Central Learning Community News
The Heart of Fulton County Schools
March 2015
Elementary Schools
Parklane
Conley Hills
Students at Conley Hills participated in the Health M Powers Body Walk. The body walk is a traveling exhibit that allows students to tour the body and learn first-hand how to make health choices to promote healthy eating and regular physical activity.
Ison Springs
The members of the Ison Springs Elementary School learning community had the opportunity to participate in one of ISES’s most renowned events…the annual Talent Show! Excited students from all grade levels tried out for this year’s Talent Show and many were selected to display their gifts in the celebrated event. After weeks of rehearsals, the performers showcased their wide-array of talents, which included ballet and contemporary dancing, theatrical acts, singing of new and some memorable tunes, and playing of instruments, on March 27th. The audience, which comprised of parents, teachers, and fellow class mates, were wowed by the amazing performers. One on-looker called the event “a fantastic scene of exceptional talent!” We sure are proud of the amazing work the students put into their performances and the event and cannot wait until next year’s show!
Spalding Drive
Spalding Drive was a very busy place in March! Our students participated in the Falcon’s Play 60 training camp and spent an hour running, playing and getting exercise! Our 4th and 5th grade students and chorus performed the play Peter Pan to two sell-out crowds! We also celebrated our special education students with a Yes I Can! breakfast and award ceremony. All students were able to experience a cultural arts performance thanks to our generous PTA. Our primary grades have worked in a partnership with Arts for Learning from the Woodruff Arts Center on ways to integrate the arts with our Common Core ELA standards. As you can tell, we’ve embraced the “A” in STEAM!
Hamilton Holmes
Tri Cities Church has become a wonderful support to Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary this year. The group of men who represent the church contacted the school at the beginning of the school year and the church has become one of the biggest supporters in many areas of the Hamilton E. Holmes school community. They invited several of our families to participate in their food co-op program; in addition, they donated 50 bags of food to needy students for spring break! They also donate back to the school the money they collect at the Food Coop to help needy families in crisis. Pastor Bolden volunteered as the community representative for our TOTY committee.
Woodland
In fourth grade science classes, students investigated light. To help the students understand the properties of light, tools such as mirrors and flashlights were used. Students observed reflection and refraction using different objects with the light source.
Reese Munday, a student in Ms. Iris I’m’s class, is using the flashlight and mirror to observe light and reflection with her group. They also used various objects provided in the science bucket to study refraction.
High Point
High Point held their annual Science Day on April 4th! Thanks to a partnership with Northside Hospital, all students in Pre-K through 5th grade participated in hands-on science experiments throughout the day. Students dug in soil, built bridges out of toothpicks and marshmallows, made bottle rockets, and had an egg drop with the help of Georgia Power!
It was a great day for our students and staff before spring break!
Middle Schools
Ridgeview
Ridgeview Charter School (RCS), an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme School, is happy to announce the completion of an interdisciplinary unit of study between Mrs. Davis’ Japanese students and Ms. Lentz’s art students. Together, the RCS Japanese and art students made one thousand origami cranes. These origami cranes are well known as a national symbol of world peace. All of the students created these cranes as a wish for world peace while also commemorating Sadako, a Japanese girl, who at the age of 12, died from leukemia caused by the atomic bombing in Hiroshima during WWII.
Woodland
Major Family Events Just Before Spring Break
Woodland Middle School hosted two big events for families just before Spring Break. First, Math Boot Camp: Operation Milestone had participants swearing in to “share what they learned with others”. Through a series of short classes, participants learned how the Math Milestones worked and techniques to help their students prepare.
Two weeks later, on April Fool’s Day, Woodland MS held their 2nd Family Literacy Night because “Reading Is No Joke!” For an hour, families played Literacy Jeopardy, made bookmarks, created a joke book, participated in the Poetry Café and many more activities. Dinner was provided through the Striving Reader Grant. Over thirty teachers and staff helped out and more than 100 family members came and played. Everyone who participated was given their choice of a free book to keep on the way home.
Connecting with families was a wonderful way to lead to Spring Break.
Pictures: Monique Johnson and Ellen Holland confer before the start of Math Boot Camp; Students display their bookmark; and the last is picture of the t-shirt all the staff wore for Family Literacy Night.
High Schools
Riverwood
Riverwood & Lake Forest STEAM Camp
Led by Riverwood teacher Mary Schmidt and several other teachers, Lake Forest students visited Riverwood on Saturday, March 21, 2015 to get a look into life at Riverwood and get them excited about learning.
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Tri-Cities
The musical talents of Tri-Cities High School’s jazz ensemble and band (majorettes and dance line included) are requested throughout Georgia and beyond. They regularly receive invitations to perform from many notables including, Governor Nathan Deal, Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague, and Southwest Airlines, just to name a few. Their hard work and dedication generate applause wherever they go. Go bulldogs!!!!
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The Central Learning Community
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Phone: 404-763-6804