WHAT'S HAPPENING

AT MAURY

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IN HONOR OF TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK SEVERAL OF OUR COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS USED SOME OF THEIR DISCRETIONARY MONIES AND WITH
SPECIAL HELP FROM PULEO'S GRILLE HONORED THE TEACHERS WITH
A FABULOUS LUNCH SERVED BY OUR STUDENT COUNCIL PARENTS.

OUR WRESTLERS HAD THEIR BANQUET MAY 8 AND AWARDED TROPHIES
 

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KUDOS TO MRS. MCCOY FOR BEING SELECTED CHANNEL 10'S
EDUCATOR OF THE WEEK!  WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!

MAURY STUDENTS PRESENTED A "SPRING:  NIGHT OF THE ARTS" ON MAY 6.
OUR BAND PERFORMED AND OUR STUDENTS DISPLAYED ART WORK FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR

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JEFFERSON COUNTY SPONSORED A RELAY FOR LIFE WALK-A-THON
MAY 5 AT JCHS.  OVER $100,000 WAS RAISED FOR THIS WORTHY CAUSE!

THESE STUDENTS AND STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THE WALK-A-THON

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OUR 6TH, 7TH AND SOME OF OUR 8TH GRADE WENT TO DOLLYWOOD
ON THEIR REWARD TRIP APRIL 30

OUR GOAL CARD STUDENTS (STUDENTS WHO MADE ALL A'S AT LEAST ONE 9 WEEKS)
ATTENDED THE  GOAL CARD RALLY APRIL 25 AND CAME AWAY WITH MANY GOODIES

AS PART OF THEIR STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST, MIRA KIMMELMAN
VISITED AND SHARED HER LIFE STORY.  SHE WAS INTERRED
IN SEVERAL CAMPS AND LOST MOST OF HER FAMILY DURING THIS TIME.

THE JCHS CHORALE ENSEMBLE PRESENTED A CONCERT TO MAURY STUDENTS

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OUR GOLF TEAM PARTICIPATED IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS CAME IN 2ND IN THE DISTRICT
WITH REBECCA COMING IN 2ND IN THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION

OUR GOLF TEAM PLAYED IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AND OUR
GIRLS CAME IN 3RD AND WILL ADVANCE TO THE STATE COMPETITION
OUR BOYS TEAM HAD A BAD BACK NINE PERFORMANCE AND WAS ELIMINATED,
HOWEVER NATHAN QUALIFIED FOR STATE AS AN INDIVIDUAL

MRS. MERRITT'S CLASS PARTICIPATED IN A
SIDEWALK CHALK HAIKU PROJECT

MAURY STUDENTS ENJOYED A VISIT FROM KNOXVILLE-NATIVE, TEEN
AUTHOR, ALAN GRATZ.  HE PRESENTED THE PROCESSES HE USED
IN WRITING AND PUBLISHING HIS BOOKS, SAMURAI SHORTSTOP
AND SOMETHING ROTTEN.

OUR MAURY FAMILY IS AN ACTIVE ONE.  MRS. ROBERTS COMPLETED THE TRI DELTA
SPRINT TRIATHALON IN 1:09:04.  JACOB RUNS IN 5K'S GENERALLY EVERY OTHER WEEKEND
A STRONG BODY AND A STRONG MIND!  WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OUR MAURY MEMBERS

COACH PARKER IT SEEMS HAS OTHER INTERESTS BESIDES SCIENCE.
HE HAS BEEN WRITING POETRY SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND RECENTLY WON A
CONTEST.  HIS POEM, "HEARTBROKEN LOVE", WAS PUBLISHED IN A BOOK,
FOREVER SPOKEN, BY THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POETRY. 
THE CONTEST IS NOT OVER, HOWEVER, AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY
THAT COACH PARKER MIGHT WIN SOME MONEY AND EVEN HAVE HIS OWN
BOOK OF POETRY PUBLISHED IN THE FUTURE!  WAY TO GO COACH PARKER!!

OUR STUDENTS PERFORMED "TOMBSTONE TOM" FOR THE PUBLIC APRIL 19 & 20
AND AGAIN FOR STUDENTS ON APRIL 21

SET 1                    SET 2

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CONGRATULATIONS GO TO OUR DIRECTORS OF THE PLAY! 
IT WAS ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SUCCESS!!

OUR 7TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSES
 PRODUCE MASKS OF EMOTIONS

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OUR ART CLASSES WORK IN VARIOUS MEDIUMS

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