Monthly Archives: February 2018

Each year Macon East fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students participate in the Science Fair.  With entries in either the biological or physical category, each student is required to present a project complete with display board, research paper and experiment results.  The fair is judged by a panel of experts, and the top projects advance to the AISA District and State Science Fairs.  This year 3 MEA students were honored at District and advanced to the State fair – Luke Stabler (“Hand Washing” 1st), Colton Lunn (“Diaper Dynamics” 2nd), Elizabeth Kirk, (“How Much Will Your Boat Float” 3rd).  The following 1st place winners at the MEA fair also participated at the District event – Sara Cochran, Pressley Graham, and Thaddeus McKinney.

Ms. Ellen Lawrence’s K5 class at Macon East Academy has been learning about the importance of kindness by practicing giving compliments to others.  The class has been using their Amazon Echo to listen to examples of compliments and discuss how compliments make others feel. Room mother, Mrs. Amy Redoble, recently visited her daughter Abigail and classmates and directed an activity in which each student picked a classmate’s name and thought of a compliment for that friend, then wrote it on a colorful heart.  The students revealed their hearts and shared the compliments for their friends.  The hearts were connected with the addition of a head to make a “Compliment Caterpillar”.  The completed project was displayed in the hallway for others to enjoy reading and perhaps pass on a kindness of their own.

The Kindergarten through Sixth grade classes visited Wesley Gardens Assisted Living on February 15 where they sang some of their favorite chapel songs and recited Bible verses about love.  The students presented residents with Valentine cards, heart-shaped cookies, and gift bags.  The students were so happy to take their message of love and caring to the residents and staff at Wesley Gardens.  The retirees and students alike were blessed by their time spent visiting and exchanging hugs.

Macon East senior, Tyler Watson was selected as a 2018 recipient of the DAR Good Citizen award from Montgomery’s Anne Phillips Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  The DAR Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest, created in 1934, is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship.  This award recognizes and rewards individuals who possess the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism in their homes, schools, and communities. These students are selected by their teachers and peers because they demonstrate these qualities to an outstanding degree.  Tyler is an outstanding academic student, two sport athlete, and serves as an officer and member in several school organizations.  Tyler was honored as one of four Montgomery area award recipients during a luncheon at the Montgomery Country Club.

Macon East recently competed in the middle school and high school divisions of the AISA Scholars Bowl hosted by Chambers Academy. The middle school Scholars Bowl team finished in 2nd place at the District competition with McKinnon Hammonds as the team high scorer.  Tyler Watson led the high school team as high scorer for an overall 5th place team finish at the District competition.

Each of us remember the days of competing in the annual spelling bee and all the nerves, practice bees in class, and that one letter that meant you were moving on or taking a seat.  Fortunately, the tradition of a spelling bee lives on, however, I think the words are a bit more difficult than in the past.  Macon East students in 4th-8th grade compete in a grade level bee with the winners advancing to the AISA District and State competitions.  This year Mason Humphries (4), Katie Kitchens (5), Kaiden Byrom (6), Ryan Russell (7), and Ali Churchwell (8) won their grade level spelling bee and competed at District.  Kaiden Byrom and Katie Kitchens, taking 1st place at District, advanced to the AISA State Spelling Bee where Kaiden Byrom was the 1st place State winner in the 6th grade division.

Macon East’s PTO partnered again this year with Boosterthon Fun Run for their annual fundraiser.  The Boosterthon mission is to incorporate character training, physical fitness, and a fundraising program that allows the students, not the parents, to do the fundraising.  This year the Boosterthon theme was Castle Quest, an English castle theme all about bravery.  Students learned the six virtues of a “true hero” – focus, self-awarenesss, respect, trustworthiness, and creativity throughout the week leading up to the big event as they got pledges from family and friends.  As always, the Fun Run event was full of excitement, music, lights and lots of fun.  The PTO set a fundraising goal of $5,000, and thanks to the hard work of our students, parents, and teachers, the PTO exceeded the goal by $2,000.  Money raised will be used to upgrade the sound system in the cafetorium which is used by the entire school for a variety of school events.  Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Fun Run and contributed to its success.