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May 2016

Hawkins County-Special Teachers Celebrations

Carters Valley Elementary School – Carter’s Valley Elementary appreciated our special teachers with the Jungle Book theme. Mrs. Keeton,  Speech; Mrs. Needham, OT; Mrs. Goehl, Sp.Ed; Mrs. Edwards, Art; Mrs. Clark, PE; Mr. Fritts, Music; Mrs. Pitt, Library; Mrs. Penland, Sp. Ed; Mrs. Beyersdorf, Guidance; Mrs. Ellis, RTI; Mrs. Hall, RTI; and Mrs. Sandidge,  RTI enjoyed a lunch of subs, fruit, veggies, pie, Animal Crackers, and Zebra Cookies in a room decorated with animals and zebra print.  Our marquee was lit up in their honor. Announcements were made by students thanking them for all their help to make our school great!  These “special”  teachers are The Bare Necessities for our school. Click here for the photos.


Church Hill Elementary School – Special Teacher Appreciation Day was a walk thru the Jungle at Church Hill Elementary School. All of our special teachers got a treat each day and were treated to a fabulous lunch on Friday. Students made jungle masks and wrote about how much they appreciated there special teachers on leaves that were later attached to vines. We love all of our Specials and CHES. Click here for the photos.


Church Hill Intermediate School – Church Hill Intermediate school celebrated Special Teachers with a “wild about you” luncheon. Special teachers including our nurse, school counselor, and school resource officer were we treated to gifts and wonderful notes of thanks and appreciation. It truly made our special teachers feel great. Click here for the photos.


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Church Hill Middle School – CHMS celebrated Special Services Appreciation Day by presenting Ms. Stevens, Nurse Amy, and Officer Torian with a cake and letters of appreciation.  Students also decorated signs and posters to hang in our hallways. Click here for the photos.


Clinch School – The vine was hung at the front of the jungle for all the inhabitants to see. Students of all ages wrote notes of thanks to our special teachers, nurse and resource officer. Goodies for a bucket were donated by various people and delivered with the help of some kindergarten girls. A lunch was provided by group 1. This appreciation seemed to please all the recipients and the students had a lot of fun reading the leaves of thanks! Click here for the photos.


Joseph Rogers Elementary School – Our Special Teacher/Central Office celebration was a “Jungle” good time.  We had to postpone our day until after all the snow days and spring break.  But we were finally able to have our Breakfast for All.  The teacher and staff of JRP created quite a spread for breakfast, everything from biscuits and gravy to mini cheesecakes. Our Superintendent and many Central Office Supervisors came by to have breakfast before they went off into the Jungle of Education for the day.  Click here for the photos.


McPheeters Bend Elementary School – McPheeters Bend Elementary celebrated with their Special Teachers. The staff prepared a Jungle Book Lunch. Thanks teachers for a job well done. Click here for the photos.


Mooresburg Elementary School – Mooresburg G-Force celebrated the SPECIAL TEACHERS in our school with a Jungle Book Theme. Art, Music, Library, Guidance, Speech, Sped, Gym and Interventionist teachers were given a safari hat made by the students, a goody bag, a box of chocolates and vines of thanks were hung around each persons classsroom.   G-Force students decorated the school with posters and encouraged each class to tell the teachers just how special they are to our school.  Click here for the photos.


Mount Carmel Elementary School – March 10 our special teachers and guests from central office enjoyed a safari picnic lunch. Special teachers were recognized in a school wide assembly. Goody bags were given and vines of thanks were placed around the doors of each special teacher. Click here for the photos.


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Pathways Alternative School – Click here for the photos.


St. Clair Elementary School – St. Clair is so happy to have Officer Long and Nurse Debbie with us. They help keep our students and staff safe and cared for all year long! For their appreciation day, we made them a baked potato and salad lunch. We also decorated their doors with jungle trees that featured leaves with notes from each of our students. We also gave them a basket filled with sweet treats and goodies.  Click here for the photos.


Surgoinsville Elementary School – Welcome to the jungle at SES! Our special teachers, including related arts and nurse enjoyed a two day event of gifts, lunch and navigating the halls of fun, furry animals (also known as our students). We hope our special teachers realized just how very special they are.  Click here for the photos.


Surgoinsville Middle SchoolThis is a picture of the principal appreciation days and the special teacher appreciation days. The principals got to dress up like tonto and the lone ranger. They received a free lunch of bbq, potato salad and baked beans. They read the thank you letters from the G-force team, received a keychain flashlight to spread the light of knowledge, and also a stress ball since that is a stressful job keeping the school in tact. The special teachers keep the jungle safe so they received a survival pack bag with the ‘necessities’ of school. They got to wear their safari hats that the students created. The school was decorated with thank you vines and posters.  Click here for the photos.


Volunteer High SchoolWe celebrated special teacher and staff appreciation day with a delicious “jungle” themed lunch. Our school couldn’t run without these important team members. We appreciate them. Click here for the photos.