Every month we compile a list of students doing great things across the River Region. We have so many talented students in our area. River Region Parents joins with their families and schools to celebrate their achievements!
Daniel Pratt Elementary Reads Across America
Junior Beta Club members at Daniel Pratt Elementary School spent time reading aloud to 1st and 2nd graders during their annual Read Across America week.
Pi Day at Daniel Pratt Elementary School
6th graders from DPES celebrated Pi Day (3.14) by learning a circle song, measuring ALL things round and edible (cakes, pies, round tortilla chips, and cookies), calculating area and circumference, and labeling the parts of circles. The culmination was tasting all of the delicious round items brought in!
Students Celebrate Read Across America at Prattville Intermediate School
Prattville Intermediate School started March out with a fun Read Across America Spirit Week full of reading-related dress-up days and activities. Highlights included “Dress like your favorite book character day” and a display listing favorite faculty reads; there was also a contest where students tried to pair faculty members with books. It was a busy, wonderful week celebrating reading!
Billingsley Students Enjoy Read Across America with Special Guest
As part of the Read Across America celebration, Mrs. Gunter from the Autauga-Prattville Public Library visited with Billingsley School grades k – 6th on Monday, February 27th. She read stories and discussed events happening at the Billingsley and Prattville Public Library. She also showed students all of the great free resources available to students when they apply for a library card.
Daniel Pratt Gifted Students Enjoy STEM Field Trip
DPES gifted students and their teacher, Mandi Suggs, experienced the ultimate STEM field trip and indoor sky-diving at iFly Atlanta. The trip included hands-on lessons, a lab activity, physics demonstration, and one-on-one wind tunnel flights with a certified instructor.
ECTC Students Make and Donate Cornhole Boards
Students in Building Construction at the Elmore County Technical Center designed and constructed a set of cornhole boards to donate to the Wetumpka Senior Citizen Center.
Prattville Intermediate Hosts Parents for Isibindi Career Fair
Prattville Intermediate School’s Isibindi HOUSE hosted a very successful Career Fair on HOUSE day, March 15th. Several parents and friends of faculty, including several members of the local fire department, came to share career information with students and help shape their futures. It was a fun and educational day for all!
Jackson Nurses Teach Medical Science Students at ECTC
The Medical Sciences classes at the Elmore County Technical Center were led by several nurses from Jackson Hospital who shared trauma skills with the classes.
Prattville Intermediate School Selected as 2022 CLAS School of Distinction for HOUSE System
Students, faculty, and staff at Prattville Intermediate School were commended in the school’s selection as a 2022 CLAS School of Distinction for the celebrated HOUSE System. 208 schools were nominated and 32 schools were selected. Through the HOUSE system, students successfully learn and exercise various leadership skills in a fun, engaging manner.
Tallassee Choir Performs National Anthem at Auburn Game
The Tallassee High School 7th Period Concert Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Kelley Hill, performed the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the Auburn vs. Vanderbilt basketball game Sunday, February 26 at Neville Arena. Auburn won the game 78-76.
Famous Book Characters Attend Local Homeschool Co-Op
From the Lorax to Madeline, and Sherlock Holmes to Hermine, popular book characters came alive for homeschoolers for Book Character Day at Academy Days Co-op recently. The students dressed in costume to mark National Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2.
Academy Days Co-op, held weekly during the school year at Eastmont Baptist Church in Montgomery, is designed for preschool through high school students to learn subjects difficult to teach at home or best taught in group settings, such as foreign languages, science labs, art, and PE. For more information about the co-op, visit AcademyDays.com.
PCA Lady Panther Signs With Shelton State
Prattville Christian Academy’s Lameria “Coco” Thomas, a three-time state championship student-athlete, committed to the Lady Buccaneers to chase her vocational dreams while continuing to play the game she loves with an award-winning NJCAA Division I program.
Coco is a dominating presence on the court, having played 155 games in her varsity career, with a current team record of 144-21 in the five seasons since her eighth-grade year. She has worn the Panther varsity jersey more than any other student-athlete in school history and holds the program record for offensive and total rebounds.
“It has been an absolute joy coaching CoCo Thomas over the past five years,” said Jason Roberson, PCA’s head basketball coach. “She’s had an incredible basketball career accomplishing things that most student-athletes only dream about, but I am most proud of the young lady she has grown and matured into since first stepping onto the court. She is an absolute winner who will be successful at whatever she chooses to pursue.”
ECTC Student Elected to State Board of Future Teachers
Lea Melton (Elmore County High), a second-year student in the Elmore County Technical Center’s Teaching & Training program, was elected a state board member of the Future Teachers of Alabama organization.
Wetumpka High Student Competes with ECTC at State Conference
Olivia Giddens (Wetumpka High), a second-year student the Elmore County Technical Center’s Teaching & Training program, competed in a STAR Event at the FCCLA State Conference in March.
Reading Rocks at Redland Elementary
Read Across America week at Redland ended with some sock hop fun during PE!
Tallassee Students Excel at Alabama All-State Choir
The Alabama Vocal Association All-State Choral Festival was held at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex March 9-11, 2023.
Students auditioned on a challenging set of musical compositions in November and were judged by a traveling panel of adjudicators. Approximately 1100 students from around the state were selected out of around 2500 applicants. These students were placed into three choirs: SATB (Soprano-Alto-Tenor-Bass), SSA (Soprano1-Soprano2-Alto), and TTBB (Tenor1-Tenor2-Bass1-Bass2).
The students then had the honor of working with a guest conductor for three days in Birmingham in March. The men’s TTBB group was led by Dr. Charlotte Botha from Pretoria, South Africa; SSA by Dr. Meredith Bowen from Virginia; and the SATB by Mr. Francisco Nunez of New York City.
Front row: Michael Bird, Anna Griggs, Danielle Bird, Maria Lynn, Kelley Hill. Second row: Trevor Towery, Robert Towery, Alex Hughey, Gaines Nolin, Dalton Williams, Draven Haynes, Noah Crouch.
Redland Elementary Choir Raises Support for Selma Tornado Victims
The support our choir received for the Selma Tornado Relief Drive was incredible. So many families will be impacted in such a positive way because of your generosity. Special thanks to our fourth grade teacher Mrs. Stead and her husband for getting the donations where they needed to go!
Big Eagle Little Eagle Program at Redland Elementary
This year RES started Big Eagle Little Eagle, in which each 4th grader is paired with a Kindergartner. The Big Eagles have been helping the Kindergartners get started with Code.org and they also got to read together during Read Across America! This has been so much fun for both groups! Each time they are together, they always ask when the next time will be!
Read Across American Week at Eclectic Elementary
Eclectic Elementary School celebrated Read Across America Week with dress up days, guest readers, and activities. We ended the week with a Reading Camp Day. Students participated in a math, reading, art, engineering, or science activity in every grade level classroom by traveling to different rooms.
Accelerated Reader Ice Cream Party at Eclectic Elementary
Eclectic Elementary celebrated reading with our Accelerated Reader 90% Club Ice Cream Sundae Party. Attendees played games, created with Play-doh and building blocks, built Hot Wheels tracks, ate, and more!
