Preserving Yesterday, Excelling Today, Preparing for Tomorrow No. 137 Snow Day! A sheet of snow blanketed the SloanHendrix campus on Tuesday, January 15th. Students were dismissed early from school at 12:30; however, many students did not make it home that early. Between the snow falling so quickly in the Imboden area and a diesel truck getting stuck in the road stopping traffic, six buses had to turn around and come back to campus. Several people were held up in the traffic on the road for approximately 3 hours. Students that returned to campus waited patiently in the cafeteria until someone could get to school and pick them up or until they were taken home by school officials or law enforcement officers using 4-wheel drive vehicles. A huge thank you goes out to all of those school employees that were so kind to stay at school and assist with taking care of the students until they could get home. Sloan-Hendrix Schools along with several other area schools closed for the day, Wednesday, January 16th. SH returned to campus on Thursday, beginning at 9:00 and ran only those bus routes that were safe to travel. The snow left almost as quickly as it came. Choir Performs at Festival The Sloan Hendrix 5th and 6th grade choir attended the Twelth Annual Fine Arts Festival on Sunday, January 27th at the Northeast Educational Cooperative in Walnut Ridge. The three songs students performed included: “Start Your Day With A Song” by Teresa & Paul Jennings, “It’s A Fine Day” by Teresa Jennings, and “Learn, Live and Look” by John Jacobson. Students attending included: Justice Bailey, Samantha Webb, Haley Meeks, Hannah Rohrer, Emily Woodard, Taylor Ivy, Savannah Nichols,Quinn Eakes, Ava Murphy, Adrian Grooms, Shane Hill, Madison Broadway, Jessica Ferguson, Rachel Jines, Sabina Luna, and Haley Chappell. Students were presented a certificate of participation at the event. The Sloan-Hendrix Elementary / Middle School Newsletter January, 2013 Can you spell “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”? Well, maybe that wasn’t one of the words used in the Sloan-Hendrix School Spelling Bee but of the several words that were used, Anthony Campbell, a 6th grade student at SH, was the winner of the spelling bee. Students in grades 3 – 6 competed in the SH school district spelling bee on Tuesday, January 08, 2013. Each grade had the top 3 spellers compete in an overall spelling bee to determine the winner in the school spelling bee. As pictured: Anthony Campbell, a sixth grade student was the champion speller. Fourth grade Ashton Bryant was runner-up. Grade level champions were: (front row) Evan Rosssecond place fourth grade, Dacoda Tanner-first place fourth grade, Lakyn Phares- first place third grade, Tyler Harris-alternate third grade, Ashton Bryant- runner-up and third place fourth grade, (back row) Anthony Campbell- champion and first place sixth grade, Ashlynn Tubbsthird place fifth grade, Nicky Durham- first place fifth grade, Walker Sexton- second place third grade, Kord Woodard- second place fifth grade, Dustin Harris- third place sixth grade and Corey Hill- second place sixth grade. Not pictured Trey Wilson- third place third grade. Sloan-Hendrix 5th and 6th grade choir. No. 137, Page 2 The Sloan-Hendrix Elementary / Middle School Newsletter January, 2013 Spelling Bee Champions Lawrence County Spelling Bee Caitlin Waddell 1st runner-up, 2nd in 8th grade; Kierce Due, top 5, 3rd in 8th grade; Dylan Decker 2nd runner-up, 1st in 7th Grade; Hayden Dulgar, 3rd in 7th Grade Basketball Fever Sloan-Hendrix 7th Grade Spelling Bee Hayden Dulgar-1st place; Dylan Decker-2nd place; Perry Hutton-3rd place; Kandice Golden-4th place; Kevin Jackson-5th place; Kyra Williams--6th place (not pictured); Brittany DuncanAlternate Sloan-Hendrix 8th Grade Spelling Bee In January, the sport of basketball seems to take over campus at SH. Students from 4th grade and up seem to be playing every night except Wednesday in one gym or another. This year the peewee basketball teams consist of 4th/5th and 6th graders. The boys are coached by Charles Ring and the girls are coached by Heather Brand. These teams play peewee teams from surrounding schools. The 4th/5th and 6th grade boys’ team consists of: Jared Blissenbach, Gage Passmore, Dylan Bookout, Brendan Dail, Garrett Morris, Kyle Roark, Zavior Taylor, Kenny Chavez, Shane Hill, Brain Stone, Kord Woodard, Nick Bryant, Dominick Folk, Brandon Hand, Bryson Vance, Jordan Dail, Gus Gosha, Trey Lee, Kaleb Broadway, Logan Dail, Garett Freeman, Seth Gholson, Tommy Haynes, Corey Hill, Hastings Rone, and Jacob Smith. The 5th and 6th grade girls’ team consists of: Ava Murphy, Savannah Nichols, Blythe Wallis, Hannah Rohrer, Chloe Ogden, Keiran Griffin, Jessica Ferguson, Ashton Bailey, Ashley Lester, Emily Luffman, Maddyson Lamb, Zoe Thomison, Samantha Webb, Haley Meeks, Kelsey Lee, Kelsey Carter, Ashley Swartzlander, Alisha Hinson, and Hannah Malin. February News/Events • • • • • • Week of February 4th – Jr. High District Basketball Tournament at Cedar Ridge February 7th – 4th Grade Music Program Week of February 11th – Sr. High District Basketball Tournament at Pangburn February 14th – Valentine’s Day February 15th – Red Cross Blood Drive February 20th – 23rd – SH will host the Class AA Regional Basketball Tournament January 28th - 100th day of School One Hundred Days In and Going Strong Makenzie Rone (not pictured)--1st Place; T.J. Bradley-3rd place; Devin Meeks-4th place; Caitlin Waddell-6th place; Kierce Due-5th place; Logan McCain-2nd place Kannon Dillport, Jazmine Dahm, Colton Rainwater, Zaiden Ray Taylor and Karlee Hooks of Mrs. Adams Kindergarten proudly show their 100 day projects