November 2023 Student Spotlights (Prattville, Autauga, & Elmore County )

Mrs. Whitaker’s 1st graders did a Halloween graphing activity with animal cookies to go along with their Envision graphing unit. This was a great hands-on activity to wrap up their learning. The students also got to enjoy a treat after they graphed.

Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens. Students in Mrs. Broadway’s 3rd grade class created patriotic masterpieces on Constitution Day using a marble paint technique.

Culinary Arts + Hospitality & Tourism students are already preparing food in the new kitchen at ECTC with a recent set of lessons on spring rolls and fried rice.

Ms. Hall’s Earth Science class investigated wind erosion, water erosion, plate tectonics, and volcanism as well as their effects on the landscape. This hands-on lesson had students so engaged and excited to learn!

Second grade students at Daniel Pratt Elementary participated in a STEM activity to accompany their Johnny Appleseed unit. Groups had to create a raft from apple chunks and toothpicks that would safely float a toy bear.

Pine Level Elementary and Dr. Eric Mackey, Alabama Department of Education Superintendent helped Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer unveil the state’s First Grade Folders initiative that encourages families to save for future educational experiences through the CollegeCounts – Alabama’s 529 Fund. The more than 60,000 donated folders were distributed to all first-grade students in the district and across the state.

PCA sophomore setter Baylee Rogers recorded her 2,000th varsity career assist. This makes her the first volleyball player in PCA history to achieve this record!

Chief Meteorologist Sean Butler, from the Alabama News Network, visited the third grade class at Victory Christian Academy. Students have been studying about the weather in science, and Mr. Butler’s visit gave the class the opportunity to ask questions. His knowledge of the weather piqued their interest in meteorology.

Congratulations to JR Myers, Prattville High School’s new Head Baseball Coach. Coach Myers is returning “home” to lead the Lion’s program and is already generating excitement for the upcoming baseball season.

Pine Level Elementary Students participated in National Dot Day on September 15. Dot Day is celebrated by adults and children for boosting courage so that their creative potential is released. It is a great day to connect and collaborate, and also to celebrate self-expression. Every student received their copy of The Dot book by Peter H. Reynolds. They were instructed to take it home along with a blank canvas and a set of water colors. They were to read their book with their parents and then use their self-expression to create a masterpiece. Here we have a class of 1st grade students making their mark. MAKE YOUR MARK!

Unit 4 from the Prattville Fire Department visited campus to teach our students about fire safety! They loved getting to see the fire truck and learn from those who sacrifice so much to protect us.

PCA had Red Ribbon Week from October 10-13. This school-wide celebration brings awareness about the importance of living a drug and alcohol-free life.

Six elementary students from Autaugaville School, Prattville Primary School, and Daniel Pratt Elementary School, along with Libby Frankel, Coordinator of Elementary Curriculum & Instruction, were recognized with an Autauga Children’s Policy Council “On a Positive Note” award for their hard work during the district’s summer camp program.

Students in Mrs. Ferguson’s homeroom at Prattville Elementary School participated in Unity Day by wearing orange to show their support for kindness, inclusion and acceptance.

Seniors across Elmore County Schools applied to a variety of colleges during College Application Week October 16-20 with many students participating in themed dress-up days and participating in drawings for prizes.

Creating connections between district schools is an integral part of building community! Prattville High School recently welcomed Prattville Intermediate School students to school with a band performance and high fives. Prattville Junior High School students visited the newly expanded Autauga County Technology Center to learn more about the career tech programs available as incoming high school students.

At Prattville Elementary School Mrs. Tia Ferguson’s Third Grade class created a Multiplication Bakery! The students were adorned with baker’s aprons and their own baker’s cap. Their math rotations were full of bakery themed activities that centered around multiplication concepts and standards. Some of these activities included identifying the commutative property among baked goods, applying the distributive property to cupcake sprinkles and creating fact family from triangles of pie. The students even enjoyed taking a “cake and color break”, along with building arrays using m&m’s and eating the products. After all of that practice, these kiddos find multiplication to be a piece of cake!

Medical Sciences students at ECTC dressed as Superheroes of Safety as they learned the proper way to protect themselves and others while working in the field of healthcare by donning appropriate PPE during class.

Several homeschoolers from Academy Days Co-op enjoy a special tour and show at the W.A. Gayle Planetarium recently as they learn more about our planet and the stars around us.
This is one of four field trips this year to be hosted by the 5th and 6th grade science class, Earthcraft: God’s Earthly Design, but open to all families in the homeschool co-op.
The 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 take science labs, art, creative writing, foreign languages, history and P.E. Visit AcademyDays.com for more information.

Imagining themselves as early Alabamians—Native Americans, explorers, pioneers and pirates—local homeschoolers celebrate Alabama’s statehood at Academy Days Co-op recently. Pictured are the male and female costume contest winners from the history classes. Each winner receives a $10 gift card.
During the Alabama History Feast, the homeschoolers and their parents enjoyed a buffet featuring dishes and ingredients plentiful in Alabama before 1819, such as venison, turkey, corn, beans and squash. The history feast was the mid-point of their Alabama history studies this school year.
The 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 take science labs, art, creative writing, foreign languages, history and P.E. Visit AcademyDays.com for more information.

800 seniors in Elmore County attended the annual College + Career Day event at the Wetumpka Civic Center learning about educational and career opportunities from more than 65 participating organizations.

PCA Cross Country Team won 1st place last week in the CoED MAin event hosted by Montgomery Academy.

Prattville Elementary School had their first House Picnics where the whole school got to picnic all together. Each of the four houses, Amistad, Isibindi, Reveur, and Altruismo, had their own section on campus and they were able to have lunch and build relationships with members of their houses that they don’t typically get to see during the school day. Four Houses, One Family.

Brenda Brown has been selected as ECTC’s Teacher of the Year for 2023-2024.

Katie Jackson (left) joins the Elmore County Career Coach team alongside existing career coach, Lindsay Jordan, to provide career development services to the students in Elmore County Schools.