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January 2016, Issue III
Dr. Pattie Neill, Superintendent of Trussville
City Schools, was the featured speaker at the
Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) monthly
luncheon on Thursday, January 21. The luncheon
was sponsored by the Trussville City Schools
Foundation.
CONGRATULATIONS HTHS DANCE TEAM!
HTHS Dance Team competed in the UDA Alabama State Championship and won 1st place in Hip Hop and Jazz as well as receiving an overall award out of 30 different teams for their Hip Hop costume. Their Hip Hop routine was based on the same theme as Wizard of Oz, “There’s No Place Like Home”. HTHS just updated Dorothy’s outfit a bit.
On Sunday, they competed at the American All-Stars Regional Competition and placed 1st in Hip Hop and Jazz and won an overall choreography award for Hip Hop.
Visit https://www.facebook.com/HTHSBand/?fref=nf for videos of both routines on Hewitt-Trussville High School Husky Band Facebook page. AWESOME!
Pictured above: Alan Taylor, Melissa Jones, Dr. Neill, Bill Roberts, Diane Poole, and Brian Plant
Foundation “Builder”
“EDUCATION is the foundation upon which we
BUILD our future” – Christine Gregoire
An easy way to support the Trussville City Schools Foundation is to give regular monthly donations. With regular contributions, you become a “Builder” of our children’s future
at a level that you feel comfortable.
To become a “Builder” please click on this link
Scholars Bowl Coach: Mr. Josh Haynes
Members are: Brennan Boeker, Emma Burford, Tina Cao, Garrett Carter, John
Carver, Logan Cobb, Zack Cobb, Alvina Do, Nick Finlay, Desi Gillespie, Thomas
Krolikowski, Katherine Magolies, Carson McCombs, Logan McCormick, Jake Morris,
Katie Musulman, Troy Nelson, Rebecca Philips, and Sophie West.
Congratulations to HTHS Student Alex Muellar
awarded the Daybreak Rotary Student of the
Month. Alex chose HTHS Spanish Teacher Molly
Cook as Teacher of the Month for the positive
influence on her educational career.
Thank you to Daybreak Rotary for recognizing the
students and teachers of Trussville.
http://tcsf.org/monthly-sponsor/
Congratulations to the
HTHS Scholars Bowl
Team nominated as the
Charter Spectrum
Academic Team of the
Week.
Watch for them on
ESPN, MTV, BET and
local stations beginning
Saturday.
HTHS SCHOLARS BOWL….WAY TO GO!
CONGRATULATIONS to HTHS Husky
Justin Booker! Signed with Calhoun
Community College for baseball.
Justin is pictured above with Calhoun CC
Baseball Coach Burns
CONGRATULATIONS to HTHS Husky
Keegan Morrow! Keegan signed with
Shelton State for baseball.
Keegan is pictured above with Shelton
State Baseball Coach Sprowl.
Congratulations
Jarrion Street
7A Offensive Player of
the Year
Pictured at Left: Coach Tucker, Coach
Griffin, Jarrion and Coach Floyd
Congratulations to the following students for being selected as
HTHS January Students of the Month
Freshman
Lizzy Ezell
Jordan Faggard
Sophomore
Ravyn Carico
Logan Cobb
Junior
Jessica Gagliano
Tommy Tran
Senior
Lauren Stearns
Daniel Hernandez
January 2016 is School Board Appreciation Month!
Thank you Board President Bill Roberts, Board Vice President Sid McNeal, Board Members
Stan Garrett (past Vice President), Gayle Glenn (past Vice President), and Kathy Brown!
TCS faculty, staff, and students appreciate you!
Thank you TCS Board of Education Members for your many hours of volunteer service and
commitment to the students of Trussville.
TCS Board Members would like to thank all faculty, staff, and students for the
wonderful cards, banners, paintings, goodie baskets and delicious cookies
and brownies. THANK YOU!
Pictured above: Gayle Glenn, Kathy Brown, Stan Garrett, Sid McNeal, Dr. Neill, and Bill Roberts
The HTHS students attended the “Make A Change Student Leader Institute” at the Birmingham YWCA. This year’s theme was “Feminism.”
Pictured below: Daniel Hernandez, David Acfalle, Khalia Kennedy, Nathan Helms, Nikole Copeland, Olivia DePew, Naqi Raza, Ben Vetters,
Ashton Stone, Ashley Golson and Nicole Mabry
Congratulations to HTHS student Lacey
Beasley!
Lacey will have a book signing for her book,
The Forgiven at DeDe’s Book Rack on Febru-
ary 6, 2016 from 1:30—4:30 pm. Way to go
Lacey!
National Signing Day
= BIG DEAL for HTHS
On Wednesday, February 3, five football players from Hewitt-Trussville High School will
sign to play football at the college level.
The community is invited to join in the celebration with the players and their
families. There will be a reception hosted by the Trussville Chamber of Commerce from
3:30 to 5:30 p.m., at the Trussville Civic Center.
Everyone welcome!
What’s Happening at the Paine Elementary Library in Kindergarten?
Mrs. Walker’s and Mrs. Lackey’s kindergarten classes visit the library to
perform their first digital research project. They are using PebbleGO to
learn all about penguins.
Paine Elementary Teachers learning all about PebbleGO too!
Great database to meet the K-2 students’ needs. #TrussvilleLearns
Blankets for Pet Shelters
Students in Library Club made blankets
for a local pet shelter to keep them
warm for the winter.
Tray Liners for Meals on Wheels
Library Club students made holiday
tray liners for Meals on Wheels
in Birmingham.
Split-A-Thon Success!
25 volunteers came to help split books on
January 5th. The volunteers split the entire
fiction section and some nonfiction books, totaling
in over 6,000 books!
Thank you for your help, volunteers!
Paine Elementary Library Club
FEBRUARY Character Trait of the Month
KINDNESS The ability to help another; the treatment of others in ways that show
you care about their feelings and well-being.
Art II by Katelyn M., grade 8 – What
Art II did this week in art is work on our
lenticular images. A lenticular image is
an image with two pictures. When you
turn it one way it shows one thing and
turn the other way it shows something
else. We also had a sketchbook assign-
ment that was about leading lines. We
are having a great time also taking pic-
tures and learning about photography
composition. This has been a great
week in Art II.
Art I by Victoria B., grade 7 –
This was a great week in Art I.
We went to the computer lab to
type our paragraphs for our self-
portrait project. Ms. Bloodworth
taught us how to draw a general
face so we could draw our own
face from observation. To finish
up the week we looked at our-
selves in the mirror and drew
ourselves from observation.
MANDATORY PARENT MEETING
Thursday, February 18, 2016 6:00 pm in the HTMS Auditorium
Clinic: February 29-March 4th after school until 5:00 pm
HTMS Tryouts: Monday, March 7
ATTENTION! INTERESTED IN TRYING OUT FOR HTMS CHEERLEADER?
2016-17 Cheerleading Tryout Information
CONGRATULATIONS!
7th grader Evan Moore
HTMS Geography Bee
Winner!
HTMS Band Director,
Brandon Peters
presenting at the
Alabama Music
Educators Conference
on “Recruiting”.
Awesome Job
Mr. Peters!
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AT TCS
Music Teachers from TCS
Learning together at the Alabama
Music Educators
Association Conference.
Pictured left to right:
Brandon Peters, Kay Carter, Corinth
Lewis, Tina Fortenberry and
Chris Byars
Seniors Jacob and Christopher participated in the
Future Alabama Music Educators session at the
Alabama Music Educators Association
Conference in Montgomery. They plan to major
in music education and become teachers.
Teachers Dawn Kilgore (Secondary) and
Rachel Brockman (Elementary) honored at
the January 25, 2016 Board Meeting as TCS
Teachers of the Year.
Good Luck at the state level!
Thank you Tommy Brewer for donating the wonderful picture of the 1st graduating class of
Hewitt High School. The framed picture is honoring his father, Thomas Brewer, one of the
graduates pictured. Other family graduates of Hewitt include: Wilma (1943), Thomas Jr.
(1967), Diana (1998) and Micheal (2003). The 1939 Graduating Class picture will hang in the
Cahaba Elementary School.
Thank you Tommy!
Presenting Research Projects in 5th Grade
Students in Mrs. Brasher's 5th grade Language classes
confidently presented research projects that coincided
with a unit on informational writing. Students chose a
topic of interest to them and conducted research to find
out more about that topic. Non-fiction books and websites
were great sources of information. Students gathered and
organized information in accordance with guidelines
provided by Mrs. Brasher. The final projects were created
and saved on Google Slides and students presented to
their classmates. Projects were graded on research,
presentation and the content and structure of the slide
show.
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Señora Leopard’s Spanish IV class recently completed projects using the TouchCast app for iPad. TouchCast
creates an interactive presentation that mixes video with web content. The app lets you record a video and
overlay elements such as web pages, maps, photos, Twitter streams, polls, quizzes and more. Users watching
the video can click on these multimedia elements and interact with them while the video continues to play.
You start by recording a video using your iPad's camera. You can pick from several themes like newscast or
review that'll insert titles and other elements to get you started. TouchCast uses a timeline to lay out the ele-
ments of your video and allows you to drag / drop extra content like titles, a whiteboard and vApps. vApps
are the multimedia features such as maps, Facebook content, Twitter streams, Flickr photos and more. There
are a lot of options within the editing side and it does take some trial and error to get elements to appear
where you want them to be.
When you are done creating your TouchCast video, it is hosted online on your TouchCast channel. From
within the app, you can share these TouchCast videos via Facebook, Twitter and email. You can also upload it
to YouTube as a regular, non-interactive video. The app also lets you preview TouchCast videos created by
both the company and other TouchCast users. These galleries give you a feel of what type of videos the
platform can be used to create. This app combines video and web in amazing interactive ways.
This app is simple to use and can be used across all subject matters such as; an interactive historical timeline,
tutorial videos, reports, biographies, book trailers or use it to showcase learning about a topic.
Senora Leopard’s classes used TouchCast to simulate news reports featuring some festivals in Spain. Here
are a couple of links to student samples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXgLwQ2a1SY&app=desktop
http://www.touchcast.com/morganiscool/e9f16c7bd1
Seniors:
Miss Congeniality - Emily Campbell
Most Photogenic - Emily Campbell
3rd Runner-up - Savannah Hyde
2nd Runner-up - Emily Campbell
1st Runner-up - Adrienne Robinette
Miss Hewitt - Mavanee Brown
Mr. Hewitt - Eli Rollins
NEWS FROM SEÑORA LEOPARD’S CLASS AT HTHS
Freshman – Juniors:
Miss Congeniality - Mattie Kat Holmes
Most Photogenic - Lydia Martin & Madison Ward
Princess - Lydia Martin
Sophomore 1st Runner-up - Addie Hoffman
Sophomore Princess - Madison Ward
Junior Princess - Lacey Beasley
WINNERS FROM MR. AND MISS HEWITT PAGEANT
CONGRATULATIONS!
HTHS HUSKY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 2016
Montgomery Bell, Nashville, TN August 19 – Away
Manatee, Fl August 26 – Home
Gadsden City September 2 – Away
Grissom September 9 – Home
Buckhorn September 16 – Away
Center Point September 23 – Home
Bob Jones September 30 – Home
Sparkman October 7 – Away
Huntsville October 14 – Home
James Clemons October 21 – Home
GOOD LUCK HTHS BOYS AND GIRLS BOWLING
TEAM AT STATE TOURNAMENT
GO HUSKIES!
SAVE THE DATE
11th Annual HTMS Charity Basketball Game
February 2, 2016 at 6:40 pm in HTMS Gym
Benefiting Colon Cancer Research
$10.00 tshirt and includes admission to game
$5.00 admission to game without a shirt
If interested in sponsoring the game this year, the donation levels are available in two tiers:
Mushers $50.00 and Lead Dogs $100.00.
All donations are tax deductible and will be receipted by the school.
Please make checks out to HTMS.
If you have any questions, please contact Bartley Brown at
HTMS “Love Your Neighbor”
Canned Food Drive
January 25- February 5, 2015
HTMS Students will bring cans to their homerooms.
Leadership Club students will pick up cans daily.
For every 10 cans brought in, students will receive a chance to
throw a pie at a principal or teacher.
Winners for the pie throwing will be announced on Feb. 2nd and will throw their pies at the Charity Basketball Game.
(So cans being brought in for this must be brought by Feb. 2nd!)
SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR TODAY AND BRING IN CANS OF FOOD
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GIRLS SCHEDULE Tuesday, February 9th will be Mountain Brook vs. Vestavia Hills at 5:30 PM, followed by Spain
Park vs. Hewitt-Trussville at 7:00 PM. All games will be at Mountain Brook High School.
BOYS SCHEDULE Thursday, February 11th will be Mountain Brook vs. Vestavia Hills at 6 p.m., followed by Spain
Park vs. Hewitt-Trussville at 7:30 PM. All games will be at Spain Park High School.
COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR HTHS HUSKIES IN
AREA 6 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS!
Calling all dancers!
If you are interested in trying out for the HTMS Dance Team, there will be a mandatory parent information meeting on Monday, February 1st, at 6 pm in the auditorium. Optional pre-clinics will be held on February 23rd and February 25th from 3:00-5:00 pm. Mandatory clinic and tryouts will
take place during the week of March 14-18. A list of tryout require-ments can be found on Ms. Cruit’s class website: http://bit.ly/1EY6HHC
ATTENTION: HTMS DANCE TEAM TRYOUTS!
Dates for 2nd Semester to Remember!
Schools/Offices Closed February 15, 2016 Presidents Day
Schools Closed March 28—April 1, 2016 Spring Break
Graduation May 24, 2016
Last Day for Students May 24, 2016 Schools dismiss at 12:00 noon
ALL proceeds to benefit the
Brock V. Bowman
Scholarship Fund At Hewitt Trussville High
School
TRUSSVILLE CHAMBER ANNOUNCES FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT T.E.A.M.
For immediate release
TRUSSVILLE, AL – The Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC) is pleased to announce a community-wide food drive to be held in February. The 7th annual “Love Your Neighbor” food drive will be held in conjunction with Valentine’s Day. Collection points will be manned at various locations and times during the week of February 14.
A ‘drive through’ kick-off will be held on Saturday, February 13, from 9 a.m. to noon in the First Methodist
Church of Trussville (FUMC) parking lot. TACC Executive Director Diane Poole says, “We try to make it easy for people in our ‘drive-through world’ to donate, so on that Saturday, people can actually drive into the parking lot, drop off their non-perishable items to volunteers, and then drive on out. They don’t even have to get out of their cars.”
Celebrity volunteers, including Alabama’s 13 Ken Lass, Fox 6 Anchor Janet Hall, and former University of Alabama football standouts Bobby Johns, Quinton Dial, and Rudy Griffin, plan to be on-hand at the kickoff at FUMC to greet contributors.
T.E.A.M. volunteer Louise Jensen says, “For the past six years, we’ve used the Valentine’s Day theme of love to remind people to ‘love their neighbor’ and to help those in need.” T.E.A.M., or Trussville Ecumenical Assistive Ministry, assists those in the immediate Trussville area who are in need of food, clothing, and other necessities during difficult financial times. Louise also says, “Many people think of helping others during the holidays but they sometimes forget that some people need help all during the year. We hope this food drive will bring an awareness to donate these items all year long.”
Volunteers hope to capitalize on the success of previous years’ food drives. Area schools have been instrumental in the food drive. Several companies also sent monetary donations to T.E.A.M. Independence Place, a faith-based agency developed to meet the social/recreational needs of adult individuals, will staple informational flyers to food bags. This year’s goal is to
collect enough non-perishable items to help T.E.A.M. provide food until the fall.
Specific items which are particularly needed include personal hygiene items, cooking oil, flour, corn meal, sugar, canned meat and fish, dried beans, cereal, breakfast food, peanut butter, jelly, saltines, and mac & cheese. T.E.A.M.’s other immediate needs include not only volunteers but also a larger building in which to house and distribute their donated items.
Area churches which participate as T.E.A.M. members include Clear Branch United Methodist Church, Deerfoot Baptist Church, First Baptist Church Trussville, First Methodist Church of Trussville, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Faith Lutheran Church, and Cahaba Springs Presbyterian Church, and Holy Infant of Prague Catholic Church. In addition, the McSweeney Foundation is also a member of T.E.A.M.
Drop-off locations include participating T.E.A.M. churches (listed above), the Trussville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Trussville fire station on Main Street in downtown Trussville, McSweeney Foundation/MCM Custom Vehicles, and T.E.A.M. All locations will gladly accept donations Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during that week. Most of the participating churches will also conduct drives on Sunday, February 14, and February 21. You may also leave donations at the T.E.A.M. location any time.
T.E.A.M. is located at 88 Cedar Lane in Trussville. Their hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from noon to 2 p.m. and Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. You may leave a message for T.E.A.M. at (205) 661-5039. Member churches share the expenses of T.E.A.M., supplemented with donations from individuals and community and civic organizations. For more
information on the chamber, please visit www.trussvillechamber.com, call 655-7535, ‘like’ us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE CITY OF TRUSSVILLE
CLOSING DATE WILL BE POSTED ON TRUSSVILLE CLAY ROAD