Yearly Archives: 2018

The Macon East annual art show, held March 13, was full of amazing pieces by students in all grades.  Art Instructor, Tiffany Ala does a fabulous job teaching different techniques and concepts to students from Kindergarten through Art II & III for high school students.  With works submitted in the areas of painting, water base, print making, color and non-color drawing, collage and mixed media, and photography the show offered a variety of visual arts from all skill levels.  Taking home Best of Show honors in each age category were Warren Grier (K5-1st), Bentley Graham (2nd-3rd), Jacob Grindle (4th-6th), Luke Noffsinger (7th-9th), and Haley Wren (10th-12th).  All first and second place winners at the MEA Art Show advanced to the AISA District Art Show on April 18.  Macon East artists brought home 21 ribbons total.  Eighth grader, Luke Noffsinger and freshman, Harris Hicks both were awarded 1st place at District.  Five works of art from MEA were presented in the AISA State Art Show at Faulkner University on April 27.  Harris Hicks’ mixed media/collage entry took 1st place in the 7th-9th grade division, and Haley Wren received 2nd place for her painting in the 10th-12th grade division.  Congratulations to all of our outstanding artists and Mrs. Ala.

Art Show 2018 Winners

The Macon East economics class competed in the Spring Stock Market Game with one team placing in the top ten in the South Region.  With 490 teams from the region participating in this semester’s game Jacob Cannon, Hannah Johnson, Travis Moody, and Kellen Ward’s team placed 6th!  Coach Davenport finished first as advisor in the South Region, and the six teams representing Macon East finished 1st overall.  Only three of the competing schools finished with a positive amount of money at the end of the game, and Macon East was #1 with a total of $100.968.49 and a 4.7999 percent return rate.  This is a great real life application learning experience for the economics students.

The Junior/Senior Prom was held Friday, April 13 at the RSA Plaza Terrace.  With the theme “Night of a Thousand Lights,” the junior prom committee transformed the venue for a beautiful evening honoring the Class of 2018.  At lead outs, each of the seniors were recognized along with their dates and escorts.  The juniors and seniors met at the Hampstead Bocce Court Pavilion before the prom for photographs to capture the special occasion.  Many thanks to Mrs. Karen Harris, Anne Auston Wright (committee chair), and all of the prom committee for their hard work and fundraising that went into making this year’s Prom a success.

Macon East lower school students have kicked off a new outdoor classroom science project called Tomatosphere.  The Tomatosphere seeds planted as part of the Environmental Fair include “control” seeds that are natural, untreated earth bound seeds, as well as “space” seeds that spent four weeks on the International Space Station in 2017.  These seeds were transported to space on the SpaceX CRS-11 Dragon!  The H9748 seeds are a hybrid variety provided by the Kraft Heinz Company.  Mrs. Susan York and Mrs. Sharon Harper, both former teachers at Macon East and instrumental in starting our outdoor science classroom, were on hand at the Fair to help plant the seeds.  Each class planted seeds in peat pots and will chart the germination and growth as they provide the optimal temperature, soil and water conditions for their seeds.  Results of the Tomatosphere project will be submitted to First The Seed Foundation in Alexandria, VA.  The identity of the “space” seeds will be revealed at the end of the experiment, once the plants have germinated and results have been submitted.  After just one week, the students are enjoying watching the progress of their tomatoes.

Macon East students enjoyed the annual Environmental fair that was held on Thursday, April 12.  Lower School students enjoyed learning about animals and their habitats, caring for pets, robotics, the importance of our soil and water, disaster preparedness, recycling to keep our state free of litter, electrical safety, and engineering and groundwater issues.  Students enjoyed a picnic lunch outside and some fun activities including Casting Kids and Archery.  Our Environmental Fair would not be possible without the many parent  and area organizations that volunteer their time for this event.