PTST Meeting and Student Performances

Thanks to everyone who attended our PTST meeting last night. Terri Wilbanks, our PTST President, shared information with the group. She announced that through the hard work of the PTST board, many members and community businesses, our Spring Carnival raised over $5000! The PTST is currently taking nominations for next year's board so let us know if you are interested in serving. After Mrs. Wilbanks finished the business part of the meeting, Lisa Simmons, our Assistant Principal for Instruction, shared PASS testing information and tips for parents.

The final part of our meeting consisted of performances from our 4th grade recorder students, our Chorus, and our five young ladies who were chosen for the SC Elementary All-State Choir. What a great show of talent by all of our students who participated. We have some very talented students! A special thanks to Ms. Judy Bonham, our music teacher, for her hard work and dedication and her ability to lead our students in their musical endeavors.

After the meeting and the performances, the book fair was open until 8:00 pm and we had a number of family visit and purchase books. This is our half price book fair and it will be open until Thursday if you would like to join us.

A Fun-filled Family Saturday

This past Saturday, April 4th, we held our 5th annual Family Fun Run. We had both a one mile event and a 5K event. We had 124 people sign up for the events and had 90 participants. It was a great way to promote physical fitness and a family activity at the same time. The money raised from the Fun Run will help sponsor our SIC Family Nights and also pay for a visiting author later this month. Thanks to all the sponsors (listed below), SIC members and participants.
Our Parent, Teacher, Student Team (PTST) also held our first annual (I think) Spring Carnival. It was a tremendous success! There were games, bouncy rides, food, and so much more. One of the biggest hits was the dunking booth where a number of staff members, including me, took turns getting dunked. It was a fun time for everyone and I would like to thank the PTST Board members, especially our President Terri Wilbanks, and our staff members who volunteered for their hard work before, during and after the carnival. I would also like to thank the many sponsors of our Spring Carnival. Without their generosity, the event would not have been possible.
If you missed these two events, you missed a great time. The weather was great, the activities were fun and a good time was had by all!

Fun Run Sponsors:
Timken, Walhalla Elementary SIC, Culbertson Construction, Fairfield Grocery, Vickery Outdoor Power Equipment, Heritage Horseshoeing, The Grooming Center, All About Children, Chrissy Adams – Tenth Circuit Solicitor, Stoudemire & Sprouse PA, Blue Ridge Bank, CHENAB ONE, One Flush Plumbing, Inc, Foothills Grading, David Ayers Stoneworks, Golden Corner Family Practice, Head's Superette