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SCHOOL NOTES
Bolton StageLight
Theatre Presents
Almost, Maine
September 25-28
Photo courtesy StegeLight Theatre
The Bolton StageLight Theatre is
proud to present John Cariani’s
Almost, Maine. The show is
composed of nine different stories,
all happening around the same time
in t he myt h ical to wn o f
Almost,Maine. This show is
different from a continuous show
that normally has complex and built
up plots. The main theme is love.
The show has scenes that are
heartfelt, touching, funny, and
honest. With 19 different characters,
the show is sure to impress.
This love-filled show is coming to
the Bolton StageLight Theatre
September 25 -September 28. All
shows start at 7:00 except for the
Sunday matinée which starts at 2:00.
All seats are $10. Saturday,
September 27 is a student night. All
students ages 5-18 may purchase a
ticket for half-price ($5.00). Tickets
can be purchased at the door or
reserved in advance by calling 901873-8150 ext. 242.
Jamie Jefferson
Combined Campus
Life with Career
Exploration
J a m i e
Jefferson, an
Arlington High
School student,
combined
campus
life
with
career
exploration this
summer as part
of the 2014
AgDiscovery Program at
the University of Arkansas
at Pine Bluff. She was part
of a group of 11 teens from
Arkansas, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Maryland and
Georgia who lived on the
UAPB campus for two
weeks interacting with U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) professionals and
university professors.
Hands-on
labs,
workshops and field trips
were the norm. Most days
were spent with scientists at
work, at times as active
helpers. They wrangled
geese for banding, played
detectives during a plant
inspection activity in Pine
Bluff, participated in
learning activities at
UAPB’s Aquaculture
Research Station, toured
the Arkansas State Vet
Tech School in Beebe and
visited the Little Rock Air
Force base where they
learned about wildlife
management at airports.
The teens came away with
a new appreciation for life
in the United States after
their taste of life in
developing countries
through an overnight stay at
the Global Gateway Project
at
Heifer
International in
Perryville.
W it h
ma n y
USDA scientists
retiring,
the
Animal
and
Plant
Health
Inspection
Service (APHIS)
has teamed up with
selected universities to
sponsor AgDiscovery,
where teens learn about
careers with USDA and
APHIS and the high school
courses necessary for
majors to qualify for those
careers. There is no charge
for the program, but
participants are responsible
for transportation to and
from host campuses.
For more information
about AgDiscovery, visit
w w w. a p h i s . u s d a . g o v /
agdiscovery. UAPB has
been one of the host
universities since 2008 and
was the first university west
of the Mississippi to host
AgDiscovery.
participate in WBL
orientation. WBL provide
real world, industryrelevant, hands-on work
experience that allow
students to apply classroom
theories and explore career
options at the work site, as
well as connect classroom
learning to work.
WBL is a method of
instruction involving an
employment agreement
between the student, parent,
teacher, school, and
businesses in the
community.
WBL orientation covers
WBL
rules
and
expectations, TN state
standards, and career
development activities:
interview skills, career
exploration, workplace
ethics, time management,
sexual harassment, child
labor laws, and workplace
safety.
WBL programs offered
at AHS are in the areas of
Business Ed ucatio n,
Over 60 Arlington High
Sc h o o l W o r k - B a sed
Learning (WBL) students
By Terry Louderback
Approximately 22 yearlong teacher interns from the
University of Memphis will
be working in Arlington
schools. Mayo anticipates
Superintendent Tammy
Mason reported that on the
16th day of school, Arlington
schools were at 99.4% of the
Shared Services Planner’s
projection overall and 102%
of Spring enrollment.
Arlington Elementary:
921 (92.56% of 995
student programmatic
capacity
Donelson Elementary:
708 (includes pre-K;
6 2 .9 3 % o f 1 1 2 5
programmatic capacity)
Arlington Middle: 1216
(105.74% of 1150
programmatic capacity)
Arlington High: 2043
(88.83% of 2300
programmatic capacity)
AHS Teacher Named
Tennessee Educator
Fellow
Michelle
Perrigin, 12thgrade
English
teacher
at
Arlington High
School
in
Ar lingto n
Community
Schools, was one of 22
teachers statewide selected
for the inaugural SCORE
T enne s see Ed ucato r
Fellowship, a program that
will provide them an
opportunity to learn and
communicate about student
-focused education policy
issues. SCORE is the State
Collaborative
on
Reforming Education, an
independent, nonprofit, and
Programmatic capacity
is based on a studentteacher ratio of 23:1 for
grades 9-12; 26:1 for
grades 7-8; 24:1 for
gr ades 4-6; 24:1 for
grades 4-5: and 19:1 for
K-3.
Mason clarified that
programmatic capacity
figures shown for Arlington
Middle,
Arlington
Elementary, and Donelson
Elementary were calculated
using the 2013-14 ratios; an
update will be completed by
September 5.
There are a total of 677
no n -re sid e nt s tud e nt s
enrolled in Arlington schools,
including 62 from outside of
Shelby County.
The majority, 455, are at
Arlington High school,
followed by 94 at Donelson
Elementary.
In reporting on the
preparations on the Capital
Improvement Plan, Mason
said that Nedra Jones, the
Shared Service planner used
by the municipal systems
looked at the historical
growth trends in Arlington to
Picture by Ti-Juana Perry
AHS Work-Based Learning Students
Arlington Community Schools Board Meeting, August 26
that this will assist the system
in developing a “pipeline” of
new teachers to recruit.
A “refreshed” logo for
Ar lingto n Co mmunity
Schools was introduced.
This redesign increases
legibility while retaining key
elements from first logo.
Marketing Education,
Health Science, and
Human Services (formerly
Family & Consumer
Science).
Work-Based Learning
Students Complete
Orientation
MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS
At the first Arlington
Community Schools Board
meeting since the August 4th
first day of school, the
message was that, overall,
things are going well.
ACS Chief of Staff Jeff
Mayo reported that the
system was fully staffed. Due
to increased enrollment, two
additional teachers have been
hired at Donelson
Elementary. As well, two
teachers resigned for
personal reasons and those
positions have been filled.
Mayo continued that
payroll has been run
successfully three times and
sick and vacation time from
SCS has been loaded into the
system.
The substitute teacher
co n tra c t wi t h K el l y
Educational Staffing has had
a 100% fill rate to date.
Blackboard Connect, the
schools’ rapid notification
system will be tested this
week with a call to the
parents. Once activated it can
be used for individual
schools and district-wide
announcements.
PowerSchool will open up
on Sept. 8
September 2014
project that over a five year
period there would be a total
of 240 new school-aged
residents.
The prediction is that this
will impact the system with
70 high school students, 60
middle school students and
110 elementary school
students.
Chairman Viox asked
about building an addition at
AMS to relieve the number
of students. Mason replied
that if the Lakeland School
System removes its students ,
space will open up. Since the
CIP is expected to be
complete in February 2015,
Lakeland’s decision whether
or not to fund the
construction of its own
middle/high school will be
factored into the final plan.
A representative from
Tennessee Achieves spoke
regarding the need to recruit
more local mentors for
graduating Arlington High
seniors participating Last
year’s class from AHS had
an attrition rate
of
approximately 60% .
She added that 78% of
these students were the first
generation in their family to
attend college. Having a
mentor assists them in
navigating an unfamiliar
college and financial aid
application process.
non-partisan advocacy and
research institutio n,
supporting Tennessee’s
work to prepare students
for college and the
workforce.
T eacher s
i n
the Tennessee Educator
Fellowship will
continue to work
i n
t h e i r
classrooms while
in the one-year
program, which
will provide the
opportunity
to learn about,
reflect
upon,
inform and communicate
about policies, practices
and systems that impact
educator effectiveness and
student achievement.
The fello ws will
participate in professional
learning focused on
education policy issues and
provide a clear, consistent
and student-focused voice
as Tennessee works to
ensure all students graduate
from high school prepared
for
postsecondary
education and career.
The Tennessee Educator
Fellows were selected from
more than 350 applicants.
The class includes teachers
of nine different subjects
who work in urban,
suburban, and rural schools
and traditional and charter
schools in East, Middle,
and West Tennessee.
Perrigin has taught at
Arlington High since 2005.