationships of thirty historical figures, events, and empires.
Bowling
Basketball- Back-to-Back Champions
Marisa Snodgrass Scores 1000 Points
ASWA All-State Football Team
Congratulations to Chauncey Andrews and Garrett Cross for being named to the ASWA All-State Football Team.
See article below for more information.
All-Huntsville Region Football Team
See article below for more information.
Gracie Lynn Butler
- Congratulations to Gracie Lynn Butler for being named to the Super All-State Volleyball Team.
- Congratulations to Gracie Lynn Butler and Catherine Smith for being named to the Huntsville All-Region Volleyball Team.
See article below for more information.
Photo: Dennis Victory
Huntsville Region Volleyball Coach of the Year
Winter Break Reading Challenge
Debate and Vote- Learning about government
Book Study
Scientific Method in Progress
Ms. Franklin's 5th grade Science students participated in an experiment learning about the Scientific method. They had to find out which spree candy coating dissolved the fastest.
Teacher Collaboration
Music Teaches Many Things
Back to School Professional Development
Zoo Projects
Researching the Titantic
Fifth grade has been learning all about the Titanic in all of their classes. They did a breakout to reveal the unit they were learning about, several math task to figure out different facts, and were assigned a person on board and had to research all about that person.
Study of the Great Depression
Sixth Grade has been learning all about the Great Depression. They did research on that time period and were given a weekly allowance to see how it felt for the people in that time.
New Year's Goals!
Lady Liberty Visits MCES
Celebrating Achievement!
Winter Wonderland Dance
Tiger Basketball
Peer Helpers
State Superintendent's Art Show
MCES Spelling Bee
Ecosystem Projects
Mrs. Reynolds third grade class students presented their ecosystem projects! Every student created a habitat box project and presented about their ecosystem
Baseball Team Sending Valentines to Elementary Students
Pictured: Jackson Pugh, Bryant Statum, Hunter Vandiver, Matthew Glenn, Blaine McCarver, Cameron Garcia
Team Building
Congratulations!
The MCHS Lady Tigers finished second in the KSA Events Christmas Tournament in Orlando over Christmas break.
Team Supporters
“Building Champions” - our awesome student section supporting Tiger basketball!
County Champs!
The NHS Lady Indians took home the COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP on January 14th!
Lab Work
Student Speaker
Congratulations to Will Thomas for being chosen to speak at the ASF Foundation breakfast! Will is a junior baseball player and earned this accomplishment for his talent on the American Legion Post 237 Baseball Team!
Student Advice
Freshman student Caroline Largen submitted advice on dealing with the pressures of middle school to the authors of the book, The Girls' Guide to Conquering Middle School. Caroline's comments were chosen as part of the book by Erica & Jonathan Catherman. Great Job Caroline!
Published Authors
Congratulations!
Wrestling Team
National Law Enforcement Day
Celebrating Reading Goals
Sixth Grade After School Hangout
Forty-one sixth grade students recently had a HANGOUT after school! Their teacher, Ms. Mann, planned a fun afternoon that included ice cream sundaes, outside play, making snowflakes, board games, drawing and many more fun activities for the afternoon! These students work hard together and they also enjoy relaxing together. Everyone had a blast!
December CTE of the Month
Congratulations, Kalee Murdock, Medical Academy and Virtual Academy student, for being selected as the December 2018 CTE Student of The Month!
Kalee is the current NTHS president for MCCTC and also serves as the morning HOSA president. She has worked as a HOSA and NTHS Ambassador on our Community Nights, has planned and implemented a breakfast for Teacher Appreciation, repeatedly works on bulletin boards around campus, assists and organizes with setting up the school Christmas tree, and participates in all NTHS and HOSA events.
Kalee is always seeking ways to think outside the box and strives to assist the school in any way possible. She takes her roles as president seriously and tries to brainstorm ways she and her peers can give back.
Kalee is very deserving of this award! Congratulations!