Crockett: Crockett is very proud that a kiln, oven for clay, is being installed. Thanks to the efforts of all involved in allowing our art specialist, Valerie Lamb-Steece, utilize another tool to expand the horizons in art. Third graders are currently working on their Egyptian art pieces using copper foil.  Kindergarteners celebrated Ground Hog Day last week in fine fashion with all their studies highlighting this famous creature.

Edmondson: Don’t forget to log your minutes for the Walk Across Williamson Activity Contest!  Edmondson won first place last year and would like to continue the tradition.   Contact Coach Dan Quesenberry or Nurse Connie Pearson for more information.

Kenrose: First grade is enjoying their Weather unit for Science. Lisa Spencer, a local meteorologist, will be visiting in February to share many exciting weather facts!

Lipscomb: Attention parents!  If you don’t already receive IN FOCUS, be sure to sign up for Williamson County Schools’ e-mail newsletter.  Complete with videos, articles and other news you need to know, IN FOCUS is the main source for Williamson County Schools district information.  To sign up IN FOCUS, simply go to www.wcs.edu and select the icon that reads “Sign Up for the In Focus Newsletter” and fill out the necessary information.

Scales: Tonight is Papa John Pizza Night.  Help win a pizza party for your classroom.  The fifth grade talent show rehearsal is today at 3:35-5:00.  Rena Byington’s first grade class practiced cooperation and compromise on the 100^th day of school.  They worked in small groups to count our 100 objects and then worked together to build one thing with the 100 manipulatives.

Sunset: Creative activities that are meaningful and relevant to a student’s daily life experience provide opportunities to teach across the curriculum and assist children in seeing the interrelationships among things they are learning.  In Ms. Carolyn Hagan’s room, students are creating these experiences using a variety of materials in an environment that allows each student an opportunity to freely express themselves. Grade level projects currently underway are: fifth grade is crafting faux stain glass, fourth grade,is designing movie posters and learning about advertisements, third graders are creating landscapes, second grade is designing dragons to support their unit on fairytales, first grade is focusing on coil and pinch pot techniques using clay and kindergarten is using various shapes to design fish.

Brentwood Middle: Mrs. Charlotte Baird, BMS counselor, and Ms. Janet Wulff, BHS counselor, will be conducting classroom visits for 8th grade students.  These meetings will focus on registration information, graduation requirements, 4-year plans, and the importance of being involved.

Sunset Middle: Eighth grade students participated in the TCAP Writing Assessment on Wednesday, Feb. 4. They currently are completing a poetry unit of study and beginning work on their research papers for this semester.  Girls and Boys Varsity and JV basketball teams play Freedom at Sunset today, beginning at 4:00 pm.

Woodland Middle: The JV Warrior Boys overcame a 10-0 deficit with superb defensive intensity to win the game against Freedom 49-39.  The defensive leader Booth Blakely had 5 steals, Bryce Denton had 10 rebounds and 9 points, and Alex Campbell had 11 points.  Daniel Booker and Nick Gleason displayed their clutch free throw shooting in the 4^th quarter going 8 for 9 and 4 for 4 respectively.  Great job guys!