Elementary - Macon East Academy

MEA Celebrates Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Macon East Academy celebrated Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September by honoring a Mother’s Day Out student. To raise awareness, the MEA PTO organized several initiatives, including selling bracelets and stickers, as well as hosting a Warrior Wednesday dress-down day where students wore spirit wear for a donation. On the last Wednesday of the month, the entire school, from K3 to 12th grade, participated by wearing yellow or gold—colors that symbolize childhood cancer.

The funds raised will be divided between the Allshouse family and donated to the social workers on the childhood cancer floor at Children’s Hospital, who provide essential gift cards for food and gas to families in need during treatment. Macon East Academy demonstrated remarkable support for this important cause, especially for our brave little knight, Emma Allshouse, who is courageously fighting her battle against cancer. We stand united in prayer and support for her.

Overall, donations exceeded $1,000, showcasing the community’s generosity and commitment to making a difference.

Beth Nesbitt2024-10-24T02:31:13+00:00October 24th, 2024|Blog, Elementary, High School, News and Events|0 Comments

Congratulations to the Macon East Kindergarten Class – your hard work has really paid off!

Macon East Kindergarten Graduation was a proud moment for 16 students – 12 girls and 4 boys. Throughout the year, they went on exciting educational field trips, like visiting the Cornfield County Farms Pumpkin Patch, The Gogue Center in Auburn to see “The Rainbow Fish”, Christmas at Choctafaula in Auburn, toured Publix and visited the Pike Road Public Library.

The students also had a blast participating in pep rallies, Fun Run, Christmas Program, Grandparents Day Program, Environmental Fair, Field Day and other fun activities. But the real highlight was their involvement in the Accelerated Reading Program during second semester. Their 6th grade reading buddies met with them weekly, and we are thrilled to say that 100% of the students reached their AR point goals for both the 3rd and 4th nine weeks! It’s been wonderful to see these young learners thrive and accomplish so much.

Beth Nesbitt2024-06-18T21:32:33+00:00June 18th, 2024|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments

Macon East Elementary Honors Day

Our lower school recently held an Honors Day celebration, where students were recognized for their outstanding performance in various categories, including the prestigious Sagamore Award. The Sagamore Award is particularly meaningful, as it is chosen by the students’ classmates, recognizing those who embody the values of putting God first, others second, and themselves third. This character-building award highlights the importance of kindness, selflessness, and being a positive influence within the school community. Congratulations to all the hard-working Knights at Macon East Academy for their academic achievements!

Beth Nesbitt2024-06-18T21:14:10+00:00June 18th, 2024|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments

Students Excel at Science Fair

Macon East’s Science Fair was awesome! Winners from each category are listed below:

𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

First Place: Zachary Crews, Kade Wilhoit, and Jack Davis

Second Place: Lane Wallace, Elias McCurdy, Yates Thompson, Wyatt Streetman, and Nathan West

Third Place: Lathan Glass, Harper Underwood, Jace McClelland, and Kwesiona Jernigan

𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

First Place: Huck Ellison, Max McIntosh, and Maryn Armstrong

Second Place: Josie Claxton and Brynlee Sconyers

Third Place: Reese Hasson and Cash Longcrier

Beth Nesbitt2024-03-20T19:39:04+00:00March 20th, 2024|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments

Fun Run 2024 – What a Blast!

Macon East Academy’s PTO hosted our annual Fun Run on February 2nd. The students and teachers look forward to this fun event. Our students and teachers love the interaction from the Booster Fun Run Crew. The Booster Crew visited with the students everyday of the week leading up to the Fun Run for fun challenges and learning important character values. Because of their success in reaching their goals, the students got to mummify a Booster Crew member, silly string a Booster Crew member, and the 4th through 6th grades got to have a color run! The teachers also did incentives with their classes including movie days and ice cream days. Because of the great success of this fundraiser, we will be able to purchase many updates needed for the school. Thank you to all our Sponsors, Parents, Grandparents, and many volunteers that helped this be a big success!

Beth Nesbitt2024-03-20T19:38:57+00:00March 20th, 2024|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments

Spelling Bee 2023

Macon East Academy students recently participated in the AISA Spelling Bee. Jace Kendrick (4^th), Lane Wallace (5^th), Halyn Wren (6^th), Bella Ann Spires (7^th), and Eli Churchwell (8^th) represented their respective grades. Eli Churchwell placed second among the eighth-grade spellers. Lane Wallace placed first for fifth grade and represented Macon East at the state spelling bee. Alternates who attended in support of their classmates were: SJ Jemison (4^th), Glen Browder (5^th), Bentley Faulk (6^th), Conner Wallace (7^th), and Hadley Sirmon (8^th).

Beth Nesbitt2023-12-11T23:31:39+00:00December 11th, 2023|Blog, Elementary, High School|0 Comments

Wounded Warrior Project

Macon East Academy’s Lower School collected donations for the Wounded Warrior Project with a penny war competition between grades. Students brought in money to help their grade win the competition. Pennies and paper money earned positive points for their grade, while silver coins could be used to subtract points from other grades. After careful calculation and much anticipation, Fifth Grade had the highest number of points, winning the penny war! The Lower School raised a total of $1313.71 to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Beth Nesbitt2023-12-11T21:05:04+00:00December 11th, 2023|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments

Homecoming 2023

Macon East’s Homecoming is an exciting time for students and their families, filled with a week-long celebration of fun and festivities. One of the highlights of the week was a thrilling men’s volleyball tournament, where high school students showcased their skills and competed against each other.

In addition to the sports event, homeroom classes also got into the spirit by participating in a door decoration contest. This allowed students to showcase their creativity and team spirit as they transformed their classroom doors into vibrant and eye-catching displays.

Dress up days added an extra element of excitement to the Homecoming week. Students had the opportunity to show off their individuality and express themselves through various themed dress-up days such as class color day, dynamic duos, dream job, letter day, and Freedom Friday. The cheerleaders entertained and pumped everyone up with their annual black light pep rally Thursday night. Finally on Friday, the lower school and upper school enjoyed tailgating with wonderful food and fellowship. The Homecoming Parade on Friday afternoon was a highly anticipated event for everyone involved. Each lower school class had the opportunity to showcase their creativity by creating a unique banner to carry down the parade route. The wee princess, little damsel, and pee wee cheerleaders along with the flag and pee wee football teams rode on floats and trailers throwing goodies to the crowd. The Homecoming Court then made their way down the route to wave at their peers and throw some goodies. The football teams also greeted the crowd with candy and enjoyed the cheers from the students.

The 2023 Macon East Academy Homecoming Court included: Bella Ann Spires (7th grade), Macie Duncan (8th grade), Gracie Strickland (9th grade), Payton Underwood and Layla Stephens (10th grade), Alexis Davis, Mary Taylor May, and Mattie Pugh (11th grade), Sara Cochran, Pressley Graham, Lathan Johnson and Jaiden McDowell (12th grade). Macon East’s homecoming court was presented during the halftime ceremonies on the field and Miss Pressley Graham was crowned as this year’s queen.

Macon East celebrated a win as the Knights defeated Abbeville Christian Academy 53-0.

Macon East’s Homecoming provided a platform for students to come together as a community, engage in friendly competition, unleash their creativity, and create lasting memories with friends and family.

Beth Nesbitt2023-11-03T15:44:21+00:00November 3rd, 2023|Blog, Elementary, High School, News and Events|0 Comments

Back to School Bash 2023

Macon East Academy held its fifth annual Back to School Bash and Silent Auction on August 20, 2023. This was a fun event for the school and community hosted by the MEA PTO. Kids enjoyed carnival games and prizes, inflatables, face painting, balloon animals, petting zoo, and the dunk tank. This year several trucks were set up for our touch a truck event along with a food truck and Bama Chill snow cones. Our high school kids were a great help in running the games and we appreciate all our great volunteers! The day was topped off with a silent auction, featuring a wide variety of items up for the bidding. The Bash was a wonderful success thanks to a great turnout, generous local sponsors, and many hardworking volunteers. The PTO is already planning for even more fun for next year!

Beth Nesbitt2023-09-12T17:12:06+00:00September 12th, 2023|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments

Macon East Hosts Environmental Fair

Our lower school, preschool, and MDO students enjoyed a fun filled day of learning at our Environmental Fair last week. Dixie Electric brought several of their reptiles to see up close while an area vet tech and her trusty sidekick dog, Chester, taught how to care for your pets. Alabama PALS spoke about how to keep our community litter free while the American Red Cross taught our students the importance of having a home plan for emergencies. Bonnie Plant Farm and our Green Team volunteers spoke about different plant life and our students got to plant their own succulent to take home. One of our very own teachers, Tim Davenport, is part of the Muskogee Creek Indians east of the Mississippi and he brought many artifacts to share with the classes. Woodie Hodges enjoyed showing how he trains dogs and had 2 very well-behaved dogs do some tricks for our students. We were glad to add the Claybird Bee Education Association to speak about how important bees are to us and for Haigler’s Forestry and Wildlife Management to teach about animal habitats and things made from different parts of our forest. They enjoyed making the different edible layers of soil as a treat with the National Resource Conservation Service and going on a hunt for natural resources outside. It was a beautiful day to finish our Environmental Fair with a visit from the ice cream truck for their Fun Run reward incentive from our PTO.

Beth Nesbitt2023-04-14T15:08:19+00:00April 14th, 2023|Blog, Elementary, News and Events|0 Comments