Alpharetta Elementary PTA

Alphie’s Spotlight

Welcome to Alphie’s Spotlight!  Alphie is dedicated to publicize all the activities happening at our school!!

All parents and teachers –Alphie wants to spotlight your events!  If you have recently had an event and took some photos, please consider submitting them to be displayed on Alphie’s Spotlight.  Simply scroll to the bottom of Alphie’s Spotlight page and upload your photo and editorial content.  We encourage and welcome your participation.

Maureen Wales (Adapted Physical Education) at AES also acts as part-time school historian, documenting most of the special events in our school.  Thanks Maureen!

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AES Holds Annual Spelling Bee

The fourth and fifth grade students of Alpharetta Elementary participated in the annual 2009-2010 Spelling Bee on January 15th. Parents and invited guests were able to attend the contest in the Media Center while it was taped for broadcasting to the students via closed circuit.

Congratulations to the following winners:

The AES Spelling Bee Champion is:

• Rohith Nivas Sundaranageswaran

The Runner-Up is:

• Isa Mahoney

Classroom Winners

4th Grade

• Gillette – BJ Gurnik & Steven Abboud
• Grizzle – Sunny Jin & Allyson Curl
• Spartz – Andrew Martinez & Rohith Nivas Sundaranageswaran
• Whitten – Ethan Berry & Ethan Shoup
• Witt- Divina Harjani & Jacob Bower

5th Grade

• Davis – Diamond Gooden & Isa Mahoney
• Eineker – Anshul Gupta & James Hughes
• Haight – Sarah Gould & Abbie Priel
• Silverio – Kelly Regan & Sam Waylock
• Williams – Duncan Thiel & Capri Ligon

Congratulations to all of you and best of luck to Rohith as he competes in the Fulton County Schools Spelling Bee on February 4th at Mountain Park Elementary!
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Mobile Science Lab Visits PRE-K

Mrs. Hallam’s Pre-K class had a very special visit from the Science Academy Mobile Lab last week. The Science Academy Mobile Lab is a “Walk On” Interactive Science Museum that is available to schools for “on site” field trips. Joe and Nell Estes, who developed the Lab, are grandparents of Haley Estes, who is a Pre-K student at Alpharetta Elementary. The 4 year olds enjoyed a very special hands-on geology lesson on rocks. They were very excited to take home their own collection of minerals and rocks. For more information on the mobile lab, contact ScienceAcademySite.com.
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Story Book Night – November 19th

The staff of Alpharetta Elementary once again presented “Storybook Night” to the children and their parents on November 19th.

The stories were acted out by each grade level. The stories chosen were: “The Mitten,” “Too Loud Lily,” “Big Chicken,” “Excerpt from Ramona,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “A Bad Case of Stripes,” “Duck Soup,” and “Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse.”

Storybook Night is a yearly event which coincides with the Book Fair. Pictured: The Special Ed Department presents “Duck Soup.”
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AES Special Ed Teachers Honored by Sam’s/WalMart
On November 5th, Walmart/Sam’s presented ten teachers from Alpharetta Elementary $100.00 gift cards. The teachers were nominated as a team to receive this year’s Teacher of the Year Award.
The ten teachers nominated work in the Special Education Department of Alpharetta Elementary.

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Brunswick Zone hosts Special Olympics
Brunswick Zone in Roswell hosted Special Olympics local bowling on October 22nd. Over 240 athletes competed! Athletes who qualify will go on to the area event on November 10 at Funtime Bowl in Forest Park.

Schools participating were: Roswell High, Centennial High, Alpharetta High, Independence High, Haynes Bridge M.S., Holcomb Bridge M.S., Elkins Points M.S., Hopewell M.S., Lake Windward Elementary and Alpharetta Elementary.

*** The event was sponsored by the Fulton County Schools Special Olympics Management Team as well as Target Department Store.***

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Captain Sadler’s History Camp visits Alpharetta Elementary
The fourth graders at Alpharetta Elementary recently participated in a day long Colonial History Day activity presented by Captain Sadler’s History Camps. Each class rotated through a series of activities including journal making, ‘Ye Olde Schoolroom,’ silhouetting, and trying on colonial clothing.

Pictured: Samuel Smith, Hunter Copp, and Andrew Gagne are shown trying their hand at writing General Washington’s orders with a quill dipped in an ink well. Colonial History day marked the beginning of the fourth grades study of the birth of our nation.

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Fire Safety House Visits Alpharetta Elementary
The Pre-K through second grade students at Alpharetta Elementary School celebrated Fire Safety Week with a visit from the Alpharetta Fire Department on October 20th.

Children got to practice first hand by going into the Safety House – a wonderful opportunity to stay low and go! The firefighters gave children the tools to prevent fires by staying away from matches and lighters and the skills to stay safe in the event of a fire.

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