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​Claxton Elementary Fall Carnival

11/1/2017

 
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Every year, Claxton Elementary School has a fall carnival. They have food, games, bouncy houses, music, a haunted house created by the 5th grade, challenges, face painting and music! Admission is $5 and each ticket is $1. You can use the tickets to play games, see the haunted house, and get food.
 
Some of the games they have are….
  • Donuts on a string: you try to eat a donut off a string without using your hands. It's hard but really fun! Besides, who wouldn't want to eat a donut for free?
  • Cake walk: it is 1 ticket to participate in, but what you have to do is walk around in a circle until the music stops. When it stops you have to stand on the paper nearest to you. Each piece of paper has a picture on it and the people running it randomly choose a picture. If you're standing on it then you win a cake (or some other dessert if you want)!
 
There is ice cream from The Hop and pizza and drinks. The ice cream and pizza are 2 tickets and the drinks are 1.
 
The Haunted Hall
The 5th graders create a haunted hall each year. This year they had A LOT of caution tape and clowns. It is 2 tickets.
 
I think everyone had a lot of fun here. I know I did! Everyone I saw there was smiling. My favorite part was the cake walk. Me and my friend won 3 cakes together! 

Story by Sophie Kafka 


ACS Teacher of the Year

10/16/2017

 
PictureMs. Werthheim during the assembly. Photo from ACS Website.
Rebecca Wertheim has been chosen for the teacher of the year in our district. She has been working at Claxton Elementary School for 4 years, and is working on her fifth. She is an absolutely lovely person and I’m very happy I’m writing about her. Now, you're probably thinking that I’m just saying she’s wonderful just because, but I’m not. I actually had Ms. Wertheim for her first year of working at Claxton! She works in the second grade.
 
In order to tell her that she'd won, she was called to surprise assembly, and during the assembly they talked to all the teachers about how well they all did. Then someone told Ms. Wertheim she was the teacher of the year! Ms. Wertheim was so happy, she actually shed tears. She also got to see family members such as her mother.
 
According to Asheville City Schools website, Ms. Wertheim has written a book, she’s also become a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator, and is part of the Claxton School Improvement Team. Wow. Thank you, Ms. Wertheim, for being an amazing teacher, and I wish you congratulations!

Story by Emma Locane

Coins for Harvey: Isaac Dickson's Hurricane Relief Fundraiser

10/3/2017

 
Students at Isaac Dickson donated money to Hurricane Harvey victims. This idea came from two students, Garrison and Camille Hunt. They came up with  this idea one night at dinner, after discussing how they wanted to do something to help people. They called it Coins for Harvey. Garrison wrote a letter asking the school counsellor for help, and it got started from there.
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Ms. Sizemoreś and Ms.Dimeglioś classes made posters and collected the money, but anyone could donate. As a school they earned a total of 711 dollars, which they donate to the American Red Cross. ¨It was for the greater good,¨ Garrison said. I think this was a great idea, and I can't wait to see more of this kind of awesome work come from Asheville City Schools. Great job, Isaac Dickson!

Story by Maya Fuchs 

Welcome to the Family: Asheville City Schools Opens New Middle School

9/22/2017

 
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By now you probably know that there’s a new school in our district, Montford North Star Academy. Currently only serving sixth graders, it has moved into the old Isaac Dickson building. Montford North Star Academy offers many of the same programs as Asheville Middle like IRL, laptops, and more. That’s not it though, one of the best features about this new school is its focus on S.T.E.A.M (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). For example, they offer multiple electives that puts emphasis on S.T.E.A.M, like medical detectives (a class in which students use clues to diagnose diseases) and design and modeling (an elective in which they learn the process of design). They are working on adding more hands on electives as well, Overall, North Star is a wonderful place to learn and grow, and we hope it will continue to get even better to support the education of students here at Asheville City Schools! Welcome to the Cougar Family! 

​Story by Erin Chen 
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