News from Normangee Elementary!

Last week our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders took benchmarks in all their required subjects. As an incentive for kids to do their very best on these “practice” tests, I gave them a little incentive. Any student who performed 30% better than their last benchmark would have their name put into a hat for a drawing. Any student who earned commended performance would get their name put into the hat too. If a student’s score was 30% better and commended, then of course their name went into the hat twice. They had an opportunity to get their name in the hat for each test they took. I would be giving away two awesome prizes for each grade level … a $15.00 gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair this spring, and $10.00 cash!!

Today, I had our high school aide, Shelbi Cheatham, help me with the drawings during lunch. The winners and their prizes are pictured below. The top row is Gunnar Patterson and Merrilon Garlick (5th grade). The next row is Cameron Ranton (3rd grade) and Jackson Moss (4th grade). And the bottom row is 3rd grader Nikki Moore. Not pictured is 4th grader TyDraious Jordan. Congratulations to these students and to all the students who worked hard last week. We still have some work to do, but you are on the right track! Keep it up! (Click on image to enlarge.)