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Yogurt
Mountain Spirit
Night
Donelson Elementary
enjoyed their first Yogurt
Mountain Fundraiser night
on April 8th. Families,
faculty, and staff had lots
of fun hanging out and
eating yogurt. DES raised
almost $300 to use toward
te c h no lo g y i n t h e
classrooms.
Pastries for
Postal Workers
Kindergarten Service
Project – "Pastries for
Postal Wo rkers" Kindergarten students
(above) delivered pastries
to the postal workers at
Arlington Post Office on
April 8th.
Book Drive
Donelson Elementary
School donated 1,084
books for Youth Villages.
The Read Across America
Committee would like to
thank all those who
donated so many books for
Youth Villages!. The class
winners (Townsend, Profit,
Lofton,
Dennis,
Nelson, Todd and K.
White) for the book
donation drive received a
popsicle party during
lunch.
Penny Wars
Penny Wars – DES
raised $5,494.43 for
classroom computers
through a friendly game of
Penny Wars.
Students
brought in pennies to build
their classroom totals while
other classes sabotaged
those totals with silver
coins and dollar bills. The
students enjoyed taking
their donations to lunch
and dropping their money
into
classroom
buckets. The winners in
each grade level were:
LeVert, J. White, Bryant,
Dunlap, Stout, Wortham,
and K. White.
Below right: Principals
Davidson and Heller
wearing crazy wigs with
Mrs. J. White's winning
kindergarten class.
Science Fair
Winners
Congrats to Donelson's
Lydia Shotsberger &
Isabella Wade pictured
below for winning Second
Place in 4th grade at
Shelby County Schools
Science Fair with their
project “In What Liquid
Will A Fresh-Cut Rose
Last The Longest?”
Donelson Honored for Student Academic Gains
Continued from front page
of Education, Kevin Huff-
man. “Their record of
performance attests to the
hard work and dedication
of the principals, teachers,
students and parents.”
“We are extremely
proud to see all of these
principals and their schools
being recognized for their
dedication and hard work,”
said Superintendent Dorsey Hopson. “Value-added
performance is a great
indicator of progress and
success in our classrooms,
and the performance of
these school leaders clearly
demonstrates that they are
doing an exceptional job in
serving their students.”
Principals at the winning schools each receive a
certificate, banner, and
cash award.
Above: Members of the Junior Beta Club performed a TCAP rap at the awards assembly for an
audience that included town and elected officials