Current Events at Clarksville Elementary
Clarksville Elementary's Math Specialist is a big hit!
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Clarksville Elementary Appreciates Our Food Service Workers!
Clarksville Elementary recently celebrated Food Service week. Pictured are our wonderful workers that provide us with healthy delicious meals everyday of the school year. They do an awesome job!
Front row: Nancy Roberts, Anna Wilkerson, and Janene Caldwell Back Row: Doris (Babydoll) Thorpe, Princess Wilkerson, Joe McBee, and Vickey Puryear
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Clarksville Elementary Kicks the SOL's off with WOOL-E. Bull
Clarksville Elementary had a very special visitor on Friday May 1st. Wool E. Bull came and had lunch with the students in second through Fifth grade. He danced with them, signed autographs, and mingled with the students to encourage them to do their best on the SOL's.
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The PTA Provides SOL Kickoff Show for Students at Clarksville Elementary
On Monday May 4th the PTA provided an awesome show for all the students at Clarksville Elementary. The shows mission is to encourage students to believe they are champions. The three principles Steve, the speaker and Yo-Yo extraordinary, reinforces through out the show is NED, Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best! Steve did some really cool tricks with his Yo-Yo that awed the students and they were all so engrossed they heard the message loud and clear! Everyone can do well! If you are interested in the program or the yo-yo's you will find more information at www.thenedshow.com.
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Science Club is a Big Hit!
The Science Club is in full swing at Clarksville Elementary. Leonard Elam and Amanda Hutchins oversee a very bright group of students who complete hands-on experiments. The students are required to use the scientific method to conduct the experiments. Experiments that the students have participated in include extracting DNA from a strawberry, testing substances to determine whether they are acids or bases using the PH scale, observing meal worms to classify their movement, physical characteristics and what stimulus affects them, using each of the students' five senses to discover if a substance is a solvent, solute, or solution, and using yeast to study its physical and chemical makeup and how it affects bananas.
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Clarksville Elementary Invites Readers to Celebrate Read Across America
In a continuous effort to promote the importance of reading, Clarksville Elementary School celebrated Read Across America with several literacy activities under the direction of Rebecca Camblos and Patricia Hester. First, teachers awarded certificates to the Most Improved Reader in their class. Each teacher nominated the student that had improved the most from the beginning of our school year. The students awarded certificates were Katie Hendricks, Sanaa Cole, Winter Hartrum, Deion Revis, Perry Folk, Corbin Hendrick, Paige Eppinett, Savion Terry, Justin Gabrys, Matthew Bing, Makayla Woody, Camrin Morton, Jaqwan Long, Michael Harris, Zachary Sneed, Jesse Moore, Patricia Ramirez, Alize Lambert, Malachi Moore, Deavion Epps, April Newton, Meredith Finch, Ariel Moorefield, Dynesha Oliver, Kaitlyn Salsbury, Bradley Peregoy, Deondre Oliver, Tre Palmer, and Bryant Jacox
Second, during art class under the direction of Karen Muller, Clarksville Elementary School's Fine Art Teacher, fifth grade students illustrated place mats with the Read Across America theme. The place mats, which encouraged reading, were delivered to The Great Wall Restaurant to be shared with their customers. Additionally, several Ruritans volunteered to read in classrooms. The novelty of hearing community readers delighted the students. Another activity involved students, faculty, staff, and Central Office personnel participating in a special Lunchtime Read Aloud activity.
Finally, thanks to the generosity of Katie Cummings we were fortunate to invite an Emmy Award Winning storyteller, Willa Brigham, who presented two student programs and a faculty workshop. Clarksville Elementary School thanks everyone who participated in making our Read Across America celebration a success. It was a very exciting week.
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Clarksville Elementary Student Wins Essay Contest
Terence Hardy, a fifth grade student at Clarksville Elementary in Mrs. Turner's writing class has won third place in the Richmond Times Dispatch "Pursuit of Happiness" Essay Contest. The contest was sponsored by the Richmond times Dispatch and Comcast. Participates submitted an essay that will be published on the following websites: Richmond Times Dispatch, James River Writer, and the Library of Virginia. Terence won a prize pack that included a $50.00 savings bond and a book from the Library of Virginia. He also read his essay for Clarksville Elementary during the morning announcements. Congratulations Terence, we are all proud of you!
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Second Grade Field Trip to the Marbles Kids Museum
Second grade enjoyed their field trip to the Kids Marbles Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. Here is a photo story of that trip, I hope everyone enjoys it as much as we enjoyed it!
Amerigas Gives Back To Clarksville Elementary
Dennis Prince recently visited Clarksville Elementary School with a most graciously accepted gift. On behalf of Amerigas in South Hill Dennis Prince presented a check to Clarksville Elementary. Every time residents from the Clarksville district purchase from Amerigas a portion of the proceeds are donated back to Clarksville Elementary to support Clarksville Elementary students. Thank you to everyone who purchased and thank you to Amerigas!!
Pictured is Dennis Prince presenting Ann Dalton, our Principal, with a check to support our students.
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Pocahontas at Clarksville Elementary
On Tuesday November 11th the Pre-K and Early Childhood had a special visitor at Clarksville Elementary School. Pocahontas played by Leigh Mackintosh, made a presentation for the students. She told of her travels as Pocahontas and how she and the other Eastern Woodland Indians caught their prey, made their clothing and lived while in Virginia. She was very animated and really captured the students attention with her tales of her life.
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Clarksville Elementary Book Fair Poster Winners
November 6th marked the beginning of the Clarksville Elementary fall book fair. A Safari was our theme. Dolores Hudson, Jennifer Woody and Karen Muller did a terrific job making our hallways leap with color and animals to make everyone aware there was a book fair going on! There was every type of book available and it continued until Thursday, November 13th. On Tuesday, November 11th, students and teachers were all encouraged to wear animal prints, our halls looked as if they were teaming with zebras, leopards and tigers. During the book fair a poster coloring contest was held. The winners received a gift certificate and a figurine for their diligent work. Great Job to everyone!!
Pictured are the winners of our Book Fair Poster Coloring Contest: 1st grade Hite Jones, 2nd Grade Willow Pope, 3rd grade Taylor Hatcher, 4th grade Damir Hector, and fifth grade Kayla Royster. Also pictured are our librarians Jennifer Woody and Dolores Hudson.
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