Hinds County School District - Week In Review

Bolton Edwards Elementary Middle
Bolton-Edwards Middle School Boys and Girls Basketball Teams defeated Carver Middle School on Monday, November 3, 2008. Go Rangers!!!

Byram Middle School Updates
Mrs. Myers' classes are demonstrating Newton's Laws of Motion and Mrs. Cliett's classes are videoing the demonstrations.

Mrs. White's Career Discovery classes have been outside with MS Varnell's classes to perform a mixture of competitive group activities that were used to illustrate team work and leadership skills. A videographer from Mrs. Cliett's class captured the activities on one of those days. Mrs. White's classes will also be integrating with Mrs. Dunigan's English class. The English assignment required research that was done in the Media Center. The students will be coming to Mrs. White for Microsoft Word instruction and to type their reports.

Mrs. Raymond conducted a Rock Fish Scholastic Olympics to review for everyone's Nine Weeks Test. The Rock Fish teachers submitted questions that would help their students with their upcoming tests. The winning team came from Mr. Lee's home room class. The Scholastic Olympic winning team was comprised of: Antonio Bell, Cameron Brooks, Morgan Catchings, Devlin Collum, Brielle Davis, Kayla Davis, Samantha Dear, Eclecius Franklin, Timothy Neyland, Ryan Williams, and Jaylyn Walker.

There will be a Veterans' Day Program on November 11, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at Byram Middle School. Veterans, currently serving military personnel and the public are invited to share in remembering and honoring our veterans.

D.I.M.E. (Donations In support of Military Excellence) The Byram Middle School students will participate in a fund raiser by collecting dimes to help purchase a display case for Jack Lucas's leather vest. Jack Lucas is the youngest military personnel to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. A nameplate will be placed on the display case noting "Donated by Byram Middle School Students". The vest and display case will be presented to the owner of the Harley Shop at the Trail of Honor. If you would like to participate in this activity, please contact Cheryl Shelton at Byram Middle School.

Gary Road Intermediate
The following students have been selected and recognized at Gary Road Intermediate as student ambassadors for this week. Throughout the week, they will have the opportunity to assist their teachers with several different duties and responsibilities. Additionally, they had the opportunity to meet with the administration last Friday. The faculty, staff, and administrations are very proud of them and want to honor these students in a positive manner.

Tyler Dodson Candice Prestridge
Michael Hilliard Caleb Pace
Kendrick Ree Isiah Mikell
Keeley Jarrell Michael Richardson
Falon Ray Chris McLin
Raiko Williams Caleb Houston
Jasmine Jackson Cortland Hay
Brittany Milton Jacambrian Madlock
Allie Hedrick Brennan Sistrunk
Justice Gillian Abby Horton
Chyna Carter Calen Lewis
Taelor Summers Savanna Hughs
Kenya Long Tristan Murphy
Katlyn Brown Warren Powell
Destiny Webster Nyah Tate
Kendrick Hulitt Georja Jefferson
Robert Hooker Jasmine Randale
Jake Menotti Janae Mack
Hayden Oswalt Shelby Wilson

Honor Roll Recognition Week is this week at Gary Road Intermediate. The administrators will announce students making Principal’s List and Honor Roll by teams and grade levels each morning. Additionally, their homeroom teachers will give these students a certificate, a ribbon, and a magnetic paw print provided by the PTO.

Gary Road Intermediate will be hosting a Veteran’s Day Celebration on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in honor of our local veterans. The faulty and students will wear red, white, and blue to show our appreciation for their service to our country. Plus, we are inviting veterans from around the community to eat lunch with students and speak to different classes regarding their experiences.

Ethan Mangum, a fourth grader at Gary Road Intermediate, is a very talented golf player. He started playing golf at the age of two, and he has been playing for seven years. He has played golf in Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. In the past, Ethan has participated in the fall, winter, and summer golf tours in his age division. Previously, in 2006, he went to the World Championship in North Carolina and placed thirteenth out of one hundred and fifty players. In 2007, he went to California to the World Championship and placed sixth out of one hundred and fifth players. This year, Ethan won ten out of the fifteen tournaments during the fall tour; therefore, he had the opportunity to play at the Regional tournament in Biloxi, MS where he won first place. Now, he is going to the Philippines this month for the World Championship. GRI is very proud of his success and wishes him the best of luck in the Philippines!

Raymond Elementary School
In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election, the fourth and fifth graders of RES held a mock election. On Tuesday, students began registering to vote. They had to fill out voter registration forms and receive their voter registration cards before they were eligible for Friday's Presidential vote. In art class, students created campaign posters and voter buttons that were displayed school wide. On Friday, the students gathered at their designated precincts to cast their ballots during recess. The lines were long, but they persevered. The outcome was Barak Obama-66 and John McCain 36. Many were disappointed that they were not able to vote because they didn't register. They learned that every vote counts and you must do your part.

Our RES students and faculty celebrated Red Ribbon Week with these daily activities.

Monday: Hugs Not Drugs Day--Bring favorite stuffed animal to hug at school!
Tuesday: Put a Cap on Drugs Day--Wear your favorite cap or hat@
Wednesday: Give Drugs the Slip--Wear your slippers, silly ones if you can!
Thursday: Drugs Give Us the Blues Day--Wear blue, blue, blue!
Friday: Sock it to Drugs Day--Wear the silliest socks you can find or make!

On Friday, RES Kindergarteners took a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. They learned about different kinds of animals, where and how pumpkins grow, and they even got to choose a pumpkin to take home with them!

Every child in Mrs. Rhonda Wooten's second grade homeroom has met their AR goal. Congratulations!

Raymond High School
SADIE CARRILLO was accepted to participate in the University of Southern Mississippi Photojournalism Project. She will attend two Friday-Saturday workshops - one in November and one in March. She will have the opportunity to work directly with several of the world's top photojournalists, including Professor Clarence Williams, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 1998. They are going to provide her with a digital camera to use and they will publish her work on a web site and in the project's magazine. What a wonderful opportunity. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Lady Ranger Basketball ranked #4 in Clarion Ledger Super 10 Pre-Season Poll. VALENCIA MCFARLAND is one of twelve players selected for the Mississippi “Dandy Dozen.” She is also ranked 23rd in the nation by ESPN Hoopgirlz. JANAIRRIKA BLAND is in the Clarion Ledger of Top 20 Juniors to watch this season. "GO LADY RANGERS!!!"

KOREY SANDERS and JOE MCCOY were selected as one of the top 30 seniors in MS by the Clarion Ledger News. Let's Keep the Ranger Pride Going! ! !

Utica Elementary Middle School
Utica Rangers Basketball hosted East Flora on Monday night. The girls and boys team both won. The Rangers will next host Bolton Edwards on Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 5:00. Admission is $4.00. Utica will play an away game at Carver on Monday, November 10, 2008.

School pictures will be taken on Thursday, November 6, 2008.

Parents are invited to sign up for lunch with their children. The cost of lunch is $3.00 and parents may sign up until November 14, 2008. Lunch starts at 10:20 for the kindergarten and ends at 12:10 for the eighth graders. Please contact your child's teacher for the time of his/her lunch.

Utica Elementary Middle School is offering tutoring to students in grades 6th-8th Tues-Thursday in Math and Reading/Language Arts. The tutoring is sponsored by the Trio program at Hinds Community College. Ms. Jacobs tutors 6th Math on Tuesday, 7th Math on Wednesday, and 8th Math on Thursday. Algebra I students are encouraged to attend any days they feel they need assistance. Mr. Hales tutors 7th Reading/Language Arts on Tuesday, 8th Reading/Language Arts on Wednesday, and 6th Reading/Language Arts on Thursday. Tutoring starts at 3 and ends at 4:00.