March 2012

Principal

Brenda Hartzog

Vice Principals

Marie Sweeney

Michael Hendrich

The Pirate’s Spyglass

It’s difficult to believe we have only one quarter left and our students will be on

summer break. As the year winds down, please make note of the upcoming

activities under “Important Dates” and plan accordingly. We have EQTs after the

Memorial Day holiday so please do not plan a vacation until the students are

finished with the last one on the 31st at 9:00 a.m.

National Junior Honor Society Inductions

Sixth and seventh graders will be inducted into the

Phillips Preparatory School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society

on Tuesday, March 20.

Excessive Messages to Students

We are receiving an excessive number of calls from parents throughout the day with transportation requests

to pass on to students. I am pleading with you to take care of transportation matters before the student

reports to school. Classes are being interrupted too frequently and this interferes with classroom

instruction and student learning. Please make a conscious effort to arrange transportation with your child

before school.

Thank you for being such A-W-E-S-O-M-E parents!!!

2011-12 School Year is

Coming to an End

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Phillips Prep competed in the MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the University of South Alabama.

a Big Success

REFLECTIONS WINNER

Phillips Preparatory has a 1st Place winner at the county and

state level in the 2011-2012 Reflections Contest Congratulations to: Hanifah Abdullah for winning 1st Place in the film

category. She will go on to compete at the National Competition level.

Other Mobile County level winners:

FILM

1ST place middle school – Hanifah Abdullah – Phillips

DANCE

1ST place high school – Edward Nelson – Murphy

PHOTOGRAPHY

2ND place middle school – Grant Torchia – Burns Middle

2nd place primary – McKenzie Wade – Collier

LITERATURE

Seven of the top eight students were from Phillips! The individual results are as follows:

#1 Zach Goraum Phillips Prep- 8th

Zach also placed 1st

in the Countdown Round

#2 Jacob Bosarge Phillips Prep- 8th

#3 Spence Chanthavane Phillips Prep- 8th

#4 Lily Gulledge Phillips Prep- 7th

#5 Aaron Zheng Phillips Prep-6th

#6 Steven Chin Bayside Academy

#7 Kimberly Chieh Phillips Prep-6th

#8 Luke Lamonte Phillips Prep-8th

#9 Charles Hagar Clark/Shaw

#10 Claire Maddingly Bayside Academy

Two sixth grade students from PPS who also competed were Alexandra Atchison and Seth Hinshon. The first place team from Phillips Prep included: Zach Goraum, Jacob Bosarge-Capt., Spence Chanthavan, Luke La-

monte. 2nd

Place Team- Bayside Academy—3rd

place team-Clark/Shaw.

The PPS team will go on to compete at the state competition which will be held in Mobile at USA on March 10. Congratulations to all of these fine mathletes on a job well done!

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Phillips Preparatory School

Track and Field Schedule 2012

Date Location Opponents

Calloway

MCT

Denton

Semmes

March 8th

Theodore High School

March 15th Bryant High School Pillans

Hankins

Grand Bay

Burns

March 22nd Baker High School MCT

Calloway

Pillans

March 29th Bryant High School

County Championship

Burns

Causey

Hankins

Semmes

Grand Bay

Denton

ALL meets start at 3:30 p.m., except for the county championship which will start at 1:00 p.m.

Coaches: Calvin Turnipseed and Tim Manning

PPS Track and Field 8th grade girls

MAGGIE ROBINSON

SARAH EILAND

CAMILLE BUAAS

LAUREN COLLINS

ATHINA AMANOR

TANASIA REED

JAZMINE BRAGGS

REBECCA MULLHOLLAND

SHALEXIS PENN

HANNAH REID

EMILY LARGE

KATHERINE LARGE

ALEXIS CRANE

MIKENZIE BOWMAN

YSATIS DICKINSON

8th grade boys

WALKER MITCHELL

WALTER MIXON

JORDAN MIXON

JAYLON SCRIVEN

ADAM GOULD

KOBY JACKSON

ANTHONY TURNER

JERMAINE WALKER

DEANTHONY JACKSON

NATE ARCHIE

7th grade girls

EMMA BEARDEN

SABRINA BETTIS

KYNDALL HARRISON

ANSLEY CHAPLIN

NYIROU KOUT

JOY MASSEY

CASSIE SMITH

MARY FROMDHAL

CLAIRE TRAVIS

JOLEXUS WELLS

SALMA RAOUF

TAYLOR BUSH

EBONI EDMON - MANAGER

BOYS

AUSTIN BRYARS

BRANDON HINTON

TEMAURICE SMITH

WILL DICKENS

TEVON BROOKS

JOSHUA PEOPLES

MARKEL JOHNSON

Mobile County 2012 Science Fair Results

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Category Placement PPS Student

Behavioral and social sci-ences

2nd

place Summer Hinton

Botany 2

nd place Ariel Odom;

1st place Rachel Zodrow

Engineering

Honorable mention Alex Jacobs;

2nd

place Jasmine Roby

Environmental Science 1st place Sarah Bowman

Earth and Space 1st place Lucy Zhu

Physical Science Physics

Honorable mentions

Rebecca Muholland

Bentley Odom

1st place John Smiley

Physical Science Chem-istry

3rd

place Samantha Fry

2nd

place Rupa Pulanki

2nd

place Ansley Chaplin Zoology

1st place Kennedy McDonald

Overall Middle School Winner for Mobile County: Sarah Bowman

Congratulations to the following people that placed at the Mobile County Science Fair:

Almost half the awards given at the county science fair went to Phillips students and 15 of the 18 students who attended won awards. Additionally, half of the students who placed in the high school division, including the overall high school winner, were former Phillips students. Good job students and thanks to the teachers for all their hard work!!! Again, congratulations to these students and to all of our students who represented PPS at the Mobile County Science Fair. Good luck to them as they travel to the University of South Alabama on March 30th to go head to head in competition with students from all over southwest Alabama.

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The following students made the Alabama All-State Band:

David Matranga, Bari Sax

Taylor Hall, Trombone

Anna Wood, Clarinet

Carlos Wilson, Snare Alternate

These students worked very hard for this audition and had to perform three prepared pieces, twelve major scales & arpeggios from memory, two minor scales and arpeggios also

from memory, and a sight-reading piece. They will now participate in the Alabama All-State Festival, which is being held April 12-14 (Thursday through Saturday). We are very proud of these students and wish them the best of luck!

Advanced Band

The advanced band students will be participating in the Music Performance Assessment (MPA), formerly known as state contest on Thursday, March 8th at Saraland High School. The students have been working each day after school from 2:45-4:30 since returning from Christmas break and we are looking forward to their performance. They will be performing for band students, directors, administrators, and supervisory personnel from Washington, Baldwin, Mobile, Clark, Choctaw, and Wilcox counties.

We wish them luck as this is the biggest performance of their middle school band experience!

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Azalea Trail Run

The Azalea Trail Run will be held on Saturday, March 24th.

All forms are due on March 15th to Ms. Thompson. Please

see Ms. Thompson if an extra form is needed. We hope to

see you there!

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Alexandra Jenkins, student at Phillips Preparatory

School, was recognized Thursday, March 1, 2012, by

the AT&T Alabama Pioneers, employees and retirees

dedicated to community service. AT&T Alabama Pio-

neers encouraged middle school students across the

state to interview and capture history in the personal

stories of a senior citizen from the state of Alabama.

Select stories were chosen and included in the book,

Reflection: Book of Alabama Stories –An Alabama Time Capsule. Included in the book is the interview of Mary

Ann Bond Bedgood by Alexandra Jenkins. Alexandra,

Mary Ann Bond Bedgood and the Phillips Preparatory

School Library were presented with a complimentary

copy of the book.

Important Dates

Mar. 13-16 EQTs

Mar. 15 Forms due for Azalea Trail Run

Mar. 19 4th Quarter begins

Mar. 20 NJHS Inductions

Mar. 23 Spring Fling (11:30-2:15)

Mar. 24 Azalea Trail Run

Mar. 26 Report Cards

Apr. 9-12 State Assessments

Apr. 16-20 Spring Break

May. 16 6th grade Honors Day (8:30am)

7th grade Honors Day (10:00am)

May 17 8th grade Honors Day (6:00pm)

May 25-31 EQTs

May 28 Holiday

May 31 Last Day of School

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PPS Students of the Week

Shalynn Ayler

She always has a smile on her face and is eager to share her joy with you daily. Her soft voice makes her a welcoming figure in the class each day. (Robin Whitney)

Gaelle Detrooz

is a hard worker and a great exam-ple to others. (La Toya Barnes).

Shalynn Ayler and Gaelle Detrooz