James Satchel, senior at Booker T. Washington High, performed a beautiful rendition of "Happy Being Me". He captivated the audience with such a smooth, yet cool calmness as he belted out the lyrics. Not only did James do a fantastic job singing, he caused listeners to reflect and ask themselves if they are really happy being who they are. Certainly not purposeful, James provided listeners with a very strong, yet appropriate message ----

"Stop reaching back from your beginnings
All those broken dreams that went down stream
As we grow, live and know
Some things were never meant to be
Just like people they come and go
Some will live forever and some will never know
That's why God gives us memories
To leave us to our victories
I'm so happy loving me."

It is evident that James is happy being who he is. In addition to singing in the school's choir, directed by Mr. Olander Robinson, James runs track and plays soccer. Upon graduation, he plans to attend college and pursue a career in music.

Please join us at George Washington Carver Elementary School on Friday, March 22 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM, in Room 201, for our Clothes Closet Giveaway.

This event is brought to you by Mrs. Terri Holcey, Parental Involvement Coordinator, Mrs. Tiffany Williams, HIPPY Coordinator, and Dr. Jacqueline Brooks, Superintendent.

Please join us to help serve those in our community!

The Macon County Forestry Planning Committee held its 1st Annual Macon County Water Festival on Monday, March 18th, at Tuskegee Public School.  It was on that day that Malcolm Moss, fourth grader at Tuskegee Public School, learned his logo design was featured on this year's Water Festival t-shirt. 

When he arrived to school on Monday, Malcolm was surprised to see his classmates wearing bright red t-shirts featuring his logo design.  Best of all, he celebrated when he learned his art work earned his teacher, Mrs. Haygood, and him a $50.00 prize each. Dr. James Reese, chairman of the committee, presented both of them with checks and a bag filled with goodies.

 Malcolm's design, shown below, was featured on all the t-shirts worn by all Water Festival participants, including program volunteers and students and teachers at Deborah Cannon Wolfe, Notasulga High, Tuskegee Public Schools ,

We all are very proud of Malcolm and cannot wait to see designs for next year's Water Festival!

Come out and enjoy a day in the outdoors with Auburn University’s chapter of the Wildlife Society. Students will spend the day learning about the great outdoors by participating in hands on learning experiences. This will be structured much like a one day camp that is designed to educate children and introduce them to some new and exciting things in the outdoors. Students won’t want to miss this action packed day! Sign your child up online today, registration is quick and easy! Just go to

https://sites.auburn.edu/academic/sfws/development/SitePages/Wildlife_Youth_Day_Registration.aspx

3^rd-5^th Graders

Saturday, March 23^rd

8:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m.

Mary Olive Thomas Demonstration Forest

Many Americans use as much water as approximately 900 Kenyans.  water resources in the U.S. are shrinking. In the last five years, there have been water shortages in almost every part of the country, including the worst drought in at least 25 years, which hit 80 percent of the country's farmland in 2012. Even worse, the damaged land won't fully recover this year, and at least 36 states are expecting local, regional, or statewide water shortages, even without drought.

The human body is 70% water.  Many of our favorite recreational activities involve water.  Many of our major cities thrived because of their access to water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that nearly 40 percent of household water is used for watering lawns and gardens.

Students from Deborah Cannon Wolfe Elementary School participated in a World of Water Festival, sponsored by Tuskegee Public Elementary, to raise the level of awareness of one of our most precious natural resources - clean, fresh water.

Destiny Powell and Dashayla Robinson were runners-up in the t-shirt contest

Deborah Cannon Wolfe Fifth Grader Jarius Burton competed recently in the Tiger Rock Spring National Taekwondo Championships, held in Tuscaloosa, Al. 

Students from Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia met and competed in several categories including Traditional Form, Point Sparring, Musical Form, Xtreme Form, Team Musical Form, Team Xtreme Form, Board Breaking, Agility Course and much more!

When the dust settled Jarius finished 3rd in his category! 

Congratulations Jarius!

If your family is experiencing financial hardship due to an unstable housing situation, your children may qualify for certain rights as defined by the McKinney-Vento Act.  For an overview of your rights under the McKinney-Vento Act, please view one (or both) of the attached flyers.

TIMS celebrates Dr. Seuss' Birthday with various activities throughout the week of February 25-March 1, 2013. Activities included a visit to GWC in character costumes to read to students, writing and art contests and a culminating ceremony with green cake and ice  cream for students.

Join us as we celebrate International Walk to School Day at Deborah Cannon Wolfe Elementary on Friday, March 22 at 10:00 AM!

Participants will gather in the parking lot at Deborah Cannon Wolfe at 10:00 AM for the bike ride.  Parents are encouraged to park your car and walk/ride with your child.

For more information about walk to school day, click here.

Please accept this request respectfully. As you are aware based on our web-postings, we in the Macon County Public School System are implementing a Workforce Development Improvement Initiative. With this, we need community support. I am asking that you consider donating any of your un-used Business/Professional Attire as recyclable clothing for our program participants.

We are expecting many successful outcomes for our program participants. To do this, we need community assistance which is where you can be of a great benefit. If you can donate items such as: Hats, Belts, Blouses, Shirts, Pants, Suits, Jackets, Shoes, Socks, Coats, Purses, Jewelry, etc. it will all be greatly appreciated. We need items for both men and women. We are also accepting any personnel items that you can donate.

If you are able and willing to donate any of the above please contact me or a member of the Workforce Staff: Mrs. Verdell Brown, Mrs. Cynthia Y. Brown, Mr. William Turner,  Mr. Tracy Stacy, Mrs. Ronita Abney, Mr. Christopher Clark, Mrs. Juan Macon, Mrs. Senora Moore, Mrs. Willie Mae Powell, and Pastor Otis Head.

I will personally come to you to collect any and all donations that you are able to make.

Please note, it is with a humility and zeal that I thank you in advance for your willingness to participate in this community outreach request. In short, the humanity that postures the cause of all causes; service towards a fellow brother/sister will be the force that guides this initiative to undetermined successes.