The Pirate’s Spyglass

―You must first trust in yourself before you can trust in others.‖ Anonymous

It takes the most courage to do the right thing when everyone around you is doing something that is wrong.

Be honest. Do not deceive, cheat, or steal.

Be loyal. Stand by your family, friends, country, and school.

Contents

Red Ribbon Week 2

SWAT 2

Duke Tip 3

Grade Level News 4

Reflections Contest 6

Help protect the 6

Homecoming Events 7

Make Up and Team

pictures

7

Traffic Guidelines 8

October 1, 2009

Electronic Volume 1, Issue 2

Principal

Brenda Hartzog

Vice Principal

Marie Sweeney

Vice Principal

Janet Wells

Come see us in action!

Parents, you are welcome to come and observe your

child’s classrooms on Monday, October 19th.

Please plan to stay and have lunch ($3.50) with

your child! You must let your child’s homeroom

teacher know ahead of time if you are planning on

staying for lunch. School will dismiss at 2:30.

You’re Invited to Participate in our Parenting Day!

When: Monday, October 19, 2009

THE CHARACTER EDUCATION WORD FOR OCTOBER

IS

TRUSTWORTHINESS

The Pirate’s Spyglass

Important Notification:

School hours will shift by 5 minutes

beginning 2nd Quarter, October 13th.

In order for our buses to arrive at Clark in a

timely manner, we need to

change our school hours to 7:30a.m.-2:30p.m. The

take-in bell will ring

at 7:23 and the tardy bell at 7:30.

Keep those cans

coming in!!

*There are 2 recycle bins on campus: one is in front of the school and the other one is beside of the gym on the covered walkway. * Please keep the cans tied in a plastic bag *254 pounds were turned in. There are 33 cans to a pound 8382 cans equals $127.00

Go PPS !


We are excited about another year of SWAT. We will be

speaking in schools beginning this month.

Members this year are: Shambi Anshumali, Emily Barbosa, Alan

Barlow, Hank Burns, Landon Clinton, Emily Coumanis, Madison

Douville, Caroline Eiland, Ashley Engle, Baylor Jeffries, Sage

Herriot, Allie Long, Brandy Mann, Kayla Morgan, Mishka Naiker,

Brittany Ransom, Payton Sibley, Robert Slade, Taylor Spears,

Raegan Taylor, Austin Turk, and Kayla Whatley.

Our SWAT fundraiser begins October 2nd.

We are working with an exciting new company in Mobile ,

MONOGRAM ME. We will have wonderful items for both you

and your home.

All items come with your chosen monogram at no extra charge.

These products are high quality and make excellent gifts! Your

support enables us to enhance our school presentations and is

much appreciated.

SWAT ( Students Working Against

Tobacco) News Recycling

Red Ribbon Week is one of the oldest and largest drug prevention campaigns in the country. We ask stu-dents to pledge to live a drug free lifestyle and educate them on the dangers of drugs.

Phillips Preparatory School Red Ribbon Week Service Project

To take Red Ribbon Week a step further, we have organized a special service project for PPS. Along with an emphasis on drug awareness, we will learn about Fragile X syndrome. Many people have never heard of Fragile X syndrome, but it is a common inherited cause of mental impairment. It affects 1 in 4000 males and 1 in 6000 females. About 1 in 260 women carry Fragile X and could pass it on to their children. When Mrs. Ransom, our 7th grade science teacher, had her son, Bryce, nearly two years ago, she was not aware she was a carrier for this genetic disorder. Bryce will be two years old on October 16th and still has not reached the milestone of walking or talking, but with therapy and awareness our hopes are high for Bryce. Fragile X is one of the most common genetic diseases in humans, yet largely unheard of by most people. Most people with Fragile X are not yet correctly diagnosed. During the week of October 19th, all of us will be educated on the harmful affects of drugs in honor of Red Ribbon Week and also Fragile X syndrome. It is important to note that Fragile X syndrome is not caused by any type of drug use. We have chosen this as our Red Rib-bon Week community project because little is known about the syndrome and it affects a member of the PPS family.

We hope to raise money to donate to the National Fragile X Foundation in Bryce’s honor. Our main fund-raiser will be the selling of t-shirts that students will be allowed to wear to school on October 23rd. The theme of the day will be “What Do Your Genes Say About You?” Students will be allowed to wear their t-shirts ($10.00) and jeans to school. We will also have other ways to donate that week. Thank you for sup-porting our school and most of all, our Phillips’ family.

Congratulations to our DUKE TIP Students

Oluwatosi Ajomale

Emily Allen

Ferdinand Amanor

Mary Atkins

Courtney Baldwin

Taylor Barbazon

Kennedy Barnett

Shawntell Benard

Shantrell Bowie

Shawn Boyer

Angelia Bradford

Blake Brand

Deja Brown

Alex Burch

Tymia Burden

Mikayla Burns

Austin Busby

Dominique Capers

Aryn Carr

Casie Carr

Mackenzie Carr

Tucker Chandler

Angela Chieh

Madison Church

Martin Cicco

Landon Clinton

Alexis Cole

Rachel Collins

Joshua Collins

Thomas Connolly

Rachael Craig

Adrianna Crenshaw

Taylor Davies

Blake DeLlacer

Gavin Deakle

Joshua Deck

Madison Dixon

Ashley Donovan

Marcus Dorsey

Amy Douglas

Madison Douville

Ryan Dreibelbis

Sennetra Durgin

Jennifer Eaton

Caroline Eiland

Ashley Engle

Lauren Engle

Mohammad

Esposito

Emmitt Fagerstrom

Matthew Fox

Kendall Franks

Kyle Gallagher

Alexis Galloway

Simone Garrett

Bradi Glover

Andrea Golden

Christopher Griffin

Anna Guess

Ellis Guzman

Tyler Haigler

Walker Hale

Karen Hardman

Ajai Harper

Kayleigh Harrison

Rachel Hartley

Hannah Hastings

Nicholaus Hawkins

Raven Heningburg

Jessica Herring

Sage Herriott

Lily Hesselein

Kenneth Hill

Jared Holland

Dasia Howell Colley

Aryne Hudson

James Hudson

Bradley Hughes

Many of Phillips 7th graders qualified to participate in the Duke Tip Talent Search. These

students qualified based on their 6th grade Stanford Achievement scores. By qualifying,

students are eligible to take the ACT or SAT this year. We are very proud of our stu-

dents for this accomplishment!

Electronic Volume I, Issue 2

Mathew Hughes

Justice Jackson

Michel Jalkh

Desavieu Johnson

Lexi Johnson

Carmen Jones

Malik Jones

Tamonica Jones

Hannah Jordan

Will Kelly

Graham Kercher

Whitney Lewis

Walter Little

Yilan Liu

Berta Maisel

Hannah Maisel

Luis Mata

Mitchell McCullough

Demonzo McGinnis

Dominique McGinnis

Kristen McIntyre

Jonathan McLeod

Shelia McLeod

Marah McMillian

Eraka Millhouse

Elijah Moore

Darren O'Donnell

Caitlin O'Malley

Emily Ortiz

Rohan Palanki

Kirsten Parker

Julianne Patterson

Madison Pettway

Alexander Piff

Ricardo Pogue

Justin Poiroux

Michael Ransom

Colton Ray

Lindsey Ray

Abbegale Reeves

Jacob Ridenoure

Trevor Ritchie

Victoria Roughsedge

Stacy Sergeant

John Shirley

Kenadria Showers

Payton Sibley

Emily Smiley

Asia Smith

Keele Smith

Pamela Smotherman

Taylor Spears

Kinsey Stanley

Alexandra Stevens

Elizabeth Stewart

Bowen Sutton

Gage Swann

Raegan Taylor

Zachary Taylor

Kelzhaunn Thornton

Gracie Thull

Courntey Tittle

Braylon Tucker

Janice Turberville

Bijal Vashi

Andrew Vo

Patrick Volnoff

Maxine Walters

Jon Waters

Ryan Welch

Kathryn Westmark

Carter Williams

Meghan Williams

India Wilson

Kennedy Yelverton

Alexander Zayek

Lauren Zecha

Jackson Zodrow


Grade Level News

Sixth grade

Science– In second quarter, we will be covering Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Our test dates

will be October 30, November 19 and December 10. (Advanced notice will be given should these dates

change.)

Please be sure to check the Science Project Deadline in your child's binder. Also, check the Project Infor-

mation Handout for specific details and requirements. Please speak with your child on a weekly basis to make

sure they are up-to-date on their projects. Final projects are due December 10. Check teacher websites

for PowerPoints, Websites, and other important information

Speech—Students wrote and presented speeches on ―Friendship‖ and created anti-bullying posters in con-

junction with the ―Communicating with Others‖ unit.

Language Arts/Reading—Jackdaw projects were presented the week of September 21st. Presentations

were worth 50 points in both the language arts and reading classes. Please remember that even though the

final set of cards have already been turned in, they will not be a part of the first quarter's grades. These

cards will be part of second quarter's grades

First quarter EQT's are approaching, so now is a good time to start reviewing for them. Look for more in-

formation about them to be coming home the week of September 28th.

Eighth grade

Eighth grade science students will be continuing their study of chemistry. Now that they have mastered the periodic

table, they will use that knowledge as a foundation to begin their study of chemical bonding and balancing equations.

Also, they will begin the experiment portion of their science project on October 12th. Students have at least a month in

which to perform their experiment, compile data and make observations.

Eighth grade Algebra students are still working with equations and inequalities. Anyone needing extra help should attend

peer tutoring each morning in Mrs. Matheny’s room beginning at 7:05. Parents, please encourage your child to attend

these sessions if they are struggling with concepts being presented in class.

Social Studies students will end the quarter studying the early history of the Americas. This will include the Maya, Az-

tec, Inca and many other Native American cultures that developed in North, South and Central America. We will begin

second quarter with our study of India. This will include learning the key aspects of the spiritual beliefs of the Hinduism

and Buddhism. We will have another episode of our WJAT newscast.

During second quarter in 8th grade language arts the students will experience a little déjà vu – the required novel will be

The Giver. Studying the novel in class will allow students to delve more deeply into the themes presented in the work. In

the literature book, students will appreciate varied works, from the macabre genius of Poe to the moving words of our

sixteenth president. Remember having to memorize, ―Four score and seven years ago…‖?Although the composition empha-

sis will once again be on expository writing, the eighth graders will have the opportunity to relive and share holiday

memories through a descriptive essay. Pronoun-Antecedent agreement and Commonly Confused Words will be the focus

in grammar study – and the rumor is that Ms. Goodson and Mrs. Herren have some pretty wacky but fun activities

planned for the confused words unit.

The Mobile Ichihara Sister City As-

sociation (MISCA) starts its planning

for the 2010 Student Summer Ex-

change on Sunday, 10/4, 1PM

@ Mobile Garden Club House (4850

Ziegler Blvd) in Mobile.

MISCA is inviting all Mobile and Bald-

win County students, age 12 to 18,

who are interested in being student

ambassadors to Ichihara, Chiba, Ja-

pan in the Summer of 2010 to at-

tend. MISCA officers will share in-

formation about the program, student

responsibilities, answer questions and

distribute application packets at this

meeting. Parents of interested stu-

dents are encouraged

to attend as well.

All students will have 2

weeks to fill out the

required form, to write

an essay, and to get

recommendations from

teachers. MISCA will

conduct interviews

soon after and try to

select 10 students be-

fore the Thanksgiving

holidays. The selected group will be

traveling to Ichihara for 10 days in

July 2010.

Some scholarships and

group fundraising op-

portunities will be avail-

able. Also, if any adults

are interested in get-

ting involved in this cul-

tural exchange pro-

gram, they are encour-

aged to join the meet-

ing. Chaperons posi-

tions are also available.

Contacts: Yuko Jordan

454-7595 for Mobile,

Martha Howard, 968-6823 for Bald-

win County.

Entries will be collected in late November or

early December. If you have any questions, contact Kim Kelly 479-

1175 or LaVada Raouf 433-7332.

Entry forms can be picked up outside Ms. Payne or Mrs. Brightman’s

room. All entries must include an entry form and follow category

guidelines!

Phillips will once again participate

in the National PTA sponsored Reflections Cultural Arts Compe-tition‖. This year’s theme‖

―Beauty is…‖

Students: express your creativity

in any of the following categories—

Visual Arts, Literature, Photogra-

phy, Music, Dance and Film.


It’s Time to Reflect…

Mobile/Ichihara Summer Student Exchange in Japan

ART II news

BEAUTY IS…

Become an ambassador in

Japan for the summer of

2010

Angie Monahan shows off her plaster mask

Jyron Eaton protects his face

with plastic wrap (Don’t worry he

left his nose open so he could

breathe. Anthony Vu gets his face plastered

There are two runs coming up soon that give money back to the schools.

The first one is the Senior Bowl Charity Run on November 7th. PPS will receive, $1.00 per entry and $1.00 for each person who finishes the race. * Sign up your whole family and make sure you put PPS in the school category. * Students that sign up will be able to wear blue jeans with their race t-shirt to school on November 6th. * The other race is the Azalea Trail Run on March 27th. T-shirts and jeans will also be worn to school day before the race.

Scholars Bowl Wednesday, October 28th

Burns Middle School

Wednesday, December 2nd

at Phillips

come out and support the

team)

How would you like to be a supporter of our physical education department and have your name

or business proudly displayed in our gym?

Last May, with the help of our PTSA, we were able to purchase a new, safer gym floor at a cost

of over $25,000.00. Now we are entering phase II. We need to raise $8,500.00 to purchase a

protective covering. We will gladly accept any and all donations. However, for $100.00 or more,

we will add your name or the name of your business to a large banner that will be displayed in our

gym. Please make checks payable to PPS and include a driver’s license number. Thank you for all

you do to support our school.

For more information, please contact Coach Turnipseed at 221-2286

Attention PPS Family!!!


Welcome to our newest

Partner In Education,

Skateland of Mobile.

A huge THANK YOU to our

partner and neighbor Dr.

Bennett for providing the

cheerleading squad with

funds to help put on a home-

coming parade.

The deadline to

purchase adver-

tisements in the

2010 yearbook has

been extended to

October 16th. Prices range from

$30 - $125.

All photos should be taken in ―high

resolution‖ and should be submit-

ted digitally. Ads may be pur-

chased for students in 6th, 7th, and

8th grade or to promote a busi-

ness. See Mrs. Whitney for de-

tails.

2010-2011 Yearbooks Partners in Education

Physical Education News

Band News

School day make-up pictures will be taken Friday, October 30,

first thing in the morning. Please be on time to school if you need to have

make-up pictures taken.

Also, club/team pictures will be taken on Friday, October 30, for all

clubs/groups/teams that have formed prior to October 30. Coaches and sponsors will be

contacting players and members with more information.

October 1st—Homecoming Pa-

rade,

Homecoming Game vs. Hankins

Middle

October 2nd—Homecoming

Dance (3-5pm)

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30

CRAZY SHOES/SOCKS DAY

THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST

CRAZY HAT DAY

(PARADE/PEP RALLY

DAY/FOOTBALL GAME)

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

WILL BE ALLOWED TO WEAR

THEIR CLUB T-SHIRTS ETC.

The deposit ($85) for the spring

trip to Disney (Intermediate &

Advanced Band) is due Oct. 1.

Send registration form and

money to Debra Smith at Spring-

dale Travel.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 is our next Band

Booster meeting. It will begin at

5:30 in the band room.

Thursday, Oct. 8 is the last day for

students to have their money and

order forms in for their band

shirts. Remember, band shirts are

mandatory dress for all band per-

formances.


Homecoming Activities

FRIDAY, OCT. 2nd

COLLEGE/PRO T-SHIRT

DAY

(DANCE AFTER SCHOOL)

(THIS IS ALSO OUT OF

UNIFORM DAY FOR

FUNDRAISER STUDENTS)

Voting for Homecoming court

took place on Sept 25th.

Make Up School Photo Session/Team Photos

All Prizes earned are cumulative

Sold 5 items -

wear your favorite T shirt to

school October 2nd

Sold 10 items

attend MEGA Party TBA

Sold 15 items

Out of uniform October 2nd

Sold 20 items

win telephone excuse keychain

TBA

Sold 30 items

Pick an Envelope from the money

tree TBA

*Must follow Phillips’ regular

guidelines for out of uniform day!

Orders will be ready for

delivery

October 15, 2009

Save the Date……….

It’s a Family Affair

PPS PTSA Auction

November 7, 2009 5-7pm

Plans are being made for the

Auction.

Your help is needed to se-

cure items for the auction.

If you have items you would

like to donate or know of a

business that would be inter-

ested in donating please let

us know.

Cash donations are welcome

Thanks to all who participated in the fall fun raiser!

If you have not joined the PTSA You can still join! We need every family represented!

Your involvement and participation is vital to the success of PPS!

FOLLOWING TRAFFIC GUIDELINES

PPS faculty and staff are continuing to work diligently to ensure the safety of your chil-dren during drop off and pick up times. Unfortunately, we are still having problems with those who do not want to follow the traffic guidelines. For your information we will list the guidelines again.

Wait your turn. Do not unload students until you have pulled up as far as possi-ble in the drop-off lanes. Students should be ready to unload.

Stay in line. When you have your student, do not pull out of line, especially in the afternoon in front of the school. Students get in cars from both sides and you are taking a chance on hitting a child.

Pick up in the same area. Many students are going to the gym side to socialize when they know their rides are coming to the front of the school. When you have to wait, it causes other people to wait in line.

Front of school is off limits to cars after 2:00 p.m. No car may pass the buses after 2:00 p.m. Drivers tell us that they have their students and they want to leave. A few seconds head start is not worth the possibility of injuring a child.

No cell phone use in car pool line. If a driver is talking on a cell phone then that driver is not paying attention to students. Please wait until you are off campus.

Students may not use cell phones. Remember, student cell phone use is prohibited on campus. Many par-ents are calling their children to tell them where the parents are parked. Students are not allowed to use cell

phones. Thank you for your cooperation!!

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