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Bingo!  Cushing 3rd through 6th grade students participated in the Bluebonnet Reading program this year.  Sixty-eight students read at least 10 books and were rewarded for their hard work with a fun afternoon playing "Bluebonnet Bingo."  Students had a great time as librarian Valori Poskey called out the numbers and handed out the prizes she had been gathering all year.  More photos

Micah works on her trebuchet
Scott Dee's Physics class had a unique assignment -- to design and construct a catapult which would launch a standard softball with the greatest possible accuracy to a target located 40 meters away. Students were given two practice launches and then each student had ten minutes to fire three shots.  Top finishers were: Logan (35 meters), Kelly (34 meters), Micah (26 meters) and Anthony (24 meters).
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Wednesday, April 5 the Cushing band traveled to Troup High School to compete in the Region 21 UIL Band Concert and Sight-Reading contest. The band performed Winchester March, Spring Song and Medieval Legend for the concert portion of the contest. For this performance the band received a first division rating, which is the highest rating a band can receive. This is the first UIL first division rating Cushing Band has received since 1996. 

The Cushing Band is Directed by Jason Turrentine.

Sponsors tally the results of UIL competition.
 Congratulations to our students participating in the UIL Contest held Thursday, March 30 at Panola Junior College.  Students placing in the event:

Kyle Beathard, 6th Place Informative Speaking
Marithssa Cruz, 6th Place Prose Interpretation
Leticia Williams, 6th Place Poetry Interpretation
Candace Howell, 6th Place Newswriting
Logan Fountain, 6th Place Mathematics
Logan Fountain, Ami Trawick, and Kristen Rigsby,  2nd Place Team in Mathematics
Adam Berry,  5th Place Social Studies
Adam Berry, CJ Cochrane, Adam Nichols, and Brook Raney, 2nd Place Team in Social Studies Laura Thornton, 4th Place Ready Writing
Elia Ali, 3rd place Current Events and Issues
Kyle Beathard, Sabra Sessions, Elia Ali, and Samantha McGuire, 2nd Place Team in Current Issues and Events.  Logan Fountain, 2nd Place Physics.  UIL Sponsors:  Linda Sides and Kathleen Dawson.  More photos

photo by Debby Collier		 Cushing theater arts students received awards at the One Act Play Contest, held Saturday, March 25 at New Summerfield High School.  Chelsea Teichman and Holly Nelson received an Honorable Mention All-Star Cast.  Marithssa Cruz, Elia Ali, Raina Sanders, and Jackie Cole received the award for the best Technical Crew at the Contest.  The entire cast and crew received a Commendation for Sportsmanship, Discipline, and Conduct. One Act Play Sponsor is Kathleen Dawson. Congratulations team!

photo by Melanie Pettit		 Mrs. Simmons' third graders are thrilled to have a new computer lab at the elementary.  Students are using computers to practice their math and reading skills.  Some fun web sites for learning at home can be found here:
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The second grade classes (shown at left with teachers Tammy Beard and Tina Kinney) have been reading a story called Firefighters by Robert Maass that describes what it means to be a firefighter, including life at the firehouse, practice drills, and service to the community.  The classes invited Mr. Anthony Cruz, a local firefighter, to come and talk to the children further about the equipment used, a fireman's job, and fire safety tips. He brought all of his equipment to show the children and even let them see how the air tank works. He also visited the PPCD class.  See more photos.

Twelve years ago Linda Sides' newly created World Geography class decided to paint a map of the world on her classroom wall while they waited for textbooks to arrive.  According to Mrs. Sides, it has been an extremely useful teaching tool for her classes.

This year Mrs. Sides' student aides decided to paint another wall in her classroom.  This time they chose to do Wonders of the World.  They painted Big Ben, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Pyramids of Egypt, and other famous sites.  As they painted, they thought of other events too important to be left out.  For example, the Shuttle Columbia because the explosion impacted the Nacogdoches area.  They also decided the Twin Towers needed a place of remembrance.  The students who created the wall art are:  M. Owens, H. Nelson, K. Plunkett and J. Cole.
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