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1 Page 1 of 19 January 16, 2017 TRUSSVILLE CITY SCHOOLS 113 North Chalkville Road, Tr sandra.vernon@trussvillecitys trussvillecityschools DATES TO REMEMBER! February 20, Schools/Offices Closed for Presidents Day March Schools Closed for Spring Break ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you Johnny Amari and Heath Buckner...the bike racks are awesome! Cahaba Elementary School and Magnolia Elementary School thank Johnny Amari and Heath Buckner for the two bike racks they designed, built and then donated to the schools! They are wonderful and used everyday! Thank you for your support of our students and schools!

2 Page 2 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THANK YOU Trussville City Schools Foundation! We appreciate your support of the schools and the students of Trussville! Thursday, January 12, the Executive Director and Board Members of the Trussville City Schools Foundation (TCSF) visited classrooms throughout the district to award Grants. The Grants awarded were up to $1000 each for items the teachers requested from the TCSF Grant Program. Thank you TCSF for your hardwork and generosity for the students of Trussville! Paine Elementary School Gina Lackey, Flexible Seating Donna Walker, Flexible Seating Susan Brandon, ipads for Robots Janet Benson, Robots Cahaba Elementary School Kindergarten Classes - Shorter, Jones, Segers and Johnson - Outside Garden Charlene Hallman, Elementary robotics Jaime Giangrosso, Workout Lab Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Jada Burns, Flexible Seating Magnolia Elementary School Ashley Sing, Flexible Seating Leigh Riley, Flexible Seating Cheryl Stewart, Marble Panel

3 Page 3 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTMS HONORS BAND MAKES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC! Click the pictures below to hear the HTMS Honors Band as they prepare for the Alabama Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference Thursday (1/19) in Montgomery. This is an event for all music teachers in the state and the highest performance invitation a school music group in our state can receive. This is the first time ever a band from Trussville has been invited. Thank you for supporting our students through the preparation for the past several months. The clips below are from their preview night. HTMS Band M drive.google.com HTMS Band 2.MOV drive.google.com HTMS Band 3.MOV drive.google.com

4 Page 4 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to become a bus driver? Check it out below! TCS is hosting a state class for anyone interested in getting their CDL to drive a school bus. If interested, please contact TCS and we will walk you through the process. There are several things that have to be done to get a CDL and we will walk them through the process. There is a 3 day mandatory state training class in May that will be here in Trussville. Give us a call to check it out! Just FYI, TCS teachers are not allowed to drive regular routes but they are allowed to sub drive. This is ideal for coaches who rely on school buses to shuttle their athletes to practice/games. Thanks and let me know if you have any questions. Becoming a School Bus Driver How To Become A Bus Driver Must be 21 years of age or older Must obtain a Class B Commercial Driver s License with a Passenger and School Bus Endorsement Must have a clean driving record with no DUI Cannot be Insulin dependent How To Apply Complete a classified application online at Apply for the Bus Driver Preliminary Interview by going to After the Preliminary Interview qualified candidates will be invited to attend the training class. You must do the following before attending the training class: 1. Complete a Background Check (See Below) 2. Complete a pre-employment drug screening. Contact the Transportation Department at once the background check has cleared to schedule the drug screening. You must have your CDL before attending the training class. To Obtain A Class B Commercial Driver s License Pass 4 tests given at the license office (Study manuals are available at your local license office) 1. General Knowledge 2. Passenger 3. Air Brakes 4. School Bus (COST FOR THE CDL TEST IS $25) After Passing The CDLTest: You will be given a Learner s Permit Attend a 4 hour training class from Shelby County Schools Attend a 12 hour State Department of Education New Bus Driver Certification Class - 3 days Score at least 80% on written test given at end of 12 hour instruction class Pass a three part performance test 1. Pre-Trip Inspection 2. Basic Control Skills Tests (backing) 3. Driving Skills Test (Practice days will be available for two weeks prior to the New Bus Driver Certification Class) Other Required Documentation Obtain a background check at or by phone at (866) (COST FOR BACKGROUND CHECK WILL BE $51.40) Required Documentation 1. A Class B CDL with Passenger and School Bus Endorsement 2. Copy of high school diploma, college diploma, or GED 3. Copy of Social Security Card

5 Page 5 of Pre-employment drug screening. (Call the transportation department at to schedule once the background check has cleared.) 5. Alabama School Bus Driver Physical Examination Report (link to physical form) (COST FOR PHYSICAL WILL BE $50 - $100) How To Keep An Alabama School Bus Driver Certification In order to maintain their school bus driver certification, school bus drivers are required to participate in a 4-hour recertification class. These classes are scheduled in all school systems and are taught between January 1 and October 31 annually. (For information on driver classes click here.) Drivers who fail to attend the required re-certification class must return to a new driver class and be performance tested. Who To Contact Anyone wishing to drive a school bus in Trussville should contact the Transportation Department at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congrats to HTMS Indoor Track! Great job HTMS Indoor Track Team at the Birmingham MS Indoor Track Meet! HTMS set 3 new meet records and had 12 performances in the top 5! Congratulations to Sydney White for a win and new meet record in both the 400m and the long jump. Congratulations to Lea Townsend for a new meet record and also a new Crossplex record in the shot put. Way to go Huskies! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visiting Magnolia Elementary Classrooms The academic coaches, Dr. Jennifer Cardwell, and Assistant Superintendent Beth Bruno are busy visiting classrooms during the second semester. The intent is not to evaluate teachers, but to

6 Page 6 of 19 assess strengths and needs in order to provide appropriate support and professional learning to all schools. The first visits were to Magnolia Elementary to visit kindergarten, first, and second grade classrooms. The visits included Open Court Phonics, decoding words, math during intervention, word lists, reading targets, stamina to read for extended periods of time and much, much more. Magnolia Elementary learns! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTMS ponders... the pig or the wolf? 7th grade Civics students (jurors) using the children's book, "The Three Little Pigs" to practice collecting various forms of evidence to support their claim...the pig or the wolf...why? Civics students are all preparing for an upcoming mock trial simulation...awesome collaboration!

7 Page 7 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to the HTMS Dance Team...1st place champions in the Southeast Regional American All-Star Dance Competition at Homewood High School. Way to go Huskies! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cahaba Elementary Library Class..."Read Without Walls" This week in library class, students in grades 3-5 are being challenged to Read Without Walls. This is a challenge that was created by the 2016 National Ambassador for Young People s Literature- Gene Luen Yang. The challenge will run through Friday, 2/24. Participating students will read 3 books based on the selected criteria. The purpose is to get students out of their reading box and experience the lives of others through books. Students who complete the challenge will receive a bookmark and have their log displayed on the wall outside the library. We have a display set up on the gray shelves in the library to help students select books for this challenge.

8 Page 8 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to the Magnolia Elementary Child Nutrition Program...a perfect score on their health rating. GREAT JOB! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTMS Library Lowdown...get the latest news! Magazine Renewal/Order Time!-

9 Page 9 of 19 Renew your family s favorite magazines and help your school library! All HTMS students received a Great American magazine renewal/order packet this week. All proceeds will be used to purchase new items in our school library, and with every subscription, students get to select a fun emoji keychain. All orders are due by Wednesday, January 18th. January s Library Low-Down Newsletter- In this issue - Magazine Renewal/Orders, Circulation and Collaboration Stats for December, Library Aide s Life, Robotic s Mini-Course, 1st Semester Student Aides a job well done, New titles added in December, and New Chromebook Card Catalogs. ( ) CLICK HERE to get the latest news from the Paine Elementary Library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interested in HTMS Dance Team...see below for Tryout Information HTMS Dance Team Tryouts: Calling all dancers! If you are interested in trying out for the HTMS Dance Team, there will be a mandatory parent information meeting on Tuesday, January 31st, at 6 pm in the auditorium. Optional preclinics will be held on February 13th and February 15th from 3:00-5:00 pm. Mandatory clinic and tryouts will take place during the week of March A list of tryout requirements can be found on Ms. Cruit s class website: Interested in HTMS Cheer Squad...see below for more information! Attention all girls interested in trying out for HTMS Cheerleader for next year. There will be a MANDATORY Parent Meeting on Monday, January 23rd at 6:00 p.m. All girls interested in trying out should attend this meeting with a parent to learn about requirements and specific information for tryouts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTMS Star Students...Congratulations! A-Team Grace Gardner, Ben Kennedy, and Landon Ho M3 Mary Elizabeth Reeves, Matthew Simpson, and Emma Schappacher Top Dogs Jacob Lee, Jack Bailey, and Lily Gray K9 Jack Pate, Chase Armstrong, and Kaysia Beverly Home Dogs Ashley Rodgers, June Mobley, and Liam Eubanks Dream Team Bethany Rager and Jared Rager

10 Page 10 of 19 Alpha Dogs Sydney Humphries and Canaan Clay Husky Chrissy Dillard and Kirkland Butler Pack Team Bobby Stanberry and Brooke Nielson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Magnolia Elementary School PACE Star Students for December. These students were nominated by their teachers and/or classmates for portraying JOY! Our special guest speaker at our assembly this month, also pictured, is Matt Galloway from First Baptist. He spoke to the students about finding and spreading joy.

11 Page 11 of 19 Magnolia Elementary Millionaires from 1st Semester. This means, according to the AR tests they ve taken, they have read over 1,000,000 words! Congratulations to Magnolia Elementary 5th Grade A Honor Roll - OUTSTANDING!

12 Page 12 of 19 Congratulations to Magnolia Elementary 4th Grade A Honor Roll - OUTSTANDING! Congratulations to Magnolia Elementary 5th Grade AB Honor Roll - GREAT JOB!

13 Page 13 of 19 Congratulations to Magnolia Elementary 4th Grade AB Honor Roll - GREAT JOB! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to Paine Elementary December P.A.C.E. Leaders and Principal for the Day...great job students! Paine Elementary Student P.A.C.E. Leaders - P.A.C.E. Trait for December - JOY!

14 Page 14 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing the 2017 HTHS Bowling Team...GO HUSKIES! Girls: Hannah Borden, Sara Borden, Sierra Champion, Molly Cobb, Madison Dahlke, Sally Gamble, Lexie Shelnutt, and Ashlyn Wiggins Guys: Jordan Faggard, Ryan Hindman, Andrew Holt, Chipper Lartigue, Hunter Mortimer, and Dakota Trammell Coached by Jake Garrett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A "whole lotta learning" going on...at Paine Elementary School Walk into all 8 kindergarten classes at Paine Elementary and you know why our students become such proficient readers. Our teachers have such a wealth of content knowledge on teaching emerging readers. Students are given lots of opportunities to learn letters and sounds and how to put those sounds together to make words. Our district uses Open Court Phonics to support phonemic awareness and phonics in kindergarten, first, and second grades. But our kindergartners aren't just decoding words; they are reading books and comprehending new content. They are learning to write using correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. It only takes a minute to be amazed in a kindergarten classroom.

15 Page 15 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cahaba Elementary School... our students LOVE reading and writing! Just a few of the outstanding lessons during the walk-throughs at Cahaba Elementary School! Mrs. Feilds' fourth graders are grouped into teams who hold one another accountable for reading. The team members talk about goals and recommend books to each other. Mrs. Feild's rigorous learning targets clearly communicate to students what they should learn today. Mrs. Higginbotham's students close read and analyzed poems about Martin Luther King. She differentiated the poems to accommodate various reading levels of her students. Students used a graphic organizer to record their inferences about the poems, and then will write their own reflections, siting evidence from the poems. Third graders in Mrs. Wright's class use a mentor sentence to help them write complex sentences. Mrs. Windham reads aloud a Series of Unfortunate Events book, stopping to clarify and question. Notice that students are having their snacks while she reads aloud, never missing a minute of instructional time. Routines are well understood and initiated by students. Fifth graders prepare to write an expository piece by analyzing a newspaper article about man's first walk on the moon. Fifth graders in Mrs. Wrights' class are preparing to write newspaper articles, free of bias or opinion, about the Revolutionary War.

16 Page 16 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important! HTHS Auxiliary Tryouts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out the new schedules for ACT Prep Class!

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18 Page 18 of 19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stay in touch...see what is coming up next Like us on Twitter: Follow us on Facebook: POSITIVE ATTITUDES CHANGE EVERYTHING - P.A.C.E. January - Knowledge

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