Wilson Chosen DWS Teacher of the Month

September 14, 2018
By: Bill Conger

Seventh grade teacher Vicki Wilson is the first Teacher of the Month at DeKalb West this school year.  Principal Sabrina Farler made the announcement during Wednesday afternoon’s staff meeting.

Now in her 14^th year at D-W-S, Wilson says the best part of her job is hearing the perspective of her seventh graders.

“They are creative and have great energy,” says Wilson. “They are becoming young adults and are formulating their own opinions and ideas.”

In addition to a specially-marked parking space and lunch from the White Possum restaurant, Assistant Principal Joey Agee presented Wilson with some bling, a hip hop necklace, as a fun way to honor her achievement.

“Mrs. Vicki is an extremely hard worker who demands the very best from her students each and every day because that is exactly what she gives them,” Mr. Agee said.

The peer-nominated award was given to Wilson partly because of her strong commitment to her students. As an example, while still recuperating from surgery at the first of the year, Wilson decided to still come into work while a substitute was already filling in for her.

“I needed to return to school as soon as possible to form a bond with my new students,” explains Wilson. “They are a terrific group. I knew I was missing out. My substitute, Mrs. Liz Cripps, did a wonderful job of beginning the school year. Mrs. Martha Damron and Mrs. Tammy Payne were great support in conveying schedules and plans and in dealing with all the unexpected things that come up the first two days of school.”

Wilson certainly has earned the respect of her peers.

“She is a fine example of someone who goes above and beyond!” says Librarian Amanda Mullinax.

“Mrs. Vicki is a wonderful teacher,” says Special Education Teacher Jennifer Martin. “I have learned so much from her while just being in her classroom for short periods of time throughout the years. She tells the best stories; I love hearing them. She uses songs, videos, pictures and whatever is needed to help students relate to the lesson. She goes the extra mile to help any student. She has a great love for her students, which is important to a child and their parent(s).”

September 14, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers are hoping to snap a three game losing streak tonight as they travel to Grundy County to face the Yellow Jackets.

If you are going to the game and need directions check out our google map on the local sports page of the WJLE website to the left side of the sports stories.

The Tigers opened the season four weeks ago with a 19-14 win at home over Warren County but lost to Upperman 43 to 0 three weeks ago at home, 35-0 at Stone Memorial two weeks ago, and 48-14 at home against Watertown last week. All three losses have been to undefeated teams.

Grundy County is also 1-3 on the season and riding a three game losing skid. The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a 21-14 win over East Hickman but have lost at Ezell Harding 33-14, at York Institute 49-14, and at Bledsoe County 17-0

Tiger Coach Steve Trapp said his team has an opportunity tonight to get back on track but it can’t take Grundy County for granted.

“It seems like every game they (Grundy County) have started out with tight ends and extra backs in the backfield and try to run a power run game. They will do that for a couple of series and then they will turn into a spread team that will do some options looks and a quick passing game. We are expecting them to probably put in some more jet sweep looks tonight since how bad we were last week against Watertown and every team we have faced so they will probably do some motion and try to get the jet sweep action going on us but they have shown on tape that they attempt to do a lot of different things on offense. Our guys have to make sure they are in the right positions and be formation savvy. What I mean by that is we need to pinpoint certain formations on concepts they are trying to do because certain formations kind of let you know what they are going to be coming with so hopefully our guys have paid attention to us all week in practice and will be on point tonight,” said Coach Trapp.

Kick-off will be tonight at 7 p.m.

WJLE’s pre-game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5 p.m. featuring former coaches Doug Matthews, Dave McGinnis, and broadcaster Larry Stone.

“Murphy’s Matchups” airs at 6 p.m. featuring the Guru of Tennessee High School Football Murphy Fair.

“Tiger Talk” begins at 6:30 p.m. featuring DCHS Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger Football Players Axel Aldino, Isaac Cross, and Tanner Myers.. John Pryor, the Voice of the Tigers, is the host of the program.

WJLE’s “LIVE” play by play coverage starts at 7 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.

LISTEN LIVE ON WJLE AM 1480/ FM 101.7 and LIVE STREAMING at www.wjle.com

September 13, 2018
By: Dwayne Page (YOU MAY NOW SELECT LANGUAGES FOR READING ON THIS WEBSITE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF EACH PAGE BELOW THE SEARCH WINDOW)

Fifth district member W.J. (Dub) Evins, III has been re-elected Chairman of the Board of Education.

Evins was named by his fellow board members to serve another year as chairman during Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting.

“Thank you. I will do the best I can. We will have a year with quite a few things going on but we can make it a good year of opportunity with a building program and a number of other projects. I wish us all best of luck and blessings,” said Chairman Evins.

First district member Danny Parkerson was elected Vice-Chairman and Seventh District member Shaun Tubbs was re-elected Assistant Secretary.

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The board re-organizes each September electing officers to serve for the year.

Chairman Evins welcomed the Board’s newest member, Alan Hayes who now serves the second district. Thursday night was Hayes’ first meeting as a member of the board.

The school board granted permission for the DCHS Tigerette Softball program to build a 40’ x 60’ covered batting cage beside the softball field on the home side. The batting cage will be covered by a roof but there will be no sides other than netting. It will be paid for by funds generated in the softball program.

Chairman Evins announced that 2018 employee health insurance premiums are rising by 2.5% but that the school system has available funds in the budget to absorb the increased cost without having to pass it on to the employees. The board voted to make it official.

The DeKalb County Youth Soccer Program was granted permission to use the grounds this year at Northside Elementary School for league play. The approval is conditional provided that the school system does not need the grounds for new school construction. The Soccer program can’t get insurance for the fall league until it receives a letter of approval from the board of education to use the Northside school grounds.

Director Patrick Cripps provided his monthly update on personnel moves.

Those employed are as follows:

Crystal Barnes, teacher to succeed Janet England

Toby Nokes, educational assistant at DCHS

Miranda Waggoner, educational assistant at DCHS

Tiffany Willmore, educational assistant at Smithville Elementary School

Leave of Absence as requested:

Suzanne Gash, Jennifer Herndon, Rachel Hernandez, and Heather Shehane

Transfers:

Tena Edwards to DCHS as educational assistant, Distance Learning Lab

Robbie Frazier to DeKalb West School replacing Holly Bain

Isabella Johnson from substitute to educational assistant replacing Stephanie Stewart

Resignations/Retirements

Holly Bain has resigned as pre-k educational assistant at DeKalb West School

Todd Davis has resigned as custodian at DeKalb West School

Janet England has retired as teacher at DeKalb West School

Danyelle Hawkins has resigned as DCHS teacher

Stephanie Stewart has resigned as educational assistant at DCHS

Norman Underhill has resigned as educational assistant at DCHS.

DCHS Principal Randy Jennings, DeKalb Middle School Principal Amanda Dakas, DeKalb West School Principal Sabrina Farler, and Assistant Principal of Northside Elementary School Beth Pafford updated the school board on activities at their schools.

Principal Jennings acknowledged the 2018-19 Mr. and Miss DCHS Tanner Poss and Madi Cantrell. He also recognized Madi Cantrell for being named a semi-finalist for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Jennings further mentioned that Anna Chew and Isaac Walker have both advanced to the Region Golf Tournament set for next week. DCHS Homecoming is the week of September 24-28.

Principal Dakas said the Chrome Book rollout at DeKalb Middle School has been successful. “I personally want to take this opportunity to thank the board and Mr. Cripps for ensuring that all of our students have this opportunity to have this electronic device in their hands. We’re able to do a lot more with it. We thank you for that. Also the grant that has given us Mr. Doug Eaton who is helping us provide technology support as we roll out this piece of technology. It is very much appreciated. He is extremely helpful to our teachers and to our students. We are grateful to him as well. Our PTO chili supper is tentatively set for November 10. We would like to invite everyone in the community out for that. We will also be updating our school web site as well with more information. We would also like to remind parents that attendance is crucial to student success and we thank the parents at DeKalb Middle School for working with us to ensure that their students are there,” said Dakas.

Principal Farler said DeKalb West, which implemented a student of the month recognition about a year ago, is now recognizing a teacher of the month. Ms Vicki Wilson is our teacher of the month for September. We are very excited to recognize her for dedication and hard work. We will make pictures at DeKalb West School next Tuesday, September 18 and our PTO Run for the Dogs event is scheduled for Thursday, September 27 from about 8:30 a.m. until lunch time. I also want to remind parents to sit down and read with their child at least 20 minutes a day,” said Farler.

Assistant Principal Pafford said Northside Elementary School will host the annual Fun Run Friday, September 14. “That is our big PTO fundraiser each year. This year they are adding an obstacle course for the kids to make it a little bit different. All families are invited to come out and share in that. Our fourth graders will run at 11 a.m. and the second and third grades will run at noon and the fifth grade will run at 1 p.m,” said Pafford.

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