February School Board Recognition 2018

It was a fun-filled and exciting school board meeting as several outstanding Central Elementary students, All-State Band members, and National Board Certified teachers were recognized for their hard work and achievements.

Central Elementary Entrepreneurship Project

Some tech savvy students at Central Elementary have formed a small business! With the guidance of Gifted & Talented Specialist Mr. West, the children are selling personalized bag tags through their bookstore. Their principal Mrs. Hill gave them a budget for materials and they had to do the following in preparation for their new business.

 

*Research prices for clasps and 3D printing filament
*Determine a reasonable price that would cover materials and time spent producing tags
*Make multiple prototype designs in Tinkercad, a design software
*Create an order form, both electronically and in paper form for kids to fill out
*Write a script for a commercial to advertise via YouTube channel
*Produce the commercial
*Create posters to display in our school
*Take orders through the bookstore
*Design each bag tag according to requests from consumers
*Plan for packaging tags for distribution
*Plan for delivering tags to consumers

The children have sold many tags, and have lots of orders for further distribution! If you have placed an order, your patience is appreciated, as our kids are running two 3D printers throughout the day to customize orders. Click HERE if you are interested in placing an order!

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All-State Band Members

Fifty-four Cabot students auditioned for All-State Band on February 3rd, with a total of 963 students from around the state. Cabot High School had 17 make the top individual honor of an All-State Musician for band. Along with this top honor, Grace Davis made 2nd chair in the state on oboe and performed with a select group in the All-State Chamber Orchestra.

  

Students selected for All-State are pursued to attend colleges and universities to play in band. These students are offered a great amount of money even if they do not major in music. Congratulations to our All-State Band members:

Flute:
Aspen Huseman - 6th chair, Symphonic Band

Oboe:
Grace Davis - 2nd chair, Wind Symphony and Chamber Orchestra

Clarinet:
Hannah Brookings - 18th chair, Wind Symphony
Hannah Heflin - 15th chair, Symphonic Band
Taryn Toles - 19th chair, Symphonic Band
Carli Slayton - 22nd chair, Symphonic Band
Morgan Bates - 4th chair, Concert Band
Cora Saddler - 7th chair, Concert Band
Hannah Mowry - 24th chair, Concert Band

Tenor Saxophone:
Parker Hamilton - 3rd chair, Concert Band

Bari Saxophone:
Alex Warrick - 2nd chair, Concert Band

Trumpet:
Kiera Klein - 2nd chair, Symphonic Band

Euphonium:
Logan Jones - 3rd chair, Symphonic Band
Nathan Fredericks - 6th chair, Concert Band

Tuba:
Austin Puglia - 5th chair, Wind Symphony
Sean Perdue - 4th chair, Symphonic Band

Percussion:
David Brill - 5th chair, Concert Band

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National Board Certified Teachers

Ten Cabot teachers were recognized for their hard work and dedication at the February school board meeting. These outstanding teachers achieved National Board Certification. Certification can take up to three years to complete. These teachers have demonstrated their understanding of national, rigorous teaching standards, as well as their ability to implement educational practices that are research-based.

Congratulations to our new National Board Certified teachers! We now have 90 teachers in the Cabot School District who are National Board Certified!

Sara Stumpenhaus - Northside Elementary
Tracie Williams - Stagecoach Elementary
Sara Carter - Ward Central Elementary
Susan Buntin - Cabot Junior High North
Jessica Moser - Cabot Junior High North
Cynthia Neumann - Cabot Junior High South
Wesley Davis - Cabot High School
Shelly Elliott - Cabot High School
Stephanie Jimmerson - Cabot High School
Richard O'Connell - Cabot High School