Mitchell students participate in ACTE Regional Tech Fair

Mitchell students enjoyed participating in the Alabama Council for Technology in Education's Regional Tech Fair on February 22. Our students were among hundreds of students from North Alabama who entered the competition in categories such as Multi-media, Video Production, General Applications, etc. Two of our Fifth grade students: Mandy Burns and Madeline Haynes won 3rd place in the Multi-media Division. Their project was titled "Droughts: A Threat to the Southeast"

Visitors speak on Careers

Enrichment students enjoyed hearing about different types of careers from local professionals: Mrs. Linze McRae- dance instructor at Downtown Dance Conservatory located in Gadsden Cultural Arts; Dr. Terisa Thomas- general surgeon, Dr. James Isbell, veterinarian. Many thanks to these individuals who took time out of their busy schedules to talk with our students about career options!!!

Trouble With Trolls by Jan Brett Student Book Talk

Enrichment Students visit Z93 and City Hall

As a part of studying our unit on Careers- Enrichment students visited a local radio station- Z93. The students were able to see how the disc jockeys operate the technical equipment used as they were on the air. Students were given the opportunity to be on the air to try their hand at being a disc jockey. We had a great time! The staff at Z93 were awesome and the morning show is fun! We also toured the Etowah County Emergency Management Association to see how disasters are handled in our area. The very curteous and informative. We also were able to see a new police car and all the gadgets policemen use. Students were fascinated by the equipment the bomb squad uses and how the investigative branch of the police department work.

Author Michael Finklea

Mitchell students enjoyed hearing from Author Michael Finklea on Tuesday, February 12. He told us that anyone can be a writer if we just use our imagination and be descriptive.

Podcast with visiting author Michael Finklea

Enrichment students who interviewed our visiting author Michael Finklea. Students have been studying a unit on Careers and these particular students are interested in becoming authors and/or journalists.

Author of the Month- February

This month our author of the Month is Beverly Cleary. Mrs. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the 1984 John Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw, for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children in 1983. Her Ramona and Her Father, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8, were named 1978 and 1982 Newbery Honor Books, respectively. Mrs. Cleary's books have delighted children for generations.

Honey...Honey...Lion by Jan Brett Student Book Review

Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett Student Book Review

Honey...Honey....Lion! by Jan Brett Student Book Review

Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett Student Book Review

Enrichment Food Fair

Recently, Enrichment students completed their unit on "Droughts and Water Conservation in the Southeast" with a Food Fair. The Food Fair was held in the library. Many parents attended and fun was had by all. Food dishes were prepared that involved water as an ingredient. Parents and students enjoyed viewing PowerPoint projects created by Enrichment students.

Author of the Month- January

The author of the month for the Month of January is Jan Brett. She has over thirty three million books in print. She has written books such as
The Mitten and Wild Christmas Reindeer.Check out her website www.janbrett.com

Enrichment Interview with Donald Davis

Enrichment students conducted an interview with Donald Davis who wrote a "Message in a Bottle" back in the 1980's. This message was found some 20 years later and began the Renew the Rivers program to clean up the Coosa River.

Enrichment PowerPoint Projects

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Mitchell Beta Club Project

Our Mitchell Elementary Jr. Beta Club students recently participated in the "Operation Santa Claus" project to benefit the Mental Health America of Etowah County. Jr. Beta Club students collected items such as clothes, games, toiletries, etc. to benefit those in our area suffering from Mental Illnesses.

Author of the Month- December

Check out this website for our Author of the Month- She has written familiar books such as
Flossie & the Fox and Mirandy and Brother Wind.

Field Trip to Alabama Power Environmental Center Water Course

Our Enrichment students really enjoyed the trip to visit Alabama Power Water Course. This was in conjunction with a study on the severe drought affecting Alabama at this time. The trip to the Water Course was an interactive, hands-on exhibit where students learned many important aspects of water: water conservation, hydroelectricity, etc. Students took a simulated helicopter ride over Alabama’s waterways and learned features of the waterways; they took a simulated tour of Mitchell Dam to view the hydroelectric facility and tested their knowledge of water facts in a fun game show called “Water Whys”.

Andrew & Clay chose this picture because it looked extremely hot as conditions could be during a drought.

Alabama Drought Pictures

Today, Enrichment students looked at images from the drought in our state. They chose images and e-mailed them to me. In this process, they learned how to save an image to the desktop and attach it to an e-mail. Here are the images they chose and an explanation as to why they picked those particular images.