Archive for December, 2008

The art IV honors students are working on portraits of children from various orphanages in Quito and Cuenca Ecuador for “The Memory Project.” As per the website www. thememory project.org, “The Memory Project is a unique initiative in which advanced high school art students create original portraits for children who have been abandoned, orphaned, abused, or neglected. To do this, the art students receive pictures of children who are waiting for portraits, and then work in their art classrooms to create the portraits. Once finished, the portraits are delivered to the children, and the children are then invited to create drawings or write letters to send back to the art students. The purpose of the portraits is to provide these children with a special memory of their youth, to honor their heritage and identity, and to help them build a positive self-image. The class is taught by faculty member Debbie Dunn.

Congratulations to senior Alyssa Visbeen who has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Belmont University next year.

Senior Christian Dynamics students have begun the service project aspect of their course curriculum. The classes will be serving at two elementary schools, New Hope Academy (Franklin) and Buena Vista Elementary School (Nashville) as well as ThriftSmart for the remainder of the school year. The classes are under the direction of faculty members Brad Perry and Brandon Owen.

Congratulations to Coach Buddy Alexander who has been named the 2008 Coach of the Year for Division IIAA by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association and to 2008 graduate Jacob Stallings, now a student at the University of North Carolina, who was named TBCA Player of the Year for Division IIAA. Special presentations will be made the TBCA meeting in January.

The sixth-grade class has completed their reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and on Friday enjoyed an intriguing one-man performance of the story. Sponsored by TPAC, Mark Cabus will took on the roles of 18 different characters from the classic tale. Using the original text of Dickens, the characters and the story itself will came alive on a school stage created only by words. Sixth grade English teachers is Mrs. Carolyn Dobbins.