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T H E

L O O P

May

2015

Issue I

Congratulations

to the eighty

HTHS students

inducted into the

National Honor

Society and

Mu Alpha Theta

on Sunday,

April 19, 2015.

Mu Alpha Theta

Inductees

Emily Besse Kelsey Bradford Hannah Brien Mavanee Brown Tina Cao John Carver Andrew Cusimano Paxton DeSimone Meagan Edwards James Halpryn Daniel Hernandez Seth Hollingsworth Anna Inman Anna Grace John-son Benjamin Knox Caleb Lewis

Tessa Luttrell Laurel Martin Emily McMahon Katie Musulman Margaret Newman Ivy Null Laura Plage Natalie Rollo Caroline Royston Brandt Selesky Christopher Shorter Devin Tully Rhianna Tyldesley Cory Weems Jackson Weyhe

National Honor Society Inductees Paxton DeSimone

Anna Musulman

Hannah Brien

Katherine Heinzman

Benjamin Suhr

Jackson Weyhe

Katherine Margolies

Emily McMahon

Allison McCabe

Lauren Bautista

Mackenzie Dotson

Tessa Luttrell

Susanna Robinson

Jillian Rager

Emily Ennis

Madilyn Knight

Christian Stewart

Eli Czermak

Rhianna Tyldesley

Amaya Hill

Mikayla Shepherd

Tatem Reynolds

Devin Tully

Elli Bradley

Rose Lambert

Hannah Rosetta

Mary Creed Christopher

Sara Borden

Kenneth Clay

Molly Womack

Evan Morse

Bailey Wood

Troy Nelson

Seth Hollingsworth

Mason Beaman

Joshua Walton

Laura Brunson

Meagan Zeitvogel

Caitlin Folse

Anna Cunningham

Hannah Bentley

Noah Chamberlain

Katherine Edwards

Anna Partee

Caroline Royston

Mikayla Tuma

Matthew Swindal

Kathryn Loveless

Taylor McIlwain

Kaila Szmajda

Sydney Peek

Kelsey Bradford

Kimberley Atkinson

Emily DeGreen

Slade Shelnutt

Margaret Newman

William Huffstutler

Jeron Albrets

Abby Stanford

Khalia Kennedy

Taylor Herrin

Christen Deason

Grace Bennett

Mitchell Peterson

Lauren Dennis

Kenneth Holt

Chadler Stubbs

Catherine Hill

Sydney West

Tommy Tran

Allana Naylor

Whitney Wilkins

Cory Weems

Jordan Bates

Lacey Beasley

Sara Coshatt

Grace Lambert

Bailey Berry

Jordan Stewart

Hannah Owens

Morgan Aaron

Seventh Grade

Matthew Allison

Victoria Amari

Payton Berry

Kai Beverly

Logan Blank

Amelia Brewster

Lacie Brittain

Elizabeth Brooks

Mac Brooks

Anna-Claire Cole

Katherine Coleman

Caraline Cox

Emily Crawford

Kaitlyn Crowe

Savannah Davis

Camden DeSimone

Alyssa Dexter

Blair Dickson

Megan Dooley

Kahlin Drake

Gavin Felts

Michael Fowler

Kenley Gibson

Cameron Glover

Colin Glover

Kent Glover

Hannah Grace

Davis Green

Hannah Hammond

Bailee Harmon

Hannah Harris

Chloe Harwood

Averi Hathcock

Chloe Herren

Austin Hill

Anna Kate Hindman

Anna Schappacher

Jacob Seagle

Kendall Sedran

Jack Self

Morgan Sellers

Dylan Shelton

MaKayla Smith

Brylan Somers

Claire Stack

Brooklyn Stooksberry

Brody Taylor

Maggie Tortorice

Grace Underwood

Isabella Vidales

Lacey Walker

Brooklyn Ward

Brady Weems

Marit Wessel

Isabella Weyerman

Emma Weyhe

Strickland White

Mia Williams

Eighth Grade

Alli Carruth

Sydney Collins

Sam Cork

Robin Dunn

Abigail Edmondson

Aliyah Ellis

Tanner Finlay

Wei Ning Guo

Houston Hall

Haylee Hardy

Emma Holmes

Kaitlin King

Megan Kirk

Joshua LeBerte

Joseph Margolies

Carlee McCay

Haley McCormick

Jake Morris

Bailey Nelson

Christian Nichols

Cameron Ramsay

Antonio Ronsisvalle

Stone Shelnutt

Emily Suhr

April Vicente

Sydney Vickers

Graycie Wallace

Kailey Walters

Grace Ward

Emily Warren

Adalie Westin

Taylor Wilkins

Congratulations to the Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Students

inducted into the National Junior Honor Society!

Anna Catherine Hoffman

Kaitlyn Hughes

Carter Inman

Emma Grace Jennings

Katelyn Jones

Nasir Jordan

Allison Kerins

Caroline Lambert

Joriann Lee

Brody Littlefield

Samantha Lockett

Jordan Lynn

Myka Maddox

Maris May

Zachary McBride

Malachi Moore

Katherine Morrow

Jacob Nardi

Emma Neugent

Anna Norris

Abigail O'Neal

Braydon Osborn

Haley Panos

Meagan Parker

Reagan Parker

Aum Patel

Jaxon Pendergrass

Reid Perry

Emily Phillips

Laura Pigott

Lauren Rackstraw

Halli Reese

Mollie Roberson

Reece Roberts

Kylan Robertson

Natalie Robinson

Hewitt-Trussville Middle School

May 6, 2015

Student Registration IMPORTANT NOTICE: 2015-2016 Returning Student

Online Registration is now open!

Emails were sent out Tuesday afternoon containing your RETURNING student's unique snap code needed to complete the online registration process. It was sent

to the email address associated with the custodial parent listed first alphabetically. Check your email for information.

If you didn't receive it, call your school office.

SPRING FOOTBALL GAME-MAY 15, 2015 AT 7:00 HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE STADIUM. TICKETS ARE $5.00 COME OUT

AND SUPPORT THE HUSKIES AGAINST MINOR.

TRUSSVILLE DAYBREAK ROTARY CLUB NEWS

Trussville Daybreak Rotary Club Announces:

HTHS Student of the Month Haleigh Mitchell

HTHS Teacher of the Month

Alison Hollingsworth

Pictured Rotarian Ty Williams, Dr. Pattie Neill,

Alison Hollingsworth, Haleigh Mitchell, and

Daybreak Rotary Club President

Danny Cooner

Trussville City Schools

Superintendent

Dr. Pattie Neill pictured

with Rotarian

John Griscom

Dr. Neill spoke to the Daybreak

Rotary Club on

April 29, 2015

Thank you

Trussville

Daybreak Rotary

Club!

Congratulations to

Shelby Steen

Trussville

Daybreak Rotary

Scholarship

Winner

$5000

Congratulations to the following students for being selected by the faculty

and staff as Hewitt-Trussville High School’s Student of the Month:

Freshman – Olivia Harwell and Jake Diggs

Sophomore – Sara Coshatt and Joseph Stovall

Junior – Emily Besse and Johnny Underwood

Senior – Lacy LeMaster and Carter Pharis

CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE

HTHS SOFTBALL TEAM!

They are going to STATE!

GOOD LUCK HUSKIES!

Congratulations to HTHS student Cayla Dillard. Cayla plays point guard for the HTHS Lady Huskies. She was

recently honored by the Trussville City Council for becoming only the fourth girls player in Alabama High

School Athletic Association history to surpass both 1,000 points scored and 1,000 assists delivered in a career.

Way to go Cayla! Go Huskies!

Cayla Dillard Photo from Trussville Tribune CONGRATULATIONS HTHS Mtn. Biking Team!

3rd Place

At

State

HUSKIES!

Get Ready….HTMS Faculty versus Student Dodgeball Tournament

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In HTMS Art News, students Ethan Y., Izzy H., and

Mya A. represent their school in the “Save the Seal

Lions” Art Contest at the Birmingham Zoo.

Beautiful Artwork!

Congratulations to HTMS Teacher Amanda Hayes!

Ms Hayes was recently honored at UAB as the

“Ed.S Student of the Year” .

Great Job Ms. Hayes!

HTHS Theater Department presents, “HELLO DOLLY”

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION!

Henry the Hand visits Paine Primary School

PAINE PRIMARY SCHOOL

RESPECTFUL BUS RIDERS FOR MARCH 2015

HTMS National Junior Honor Society... “Mystery Readers” for Paine Primary Students

Thank you NJHS Members!

HTMS Pre-Engineering Class visits with Paine Primary students to explain

Simple Machines

Hewitt-Trussville High School Prom Memories—2015

IT’S A ZOO….Paine Primary Kindergarten

SERVICE ASSOCIATION PROM AT GOLDEN LIVING CENTER

HTHS

SHINING

STARS

GALA

2015

PAINE INTERMEDIATE VISITS

AMERICAN VILLAGE

Congratulations to the

HTHS Softball Team

named the All Area

Tournament Team.

Congrats to Junior Bailey Murphy

and Junior Maddie Dorsett!

They were named to the AHSAA

Softball North All-Stars! They will

play in the All-Star Game July 21st

in Montgomery!

Go HUSKIES!

GRADUATION 2015

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

7:00 PM

HEWITT-TRUSSSVILLE

STADIUM

Congratulations to the Qualifying Athletes for the Outdoor Track & Field State

Championships in Gulf Shores :

Noah Igbinoghene LJ,TJ,100m,4x100 relay Devin Reed LJ

John Ngaruiya 800,1600, 4x800 relay Trevian Jenkins 200,400, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay

Austin Norwood 800,1600, 4x800 relay, 4x400 relay

Chase Mathews 4x800 relay Benji Knox 1600,3200, 4x800 relay

JaRon Godbolt 110H, 300H 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay

David Acfalle 100, 4x100 relay Nick Campbell 4x400 relay

Jaison Williams Discus, Shot Put Dustin Wood Shot Put

Jacob Rushing Pole Vault Andy Chappell Pole Vault

Vince Corey Pole Vault Jonathan Mann 110H

Josey Lyster Javelin McKenzi King Pole Vault

Marlee Mason 800,1600 4x800 relay Mary Caroline Lesley 4x800 relay

Kaley Ann Fulton 4x800 relay Allison Howard 4x800 relay

Kylee Purdy 4x800 Relay

Devin Reed and Chris Mann qualifying in the high jump

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CONGRATULATIONS….at the state meet, 14 athletes scored receiving 23 all-

state awards along with one gold medalist Jaison Williams in Discus and four bronze

medals to Austin Norwood, Trevian Jenkins, Nick Campbell, and JaRon Godbolt in

the 4x400 relay.

Josie Lyster scores

in Javelin

Lady Huskies finish 5th in

the 4x800 relay and break

school record with a 9:50

Jaison Williams, 7A State

Champion and Record Holder

GOOD LUCK to the Track & Field athletes qualifying for the Decathlon/ Heptathlon State Championships.

This is a grueling two days of track and field events.

Decathlon athletes will be Jacob Rushing and Jonathan Mann. They will compete in ten events over two days.

The Heptathlon athlete will be McKenzi King competing in seven events

over two days.

This Championship will be Monday, Tuesday, May 11-12.

The Hewitt-Trussville Engineering Academy participates in a project each year with NASA. The program is called HUNCH – High Schools United with NASA to Create Hard-ware. The Engineering students worked on a device that will be utilized for training the ground support personnel and astronauts for the International Space Station. Our students’ task was to simulate a weightless environment for a tilt down rack mechanism that is located at NASA’s facility at Huntsville. The tilt down rack assembly is used on the International Space Station as a universal mounting system for various components such as avionics boxes, exper-iments, and electronics. The tilt down rack has to be lowered to access electrical compo-nents and other hardware from the back. The Engineering Academy students were tasked with the job of making the training rack weight neutral like it would be on the space sta-tion. The High School NASA team installed pneumatic shocks to counterbalance the weight of the rack and the components. Now the rack can be slowly lowered as it would be in space. On Friday, April 24th, the students had the opportunity to demonstrate and present their design to NASA engineers. Students participating in this year’s Hunch Team are: Captain Taylor Herrin, Evan Houston, Bin Tran, AJ Ward, Damon Purdy, and Zack Downing. Here is a video that was played at the presentation as an overview of their project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzRFZJwx8gM&feature=youtu.be.

Check out the Student Services Blog—Teens and Trends

http://tcsstudentservices.blogspot.com/

The purpose of this blog is to bring awareness and information to all stake-

holders in our community regarding at risk behaviors and trends in teen culture.

Hewitt-Trussville High School is proud to announce the results for our Engineering academy students who competed at the state TSA competition in Tuscaloosa on April 29th and 30th. We are very proud of all of our students and their accomplishments. Congratulations to: Architectural Renovations – students had to update an early 1900’s Sears catalog house. They had to design additions to an existing home to accommodate a family of five. The students had to prepare a very detailed binder documenting all of their design changes to the original homes. Students also had to create a scale model of their updated home. Students had to pre-sent their model to a team of professionals.

1st Place in State – Sarah Bacon and Emma Slay 2nd Place in State – Tyler Toner and Kaleigh Smith 3rd Place in State – Amanda Green, Joseph Williams, and Lucas Reino Career Preparation – students had to prepare for 3 different future careers. Students had to create a resume and cover letters for their future career paths. Then students had to complete a job application and then undergo a professional interview for the job.

3rd Place in State – AJ Ward 5th Place in State – Laurel Martin

Architectural Computer Aided Design – Students had 4 hours to design a small house made from shipping containers. Students had to create an original design and a complete set of drawings. After completing their designs, students had to defend their design to a panel of judges.

1st Place in State – Sarah Bacon 2nd Place in State – Emma Slay

3D Computer Aided Engineering Design – Students had to create a 3D model utilizing the latest engineering software. Stu-dents had 4 hours to create a multi-purpose device for a bicycle that would work as a bike pump and would also house all of the necessary bike repair tools. After completing their designs, students had to defend their design to a panel of judg-es.

1st Place in State – Logan McCormick 2nd Place in State – Emma Burford

Engineering Design – Students had to create a working prototype of an original engineering design. Tyler and Austin created a North-South and East-West tracking solar panel. This solar panel looks at light input in a 4 quad grid and adjusts the panel so that it lines up with the sun.

1st Place in State – Tyler Jackson and Austin Norwood

Essays on Technology – Students were given several news articles concerning the use of drones. Students had to read the articles, and write a paper defending one side of the issue.

1st Place in State – Tyler Toner 4th Place in State – Amanda Green

Extemporaneous Presentation– Students were given a choice of 3 different technology topics. They had only 15 minutes to prepare a 3-5 minute presentation. Students then had to present their topic to a team of judges.

6th Place in State – Emma Burford

Flight Endurance – Students had to construct a rubber-band powered balsa wood airplane. The plane had to take off from the ground and was judged by the amount of time the plane stayed aloft.

3rd Place in State – Vraj Pattel

Manufacturing Prototype – Students had to create a new product, including its packaging, that could be commercially manu-factured and sold. This year’s design was to create a pull toy for preschool age kids.

2nd Place in State – Kaitlin Silverwood and Blake Hoggan 3rd Place in State – Hunter Ricketts and Alex Clay System Control Technology– Students had to design and construct a device using motors and sensors to simulate a part of a manufacturing facility. Students had to also program their design to work automatically once a start button was activated.

1st place in State – Blake Hoggan, Joseph Williams, and Kaitlin Silverwood 2nd place in State – Eli Green, Travis Gunn, and Tyler Jackson. Technology Bowl – Students had to participate in a Jeopardy type game, competing against other schools answering technolo-gy questions.

1st Place in State – Emma Burford, Cody Wilcox, Taylor Herrin

Congratulations to HTMS students Katie Coleman and Julia Gallagher!

The dresses they made out of sheet music and CDs for the Rising Design Star Challenge were chosen to walk the runway at Birmingham Fashion Week!

Photo credit: Juan Rodriguez

HTMS CHOIR NEWS

At the end of April, 104 Mixed and Show Choir members along with Mrs. Carter, 28 parent chaperones,

and Mrs. Horn, our school nurse, travelled to Orlando, Florida to participate in the Disney Sings! Work-

shop. Students worked with a professional Disney musician to develop stronger performance skills. The

workshop included instruction in sight-reading, preparations for an audition, sound effects, choreography

and a recording session. Students also enjoyed days at the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and

Hollywood Studios.

YOU ARE INVITED!

On Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00

p.m., the HTMS Mixed and

Show Choirs will present

their Spring Concert in the

HTMS Auditorium. Admis-

sion is free. Come join us

for a

magical, musical evening!

SPRING FLING FUN AT HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE MIDDLE

Looking Good!

Freshman Guys at

the Spring Choir

Concert.

Great Job!

For Alabama’s students, summer is a time of fun, but those months away from school can result in a loss of

knowledge and reading ability. The Summer Learning Challenge raises awareness of the summer loss epidem-

ic, shares compelling research on the importance of personalized reading activities and provides access to a

variety of free resources to support targeted reading and math summer learning.

There are FREE ways to keep students engaged and excited about education:

The Lexile-based “Find a Book, Alabama” tool (Lexile.com/fab/Alabama) offers students over 160,000 books

from which to choose. This book-search tool enables individuals to build custom reading lists based on their

Lexile range and personal interests, and checks the availability of books at the local library. The search tool includes a growing col-

lection of English literary and informational books.

Children, parents and educators can also pledge to read using the “Find a Book, Alabama” tool. We encourage all students to pledge

to read.

The Alabama Summer Learning Challenge also includes a FREE email-based Math skills program for children who have just

completed 2nd through 6th grades. Parents and other summer care-givers can begin registering for the program today. Starting Mon-

day, June 22, parents will begin receiving daily emails with fun activities and resources to help their children retain math skills ac-

quired during the previous school year. After the program ends on Friday, July 31st, parents can print an award certificate to cele-

brate their child's summer accomplishment!

This summer, Stride Academy is FREE to all students in the state from now to August 7. Register at

www.AlabamaSummerStride.com, then log in at http://www.stridegroups.com/start/ to learn and play! Students who regis-

tered for Alabama Summer Stride in previous years will need to create an account for this summer.

Prevent "Summer Slide" with a cool blend of online math, reading and science skills practice, spectacular video games and peer

competitions to pass the lazy summer days. Students may access the Stride Academy learning platform online anytime, 24-

7, on tablets, PCs and Macs. LTS Education Systems offers the Stride Academy game-based learning program used in

many Alabama school districts during and after school hours for fun and personalized learning.

Students who have used Stride Academy during the 2014-15 school year do not have to register again and may continue to use

their assigned login codes throughout the summer. LTS will provide a dedicated Parent Support Line for the Summer

Learning Challenge. Parents can call in to 1-855-382-6528 for help with Stride Academy.

Teachers, be sure to send those student login information home with your students before the end of school!

LINKS

“Find a Book Alabama” is offered in par tnership with the ALSDE and MetaMetr ics, Inc. Choose your reader ’s comfor t

with grade-level material or reading ability for a full list of books to read all summer! In English and Spanish. http://

www.lexile.com/fab/alabama.

Summer Reading Log for Students Print your own Bookmark!

Print Posters and Flyers for your classroom and library! Summer Math Challenge 8.5x11 size

Summer Math Challenge 11x17 size Summer Learning Challenge Flyer

FAQ Poster for Librarians FAQ Poster for Parents

Print the Alabama Summer Reading Program Cer tificate Print the Alabama Summer Math Challenge Cer tificate

All Alabama Public Libraries http://www.publiclibrar ies.com/alabama.htm. Visit your public library for book lists and sum-

mer reading programs for kids of all ages.

TIPS, RESOURCES AND RESEARCH

Keeping Kids Off the Summer Slide

http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/articles/keeping-kids-off-the-summer-slide.htm

American Library Association: Library Summer Reading Programs

http://www.ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet1710 tips to keep reading skills sharp over the summer

http://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2010/06/22/10_tips_to_keep_reading_skills_sharp_over_the_summer.html

Summer Learning Loss: The Problem and Some Solutions

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Summer_Learning_Loss/

PTA: Reading Tips for Parents http://www.pta.org/programs/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3562

Special presentation to Hewitt-Trussville High School!

Chad Rich (class of 2009 ) and Lindsey Carliole Rich (class of 2008 )

presented HTHS Principal Tim Salem with a flag flown over Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The flag was carried from the US to Afghanistan to honor those who died on September 11, 2001 and symbolizes the sacrifice of all past, present and future Soldiers and their families.

Chad serves in US Army

101st Airborne Division

1st Brigade Combat Team

2nd Battalion 327th Infantry Regiment

Flag flown in Afghanistan

Thank you for your service!

COLLEGE NIGHT AT HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

It is time again for the 3rd annual TTR-Trussville Trail Run! Saturday May 23 at 8am. This is Alabama’s only 6K trail run. This is our major fundraiser for the HT la-

crosse teams. We run the trails around the Trussville Sports Complex. Last year we had over 70 runners. I will attach the registration form. Its only $20 for students

and faculty. (best price in the state!) If you know of someone who would like to run in the race, please tell them about it. They can fill out the form or go to

www.active.com (Trussville Trail Run) and register on line.

PAINE CAMPUS LUNCHROOM APPRECIATION WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF.

WE APPRECIATE YOU!

COME JOIN US FOR A 6K TRAIL RUN!

Mrs. Tweed’s 1st grade class

visited the library to learn

what good videographers

do, what good actors do,

and how to make their

projects better.

Great Job Students!

YOU ARE INVITED!