A Winning Essay!

A "Character Counts" contest was recently held in Sullivan County for 4th grade students. Each student was given the opportunity to write a short essay. After careful judging by the FCE (National Association for Family & Community Education), our very own Reagan Lancaster received first place in county competition! She went on to Immanuel Lutheran Church on March 18 to read her essay and receive her ribbon and certificate. We congratulate Reagan! Not only is her "writing of character" commendable, but her own personal character is of the highest degree as well. Great job, Reagan!


Submitted by the 4th grade teachers: Mrs. Mains, Mrs. Robinette, and Mrs. Calhoun.

Hearts for the House

Thank you to all who participated in our Hearts for the House drive at school. We were able to raise $773 to benefit the Southern Appalachian Ronald McDonald House! Way to go ISE!

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!