Yearly Archives: 2016

The PTO sponsored another successful Fun Run event his year in partnership with Boosterthon. The Boosterthon team spent a full week on campus encouraging the students with character and fitness lessons as they worked to get pledges for the big event on February 11. Pre-K through 6 grade classes participated in the morning run each trying to reach 35 laps, and the 7th through 9th graders enjoyed a color run in the afternoon to benefit the PTO. Overall, the PTO raised $8,800 from this year’s fundraiser. Macon East’s PTO generously supports the teachers each year providing classroom needs and funding various school projects. Many thanks to everyone who supported this year’s Boosterthon Fun Run.

Mrs. Walters’ sixth grade class recently completed the G.R.E.A.T. program with the Montgomery Sherriff’s Department. Gang Resistance Education And Training provides a school-based, police officer instructed program that includes classroom instruction and various learning activities. The instruction of life skills is the foundation of the program. Macon East’s program is led by Corporal Koffee Anderson. The students enjoy the time Corporal Anderson invests into the program and the relationship he has established with our school over the years. He offers a wide range of experience recognizing and combatting criminal behavior and is a positive role model to the students.

Macon East fifth graders participate each year in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program sponsored by the Montgomery County Sherriff’s Department. Corporal Koffee Anderson has been leading the D.A.R.E. program for several years and has built a wonderful relationship with the students and faculty. Meeting every Friday morning from September until January, the students have learned about drugs and their harmful effects as well as bullying. In a ceremony held January 29, the 5th graders each received a certificate and a special memento from Corporal Anderson.

During the first semester of the school year sixth grade students partnered with the kindergarten for the Reading Buddies program. The younger students met with their buddy each week to practice their reading skills and prepare them to participate in the accelerated reader program during second semester. Using the Mo Willems series of Elephant and Piggie books, the mentoring program was a huge success as the kindergarteners grew their reading skills and their self-confidence.

Mrs. York’s 1st grade class just completed their study of penguins. After reading the book Mr. Popper’s Penguins the class participated in fun activities like creating penguin glyph pictures. Each student presented a report to the class on different types of penguins and made their own penguin rookeries. Pictured are Cooper Milner, Sidney Harris, Parker Ruskin and MJ Belser displaying their rookeries.

Kaiden Byrom Places Second at State

Fourth grader Kaiden Byrom recently represented Macon East at the AISA State Spelling Bee and finished in second place. Kaiden qualified for state by winning at the District level bee at Edgewood Academy on January 19. Kaiden said her goal at state was just to get past the first round, and she made it all the way to the last word given by the judges. Bishop Stringer (8th grade) placed 2nd and Will Desmarais (5th grade) placed 3rd at District for their grade categories. All of the Macon East spelling bee winners and alternates attended the District Spelling Bee. Below is a complete list of each grade’s winners:

4th grade – Kaiden Byrom & Sara Cochran (alternate)

5th grade – Wade Desmarais & Brennan Mauney (alternate)

6th grade – Abby Ledlow & Gavin Walton (alternate)

7th grade – Will Desmarais & Max Taylor (alternate)

8th grade – Bishop Stringer & Christian Moody (alternate)