Recreation and Leisure

kicked the school year off

in style with a big splash

last Thursday afternoon.

Outside of the James A.

Oldham Recreation Cen-

ter a large twenty-plus-foot

tall waterslide was con-

structed and it didn’t take

long for the line ascending

to the top to begin forming.

The “Corkscrew”, named

after the twisted decent the

slide forms, became the

treasured place to cool off

from the near ninety degree

heat of the mid August day.

The cool water splashing

over the slide and the stu-

dents was refreshing and

enjoyable. After cooling off

everyone enjoyed a dinner

of hot-dogs from the grill.

Back to School Bash Makes Big Splash

Students await their turn to slide down through the curves and water of the “Corkscrew”

NEW KIDS 2

CARING 2

Good-By 3

CONGRATS 3

VINNIE LINKS 3

TSB 4

BUSINESS 4

Inside this

issue:

August 31, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 2

Te n n e s s e e S c h o o l f o r t h e B l i n d

Roar of theTiger The

Stephanie Wilson is all wet and in laughter as she approached the final decent of the slide.

Above: Students Cody Spicer and Elle Tuetken picnic under a tree. Students gather around the tables and begin to enjoy

their dinner. YSW Supervisor Lamont Bassham attempts to keep cool while working the grill. Right: Hotdogs all in line

and simmering on the grill are ready to be served.

Nine-year-old Rylan Womack is

from Smyrna. He loves playing

outdoors with his many dogs.

Rylan also enjoys playing with

his DSI and Wii. His favorite

game on the Wii is the New Su-

per Mario Brothers. Rylan en-

joys reading about whales,

sharks, and dog sled stories.

New Kids on Campus

TSB Represented at Caring for the Community

HCA) to make a commitment to get in-

volved.” Local employees were able to

circulate among the agencies, ask about

the services each provides, and choose

to donate to the agency of their choice.

The TSB project selected for community

day will be a compost bin built by the

HCA community for our greenhouse pro-

gram.

Tennessee School for the Blind Out-

reach attended the HCA Caring for the

Community event in Centennial Park

August 28, 2012. HCA has more than

190,000 employees nationwide with their

headquarters located in Nashville. Their

employees can choose any 501c3 charity

to support. TSB was one of over 150 lo-

cal agencies at the Nashville event that

is meant to “inspire (the employees of

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Roar of theTiger

TaMyah Jordan is 7 years old, in

2nd grade and lives in Murfrees-

boro. Making music on the pi-

ano is one of TaMyah’s favorite

activities, besides helping mom

cook. TaMyah plays Barbie dolls

with her sister, hula-hoops, and

jumps rope. She likes to read

and watch the Disney Channel.

Nathen Hurst is a thirteen year old young man coming to TSB from Brighton, TN which is lo-cated in Tipton County. He is in MS2 as an 8th grade stu-dent . Nathen enjoys spending time outdoors and his favorite sport to play is soccer. In school his favorite subject is reading.

surance and retirement. As one person stated “She is always busy... but will al-ways take time to listen and assist me with my problems.” “I’ll miss her greatly.” Mary Lynn leaves TSB with twenty-six years of total state service.

With the departure of Mary Lynn Roten-berry, Noranda French will be performing duties as our new Payroll Officer. She retains an office within the administration office area, her new duties beginning on September 10th. Having worked in the private sector Noranda was hired by TSB in February. During the past six months her service has been “exceptional as the

Operations Administrative Assistant”.

With the retirement of Donald Abston, we are pleased to announce the placement of George Mainer as the new Custodial Su-pervisor. George has worked in housekeep-ing at TSB for the last twelve years. Over these years he has shown exceptional dedication and com-mitment to the school. Congrats George!

On July 1,1973 Mary Lynn Roten-berry accepted the job as “Typist” at Tennessee Pre-paratory School on Foster Ave. Receiving three promotion over the next eight years she decided to step away from her ca-reer and focus on her family. In October of 1994 she returned to TPS as an Ac-count Clerk and shortly thereafter was promoted to Account Tech. In Septem-ber of 2002 Mary Lynn transferred to the business office at TSB. Her dedication and commitment to details are only bal-anced by her countenance and ease in tactfully handling public relations. Along with building a network of positive rela-tionships and her knowledge of the sys-tem, Mary Lynn masterfully handles in-school and state operations. Her pro-fessional daily involvement in the duties of the business office make her a reli-able “go to” person for answers on questions from payroll and Edison to in-

Personnel Changes

Congrats on New Positions

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Volume 1 Issue 2

Saying Good-By After 39 Years

the students concentrate on learning nine

of the core values of life. The curriculum is

set up to study these values in a classroom

setting at the golf course. They then pro-

ceed to the greens and are coached on

playing the game of golf.

Vinnie Links Teaching Core Values

There are a group of 5th and 6

th grade

students from TSB that each Wednes-

day afternoon after school are traveling

to the Vinnie Links Golf Course. This

exercise will continue each week during

September and October. While there

Tennessee School for the Blind is a state special school established

in 1844 to meet the unique needs of visually impaired students living in

the state of Tennessee. The school provides academic and profes-

sional services tailored to benefit students placed in its care through

the Local Education Agencies across the state. Beyond a tradition of

academics, TSB specializes in the instruction of expanded core-

curricular areas such as Braille, Mobility, Technology, Career Educa-

tion, and Independent Living Skills. Students at the school also enjoy

the opportunity to participate in team sports, campus clubs, organiza-

tions and many leisure-time activities. In addition the school provides

outreach services to visually challenged students, their parents, teach-

ers, schools and other agencies assisting the visually challenged.

ple, interviewing skills, operating vending

machines, collecting data, ordering mer-

chandise, how to deal with money issues

and much more. This finely honed program

is intended to place emphasis on acquiring

technical knowledge and skills, as well as

developing independence. It’s all part of

teaching our students in becoming partici-

pating, contributing members of society.

Since the beginning of school, the

Tennessee Business Enterprise

(TBE) class has been discussing the

Randolph Sheppard Act and our

Tennessee state laws that are re-

lated. The Randolph Sheppard Act

was signed by Franklin D Roose-

velt on Jun 20, 1936. This federal

bill provided the opportunity for peo-

ple with visually impairments to op-

erate vending machines in state and

federal buildings. Throughout the

year, our Tennessee Business En-

terprise class will maintain the nine

vending machines on campus. In

addition, they will be operating con-

cession stands for our Goalball and

Wrestling matches. Topics learned

will be: how to deal with difficult peo-

The Randolph Sheppard Act: A Law You Can Live With

115 Stewarts Ferry Pike Nashville, TN 37214

Phone: 615-231-7300

Creating Participating Contributing Members of Society

T e n n e s s e e S c h o o l f o r t h e B l i n d

The Tennessee School for the Blind Bell

Tower, shown here at dusk, has long been

the school’s most recognizable icon.

Elizabeth Harden assist Josiah Hearn in becoming familiar with

the layout on one of the school’s nine vending machines.