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W.R. Tolar

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Submitted to the Liberty Journal on September 12th, 2008

 

Music News: The Recorder Karate class is getting in full swing.  Fourth and fifth graders seem very excited about learning to play the recorder this year!  I am anticipating wonderful concerts and entertainment during the year for our school assemblies and programs.  Stay tuned for more!!

 

Tolar’s Tree of Good Deeds: Be sure to check out the Tree of Good Deeds, located in the main building cross hallway; thanks to Ashley Crowley for organizing, Carlene Shiver for painting & Bess Revell for the lettering.  It is a beautiful addition to our school-wide Positive Behavioral System!

 

After School Tutoring: 21st Century Community Learning Center is a before and after-school tutoring program which offers: Tutoring, Mentoring and Character Building and Family Health and Fitness.  Our projected starting date will be October 1, 2008.  Be looking for the 21st Century Registration Packet and complete the packet as soon as possible. there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Seth Geiger, Project Director at (850) 643-2275 ext. 351 or seth.geiger@lcsbonline.org

 

Book Fair: W.R. Tolar Scholastic Book Fair will be held Monday, September 15th through Friday, September 19th.  We’re looking forward to seeing you there.Our Book Fairs connect students to books they want to read.  To help your child find the best books he or she will visit the Book Fair during class time.  Students will be allowed to purchase books during that visit, but we also encourage you to look over the attached Book List with your child.  If you can’t attend, you may use the Book List order form and send it back to school with your child.

 

Patriot’s Day Program: Be sure to check out wrtolar.com to see the latest pictures of Tolar’s Patriot’s Day Program.

 

Athletics:  W.R. Tolar’s Volleyball & Football seasons are now in full swing, visit their respective tabs for pictures, rosters, and team schedules.

 

Submitted to the Liberty Journal on September 19th

 

Volunteers Needed: W.R. Tolar Middle School Art Classes are now in full swing; Mrs. Gayle Grissett has been coordinating visiting artists to show off their own work & style.  If you would be interested in providing a brief 15-30 minute lesson as well as show off your craft, please contact her at 643-2426 ext 603.  You also will need to have a background screening done.

 

Butterfly Garden: During the spring, W.R. began a butterfly garden memorial project in memory of our former teacher, Cindy Mitchell.  Mrs. Mitchell was a dedicated teacher for   years.  She touched the lives of countless children who had the privilege of entering her classroom.  The memory of Mrs. Mitchell’s extraordinary gift of teaching will have a permanent place at W.R. Tolar through the children she touched and in our butterfly garden.  The memorial garden contains several nectar and host plants that attract butterflies native to Florida.  Included so far is salvia, virbinum, purple cone flower, lantana, fennel, parsley, milkweed, butterfly bush, daises, honeysuckle, passion vine, thistle and a variety of additional plants.  The garden also includes  a small pond that is a work in progress.  The memorial garden will serve as a place where students can remember Mrs. Mitchell’s dedication to education and a mean for her memory to continue to touch our lives.

 

7th Grade Happenings: Next Wednesday, Marcia Wood, Supervisor of Elections, will be putting on a mock election.  Students will be learning about the election process & elect class officers.  We will be visiting the Florida Caverns next Friday; pre-purchased tickets are $4.00/person, if you would like to chaperone, send your money by this Friday, tickets purchased at the gate are $8.00.  Students should bring a sack-lunch, students who qualify for free/reduced lunch will be provided a sack lunch from the lunchroom if needed, lunchroom sack lunches will also be available for any student without lunch the day of the fieldtrip at the standard student rate.

 

Community Helpers: Mrs. Flowers’ and Mrs. Anita’s class has been learning about community helpers.  We were very fortunate to have four special visitors come to our classroom last week.  We would like to thank Ms. Kayla Eikeland, Mrs. Sandy O’Bryan, Mr. Jamie Shiver, and Mr. Steve Cutshaw for visiting our class and sharing great information about their careers.

 

Recorder Classes: The Recorder Karate class is getting in full swing.  Fourth and fifth graders seem very excited about learning to play the recorder this year!  Their teacher, Gayle Grissette anticipates wonderful concerts and entertainment during the year for our school assemblies and programs.  Stay tuned for more!!

 

Tolar Volleyball Info -

 The Tolar volleyball record as of 9/18/08 is 6-1 (A Team) and 5-1(B Team). 

 Remaining Schedule:

 9/22  Port St. Joe             4:30 EST  Away

9/23  Blountstown             4:00 EST  Home

9/25  Altha                        5:30 EST  Home

9/30  Franklin MS / ABC  4:30 EST  Away

10/2  ABC                        4:00 EST  Home

10/9  Blountstown            4:00 EST  Away

 

Submitted to the Liberty Journal on October 3rd

 

Relay for Life News:  Congratulations to Courtney Larson in Mrs. Rhonda Mercer’s first grade classroom.  She raised $100.00 all by herself for the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life.  Thank-you Courtney!

Relay for Life Fundraising-We will be having fundraisers through out the school year. Our first fundraiser will be called "Putting on the Ritz" It is a children's photography company that will be coming to Tolar school at the end of October to take pictures of children in Tuxedos and Satin dresses. They will bring the props and the wardrobe children ages 3 months to 10 years. For $9.95 you can receive 2-8x10's, 4-5x7's, and 16-wallets of your child. Our Relay for Life team gets 100% of the profits and that money goes directly to The American Cancer Society. Please help us Fight for a Cure! For more information, contact Cayla Eikeland at 643-2426 ext 111.

4th grade participated in Ag Adventures Day-Thanks to Monica Brinkley and the University of Florida/IFAS Extension Tolar's fourth grade classes enjoyed a wonderful and enriching Ag Adventures Day in Quincy where they learned about the science of Agriculture.  Students learned about corn, cotton, soybeans, pollination, and pumpkins.  The students spent all day outside where they enjoyed walking from station to station experiencing hands-on activities and even snacking on treats that came from the farm.  We appreciate all the parent volunteers, IFAS Extension and especially Mrs. Brinkley for helping to make this possible.  We had a wonderful time!

8th Grade Washington Trip Fundraising-Contact Stacie Fant about purchasing your $15.00 Bulldog Game/Camp chair.  Chairs are garnet with gold writing on the back.  They are going fast!

W. R. Tolar is currently seeking volunteers to work at a variety of assignments.  If you have office skills, teaching or library experience, an art, music or drama background, or just simply love a school environment and want to help our students and teachers with their daily work, then call Fran Cutshaw at 643-2426 ext. 153 or email fran.cutshaw@lcsbonline.org.

Submitted to the Liberty Journal on October 10th

 

Upcoming W.R. Tolar Events:

End of first grading period:  Oct 15

Early Release Day:  Oct 15

Report cards sent home: Oct 22

Awards Day: Oct 22

                    2-4 9:00

                    K-1 10:15

                    5-8 1:15

 

Fall is in the Air!

“Monster Mash” Dance for 5th-9th graders, wear your costume & bring $5.00/admission, concessions will be open

 Red Ribbon Week--Oct. 27-31

 

Jr. Beta Club has elected club officers.

President - Sydney Sanders

Vice-Pres - Monte Revell

Secretary - Emily Whittaker

5th Grade Representatives - Brody Holland and Ann Marie Brown

6th Grade Representatives - Kara Fowler and Jasper Pullam

7th Grade Representatives - Odra Chapman and Carson Flowers

8th Grade Representatives - Jimmy Brown and Heath Cutshaw

 

7th Grade Happenings

This past week 7th grade visited the Marianna Caverns after completing a Science unit on the study of rock and fossil formations.  Students enjoyed touring the limestone cave formations & seeing firsthand what they have been learning about in class.

 

We also kicked off an Election unit in Social Studies and Language Arts with a presentation on the election process by our local Supervisor of Elections, Mrs. Marcia Wood.  She taught a lesson about the different types of elections, what happens if there is a tie, as well as some of the ways candidates & voters get themselves into trouble.  Students participated in a “Primary” election in their “Political Party” (homerooms) this past Friday & will participate in the “General” election on October 30th (whole grade); the political candidates will also be participating in debates dealing with school level issues.  Students also are participating in the national “Letters to the Next President” program through Google.

Submitted to the Liberty Journal on October 30

 

Veteran’s Day Activities: The Veteran's Day Program will be held Monday, November 10, 2008, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the W. R. Tolar gym.

 The second and third grade classes will be singing a song to salute our Veterans who will be attending the program.  Another song about peace will be sung by an ensemble made up of a few students in all grade levels.  We hope all Veterans will attend.  Our students want to show their honor and respect for these wonderful men and women who have fought for our freedom. 

Following the program, all Veterans are invited to join the 7th grade class in the courtyard area for snacks.

Boston Butts for Sale: The Girl's & Boy's Basketball Teams are in need of new uniforms.  The parents are sponsoring a Smoked Boston Butt Fundraiser on November 19th.  Donnie Conyers & the Sherriff's Dept. will smoke the meat.  All school staff & teachers roast can be delivered to your school.  This includes Hosford, BYA, Tolar, LCHS, Horizon School, and LEAC. Tickets will be on sale for $20.00. Tickets may be purchased through Diane Hayes at Big River Sports, 643-4068, Stacie Fant, Lynn Guthrie, or Beth Brown at 643-2426, call now to reserve your smoked roast. Roast also may be picked up on Nov. 19th after 11:00 at the side of Strickland's Ace Hardware.

Thanks for a successful Safety Day:

The first picture of course is our students and staff showing their pride in being a "A" school.

The second is Ross Welbourne, K-9 unit talks to Ms. Chesnee's 3rd grade class.

The third is Christopher Vault getting a chance to co-pilot the helicopter with Ronnie Smiths help.

The first one is some of Misty's 2nd grade class escapes the heat under the FL licensing on Wheels awning.

The last one is students watching a State Trooper demonstrate what happens to you without a seat belt when your car rolls over.

W.R. Tolar would like to thank all of the following Civil Servants for coming out & making our annual Safety Day a success!  With Licensing on Wheels - Samantha King and Denis White, with the Fire Department - Bobby and Daniel Hall, Richard Mims, Blountstown Police Department - Rodney Smith, Blountstown Sheriff’s Department Randy McCroan (helicopter pilot), Florida Highway Patrol Troop H Quincy - Trooper King, Florida Highway Patrol Troop A Panama City - Trooper Battle and Trooper Swearingin, Florida Highway Patrol Auxiliary Trooper Fowler, K-9 Unit - Ross Welbourne, FL Fish and Wildlife Commission - Lane Bentley, Liberty County Ambulance - Maria Crump and Whaylan Peddie. We would also especially like to thank Samantha King for organizing the day & taking care of contacting all the other participating agencies.

Junior Beta News: Jr. Beta Club inducted new members on October 28, 2008. Destiny Schaeffer, Hollie Alhalaseh, Marisha Bess, Chrissy Barber, Milo Brown, Josie Bruffet, Dakoda Berg, Ann Marie Brown, Dillan Green, Maze Holmes, Brody Holland, Juliana Pullam, Baylee Scott, Cassidy Shuler, Bethany Schneider, Leanne Smith, Hana Whitfield, Nicholas Wright, Jyierra Brigham, and Christin Holton took the membership pledge and became official members of Tolar's Jr. Beta Club. The ceremony highlighted character traits of Beta members. Club officers presented speeches on the traits of honesty, achievement, responsibility, vision, enthusiasm, sincerity, and tolerance. The officers for the 2008-09 school year are Sydney Sanders, president; Monte Revell, vice-president; Emily Whittaker, secretary; Heath Cutshaw and Jimmy Brown, 8th grade representatives; Odra Chapman and Carson Flowers, 7th grade representatives; Kara Fowler and Jasper Pullam, 6th grade representatives; and Brody Holland and Ann Marie Brown, 5th grade representatives.

2007-2008 Yearbooks: Due to publication delays, the W.R. Tolar yearbooks will not be in until early December, we will run an article in the Journal letting you know when they are in.

Lost & Found: Tolar’s Lost & Found area is bursting at the seams, if your child is missing a jacket or other item, chances are it’s there.  Stop by the front office anytime to look through the items that have been turned in.

Check out our Website: Be sure to go to www.wrtolar.com this week for pictures of our Fall activities and updated event information.  Be sure to check out your child’s class website as well for homework updates, upcoming class activities, and fieldtrip pictures.