Registration for 2013-2014 - Each current HA familyshould have received their registration information in themail. Please contact Londa LeBrun or Beth Lucas if youdid not receive your packet. Registration information canbe returned by mail or it can be returned to either schooloffice. Registration should be received by Feb. 28th toguarantee your child’s space for the upcoming year.

Tuition Assistance information - families who areinterested in applying for HA’s Tuition Assistance shouldcontact Londa LeBrun (llebrun@HeritagePatriots.com). The assistance is based on financial need. Funds arelimited and assistance is given on a first come, firstserved basis.

HA App for iPhone and Android Users - School in Sightshas made an app available for our school website! Searchfor School in Sites in the Apple App Store or in the AndroidMarketplace (Google Play Store).

FIND THE ANSWERS What’s for lunch? When is highschool graduation? Where can I find the tennis schedule? Check the school web site (www.HeritagePatriots.com) forthe answers to these and many other questions you mayhave!

Have you missed an earlier edition of this newsletter? Previous editions of the Patriot Report are accessibleon the school web site. You can see them by clicking here.

From time to time we have parents, alumni andgrandparents who ask for additional ways theycan help our school.  (How very nice it is to hearthat!)  Now when someone wonders “How Can IHelp?” we have a list of suggestions!   Click hereto see our list.   There is a wide price range tochoose from!  Thanks for your tremendoussupport of Heritage Academy!

Calendar Information:Feb. 14 MAIS Spelling BeeFeb. 18 NO SCHOOL - President’s DayFeb. 21 PARENT MEETING for Cheer Tryouts

(girls entering 7th - 12th grades in2013-

14 will be eligible to tryout); 5:30 p.m., High School Library

Feb. 26-28 HA Registration for current familiesFeb. 28 - March 6 Nine Weeks Tests (Grades7-12)

March 2 Social Club Presentation (Senior girls)March 7 Cheerleader Tryouts for Girls entering

Grades 7-12March 7 MAIS District Teacher Meeting; ½ day

of school for JrK - 12th GradesMarch 8 Spring Break Begins - NO SCHOOLMarch 8 Registration Deadline for April 13 ACTMar. 11-15 HA Spring BreakMar. 18 PARENT MEETING for Dance Tryouts;

High School Library; Jr. High - 5:15p.m.

Varsity - 6:00 p.m.Mar. 18-22 Dance Team Clinic & Tryouts for girls

entering 7th - 12th grades Mar. 19-21 7th & 8th Grade Achievement TestsMarch 21 MAIS District Quiz Bowl March 22 Elem. School Achievement Test PracticeMarch 22 Spring Fling Fundraiser DanceMarch 23 Junior - Senior PromMar. 25-28 Elementary Achievement TestsMarch 27 MAIS ABC Test at Heritage;

No School for Grades 7-12; (Note: Elementary WILL have school)

March 28 Explore Test (8th Grade)March 29 Good Friday (NO SCHOOL)April 1 School Resumes April 5 − 8 FIRST Robotics CompetitionApril 12-14 HA Spring Musical April 13 ACT at HeritageMay 17 Graduation Ceremonies

1:00 p.m. 6th Grade; High School SAB 7:00 p.m. SENIORS - Class of 2013

Note: Recently added dates or changes are in RED.KEY to Newsletter Abbreviations:JrK - Jr. Kindergarten SrK - Sr. Kindergarten EL - Elementary School HS - High School

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AR - Accelerated Reading AM - Accelerated MathGATE - Gifted and Talented EducationSAB Student Activity Building MAIS - Miss. Association of Independent Schools

Two students in Mrs. Deb Shelton’s AP Government

Class were selected as the top two state winners in the

9th - 12th grade division of the Secretary of State's

"Promote the Vote" essay contest. Winning 2nd place

was Ashley Allsup and Alli Ridilla won the 1st place

award! The students will be recognized on March 1st at

the State Capitol in Jackson. Over 450 public and

private schools competed in the "Promote the Vote”

program. Great job, Ashley and Alli!

HA Student Wins Art Competition atEMCC Scholars Olympiad

Congratulations to Junior Brennan Brown on her 1st

place finish in the Art Competition at the EMCC Scholars

Olympiad held recently.

MAIS CONVENTION - HA Students (l-r) Paige Pilkinton,Molly Chain, Megill Imes, Morgan Shuttleworth, SydneyEllis and Roya Asadi attended the annual meeting of MAISHonor Societies and Student Government held on Feb. 1 atHinds Community College in Jackson.

MS Math & Science Tourney - HA was well represented atthis academic competition held recently in Clinton. Our 4person team (pictured above, l-r) of Olivia Kesler, MaryDouglass Kerby, Austin Fitch and Madison Sears made it tothe Division 3 Finals! In addition, we had 3 top 20%finishers - Madison Sears (Chemistry); Mary DouglassKerby (Physics); and Cara Pridmore (Math.)

The robot is nearly finished with a few tweaks left. The students and mentors have worked so hard toget to this point. This Saturday they will meet to have a driving competition, to determine the lucky

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students who will get to drive the robot in April. On Tuesday of next week, the team will "bag" up therobot, and it will be left untouched until they arrive at the competition. They are almost finished!!

Technology Enriches 7th & 8th Grade Literature ClassesMrs. Denise Walter's 7th grade Literature classes are finishing a unit on GreekMythology by designing theme parks based on the stories. Each group willalso create a commercial to market the theme park using one of theadvertising techniques studied in class. Advertising techniques are on theAchievement Test the 7th graders will take in the spring.

The 8th grade Literature classes are finishing a unit on The Diary of AnneFrank by researching the Holocaust and the real lives of the people who livedin the secret annex. In order to help the students empathize with thecharacters as real people, they are creating facebook pages based on thesecharacters' lives and posters about their research.

Senior James Clark, center, is joined by his parents as hesigns to play Baseball with Northwest MississippiCommunity College in Senatobia.

Senior M. J. Clark, center, signed a Letter of Intent tocontinue his baseball career at Northwest. His parents and coaches look on.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Matt Sykes Named to the 2013 MAIS North All-Star Soccer Team

Senior Matt Sykes has been selected to play on the 2013

MAIS North All-Star Soccer Team! The game will be

played at Jackson Academy on March 7th at 4:00 p.m.

We are proud of you, Matt!

IT’S A GAMECHANGER

Patriot fans, no matter where life takes you, now you canfollow our Varsity and JV baseball teams on GameChanger! GameChanger is a mobile app (and available on the

In addition, the HA Sports Boosters will pay the all-accessfee for GameChanger for the Varsity Team! That meansthat that you can not only view the live game stream, butyou will be able to see all stats, and have free access toother information provided by GameChanger.

The website is www.gamechanger.io.

To locate our teams, you can type in the zip code 39705.You will see a list of local teams. You will then want tofollow the Heritage Academy Varsity Spring 2013 team.You can also follow the Heritage Academy JV Spring 2013team. (The detailed stats and other info will not beavailable for the JV unless you pay the monthly fee.)

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internet) that allows you to follow the game pitch by pitch,play by play. GameChanger provides scorekeeping, stats,and a live game stream for our baseball games.

The rosters and the schedules for our teams have alreadybeen set up. All you have to do is set up an account withyour email and password on GameChanger. You can dothis on your computer, or download the app from iTunes. GameChanger is also available on IPhones (not sure aboutAndroids)

Technical note: If you want to view a game stream, makesure you choose the correct team each time: Varsity or JV Questions about accessing GameChanger can be directedto Judy Dunaway at jdunaway@cableone.net.

Please spread the word to friends and family to sign up tofollow our Patriots this baseball season on GameChanger! To access the HA 2013 Baseball Schedule, click here.

Go Patriots!!

MSU BASEBALL PLAYER SPEAKS at FCA Meeting

Ross Mitchell, Pitcher for the MSU Baseball Team, was the recent guest speaker at our

High School FCA Meeting. Meetings are held bi-weekly on Thursday mornings at 7:30

a.m. in the High School Library. All students are welcome to attend and bring snacks to

share. What a great way to start the day!

Former Hostage, Elizabeth Smart is Guest Speaker

at Dinner Hosted by Local Business

A Silver Anniversary Celebration for an area business was an

opportunity for our dance team to wait tables and earn some

money for the Varsity Dance Team! Scott Ferguson (HA ‘2004)

and his mom Rhonda Ferguson, hosted the dinner for clients of

Financial Concepts. The guest speaker was Elizabeth Smart

of Salt Lake City, Utah. Smart, a survivor of child abduction,

delivered a powerful message to a capacity crowd.

6th Grade HA Student Lauren Sutton ties for 1st Place

In the MAIS District II East Spelling bee held earlier today, Lauren Sutton

and Bates Bennett from Starkville Academy went head to head and word to

word in a lengthy “spell off” that eventually was ended as a “tie.” Both will

advance to the MAIS Overall Competition to be held in Jackson on April

16th. Each 1st place winner also received a placque.

Hillary Gerber took 2nd place honors in the Eighth grade’s bee. Also, Abby

Amos claimed 3rd place in the 5th grade competition. Hillary and Abby will

also advance to the state level. Mallory Amos won 4th place (alternate) in

the 7th grade competition. Great job, girls!

HA Elementary students in the 3rd - 6th

grades heard an interesting presentation

on Mississippi Wildlife from Deb Waz, an

Outreach Educator with the Mississippi

Museum of Natural Science in Jackson.

Ms. Waz had items on display for the

children to see and she also had a live

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turtle and baby alligator, too!

Fifth Grade: Learning about Early French Settlements

Our Fifth Grade Social Studies Classes have been studyingabout the early French Settlements. In order to learn moreabout the culture, history and traditions of these settlements,the students made a brochure about New Orleans. Theyenjoyed having a “tasting” day to experience some ofLouisiana’s foods.

The Fourth Grade Science Classes were asked to create a diarama ecosystem of their choice (deserts, rain forests,tropical, etc.) and to share them with the class. All sorts of exciting displays (including two live specimens!) were

shared. Students in the other grades came by to view the displays.

The SrK has been studying about "healthy hearts". Heidi Ringer visited the class to teach the studentsabout exercising their hearts. Heidi is a fitnessinstructor and is Madison's mom.

The boys and girls in this SrK rotation group were soexcited about building their tower of sight words!

Junior Kindergarten Class Enjoys a Special “Read to Me” Time

Kaitlyn Collins' grandparents from Louisiana came toshare THE CAJUN GINGERBREAD BOY with us. Theyalso brought gingerbread cookies for us to eat.

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AR Students of the Week for Jan. 21-25 are: AR Students of the Week for Jan. 28-Feb. 1 are:Emma Britt (Gr.1-3) and Abby Amos (Gr. 4-6) Alexander Johnson (Gr. 1-3); Allison Yingst (4-6)

AR Classroom of the Week for Jan. 21-25 in Grades 1-3is Mrs. Beckett’s 2nd grade class.

AR Classroom of the Week for Jan. 28 - Feb. 1 inGrades1-3 is Mrs. Naugher’s 3rd grade class.

AR Classroom of the Week for Jan. 21-25 in Grades 4-6is Mrs. Reed’s 5th grade Class.

AR Classroom of the Week for Jan. 28- Feb. 1 in Grades4-6 is Mrs. Springer’s 4th grade class.

Scout Meetings are held at Heritage on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month.

Cub Scouts - 2nd Grade Cub Scouts - 3rd Grade Webelos

Mrs. Wamble and Mrs. Lynne passed out bright colored Mardi Gras beads to our Elementary students as they came to lunch!

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Have you linked your Kroger Card to Heritage yet? Doing so will mean that 5% of your transaction will bedonated back to Heritage! Click here to find out how!

Keep collecting your Box Tops for Education Labels!! A classroom competition will be held later in thespring! Our Box Tops are adding up to some greatimprovements at our school!

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