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Celebrate America students honored their veterans through song and readings. School counselor Veterans who are parents, Tenea Stanton organized grandparents, family and the program. staff of students at Tallas“We want to show appresee Elementary School got ciation for our veterans,” a treat as the school hosted she said. “It’s our annual its annual veterans day cel- veterans ceremony that we ebration. have been doing for more In two ceremonies the than 20 years.” By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
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Stanton said second graders were responsible for a veterans march song and more. Third and fourth graders read poetry and other words of inspiration including fourth grader Elizabeth Jankay. She took to the podium with
Tallassee Elementary School students dressed the part as they invited area veterans into the school for the annual Veterans Day program.
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Elementary students holding food drive By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor The annual food drive at Tallassee Elementary School for Association of
Christians in Tallassee for Service is ongoing. Students are seeking donations of canned food See FOOD, Page A6
TEACHER OF THE YEAR Southside’s Patterson makes student education priority “I’m blessed with a wonderful group of co-workers and faculty, especially our hen walking down new principal,” Patterson the hall of Southside said. “I’m very fortunate. Middle School to I do love my students and the classroom of Susan Pat- love what I do. It feels good terson, a smile greets each to be acknowledged for student. that.” Patterson welcomes her Patterson has been at students in and takes pride Southside for three years in teaching them math even having previously taught in while she battles cancer. Alexander City and Auburn Patterson was selected as and Prattville before that. the school’s teacher of the She has 29 years of teachyear but said she doesn’t do ing behind her. Patterson’s it alone. love of teaching and math By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
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started when she moved from Anniston to Dadeville in third grade. She admits to struggling a little but longtime Dadeville Elementary School third-grade teacher Martha Fay Black helped get Patterson on track as a child. “It was a shock to my third grade self,” Patterson said. “She just made the new girl feel confident. It made me want to be a teacher. She made me feel See TEACHER, Page A6
Southside Middle School seventh grade math teacher Susan Patterson helps students with homework in her classroom. She said she loves interacting with students and staff.
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Tallassee High School junior Michael Moore, left, sophomore Nolin Addio and sophomore Jackson Pledger look over improvements they hope to make to the robotics team’s BEST robot.
THS robotics team advances to state “With everyone having another year under their belt, we did pretty good but not as The robotics team at well as we hoped,” Hilbish Tallassee High School is suc- said. “It was good enough to ceeding even in its infancy. make it to the next level.” The team restarted just The team is in a hub with over a year ago after the 18 other robotics teams COVID-19 pandemic. It is across east central Alanow seeing the fruits of labor bama. Last year Tallassee from students and advisor Jeff Hilbish. See ROBOTICS, Page A6 By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
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