Elementary

On Friday, March 3, 2023, Macon East Academy hosted its first annual Light Up the Night Daddy Daughter Glow Dance! The girls and their fathers danced the night away with music provided by the great DJ OZZ. The girls were dressed in their best and helped to light up the night with the dances’ glow theme. The attendees enjoyed a great meal, glow goodies, portraits, glow dance floor, and a dance competition. Trophies were given out for first and second place along with numerous other prizes for great participation. Fun was had by all! Huge thank you to all our sponsors and helpers that made this special night possible. We look forward to next year!

Our fifth graders graduated from their D.A.R.E. program with Deputy Ivey yesterday. 𝗧𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 was awarded “The Most Improved Student.” 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗻 was awarded “The Top Student.” They were both given Daren the Lion. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘁 and 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗸 won for the best Dare Essay and were awarded a medal. We have loved our time with Deputy Ivey and learning about the “Decision Making Model Practice.”

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 5 MEA students were honored at District and advanced to the State fair – Sophie Clark, Jon David Spires, Reese Hasson, Ella Grace Hagans, and Wyatt Streetman. 5th grader, Ella Grace Hagens, won 2nd place for her project at the State fair, “Are Dogs Really Color Blind”, in the elementary physical science division.  Congratulations to all our wonderful students!

School Science Fair Winners:

𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘:

1st place:

“Are Dogs Really Color Blind” – Ella Grace Hagans

“Sports Drinks vs Water” – John David Spires

“Does a Dog Have a Dominant Paw” – Sophie Clark

2nd Place:

“Stroop Effect” – Caroline Vocino

“Aliens Among Us?” – Lee Battle

3rd Place:

“Is a Dog’s Mouth Cleaner than a Human’s Mouth” – Bella Ann Spires

“Don’t Judge a Worm by Its Color” – Ramsey Harless

‘Christmas Photosynthesis” – Taylor Freel

“Science Behind Sheds” – Perry Harless

𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘:

First Place:

“Potato Power” – Amelia Jean Freeman

“Air Jordan or Deflate Gate with Air Pressure” – Wyatt Streetman

“How Temperature Affects Magnetism” – Reese Hasson

Second Place:

“Shine Bright Like a Penny” – Caden Luis

“The Paper Towel Challenge” – Lane Wallace

“How the Electric Light Works” – Kwesi Jernigan

“Cleaning Coins Experiment” – Berklee Grimes

“Wind Energy” – Hayden Herring

Third Place:

” Apple Browning” – Ava Noffsinger

“Crazy Hair, Don’t Care” – Harper Sirmon

“Time to Chill” – Logan Sconyers

Macon East’s Mother’s Day Out students are counting down the days until Christmas and they have been busy with many Christmas activities. From reviewing our academic skills using Christmas themes to making ornaments and surprises for our families, the classroom has been buzzing. They have also learned that giving is just as important as receiving. The students collected can goods for the Dixie Electric Food Drive and donated toys for the Heart to Heart Foster Care Ministry. They took their first off-campus field trip to Choctafaula Farms where they participated in Christmas games, took a trail ride to see camels, goats, horses, cows, wildebeests, ostriches, and zebras, and topped off the day with a visit from Santa.

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 (𝟰𝘁𝗵), 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗵 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 (𝟱𝘁𝗵), 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸 (𝟲𝘁𝗵), 𝗞𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗻 (𝟳𝘁𝗵), 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 (𝟴𝘁𝗵) recently represented their grades in the AISA District Spelling Bee competition. Alternates who attended in support of their classmates were: 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗿 (𝟰𝘁𝗵), 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗻 (𝟱𝘁𝗵), 𝗞𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗶 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 (𝟲𝘁𝗵), 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘆 (𝟳𝘁𝗵), 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 (𝟴𝘁𝗵). 𝗞𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗺 was the winner for 7th grade at district and competed at the state spelling bee at Troy University of Montgomery, Rosa Parks Auditorium.

As an enrichment for Fourth Grade Alabama History, Mrs. Johnson’s class took a field trip to learn all about cotton. As a special bonus, the students also enjoyed a presentation about the native Americans who inhabited the very land that we walked on during the field trip. The trip began at the Milstead Gin Company in Shorter, AL. Mr. Joey Scarborough and Ms. Donna Dicks arranged for the students to tour the gin. Mr. Scarborough conducted the tour that started in the upstairs classroom where students “ginned cotton” by hand and learned about the gin and how it worked. Students then toured the seed house, looked at cotton modules, and saw what a finished bale of cotton looked like.

Students then visited Segrest Farms in Shorter, a seventh-generation cotton farm. Students were amazed at the snowy white fields and the equipment that was used to harvest the cotton. The highlight of the trip was getting to walk through the fields and pick a bag of cotton to take home as a souvenir. Mr. Clay Segrest and Mrs. Kellie Sirmon were our presenters at the cotton field.

After picking cotton, students enjoyed a picnic at the Sirmon’s home. They enjoyed lunch and playing outdoors on a beautiful fall day! Lunch was followed with a special presentation on native American artifacts and lifestyles. Each student received a projectile point to keep and made a dream catcher to take home.

A huge thank you goes to our presenters and hosts who have graciously welcomed us for more than 30 years!

A private Christian school, committed to providing students with a safe, nurturing environment that promotes academic achievement, patriotism, and belief in God through Christian values.  We are located only a few minutes from Chantilly Parkway, serving the Pike Road, Montgomery, River Region areas and surrounding communities.

The K5 class at Macon East Academy has been enjoying many exciting activities with their beginning of the year camping theme. They constructed camping scenes incorporating their names, read camping themed literature and created characters from the stories, made  smores using a solar oven, made campfire snacks using grapes, pretzels, and cheese curls, and learned camping themed songs and fingerplays. It was a great start to a fun-filled school year of learning at Macon East Academy.

Macon East Academy held its fourth annual Back to School Bash and Silent Auction on August 21, 2022. Hosted by the PTO, this event brings families from the school and community together for an afternoon of fun and fellowship for all ages. Kids enjoyed carnival games and prizes, inflatables, face painting, and more. This year the Pike Road Fire Department set up their truck and allowed kids to work the water hose (with help). A new addition this year was Laurel Hill Farms that brought various farm animals for the kids to pet, hold, and learn about. 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!

Members of the Macon East Academy first grade Green Team attended their first activity!  Each member took a plant home to their Mom and pulled weeds in the Outdoor Classroom.  All members went home happy and a little dirty.