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A-8 • JUNE 2, 2014 • BEARDEN Shopper news parking lot when I arrived for bus duty,” said teacher John Martin. “I saw the messages and drove back and forth to read them, and then I walked by each of them to look again,” he said. Martin quickly took a picture and posted it on his Facebook page. Friends of his from around the world commented that they’d never seen anything like it. “I never would have expected this type of thing,” said Martin. “We turned a ‘prank’ into a good thing,” said Darby. “Kids our age should take advantage of opportunities they’re given to do something great.” ■
Acting for kids
Locally acclaimed theWest Valley Middle School teachers John Martin and Amy ater group The WordPlayCrawford ers will teach acting to kids this summer at Pellissippi State Community College in Hardin Valley. CreACTivity for ages 8-10 will be held 1-4 p.m. Addie’s mom, WVMS The night before the last day of school, some 8th- teacher Amy Crawford, Monday through Friday, grade students from West suggested they do some- July 7-11. Cost is $115. Kids will play theaterValley Middle School gath- thing for the teachers. “Mrs. Crawford always related games and parered for a slumber party. The discussion eventually tells us to do our best, and ticipate in acting exercises turned toward leaving a we wanted to do something before performing a showlasting impression on the for someone else,” said case at the end of the week. Kids 11-13 can parschool they were leaving Darby. About 10:30 p.m., the ticipate in ImaginACbehind. girls made a couple of Tion 1-4:30 p.m. Monday phone calls and gathered through Friday, July 14-18. Participants will be enother friends before headcouraged to focus on their ing to the grocery store to imagination and technique pick up packs of chalk. Sara Addie’s dad drove the to create characters for the Barrett girls to the school where stage. ImaginACTion will also they wrote encouraging messages with chalk with- culminate in a showcase by its students. Cost is $125. in each parking space. Registration may be Ashtyn Glover, Darby Messages included “You Bauman and Addie Craw- are loved” and “Thank you” done at www.pstcc.edu/ ford wanted to do some- and “You are a good teach- bcs, 539-7167 or in person at Pellissippi State Comthing in a positive light, er.” not a typical upperclassThe next morning as munity College, 10915 man prank often associ- teachers arrived at the Hardin Valley Road in ated with the end of school. school, emails started cir- Room 108 of the Alexander “As 8th-graders, we have culating to give others a Building. Info: www.wordplayers. more of an opportunity to heads-up about notes left org or 539-7167. step up and set a good ex- for each of them to see. ample,” said Ashtyn. “Only one car was in the
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Darby Bauman, Addie Crawford, Ashtyn Glover and Weston Standifer display one of the positive messages they wrote in teacher parking spaces at West Valley Middle School. Photos by S. Barrett
Darby Bauman, Addie Crawford, Ashtyn Glover and Weston Standifer