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The CHALKBOARD<br />
rankin county Schools<br />
Florence #eaglepride<br />
At Florence Elementary School, we strive to always put our<br />
BEST foot forward. Our school motto is “Focus, Educate, Soar.”<br />
The word that best describes our school is “family.” From the<br />
staff members to the students, to our fabulous community, we<br />
are family.<br />
As a group, all staff is currently reading the book Focus, by<br />
Mike Schmoker. This month, our focus, as instructional leaders,<br />
has been on the importance of simplicity, clarity, and priority.<br />
We take pride in making students our top priority at Florence<br />
Elementary. Having a clear vision helps set the tone, focus on the<br />
tasks at hand, and soar to that next level…from great to BEST!<br />
At FES, we are looking forward to the BEST school year ever!!<br />
Puckett<br />
Welcome back! Puckett High School has started off with a<br />
bang. There have been a lot of improvements this summer at the<br />
school. The Art Garden continues to grow in size. All of the<br />
hallways plus the auditorium have been painted, the senior<br />
composite pictures from the 1950s-<strong>2016</strong> are hanging in the old<br />
hallway. There is new carpet in the office and a new greenhouse<br />
for the Ag. classes to use.<br />
Patrick Lemoine, the Ag. teacher at Puckett High School has<br />
done it again! Mr. Lemoine’s Ag. classes won state in open and<br />
closing, horse judging, forestry and tree judging. Since arriving<br />
in Puckett eight years ago, our Ag. classes have won over 30 state<br />
championships. The<br />
forestry team competed<br />
in West Virginia this<br />
summer and placed 12th<br />
in the nation. The open<br />
and closing team will<br />
compete in Indianapolis,<br />
Indiana, later in <strong>October</strong>.<br />
A greenhouse was<br />
built in front of the new<br />
Ag. building. Puckett<br />
students will now be able<br />
to grow plants and<br />
vegetables to sell as<br />
fundraisers. In the past,<br />
our students sold ferns<br />
that we bought from<br />
another state. Now, with<br />
the help of the greenhouse,<br />
we can grow and<br />
sell our own ferns. This<br />
will be a valuable tool in<br />
the education of our Ag. students.<br />
With the help of Vallery Temple, the junior high has started<br />
an Ag. program as well. Mr. Lemoine and Mrs. Temple had two<br />
groups that won state last year. The junior high students won<br />
state in nursery/landscaping and horse judging. This group will<br />
be moving up to help the high school out in the near future.<br />
Submissions provided by local officials from each individual district and not to be considered editorial opinion.
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