Hunter Happenings

 Lets get caught up on some great things happening here at T.W. Hunter.

We kicked off our annual cookie dough fundraiser last week. We are trying to repeat as the highest selling middle school in the country, and we are off to a great start. The money raised from this fundraiser is so important to our school, because it allows us to make improvements to the building and in teachers' classrooms that otherwise we would not possible. Keep up the good work students.

The Buccaneer football team took care of business against  Knox Doss Middle School last week to push their record to 2-2 on the season. Come out tonight and support the Bucs tonight as they take on the Ellis Cougars at Hendersonville High.

 

Put your dancing shoes on. Our first school dance of the year will be Friday, September 21st from 6-8. Admission is $5, and concessions will be sold. Only T.W. Hunter students are allowed and dress code applies. Come have a good time and support our basketball teams.

Welcome Home

We welcomed home Jonathan Seals and Seth Marlin, members of the U.S. Little League Champion Goodlettsville All-Stars, in true Buccaneer style. Upon their arrival back to school their classmates lined the halls cheering and high fiving the young men on their way to class. Then last Thursday, joined by News Channel 2, 102.9 the Buzz, members of the Nashville Sounds Organization, and other local news papers, our own Hunter Herald held a news conference, so the champs could share their experiences with their classmates.




Jonathan and Seth with their security team ( Coach Usery and Coach Guy)

 

 



 The high school drum line provided a soundtrack for the festivities.

Ozzie visited with our preschoolers.

The athletes take questions from their classmates.

Head of security (Coach Usery) and Ozzie keep a watchful eyes over the proceedings

The cheerleaders got the crowd fired up.

Ozzie and members of the Sounds pose with Jonathan and Seth.

Members of the Hunter Herald get in on the action





For a look at some video of the festivities check out the News Channel 2 link below.

http://www.wkrn.com/story/19422274/little-league-champs-face-classmates






 

Its Football in Tennessee

The Buccaneers started their season off in impressive fashion last night with a big win over the Station Camp Bison. The final score was 44 -8, with several different players finding the end zone. Congratulations to the players and coaches who have been working so hard since last spring.
Next week the Bucs travel to Gallatin to take on the Rucker Stewart Rams.

Action from yesterday's pep rally.

The Cheerleaders showing off their dance moves.

Everybody do the Buccaneer Rumble!

The preschoolers getting in on the action.

Our football players being introduced.

Thanks to the high school band for setting the mood.

Mrs Grace showing off her school spirit.

Let the Learning Begin

Welcome back! After a longer than expected summer, we are excited to get started here at TW Hunter. It is nice to see the hallways filled with students eager to learn. We have a lot of new faces in the building, so if you see someone you do not recognize take moment to introduce yourself and make them feel welcome. With the delayed start of school, activities will be getting under way quickly starting with our first football game on Tuesday, the 21st, at Station Camp. Make plans to come out and support our Buccanneers.

Bucs in Action

 The T.W. Hunter Chorus, under the direction of Mrs Disney, recently held its spring performance.

The program included some classic and contemporary hits, along with some stirring dance numbers. Congratulations students and Mrs. Disney for a job well done.

Mrs. Tucker and her math team traveled to Clarksville last week to compete in the Austin Peay State University Middle School Mathematics Competition. The field was made up of several public and private schools from Tennessee and Kentucky.  Our students made us proud by capturing second place. The team is pictured below.

 Ms. Walker's class also represented the school well at Station Camp High School last Friday. Below is a link from News 2 highlighting the day's events.
http://www.wkrn.com/story/17859112/200-plus-mid-state-athletes-participate-in-special-olympics

Hunter Happenings

After hours of training and watching Jeopardy,  Ms. Holdren took a group of students to compete at the GHS Academic Quiz Bowl this past week. The students represented us well by capturing third place and might have even placed higher were it not for the students repeatedly giving answers in the form of questions.

Also out and about were Mr. Hale and his T. W. Hunter Art Council. The students were able to tour the Frist Center. While there, the council members were able to experience several exhibits, including the Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination exhibit, and see the  area reserved for Mr Hale's future pieces. The students are pictured below in front of Sculpture Will Ryman's Rose on 65th Street.

March Madness

The T. W. Hunter band recently performed at the Middle Tennessee Band and Orchestra Association's Concert Festival and brought home an Excellent award.The Winter Guard also represented our school well. They ended their successful season at Belmont University in the Curb Event Center by bringing home the title of Tennessee State Champions and the SCGC Silver Medal competing against teams from Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Team Members include Darby Crum, Shea McPhearson, Hannah Clark, Sarah Beth Young, Jessica Page, Jeulia Lindsey, and Ashley Baker. Team Captains were Ashley Baker and Jeulia Lindsey.

Under the charge of Mrs Jennifer Castle, a group of T. W. Hunter students recently traveled north of the border to compete in the 2012 History Contest at Western Kentucky University. Avery Bell, Chris Byrne, Grace Adcox, all received bronze medals. While Allie Guinn, Falon Mansfield, Sydney Seaton, and Kristina Gibbs all received honorable mention.
 

Just Say No Club Battle

This past Saturday the T.W. Hunter Just Say No Club competed in the Sumner County Battle of the Just Say No Clubs.  Lead by there fearless sponsor, Mr. Bryan Claiborne, our club brought home 3rd place.

Battle Results and Participants:

Creativity Display 1st Place
Andrew Perry
Caitlin Dunbar
Emily Lopez

Rap Song
Allison Carter
Meraida Lopez
Malia Baird
Skyler Brown

Quiz Bowl
Gary Davidson
Opal Trivedi
Emma Rouston
Bria McCay

Art 2-D
Olivia Crick 1st Place
Elizabeth Russell 2nd Place

Art 3-D
Shea McPherson 3rd Place

Basketball Shoot
Ty Dean 1st Place
Jonathan Seals 2nd Place

Fifty Yard Dash
Isaac Hambrick 2nd Place
Crystal McCay

Congratulations to all those who participated and represented T.W. Hunter!

Taking a Look Back

As we begin the last nine weeks of the school year, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some of our students' accomplishments that occurred during the first half of this semester.

Both of our basketball teams wrapped up successful seasons. The girls team, led by all-county team selection Angeles Engel, finished third in their division with a record of 8-7 with many of those loses coming by less than a handfull of points. Jordan Mueller also received all-tournament honors. The boys, led by all-county team members Ryan Hatten and Kody Timmons, finished the year with an impressive 16-1 record which was good enough to put them at the top of their division. The boys then capped off their season by winning the county tournament. In the course of their tournament run, Eli Duncan, Sawyer Taylor, and Nash Young garnered all-tournament team selctions.

Our students also excelled artistically. Chris Janas on trombone, Braeden Johnson on percussion, Kody Okert on trombone, Richard Reiger on trumpet,  and Daniel Samoila on horn all were named members of the all-county band.  Olivia Crick was also honered as she was awarded Best in Show for the Middle School division at the Hendersonville Arts Council Sumner County Art Exhibit for her landscape painting seen below.

 

In other news worth noting  our own Darren Depena finished third in the Middle Tennessee State Spelling Bee. Darren won the school's spelling bee and finished second at the county level before representing us at state. Also T.W. Hunter was well represented at this year's Invention Convention at MTSU by a group of six graders (seen below). Many of whom brought home hardware. 

Standing from left to right: Brook Edwards, Ashley Burnett, Hayden Moore, Kaylor Chaffin, Natalie Lankster, Jusin Sanders, Gloria Cortes, Matthew Murphy, Brady Campell, Peyton Owen, Kenzie Thompson, David Johnson, Jonathon Seals       Seated: Cole Writesman and Michael Benard  Not pictured: Sonali Hajari, Tyler Hoffman, Joey Burton, and Cade Coley                                                                                                                        

Congratulation to all of our students, teachers, and coaches. All of your hardwork is paying off. Keep making us proud!

Beta Convention

Some of our students recently represented TW Hunter at the state Beta Convention. The students were able to showcase their talents and display their knowledge in a number of different areas. 

 Maggie and Reese Black participating in the Special Talent Competition

 Members of the Quiz Bowl team.

A special thanks to Mrs Hayes and Mrs Warner for giving their time to sponsor our wonderful Beta Club.  Also a special thanks to those parent chauffeurs who helped with getting our students to and from the convention. Congratulations to all those who competed. You make us proud.

A special congratulations to:
Kristina Gibbs- 5th place overall in the spelling bee
Annabelle Morris- 2nd place in color photography (going on to nationals)
Grace Adcox, Colton Bone, Eli Duncan and Hunter McGee- top 9 in Quiz Bowl

Basketball Season is Under Way.

Basketball season is in full swing here at T.W. Hunter Middle.  Both teams are off to good starts. The boys disposed of all three Hendersonville rivals. They took care of Ellis and Hawkins on the road, while winning the home opener against Knox Doss. The girls bounced back from a loss in their opener to Ellis to win their next two against Hawkins and Knox Doss. Both teams are back in action tonight at White House Middle.

 Things got kicked off with a pep rally before our home opener during which both the boys and the girls teams were introduced.

Might Need an Extra Gallon of Milk

Our semi-truck load of cookie dough arrived late last week. We want to thank all of those who bought and sold cookie dough. Also a special thanks to those teachers and students who helped sort pallet after pallet of cookie dough.

 Some sixth grade students eagerly help sort our shipment of cookie dough

Mr Duncan and Mr Guy lend a hand.

The eighth graders pitching in to get things done.

We've Been Busy

We celebrated the season with a fall festival back on October 31st. There were costume contests, games involving the teachers and students including a dodge ball tournament that the teachers and staff won, but the teachers flash mob stole the show. The festival was followed that Friday by some basketball. It was the staff vs the students with the proceeds benefiting the United Way. Students were chosen from each grade to represent their classmates. The students fought hard, but the staff prevailed in all three contests. Fun was had by all, and over one thousand dollars was raised for the United Way. The busyness continues this week on Thursday as over $85,000 worth of cookie dough will arrive to be sorted and distributed. Also on Thursday basketball season begins. Both the Lady Bucs and Bucs will open their season in The Round at Ellis Middle School.Good luck to our students.

First Turn In Day a Success

Our first cookie dough turn in day was Thursday, and we are off to great start. T.W. Hunter raised $14,444 in less than 24 hour! Last year, we only raised $9,282 on the first day. Here are the top selling classrooms:

Classrooms:
1. Mrs. White
2. Mr. Hale
3. Mrs. Meeks
4. Mr. Usery
5. Ms. Holdren

Wednesday we had a kick-off pep rally

Mr Duncan getting the students fired up about making some "dough" for the school.

Mr. White reveals one of the Ipad 2s the students have chance of winning.

Mrs Fite reveals the Ipad 2 the seventh graders can win.

Mrs Perkins and the students eagerly await the start of the pep rally.

 Our next turn in is Tuesday, September 20th.  Students must turn in order forms and money in order to get credit for the sale. Thanks to everyone for making our first turn in day a huge success! Keep selling that cookie dough!

Cookie Dough

The Great Cookie Dough Kick-Off is here. Thanks to you, last year saw us raise $70,397 on our way to becoming The Entertainment Company's top - selling middle school in the nation. That meant that we had over $35, 000 to spend on technological improvements and supplimental materials for our students. This year we have set a ambitious goal of $75,000. We can attain this level if we average only eight sales per student! If we meet our goal, TWH will work to create $37,500  which will directly impact our students. Thank you in advance for all of your help and support.

Eighth Grade Recognition

Come support your Buccaneers tonight as they battle the Ellis Cougars. It being our last home game our eighth grade cheerleaders and football players will be recognized. As an added bonus you will also get to hear the musical stylings of the HMS band. Recognition festivities start at six with kick-off to follow at seven.

Your Buccaneer Cheerleaders

 Pictured below are your 2011/2012 Buccaneer Cheerleaders. The squad captured the prize for Top Team in the Camp Cheer category this past summer while attending camp at Vanderbilt.

 

Back row: Kelly Kirby, Ivey Frazier, Sidnee McRae, Jaclyn Helton, Abby Vaugn, Leslie Jett, Alexis Hawkins

Front row: Jessica Newman, Molly Bowman, Alyssa Gaddis, Tricia Cunningham, Emily Wilson, Kristina Gibbs

Off to a Great Start

We are off and running with the new year.  Teachers and students are doing some amazing things in the classroom,  the football team is playing hard, the cheerleaders are cheering loud, and many of our clubs and organizations have started meeting to plan how they can serve our school and community. We have a busy calendar the next couple of weeks. Here are some dates to mark. Tonight, Tuesday the 30th, the football team travels across town to face Hawkins Middle. Kick off is at 6:30. Thursday, September 1st, is our open house here at the middle school from 6 until 7. Come and meet our staff and see what wonderful things our students have been doing in the classroom. And then on Tuesday, September 6th,  we will have parent teacher conferences from 1 until 7 that evening. We hope you can make it out and support our Bucs.