4 Corners December | Seite 9

Southeast Middle School Three  of  our  students  were  awarded  the  win-­‐ ners  of  the  Veteran’s  of  Foreign  Wars  local   and  district  wri8ng  contest,  The  Patriot’s  Pen.   The  theme  this  year  was  all  about  the  value   of  America’s  veterans.   1st  Place-­‐  McKayla  Odom 2nd  Place-­‐  Tyra  Cooper 3rd  Place-­‐  Rileigh  Marlow In  addi8on  to  winning  the  local  contest,   McKayla  Odom  won  the  district  contest.  Her   essay  will  now  be  judged  at  the  state  level.   We  are  so  proud  of  the  girls  and  their  English   teacher,  Mrs.   While many in the community are excited about the Christmas season, some families find this a difficult time when funds for Christmas gifts are not available. Mrs. Robbi Cooper, counselor at Southeast Middle School, realized the need in our community and created the Southeast Christmas Kid project. Mrs. Cooper asks teachers and staff to nominate students and their families for the Christmas project. The staff, community members, local churches, and parents come together to adopt students. This year there have been 46 students adopted for the Christmas holidays. Our Southeast Middle School cheerleaders and their sponsor, Jessica Johnson, saw the Christmas project as an opportunity to give back. The cheerleaders sponsored and organized a Christmas dance where the cost to enter was $5 or a toy. The cheerleaders raised over $1000 for the Christmas project. We are proud of our students, staff, and leaders for giving back to the community we all love and care about. We  are  so  proud  of  our  S E  middle  school  spelling  bee  winners: 5th  Grade:  Rain  Walley  and  Will  Boswell,  6th  Grade:  Chase  Hopson  and  Braedan  Coulter 7th  Grade:  McKayla  Odom  and  Alex  Eaves,  8th  Grade:  Tyler  Byrne  and  Tazmine  Hudnall We  can’t  wait  to  see  these  students  successful  at  the  county  spelling  bee! 5