Good News from Sixes Elementary School

Sixes Elementary School recently celebrated Exceptional Children's Week to promote and educate students on various disabilities. 

Kindergarten through third-grade students experienced visual, hearing and fine motor skill impairments through various hands-on activities.  Kindergarteners also were visited by therapy dogs, Chase and Indy, and their handler, Linda Jones, who explained how the dogs help people in hospitals, schools and nursing homes.  First-graders also met Patti Pruitt, a visually impaired children's author, who showed students the tools that help her function in her daily life.  Fourth-graders learned about intellectual disabilities, such as Down Syndrome, and fifth-graders learned about dyslexia.

In celebration of Girl Scout Week, Sixes Elementary's Girl Scout troops recently honored all of the school’s staff who had been members of the organization in their childhood. 

Each day, staff members were gifted with a treat including flowers, handmade pens, “swaps” and, of course, Girl Scout cookies! 

Sixes Elementary also recently inducted 44 fifth-graders into the National Junior
National Beta Club. 

Club sponsors, teachers Tracy Cavallaro and Marian Penn, and Principal John Hultquist and Assistant Principal Cindy Crews welcomed family and friends to the induction ceremony.  Cherokee County School Board Chair Janet Read closed the ceremony with an inspirational message to the students.

Officers and new inductees are: Gabee Bage, Abby Brams, Riley Briggs, Kacey Colina, Valerie Cournoyer, Joseph Edison, Lilli Georgescu, Briston Green, Alicyn Harris, Carly Henderson, Ryan Hooper, Avery Hughes, Brandon Jack, Hayden Johnson, Chloe Jones, William Koch, Magnus Koeninger, Thomas Lawrence, Kyle Lawyer, Ethan Lindquist, Drew Logan, Kristen Malencsik, Aaron Mallory, Brodie Marcinkowski, Averie McDaniel, Blythe McKenna, Addison Meek, Sydney Orefice, Kyle Pierce, James Poole, Grant Rea, Haley Reynolds, Cason Rich, Ansley Royal, Morgan Sacklyn, Taylor Sedlatschek, Jessie Taylor, Jessica Thomas, Juliette Thomas, Grayson Trella, Olivia Wade, Kenzie Wilder, Austin Yearout and Emily Zuluaga.

Sixes Elementary celebrated Read Across America Day with a book character dress-up day and special guest readers. The school’s administrators and office staff dressed up as characters from the ‘Madeline’ books.