Homework-free learning
Tom C. Gooch Elementary students learned about science without all the stress of tests and homework during the summer. Teacher Emilio Chamut directed Camp Invention, which included taking apart electronics and giving them new functions. Also, students designed and constructed a model city from recycled and re-purposed materials.
Stories for seniors
Hillcrest High School’s fifth annual senior retreat was a hit with an NFL legend, a journalist and screenwriter, and a college president, in attendance on Aug. 30 to share their stories with seniors. The theme was “Keep the Connection.” Speakers included Former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith, Paul Quinn College President Michael Sorrell and nationally acclaimed writer Skip Hollandsworth. The speakers were chosen due to their experience overcoming challenges to achieve success.
Emmitt Smith with Principal Ronald K. Jones.
Paul Quinn with senior Mais Al Kayali.
Smith with senior Jamekeiah Crabtree.
Barefoot for a cause
The Lamplighter School community has donated about 1,500 pairs of shoes to Soles4Souls, a nonprofit that collects new and used shoes for victims of misfortune and poverty. In mid-September, students loaded up boxes of their Nikes, Stride Rites, cowboy boots and even mom’s heels into trucks headed to the Soles4Souls organization. Children were allowed to tiptoe back to their classrooms barefoot after donating during the school’s first Hootenanny.
