School briefs
Excalibur Christian School
The school wants to help parents teach their children to connect, think and thrive! Learn more about home schooling and other alternatives to traditional school at a meeting May 19 or May 24th at 7:00 pm at University Baptist Church on Jordan Lane in Huntsville. Team with Excalibur Christian School to help your children build relationships, reason more effectively, and thrive. Visit www.excaliburschool.org or call 256-325-1500.
Bob Jones High School
-GRADUATION PRACTICE – MAY 17
8 a.m.- VBC in Huntsville
Seniors MUST be on time. Do not bring your cap & gown to practice.
-GRADUATION -MAY 17- VBC- 5 p.m.
Seniors should abide by the mandatory dress code. Girls should wear a navy or black dress or slacks with dark shoes. Boys should wear dark slacks , dark shoes, a white shirt and a tie. Absolutely no tennis shoes, boots, jeans, blue shirts, flip-flops , or gum! Students should be in line at 4:00 pm.
-SOPHOMORE & JUNIOR FINALS 1ST & 2ND BLOCK-MAY 27-FULL DAY
3RD & 4TH BLOCK-MAY 31-HALF DAY
-Summer school will be June 6 through July
-Ninth grade Baseball Tryouts will be held June 6th -8th from 12:30 – 2:30 pm on the BJHS Baseball Field. Students must have a physical & insurance waiver form to try out. Please bring all BASEBALL equipment with you. Please wear tennis shoes.
Liberty Middle School
-Girl Scout Troop 432 is hosting a toy drive for the tornado victims Monday, May 16 through Friday, May 20.Please bring new or gently used toys to help out the tornadoes littlest victims.
-Summer Reading List:
7th Graders
Required: The Schwa Was Here by Neil Shusterman
Choice: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draaned, The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake, or Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
8th Graders
Required: Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
Choice: Full Tilt by Neil Shusterman, Fablehaven by Brandon Mull, or Joseph by Sheila P. Moses
9th Graders
Required: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Choice: The Hound of Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers, Driver’s Ed by Caroline B. Cooney
9th Grade Honors
Required: Animal Farm by George Orwell and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
English 10
Required: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Choice: Alive by Piers Paul Read, Whirligig by Paul Fleischman or Make Lemonade by Virginia E. Wolff
English 10 Honors
Required: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
-Students wanting or needing to attend BJHS Summer School – Late registration will be 5/24. Classes run from 6/6-7/1 from 8-3:50 for full-credit classes and cost $275 for Madison City School students. Computer Applications, Health, and Driver’s Ed are the 1/2 –credit classes offered and cost $175 for Madison City School students. There are 3 sessions for these courses: 6/6-17, 6/20-7/1, & 7/5-7/18. Download information and a registration form from the Bob Jones website, Summer Information, Summer School Program.
-LMS Boys Basketball tryouts will be the following dates and times:
May 17th 4:00 to 6:00
May 18th no tryouts this date
May 19th 4:00 to 6:00
May 20th no tryouts this date
May 21st 8am till noon, then 5:30 till 7:30
May 23rd 4:00 to 6:00 teams will be chosen
May 24th 4:00 to 6:00 practice
-Awards Day for students will be next week at the following times:
Tuesday, May 17th – 9:00 for 7th Graders
Wednesday, May 18th, – 9:00 for 8th Graders
Thursday, May 19th – 9:00 for 9th Graders
– If your child is receiving a special award other than Honor Roll then you should receive word from that teacher.
Rainbow Elementary School
-The Sixth Grade Awards Program will be Wednesday, May 25 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. An invitation has already gone out in Student’s folder. In order to make this a memorable event, the school is asking for your help in two ways.
-The school is asking that each child contribute $10 by Friday, May 20. Funds collected will be put towards the 6th Grade Legacy Gift and expenses for the awards program. One of the long standing traditions at Rainbow is that each 6th grade class contributes a gift to the school that will be a lasting reminder. Please send in your contribution (cash please!) to your homeroom teacher in an envelope marked: Awards Program, Attn: Shelaine Luttrell, Smoak
Secondly, all 6th grade parents need to submit any pictures you have of your child and other Rainbow students showing their time at Rainbow from the early grades through this year. Please email the pictures to Michelle Anderson at michelle.anderson@cottageassistedliving.com.
If you have many pictures, it would be great if you could put the pictures in a zip file before e-mailing. If you are unable to email pictures, please burn them to a CD and send it to the school marked: Awards Program, Attn: Michelle Anderson, Khammar.
If possible, please list names of students in the pictures. Send pictures no later than Friday, May 20.
