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The boys and girls in Mrs. Mills’ preschool class enjoyed a surprise visit from Johnny Appleseed.  He shared his story of how he traveled the frontier giving farmers small bags of apple seeds.  He wanted the farmers to have large apple orchards.  It was important to Johnny that all children enjoyed a good apple.  When it was time for him to leave he gave each child a red delicious apple.   Jackson Hicks, a senior at Macon East, helped out with this activity. Jackson has been a student at Macon East since Kindergarten.

All Macon East students joined together this morning to observe See You at the Pole. On this day students around the world will gather at their flagpoles, praying for their school, friends, families, churches, and communities. See You at the Pole is a day committed to global unity in Christ and prayer for your generation.

Thank you to MEA student Amber McGuff for inviting her youth pastor, Jimmy Lunsford, to lead the students in this time of prayer.

Congratulations to the 2016 Homecoming Court attendants

7^th Grade Attendant:      Rachel Major

8^th Grade Attendant:      Mary Hunter Wright

9^th Grade Attendant:      Kayla Boroff

10^th Grade Attendants:  Annslie Gourlay & Bailey Williams

11^th Grade Attendants:  Katie Jo Dickey, Hannah Johnson & Jayce Cook McCollum

12^th Grade Attendants:  Sami Nesbitt, Rai Pritchett, Kaylee Pullin & Sommer Sears

The Class of 2017 is excited to start a “Senior Buddies” program with the Kindergarten and 1st grade students. Last week the buddies met and shared information about themselves along with a snack and play time. The seniors look forward to participating in reading time, recess, and special events with their buddies throughout the school year.  The senior buddies will host a Popsicle Party for the kindergarten and 1st graders at the end of each 9 weeks to celebrate Report Card Day.  The senior buddies program was organized by Alex Wyrosdick along with class president, Bailey Tadlock.  It is their desire that Senior Buddies will become a long standing Macon tradition.

Mrs. York’s first graders are excited about their September harvest from the outdoor classroom which included peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, and okra.  Macon East is proud to be a member of the Alabama Wildlife Federation’s Alabama Outdoor Classroom Program.

The Pike Road Women’s Auxiliary recently presented MEA’s headmaster, Glynn Lott, with a check for $500. This generous donation will be used for upgrades in our computer lab and technology program.  Pictured with Lott are Auxiliary members Whitney McClelland and Maegan Humphries.

Macon East was excited to host the Auburn University’s Southeastern Raptor Center for an upper and lower school assembly.  The Southeastern Raptor Center is an educational and rehabilitation program and has treated and released thousands of birds of prey back into the wild.  They are most famously known for their majestic eagles who take flight over Jordan Hare stadium prior to each Auburn home game.  At the assembly students got to see and learn about a variety of birds currently at the center including several types of owls, a falcon, red-tailed hawk, buzzard, and of course  an eagle.

Each year the Macon East lower school faculty hosts a fun, educational camp known as July Jammin’.  The theme of this year’s summer camp was “using your senses to explore the world.”   Throughout the week the attendees enjoyed many hands-on activities engaging all five senses in the Discovery Zone.  Special guests during the week included a bee keeper, horticulturist, author & illustrator, optometrist, and furry friends from Pet Land.  Camp activities included a scavenger hunt, making wind chimes, learning braille, and lots more.  The last day included a field trip to Lanark where the students visited the new Nature Center and took a hike through the creek.

Macon East Academy is honored to be recognized again by the Alabama Independent School Association as a Blue Ribbon School for the 2015-2016 school year.