FLL Robotics Competition – Tennessee Tech University
Rachel Kamuiry & Macia Rudolph, Reporters
February 27, 2013
On Saturday, December 8th, 2012, Battle Academy’s robotics team went to compete at a yearly First Lego League (FLL) competition in Cookville, Tennessee at Tennessee Tech University. Each year a theme is chosen for the FLL season. This year’s theme is Senior Solutions,... Read more »
Preparing for Jekyll Island – Fifth Grade Field Study Experience
Jaden Thomas, Reporter
February 27, 2013
Battle Academy fifth grade and their teachers will be traveling to Jekyll Island on march 6 for a three day field study experience. The students and staff members accompanying them will travel by charter bus on a six hour journey, arriving at the Jekyll Island 4H Center between 2:00-3:00pm. Battle students... Read more »
M.I. Are We Confused?
Scott Rosenow, Managing Editor
February 27, 2013
If someone were to ask you to define the multiple intelligences (MI), what would you say? This was one of the questions asked by our newspaper reporters of adults who attended our Thursday afternoon mi Spirit Week event. Ten adults were interviewed as they participated in a variety of activities... Read more »
Learning Through Dance With Mary LaBianca
Jainy Walker & Bailey Lee
February 27, 2013
The first graders at Battle Academy have been having an exciting learning experience for the last three weeks on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, for approximately 30 minutes in each classroom. Mary La Bianca, a dance educator employed by the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, an outreach program... Read more »
M.I. Spirit Week @ Battle Academy
Eliza Jane Moore, Reporter
February 27, 2013
MI School Spirit Week is here! From January 28th through February 1st Battle Academy is celebrating MI School Spirit Week, a chance for teachers, staff, and students to show their school spirit and celebrate the multiple intelligences, as Battle is a Multiple Intelligences school. ... Read more »
THE TUNE UP
Macia Rudolph, Reporter & BattleBots Team Member
December 11, 2012
BattleBot team members test their challenge mission programming. On November 10, 2012, the BattleBots robotics team from Battle Academy went to Volkswagen for a tune up. A tune up is when you have a special competition coming up and it helps you to get ready. The Battle team showed the judges what they... Read more »
CHORUS: What’s Your Number?
Jaden Thomas, Reporter & Chorus Member
December 11, 2012
Choosing and teaching music to children is a difficult yet rewarding process for Mrs. Bracken, Battle Academy’s music teacher, and the director of the Battle Chorus. Only 4th and 5th grade students at Battle Academy are invited to participate in this great experience. “There are challenges,” Mrs.... Read more »