Water Festival Logo Design Finalists Chosen

Macon County's fourth graders had an opportunity to design the t-shirt logo for the 1st Annual Macon County Water Festival. Students from Deborah Cannon Wolfe, Notasulga High, and Tuskegee Public Schools submitted entries for judging.  Each design had to include this year's theme:  "The Wonderful World of Water".

The purpose of the festival is to provide our 4th graders with a fun-filled activity while learning about all aspects of groundwater and other related natural resources to include surface water, wetlands, forestry, wildlife, etc. and to instill in them a general environmental awareness and appreciation and stewardship ethic. The students will learn where their drinking water comes from and how to protect and keep it clean.

Finalists include Andrea Avery - NHS, Sarah Hassanin - TPS, Mickayla Hutcherson - TPS, Teaivous Jones - TPS, Malcolm Moss - TPS, Destinee Powell - DCW, and Dashayla Robinson - DCW,

Water Festival Details: 

Who:       4th Graders

When:    Monday,  March 18, 2013

Where:   Tuskegee Public School

Time:      Student Registration: 8:30 a.m.

The finalists were chosen by members of the Macon County Forestry Planning Committee.  The final designs are below:

Destinee Powell - DCW

Mickayla Hutcherson - TPS

Sarah Hassanin - TPS

Teaivous Jones - TPS

Andrea Avery - NHS

Dashayla Robinson - DCW

Malcolm Moss - TPS

"Why My Voice Is Important"

1st. Place Kanesha Burnett-$25

2nd. Place-Daniel Bettis-$15

3rd. Place-Aaliyah Pitts-$10

4th Place-Tiyonna Dillard-Optimist Bag

Presenters:

Mr. James Adams-Chair of the Youth Clubs for Al.-La.-Ms. Districts

Judge Aubrey Ford

Mr. Willie Haygood

Macon County Partners with Character@Heart

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character -- that is the goal of true education.”  State legislators confirmed their support of this statement in 1995 when Act 95-313 was enacted. It was then that the Alabama Legislature mandated that character education is taught a minimum of ten minutes per day in our classrooms.

Funding has never been provided to support character education programs, so school systems have had to find creative means of funding character education. Thanks to local school administrators and teachers that students have been able to participate in many character building activities outside of the classroom. Currently, Macon County has partnered with Character@Heart to find some relief. Deborah Cannon Wolfe, George Washington Carver Elementary, Notasulga High and Tuskegee Public Schools will benefit from opportunities offered by Character at Heart.

Character@Heart is a non-profit organization in Montgomery that provides character education curriculum to elementary school children throughout the state. Character@Heart was recently awarded a grant from the Daniel Foundation to assist in a new project to spread “Character Across Alabama”. The grant has enabled Character@Heart to offer its curriculum to three additional counties and/or school systems, including Macon. Character@Heart has developed a curriculum which covers the 25 mandated character traits and provides books that correspond to every trait as well as activities. The 25 mandated character traits are listed below:

Dr. Brooks affirms that Macon County Schools’ administrators and staff strongly support character education and realize that building character in our students means building children who grow to become productive adults.  As a result, a district team recently attended a training for Character Coordinators. Mr. Asberry, Ms. Williams, Mrs. Hooks, Mrs. Eula Marshall and Dr. Venesia McClaney received an overview of the Character@Heart curriculum, and a set of books was provided for the district coordinator to use while providing training to others.

For more information on Character@Heart, you may visit www.characteratheart.org. Staff includes Pam Morgan, Executive Director; Brenda Blount, Director of Development; Peggie Ennels, Administrative Assistant/Technology Coordinator and Lisa Powell, Program Support and Training.

Auburn University and Lessons 4 Live collaborated recently in a Dance Contest to raise funds for the Children's Miracle Network.

Members of the BTW and Notasulga TOP Program raised over $1200.00 to support local hospitals who participate in the Children's Miracle Network.  Both kids and mentors had a ball!

To learn more of the Children's Miracle Network, click here.

Deborah Cannon Wolfe expressed their appreciation of the Macon County School Board Members on February 1, 2013 at Deborah Cannon Wolfe Elementary.  Board members Ms.  Mary Hooks and Mr. Kerry Thompson attended. Rev. Winston Bedgood attended as a parent and a member of the Continuous Improvement Plan Team Member and Ms. Mattie Kitt attended as a community stakeholder and to sing "The Wind Beneath My Winds." Ms. Daniels class recited the poem 'Words of wisdom" by Fred Gray and sang two songs. (We Shall Over Come and Ain't Going To Let Nobody Turn Me Around).  Mrs. Cannon's students gave the duties of a board member, duty of a student and my voice as a student. Thanks goes out to Mrs. Bradley, Ms. Howard, Coach Holland, Ms. Floyd (TU Intern) and Mrs. Marshall. Thanks goes out to Ms. Thomas for  preparing the meal. Congratulations goes out to all of the Board Members and thank you for all that you do!

Workforce Development Improvement Act
Macon County, Shorter, and Notasulga
If you are interested in improving your quality of living, education, employment status, and self esteem; this program is for you. If you are tired of not being able to get a job because you don’t have the necessary skills; this program is for you. If you don’t seem to be able to advance in your current job; this is the program for you. If you are facing graduation and don’t have an idea of what you want to do; this is program for you. If you just need some life/career coaching; this is the program for you.
Open enrollment with limited seat; you need to call today. The program will operate Monday – Thursday from 9:00a.m. – 7:30p.m. The program will be located in the Macon County Public School System’s Alternative Learning Center and the Career & Technical Center located at 1902 Taylor Street Tuskegee, Alabama 36083
The program will begin February 4th 2013 and the program is FREE.
For information please call:
Dr. Melvin Lowe, III, EdD – Education Coordinator / Program Administrator
334-724-1236 ext. 12089 or e-mail: lowema@maconk12.org
Or:
You may also contact Mayor Willie Mae Powell (Town of Shorter)
334-727-9190 – office
mayor@shorteralabama.com
Or: Call the Macon County Board of Education at 334-727-1600
Do not let this opportunity for success pass you by. Please encourage a person in need of these services to call. We look forward to assisting you.
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The attached report contains valuable information about your students' performance in Kid's College - an online reading, math and science program from Learning Through Sports.

Ms. Daniels' class as the top class (2nd grade) at Deborah Cannon Wolfe Elementary.  Ms. Anthony's class (4th grade) was second in the school and the group. D.C. Wolfe ranks first in the number of questions answered in the state for it's enrollment of 147 students.  

D.C. Wolfe is 11th in the state for the number of questions utilized. The program was awarded to us FREE!  Our students academic skills have improved tremendously.