4th Grade Clover Bowl Team

ISES 4th graders competed for placement on the 4H Clover Bowl Team. They will represent our school in county competition on April 16 at Northeast State starting at 6:00pm. The students have been studying a 4H Clover Bowl booklet of questions and answers in such topics as TN History, Agriculture, and 4H.

Team members include: Elijah Cox, Porter Smelser, Amanda Maine, and Abby Rose VanBuren. Alternates include: Clay Moody, Dylan Powell, Austin Bullis, and Hallie Miracle.


Congratulations!! Go Team Go!! Come out and support our Clover Bowl Team/Alternates!!

4th Grade is Cookin'...

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We have good news to share! The Sullivan County 4H Bread Baking Contest was held Friday night, March 5.

Indian Springs Elementary contestants were: Avery Mason, Alex Ratliff, Christopher Bradley, and Parker Mumpower.

While the judges were tasting all entries, the 4Her's were busy making and baking biscuits, pumpkin bread, and ice cream muffins.


We are thrilled to announce that PARKER MUMPOWER won 2nd place in the county competition with his cornmeal muffins.

Everyone had a great time. Congratulations Parker!

Submitted by the 4th grade teachers.

2nd Grade "Suessical" with Two Very Special Guests!

The second graders gave the school along with friends and family a hand-raising good time presenting "Suessical" in honor of Dr. Suess and Read-Across-America.

Thanks to Mrs. Edwards once again for all her hard work and also to Mrs. Scott for the cutest Thing T-shirts!

Mr. Dale also had a wonderful surprise for the entire school as two famous local favorites read Dr. Suess books in celebration of Read-Across-America!

Special Visitors in 4th Grade

Three employees of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department came on Tuesday, March 2 to celebrate READ ACROSS AMERICA with ISES 4th graders.


We enjoyed Ms. Wiggles the clown, who played a game with us about bullying.

Sheriff Wayne Anderson read us a Dr. Seuss story. He also took part in a question and answer session. We learned a lot about being Sheriff of Sullivan County.

Ms. Crabtree took pictures of our fun morning! We thoroughly enjoyed the day!

Submitted by the 4th grade teachers.

Thank You to Premier Sports Productions!

We would like to thank Travis Leming and his sports management company - Premier Sports Productions - for generously donating four folding tables to the PTA. This project was mentioned as a potential special project at the January PTA meeting, and Travis took the initiative to go ahead and sponsor the project. Travis even ran to Lowe's the night before the Teacher/Staff luncheon so we would have the tables in time for that event! When not needed for events, the new tables will reside in the computer lab on the 4th/5th grade hall for use by the students and teachers. Thanks again Travis!!!

What's That Delicious Aroma?

If you were on the 4th grade hall on February 19th, you just might have smelled homemade bread!! It was a special day - the 4H Bread Baking Contest!

Vickie Clark, our 4H Leader, was so proud of all the participants!

From Mrs. Mains' class:

From Mrs. Calhoun's class:

And from Mrs. Robinette's class:

The judges chose 4 winners from the 4th grade classes.

All blue ribbon winners included (left to right): Christopher Bradley, Avery Mason, Alex Ratliff, and Parker Mumpower.


These students have been invited to attend the Sullivan County 4H Bread Baking Contest on February 25th at the Sullivan County Extension Office.

Congratulations!

Submitted by the 4th grade teachers.

Special Visit from Sullivan County Sheriff's Dept.

The Sullivan County Sheriff's Department visited the ISE Pre-school and Kindergarten classes on Friday to go over some all important seat-belt safety.

Looks like the students had a lot of fun as they were learning! Many thanks to the Sheriff's Department and to Laura Jennings for snapping these photos!

ISE Preschool/Kindergarten Valentine Program

The ISE Kindergarten and Preschool classes gave the school a special treat on Friday by performing their first Valentine Program.

A very special thank you goes out to Mrs. Edwards and all the Preschool/Kindergarten teachers for all their hard work in getting the program together despite the snowy weather. The kids did a wonderful job and made their families and friends very proud!

Teacher Luncheon Memories...

Thankfully the weather let up long enough for us to hold our annual Teacher/Staff Appreciation Luncheon on Friday, February 12th. Thank you to every person who sent in a donation, donated a door prize or dessert, sat with the classes, helped with setup, serving, and cleanup, and all the other jobs it takes to put on our fabulous luncheon! And of course many thanks to our organizing committee: Kim Barker, Marilyn Cotter, Keesha Phillips, and Lisa Dugger. See below for pictures of the event!

Close-ups of our beautiful table decor...



Putting the finishing touches on everything...


What a great spread! Braeden's Barbecue catered the main meal, and parents brought in scrumptious desserts. Madagascar provided some really delicious coffee!



The teachers and staff enjoyed a well-deserved time of relaxation and fellowship with each other...

Everyone was invited to "cast your heart" for door prizes...


Two of our lucky winners!!

(Mrs. Olinger)

(Ms. Sparks)

Thanks again to all who made this wonderful day possible for our teachers!

Food Drive Success!

Thank you to all who sent in food items to support the Second Harvest Food Bank. Thanks to the 4th grade for organizing and leading this effort at ISE!

1602 food items were donated by our families! This will really help Second Harvest, particularly with their "kid packs" that are sent home with children who need extra food on the weekends and over school breaks.

See pics below of the food items being loaded by the 4th graders into the van for transport to Second Harvest.







Great job ISE!