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Vestavia West Elementary students Glen Porter, Virginia Gaddy, Cole Tanner and Wheeler Smith show off their new West Way armbands.
Character Is Focus of West Way Week
Teachers and students at Vestavia Hills Elementary West focused on the school’s good character code during West Way Week at the first of the school year. To start the celebration, each student received a West Way armband. The band served as visual reminders to remember courtesy, respect, responsibility and teamwork all year long. Each day, different character development topics were emphasized through morning announcements, books and group activities demonstrating real-world applications. Classes competed by designing posters to illustrate what they learned. Anna Lynn Griffin’s kindergarten class, Pam Worrell’s first grade class, Wendy Rigrish’s second grade class and Lisa Kearney’s third grade class won the poster contest and will receive a Popsicle party for their achievements. Posters are displayed in the physical education hallway. Guidance counselor Dawn Norris organized the week’s events with the help of parents Lessie Duncan, Missy Hoogland and Robin Smith.
MBE Second Graders Collect Food for Needy For the past few years, Mountain Brook Elementary second graders and teachers have teamed with Greater Birmingham Ministries to collect non-perish-
Photo special to the Journal
able foods to help more than 300 families in need. The program, “From My Pantry to Yours,” encourages MBE second graders to bring food items from their pantries at home to share with those in need. Teachers Ashley Johnson, Cassie Jacobs, Barbara Brewster and Julie Tuck collected donations in their classrooms. Students prepared the donations for pickup by Greater Birmingham Ministries. More than 120 food items were collected. Second grade students also made placemats for nursing home residents of St. Martin’s in Birmingham to use for Thanksgiving dinner and during the holiday season.
OLV Students Earn Duke Recognition
Seventh graders at Our Lady of the Valley School recently participated in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP), with 56 percent of the class qualifying this year. The program identifies academically talented seventh graders based on standardized test scores achieved in certain subject areas that are 95 percent and above. These students are then given their choice of taking either the SAT or ACT. The program’s goals are to provide additional information about academically talented children’s abilities and to introduce them to services and programs available to them. OLV students who quali-
Participating in “From My Pantry to Yours” were MBE students, from left, front: Payton Flynn, Sarah Patton Butler, Garner Wilkerson, Daniel Carmichael and Byars Stewart. Back: Charles Crommelin, Maddie Ross and Isabelle Yates. Photo special to the Journal
fied were Evelyn Bostany, Juan Jose Campos, Matthew Cerfolio, Jack Christensen, Albert Dascher, Grace Galvin, Nicole Galvin, Kaylee Gilchrist, Abby Hagelskamp, Maggie Hagelskamp, Mick Hagelskamp, Addie Harchelroad, Courtney Hayhurst, Kelsi Hobbs, Connor Howlett, Anna Larock, Mitchell Ledbetter, Maggie Mahoney, Anthony Marino, Daniel Matos, Jack McGuire, Cam McLean, Jo Jo Meineke, Nikki Panzica, Mariah Schley, Nicky Sebastian, Katie Sherman, Sara Sligh, Aimee Sznajderman, Catherine Vaughn and Simon Webster
Cities Proclaim October Dyslexia Awareness Month
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010 • 27
Spring Valley student John Hickman, with Andrew Hickman, Hettie Johnson and Derek Perry, accepts a Dyslexia Awareness Month proclamation from Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos. Photo special to the Journal the more than 20 million people with dyslexia. Spring Valley is the only school in central Alabama
Spring Valley School students accepted proclamations recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month from Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos, Vestavia Hills Mayor Alberto “Butch” Zaragoza and Birmingham Mayor William Bell. The goal of these proclamations is to bring awareness to
serving students who struggle academically with dyslexia, AD/HD and other learning differences. ❖
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