In the Loop

Email: sandra.vernon@trussvillecityschools.com
Website: www.trussvillecityschools
Location: 113 North Chalkville Road, Trussville, AL, United States
Phone: 205-228-3000
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Trussvilleschools
Twitter: @tcshuskies

• Spring Break - March 26 - 30, 2018
• HTHS Graduation - May 22, 2018
• Last Day for Students - May 23, 2018 12:00 Noon

P.A.C.E. Trait for March is Patience

P.A.C.E Trait for April is Peace

P.A.C.E. Trait for May is Honesty

Thank you to all the celebrity readers for stopping by our elementary schools to share the importance of reading and your favorite book with our students! They loved it!

Just a few of our guests were:

• Mayor Buddy Choat, Dr. Steele and Jef Freeman - City Councilmen
• State Representative Danny Garrett
• State Senator Shay Shelnutt
• Jefferson County Commissioner Joe Knight
• Superintendent Dr. Pattie Neill
• Auburn National Championship Football Player Neal Caudle
• UAB Cheerleaders
• Police Chief Bridges, Chuck Bradford and many of our first responders
• Jeh Jeh Pruitt
• Matt Glover
• Fire Chief Shotts and first responders
• Trussville Tribune's Scott Buttram
• Board Members Steve Ward and Kathy Brown
• Community leaders such as Randy Nichols and Melissa Jones (many others too)
• Miss Trussville
• Many of our outstanding retired teachers
• Many of our community helpers such as doctors, dentists, nurses and religious leaders.
• And many others who we might have missed but are so thankful for their time to read with our students!
  

Many TCS employees stopped by to read in multiple elementary classrooms such as: Assistant Superintendent Beth Bruno, Dr. Jennifer Cardwell, Athletics Director Lance Walker, Dr. Phyllis Faust, Mandi Logan, April Chamberlain, Gloria Bellew, Melissa Donaldson, Sandra Vernon and Academic Coaches Kelly McGough and Jenni Peters.

Special Guests to read with students were members of the HTHS Football Team, members of the HTHS Baseball Team and members of our Husky Bands.

Thank you all for your support of reading and our elementary schools!

Parents were invited to join their children during their reading block last week at Magnolia Elementary. The goal was for parents to learn more about reading instruction and opportunities for sharing reading experiences with their children.

On March 3, 2018, the Engineering Academy sent 18 teams to compete in the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair at UAB. Students have been working hard on their projects all year, following the engineering design process to develop a working prototype to solve their chosen problem. We are very proud of all of our students who participated. The following students placed or received honorable mention. Students who placed in the top three will move on to compete at the State Science Fair in April:

1st Place in the Energy and Transportation Category – Ian Knapp, Michael Rodriguez, and David Murrell with their design that can retrofit an existing longboard with brakes. Their design incorporated a handheld grip that allows the rider to stop their longboard using an under mounted braking system.

2nd Place in the Energy and Transportation Category – Vraj Patel and Emily Coggins with their prototype that utilizes microwave sensors to add blind spot detection onto existing cars. Their design has a new dashboard that has LED indicators and an LCD readout screen alerting drivers of cars that are in the blind spot area.

3rd Place in the Energy and Transportation Category – Hayden Parks, Drew Kinzer, and Nathan Feagans with their emergency solar panel umbrella system. Their design is a folding solar umbrella that can be deployed after emergency situations like hurricanes and tornadoes. The umbrella folds up into a compact box for easy storage and deployment. This one umbrella can generate 100 watts of power, which would be able to charge up to 109 cellphones after one day of sun.

1st Place in the Engineering Category – Long Nguyen, Ethan Swatek, and Cannon Riccio with their 3D printed affordable leg braces. Their design provides custom fitted leg braces that can be 3D printed. This will provide a custom fit and a cheaper alternative to the expensive leg braces sold by the medical industry.

2nd Place in the Engineering Category – Jacob Hayes and Joseph Seagle with their automatic drink lid dispenser. Have you ever had to pull apart drink lids at a fast food restaurant and wonder who else has been touching your lid? Their design allows drink lids to be dropped into the customer’s hand by simply waving your hand under the dispenser.

Honorable Mention in the Engineering Category – Jade Thomas, Jaylan Maddox, and Anna Houser with their adjustable cellphone grip and stylus for individuals suffering from Arthritis. Their device allows for people suffering with Arthritis in their hands to easily hold their cellphone and operate it using a custom finger stylus.

Honorable Mention in the Engineering Category - Caleb Knox, Brandon Breau, and Sam Thompson with their automatic stop sign indication. Their device adds red and green LED lights to existing stop signs to indicate whose turn it is to go. This system could prevent numerous accidents from occurring at stop sign intersections.

Honorable Mention in the Engineering Category – Connor Gallagher with his 3D printed compact eyeglasses. Connor’s design allows glasses to be quickly disassembled into four components and then they magnetically lock together for simple and easy storage in your pocket or purse.

Yale Science and Engineering Association Most Outstanding Exhibit Award - Hayden Parks, Drew Kinzer, and Nathan Feagans with their emergency solar panel umbrella system.

Kaitlyn Berrios, Merrill Bettis, Kai Beverly, Elyse Box, Anna Bozeman, Amelia Brewster,

Emmy Burns, Machaela Charles, Libby Christopher, Sara Tandy Christopher, Lauren Coffey, Lauren Coggins, Katie Coleman, Maddie Corbitt, Emily Crawford, Sara Crawford,

Madelne Curd, Sydney Davidson, Rebecca Dollar, Yana Dorsett, Deonna Dorsett, Hayley

Eads, Madeline Easterling, Aliyah Ellis, Lizzy Ezell, Reagan Felts, Emma Flebotte, Adi Gainey, Ava Graffo, Phoebe Greene, Peyton Hendon, Emma Raye Holmes, Anna Claire

Holmes, Kelsey Hutchens, Skyler Klotz, Caroline Lambert, Adriana Landar, Jordan Love,

Sara Moore, Landry Motley, Kate Mullinax, Reagan Owings, Haley Panos, Mahari Pearson, Brianna Plant, Lucy Prince, Cameron Ramsay, Danielle Reese, Kylan Robertson,

Kacey Rollo, Brookelyn Rush, Savannah Ryle, Bella Sahagun, Morgan Sellers, Lexie Shelnutt, Audrey Smith, Tana Smith, Miller Smith, Claire Stack, Anna Katherine Summers,

Sarah Kate Swann, Mary Teed, Emma Toves, Nicole Vaughn, MaKenzie Ward, Marit Wessel, Emma Weyhe, Taylor Wilkins, Sophie Wilks, and Megan Zielke

Next up for many of these girls....Dance Team Try-outs! Good Luck!

Kindergarten teachers from Paine Elementary School meet to plan upcoming science units. The teachers went through the StemScopes modules that they will be teaching the third trimester, and investigated the materials and equipment.

CES kindergarten students had so much fun participating in several academic-based Winter Olympic games. We dressed in our Olympic gear wearing our team shirts, medals, headbands and wristbands. To top it all off, we made a special Olympic day snack. The Olympic flags were yummy!

Cahaba Elementary served over 400 Dads, Granddads and students breakfast last Tuesday morning and then sold $2,600+ from the Book Fair!! All before 8:30 am. Thank you Dads and Granddads for visiting our school!

Congratulations to the HTMS Concert Band for a great performance at State Band Assessment (MPA)! The Band received two Superior ratings and one Excellent rating on stage. They also received a Superior rating in sight reading. Congratulations on earing an overall Superior Rating! We are proud of you all!

Congratulations to the Honors Band for a great performance at State Band Assessment (MPA)! The students received three Superior ratings on stage and a Superior rating in sight reading. Congratulations on earning all Superior Ratings! We are proud of you!

Congratulations to the HTMS Symphonic Band for a great performance at State Band Assessment (MPA)! They received three Superior ratings on stage and a Superior rating in sight reading. They received all A's in all captions from every judge. Congratulations on earning all Superior ratings! We are proud of you all!

Trussville students Thomas Butler, Navjot Multani, Sara Callahan and Sophia Shipman have artwork on display at the Birmingham Museum of Art for Youth Art Month. The exhibit is free and open until Wednesday, March 28th. An opening reception took place on Thursday, March 1st. Students were recognized with an awards ceremony in which they received certificates.

The first Mountain Bike race kicked off at Tannehill State Park. Approximately 500 athletes raced, half of which were middle school students. The Huskies placed 2nd overall for their division 1 teams. The Huskies had several Top 10 finishes in individual classes.

GO HUSKIES!

HIGH SCHOOL

JV girls:

MaKinley Haynes placed 7th

Sophomore girls:

Lacie Brittain placed 5th

Izzy Haley placed 6th

Varsity boys:

Brandon Weir took 1st place

JV Boys:
Austin Hicks placed 5th

Ryan Payant placed 6th

Noah Rigg placed 7th

Sophomore Boys:

Jon McAnnally placed 8th

Freshman Boys:

Sam Lovin placed 2nd

Luke Curtis placed 4th

Dominic Anderson placed 8th

MIDDLE SCHOOL

7th grade girls: Lillie Brittain placed 2nd

6th grade girls: Shazie Bryant placed 2nd

7th grade boys: Luke Dimler placed 2nd

Congratulations to the Huskies!