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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

~Diogenes~

The 3rd Annual Trussville City Schools Foundation

& Athletic Foundation

Cahaba River Crawfish and Shrimp Boil

Saturday, April 18

2:00 pm—10:00 pm at Trussville Springs.

Entry is free!

Good Food! Good Entertainment! Great Cause!

Check the website for more information: www.cahabariverboil.com.

Be sure to visit the Family Fun Area sponsored by Dr. Gregory Rape & Dr. Michael Brooks Orthodontics.

Abigail Williamson (8th grade), Grace

Underwood (7th grade), and Audrey

Campbell, (6th grade) were announced

as the class winners of the Trussville

Daybreak Rotary Leadership Essay

Contest. Students wrote an essay on

what Leadership meant to them.

Abigail, Grace, and Audrey were

awarded a Certificate and iTunes card

from Trussville Daybreak Rotary for

their winning essays. Interact Club

Sponsor is Charlotte Booker.

Pictured above: Ty Williams,

Rotarian, students Audrey

Campbell and Abigail

Williamson, Rotary President

Danny Cooner, and Rotarian/

TCS Sandra Vernon

Student Registration Begins! 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.

Congratulations to the two Hewitt-Trussville High School teams that will be attending the

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, PA.

The teams are:

Tyler Jackson and Austin Norwood

Increased Efficiency in Solar Energy for Developing Countries

Madison Plyman and Makenzie Plyman

Removal of Arsenic from Contaminated Drinking Water Using 3D Beads

GOOD LUCK IN PITTSBURGH!

Check out all the information for 2015—2016 Seniors

Click on: http://bit.ly/1yd9uwe (this is the HTHS website counselors information)

Click on Senior Information to view the packet of valuable information for rising Seniors.

ATTENTION!!! 2015—2016 SENIORS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

HTHS COLLEGE PANEL NIGHT

April 23, 2015 from 6:00—8:00 pm in the Performing Arts Center

Cahaba Elementary School Magnolia Elementary School

HTHS Engineering Academy students competed today in the Electrathon race at Barber's Motorsports speedway. HTHS had two teams - a girls' team (Emma Slay, Emma Burford, Kaitlin Silverwood, and Amanda Green) and a boys' team (A.J. Ward, Blake Hoggan, Cody

Wilcox, Bin Tran, and Taylor Herrin) competing in the race. The students raced for one hour in the morning and then again for another hour in the afternoon. There were 19 teams

competing in the race today - including a team from UAB and a professional driver. The girls' team placed first, and the boys' team placed second. We are very proud of our students and their hard work in preparing for today's race. Barber's is a very demanding race track for the

electric cars - it is a 2.5 mile racing circuit with 17 turns and elevation changes of more than 80 feet. GREAT JOB!

Electrathon Winners! Way to go students!

Check out the Student Services Blog

http://tcsstudentservices.blogspot.com/

Catherine Finkley's class won for second grade and Christy Stewart's class won for first grade. Students answered grade appropriate fluency problems. All classes participated through a

bracket format culminating in the championship rounds on Friday, March 27th. Pictured below are the winning classes with Paine Primary's math coach, Donna Brumlow.

PAINE PRIMARY CLASS WINNERS OF MARCH MATH MADNESS!

HTHS

National

Honor Society

induction will take place at the

HTHS Auditorium

on April 19

at 2:00 pm.

Dr. Anjell Edwards from

HTMS and Mr. Corey Hall

from HTHS recruit at Miles

University during

Spring Break.

HTHS Student gets a

hole in one on the

13th hole, 191 yards,

at the Pelham

Invitational.

Great job!

HTHS Assistant Principal Mr. Hall

recruiting at UAB

Hewitt-Trussville High School

teacher Loni Hodge was invited to

sign for President Obama during

his visit to Lawson State Communi-

ty College March 26

Awesome job Ms. Hodge!

A whole lot of learning going on at HTMS….

HTHS TEACHER HONOR

Hewitt-Trussville Middle School would like to invite current 6th and 7

th grade

parents and students to 7th/8th Grade Curriculum Night on Thursday, April 16th, 2015

from 6 pm-7:15 pm. Curriculum night will begin in the HTMS auditorium with an overview of both curricula. Parents and students will then be invited to visit classrooms, talk to teachers, and learn about electives and extracurricular activities offered at HTMS.

Middle School Spring Football for upcoming 7th

and 8th

graders will be April

27th

thru May 8th

. Practice times will be from 3:30-5:30 on our practice fields.

HTMS PARENTS….SAVE THE DATES!

TAKE NOTE OF DATE CHANGE:

The football parent meeting will be moved from April 16th to April 9

th at 6pm in the

HTMS gym, during this time will we discuss spring football, and summer workouts. If you have any questions please contact Coach Adams @

tee.adams@trussvillecityschools.com

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2016 Helen Keller Art Show

CONGRATULATIONS!

Students that placed are: Sarah

Thomas, Henley Boland, Harper

Boland, Ren Petersen,

Beck Petersen and Tim Tankersley

HTHS Boys Track team

winners of the Carrolton

Invitational over

Spring Break!

Thank you to all of our PI parents that have been able to attend our monthly Parent Math Academy! It's been such

a success this year and we have one more session to go in May. Lot's of learning here

at PI...even for the parents!!

5th grade students studied and researched various individuals from the Civil War and

their role within the war (and time period).

Parents, teachers and classes visited the Living Wax Museum all week!

Rockin & Rollin at Paine

HTHS Band Performs at Electrical Parade in Disney

3rd ANNUAL CAHABA RIVER CRAWFISH & SHRIMP BOIL

MORE MUSIC, MORE FOOD, MORE FIREWORKS AT 2015 CAHABA RIVER CRAWFISH & SHRIMP

BOIL TO BENEFIT TRUSSVILLE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION AND HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE ATHLETIC

FOUNDATION

Trussville, Alabama. A record crowd at last year’s Cahaba River Crawfish & Shrimp Boil encour-

aged event organizers to expand the springtime outdoor music and food festival for 2015. Scheduled

for April 18 from 2:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., the event will take place at Trussville Springs, just north-

east of downtown Trussville on Highway 11. Admission to the festival is free.

“Our community came out in great support of this event last year, so we decided we had to make

it bigger and better,” said festival chairman Wendell Gibson. “Trussville Springs provides us with a

beautiful setting on the banks of the Cahaba River. Add to that an outstanding lineup of live musical

entertainment, free activities for the kids, delicious food and a huge fireworks display to cap off the

evening, and you've got all the elements for a fun and relaxing time with family and friends.”

Fresh Louisiana crawfish and Gulf shrimp plates prepared by Parish Seafood and Oyster House, as

well as plenty of cold beverages will be available for purchase. Hamburgers, hotdogs, barbecue

sandwiches and barbecue nachos round out the menu.

Kids’ activities will include backyard games like cornhole and face painting. Musical entertain-

ment will feature live bands throughout the afternoon and evening, headlined by the ever-popular Il

Da Maxx.

The Cahaba River Crawfish & Shrimp Boil is a fundraising event equally benefiting Trussville City

Schools Foundation and Hewitt-Trussville Athletic Foundation. Last year’s event raised $28,000.

For more information, visit www.cahabariverboil.com.

The Trussville City Schools Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization formed to develop sound financial support for Trussville City Schools, both for present and future needs. Its mission is to mobilize community support for the Trussville City Schools and to secure resources from individuals, corporations, and foundations for the support of the school system that will stimulate each student to reach his or her fullest potential. For more information, visit www.tcsf.org.

The Hewitt-Trussville Athletic Foundation is a fundraising organization supporting student-

athletes and sports activities of the Trussville City School System.

Volunteers needed for City Fest – May 2, 2015

Sign up for a 2 hour time slot to supervise kids area activities and rides and receive a FREE City Fest T-shirt and FREE admission to the festival. Contact the Chamber of Commerce at 205-655-7535 or

info@trussvillechamber.com for additional information.

Chamber Announces 35th Annual Trussville City Fest

For immediate release –

TRUSSVILLE, AL - The 35th Annual Trussville City Fest will be held on Saturday, May 2. This year’s festival, which will be a one-day

event, will run from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. and will be capped off by fireworks. The festival is produced by the Trussville Area Cham-

ber of Commerce, and its presenting sponsor is Schaeffer Eye Center.

Formerly known as Dog Daze, the festival’s name was changed in 2013 to Trussville City Fest, a name its producers feel is more

representative of what the festival is now. The festival was originally held in August during the ‘dog days of summer’ and moved

to spring in 2009 in search of cooler temperatures.

This year’s headliner is American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen. Kris will perform at 8 p.m. on the CenturyLink Stage.

Other performers at the festival include Sweet Tea, an up and coming country band whose members hail from various parts of the

state; The Brooke Daniel Band, also from Alabama; local favorite “Reunion” who specializes in classic rock; “Commonwealth,” a

new local band of high school students from the Trussville area; and more.

In addition to great musical entertainment, there will be FREE kids’ activities and plenty of food available for purchase. Young and old alike will enjoy “hamster balls:” giant clear balls you can jump into and roll around in a pool without getting wet, which is back

by popular demand from last year’s festival. Winners of Trussville’s Beautification Awards will be also announced.

This year’s festival will again feature a classic car show from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. in the parking lot in front of the chamber office. The entry fee for your classic car is $10 and goes toward what classic car show participants will know as a “money tree.”

The Coca-Cola Food Court will again be located in the concrete area just a short walk from the food vendors. Other major spon-

sors to date for this year’s festival include Amerex Corporation (festival entrances), and the City of Trussville.

Admission to the festival is only $5 per person. Children 2 and under are admitted free. Families will love that once inside the festival, all kids’ activities are FREE! And be sure to pick up one of the official City Fest t-shirts for only $6!

For more information on the festival or to volunteer, please visit www.trussvillecityfest.com, call the chamber office at (205) 655-

7535, ‘like’ us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.