Third Grade Program

On Monday, December 14, the students and staff of Indian Springs were treated to a fun program presented by the third grade. Great job Mrs. Edwards, third graders, third grade teachers, and all of the parents who helped make this happen!

Merry Christmas!

Friday morning all of Indian Springs enjoyed a wonderful program by the ISE Chorus, followed by everyone joining in singing some Christmas carols, and ending with some special entertainment by the teachers. What wonderful talented students and teachers we have here at Indian Springs! A special thanks to Mrs. Edwards for all of her hard work! The following clip is of the teachers on stage acting out the "Twelve Days of Christmas". The children cheered as each teacher was announced and loved watching them...what fun! Thanks to Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Mumpower, Mr. Holly, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Jessee, Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. Winchell, Mrs. Lancaster, Mrs. Robinette, and Mr. Dale!!!!

Several very talented teachers blessed us by beautifully singing "Oh Holy Night"...they were AMAZING! Thanks to Mrs. Robinette, Mrs. Jessee, Mrs. Fields, Mrs. Craft, Mrs. Conrad, Mrs. Horne, and Mrs. Edwards!!!!! Enjoy this little clip...

May you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

4H Public Speaking Contest

The Sullivan County 4H Public Speaking Contest was held on December 14th at the Sullivan County Board of Education Building.

Seventeen 4th graders participated!! It was simply amazing! To a crowd of parents, teachers, judges and grandparents, the children from ISE gave their speeches/readings in splendor.

Speech winners from ISE: 2nd place, Kendra Sybert, 3rd place, Hallie Looney.

Reading winners from ISE: 1st place, Amanda Maine, 2nd place, Christopher Bradley.


We are indeed honored to submit this photo to our ISE website.

Mrs. Mains, Mrs. Robinette, and Mrs. Calhoun

Craft Day for Mrs. Smith and her 2nd Graders!

Mrs. Smith's 2nd grade class had a wonderful yet busy Craft Day on Friday, December 4th. They made all sorts of fun crafts like bird feeder snowmen, puzzle picture frames, wreath and candy cane beaded ornaments, and cinnamon gingerbread men that will make any home smell like Christmas!

Thanks to all the moms who were able to send things in and/or come and help out!

ISE Artist Display at the Kingsport Town Center

If you have a chance please thank Mrs. Webb for displaying ISE artwork in the Kingsport Town Center throughout the month of November. On November 12, the Mall held a nice reception for the students and their families and gave each participant a certificate. Our thanks go out to Mrs. Webb!

It's Beginning to Look...

... a lot like Christmas at ISE, thanks to Mrs. Counts and Mrs. Lancaster of the Grounds and Facilities committee. The lighted Christmas tree and garland at the entrance to the school make things nice and festive!

We would also like to thank Peggy Hatcher for creating these beautiful wreaths to adorn our front door!

Fourth Grade Caring

ISE 4th grade students made soft fleecy pillows for residents at Greystone Health Care Center.

Residents touched, hugged, and squeezed the pillows once they were told "children ages 9 and 10 made this just for you."

Along with the pillow, the students also sent a Christmas greeting.

Mrs. Robinette sang "The First Noel."

ISE once again has shared the true meaning of Christmas.

Submitted on 12/3/09 by Mains, Robinette, and Calhoun.

Arrow-Making at Indian Springs

Gary Baxter captured the attention of every 4th grader on November 20 for a demonstration of his hobby - arrow making!

Fourth graders have just completed a study of Indians. Mr. Baxter certainly brought history alive! Thank you for visiting ISE!!

Submitted by 4th grade teachers.

Fourth Grade Indian Projects

Fourth graders recently participated in a special Indian project for Social Studies. The 4th grade hallway was lined with super displays!! The students were excited and teachers were delighted with such good work!



Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Submitted by the 4th grade teachers.

Refunding 101

It’s time again for the Refunding pick up! Please bring in your Box Tops, Campbell’s Labels, and Tyson A+ labels. Please have your labels turned in to your child’s homeroom teacher by Tuesday, November 10^th.

Remember, the classroom with the most contributions wins a prize. Congratulations to Mrs. Pendleton’s kindergarten class for having the most contributions for the first six weeks!

Please trim the labels neatly before sending them into your child’s homeroom class. If you are unsure of what is important on the labels, please refer to the following pictures.

Box Tops should be trimmed to the dotted lines. Please double check that the labels have not expired.

Campbell’s labels should be trimmed to include the UPC code and the point value. Please note that if you cut out only the UPC code, we have no way of knowing if the label was a 1-point or a 5-point label. Therefore, we have to redeem them as 1-point labels. We could be losing points this way. If your label does not have a point value listed, as in the bottom label in the picture, it is worth one point.

We need the entire label off the Tyson package.

This is a simple way for our school to earn lots of free money. Please help us earn as much as we possibly can! These little labels add up quickly!!

4th Grade Pumpkin Painting Contest

The fourth graders had a marvelous time painting their pumpkins with friends and family. Those students who wished to enter the contest brought their pumpkins on Tuesday, October 27 for judging. Each homeroom had three winners - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Enjoy the photo, everyone!


Happy Fall from all 4th graders!

Submitted by Mrs. Mains, Mrs. Robinette, and Mrs. Calhoun

FALL CARNIVAL. . . A BIG HIT

The ISE Fall Carnival was so much fun this year! The PTA was able to raise over $2,000 and to see the excitement on the kids' faces was worth it all.


Thank you to all who gave their time and donations to help out with this wonderful family event. A special thank you goes out to the Carnival Committee - Amy Falin and Michelle Easterling (chairs) and their families, Jane Miller, Rene Cox, and Brandy Kisner. Thanks also to all the volunteers who helped sell tickets, run the concessions, and helped set up and clean up.

Thanks to the teachers who participated in the pie toss and to Mr. Winchell and Ms. Nave for helping throughout the night.

Thanks also to everyone who came out to participate in the fun evening!

The excitement is building as these ISE students await their turn to fish for hmmmm candy and coloring books????

The carnival could not have been so successful without the help from Sullivan Central Key Club. The High School students ran the games and painted faces. What a wonderful job they did!

Did anyone say cornhole toss!

How about some mini golf!

Throughout the evening many entered their names to win some great prizes donated by local businesses and parents. Another special thank you goes out to those who donated prizes which included jewelry, food gift certificates, entertainment, and the list goes on and on!

Thanks for a wonderful evening, Indian Springs!

4th Grade 4H Poster Winners

Go Indian Springs 4th graders, go!

These 4th graders placed FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD in the 4H Club Poster Contest held Thursday, October 8, 2009.


Those students placing FIRST sent their posters to county competition.

On to the Photo Search Contest!! Photos are due by November 5.

Public Speaking is just around the corner!

How proud we are of our 4H Club!

Go Indian Springs!

Thanks to the 4th grade teachers for submitting this post!

4th Grade Historians

Indian Springs 4th graders celebrated Constitution Day on September 17th. We are proud to be Americans! Look for the photo below in the "In View" feature of the newspaper soon.


Fourth Graders also enjoyed Pioneer Day 2009 on Friday, September 25th. Rocky Mount historians, Robert and Evelyn, gave us lots of information about pioneer medicine. We played pioneer games and made pioneer crafts. Thanks to our homeroom moms who contributed to the success of the day!

Look at these pioneers: Parker Mumpower, Rachel Lancaster, Reagan Lancaster, and Tanner Arnold.


Thanks to Mrs. T. Calhoun for submitting this post!

Time to Link Up at Food City!!

Food City is kicking off a new program called School Bucks. Through this program, Food City will be donating $600,000 to area schools, and you can help Indian Springs earn a portion of the money! School Bucks replaces the former Apples for the Students program.

For every $10 of Food City exclusive brand purchases you make in a single shopping trip, Indian Springs Elementary will receive 1 point towards our School Bucks reward. The amount of money awarded to each school will be based on the percentage of total purchases of participating items by custumers. It’s like a pie – the size of our school’s slice depends on how much our supporters shop. All in all, Food City will be donating $600,000. The more you shop at Food City, the bigger our portion of the $600,000 will be!! Invite your friends, neighbors, and extended family to link their cards to Indian Springs as well! Let's get our whole network hooked up.

In order to qualify, your $10 purchases must be in Food City exclusive brands. Participating brands include:

Food City

Food Club

Full Circle

Paws

ValuTime

Top Care

Academix

Domestix

Electrix

EasyClix

World Classics

Dining-In

The program starts on Sunday, September 27, 2009, and ends on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Be sure to link your Food City ValuCards to Indian Springs Elementary so that we can start earning free cash!

Thank you to Chrissy Pierce for submitting this post!

Save the Date - October 15th!

Fall Carnival will be here soon! Mark your calendars and plan to come out and PLAY on Thurs Oct 15th at the school! We'll have lots of games, prizes, food and FUN for everyone.

We have several opportunities for you to help us have the BEST Carnival ever. If you'd like to help work the carnival, please contact Michelle Easterling at michellee@embarqmail.com .

If you'd like to make a donation to the Carnival - we need Cakes for our Cake Walk and ANY items we can Raffle as prizes (Gift Certificates, Collectibles, etc) - please email Amy Falin at adfalin@gmail.com.

Thanks for all you do to make ISES the BEST school and for supporting our PTA. We're looking forward to a great Carnival!

Thanks to Amy Falin for submitting this post!

Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day at Indian Springs was a huge success this year! Many thanks to all of the volunteers who worked very hard to make it happen. Also, thank you to all of those special adults who joined our students for lunch.

Lots of visitors lined the walkway as they waited for each grade level's lunch time.


The cafeteria was full of children enjoying lunch with their visitors!





The wonderful ISE Cafeteria Staff prepared a terrific lunch!


Good Hope Gardens & Landscape, located just down the road at 5237 Highway 126, was kind enough to donate beautiful fall mums as doorprizes for our Grandparents Day visitors.

The Results are In. . .

As you enter the school in the next few weeks take a look at the bulletin board in the front hall. The PTA membership drive results are posted and linked. If you still have not joined the 220 member strong ISE PTA there is still time to do so ... you might just be that missing link!

Congrats goes out to the the following classes and teachers who had the largest PTA membership numbers per grade. All of the winning classes received water bottles donated by All Season Storage. We even had a tie in the kindergarten and 3rd grade classes! Way to go students, teachers, parents, grandparents, and friends!