2. LEAP ROTATION CLASS 2011 - 2012

3. SCHEDULE Beginning at 8:30, students, 400 total in kindergarten to 5 th grade, rotated through the LEAP rotation class on a four day schedule. The curriculum was based on leadership using the “Seven Habits of a Happy Kid”, environmental awareness, public service and music. The classes were 45 minutes in duration and were led by Carol Thomas.

4. PTO PROGRAMS All of the students performed various Christmas songs for the December Festival. They were also invited to share their program at the system wide Christmas event held at the Dublin High School Auditorium. In February, the kindergarten and 1 st graders sang songs about Valentine’s Day and friends. The attendees of the April meeting were treated with the second and third graders sharing their instrumental skills.

5. PTO PROGRAMS In May, the 4 th and 5 th graders sang about friends and being change makers for the future. They also used various instruments such as kazoos, boom whackers, keyboard and xylophones in an interesting number called Boompus.

6. MAY PTO PROGRAM

7. 4 TH AND 5 TH GRADERS

8. FEBRUARY PTO PROGRAM

9. MAY PTO PROGRAM

10. SERVICE PROJECTS The students at the LEAP school participated in many community service projects.

11. SERVICE PROJECTS River Clean Up Day Making Fall Arrangements For the Community Service Center and Serenity Hospice Holiday Cards for the Veterans at the VA Hospital and Serenity Hospice Gift Boxes for Soldiers in Afghanistan The Fourth Graders Sang at a Retirement Center

12. MAKING OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

13. GIFT BOXES FOR SOLDIERS

14. RIVER CLEAN UP

15. FALL ARRANGEMENTS

16. HOLIDAY CARDS

19. THANK YOU CARDS

21. GARDEN CLUB In 1963, Mrs. Donald Ricks had an idea about beautifying the Hillcrest School grounds. She shared this idea with Mrs. W. C. Kalmar. They presented the concept to residents of the Green Acres Subdivision and the Green Acres Garden Club became a reality. Over the years, the club has been instrumental in maintaining the beautiful landscape around the school as well as the courtyard, “Secret Garden”.

22. PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEAP SCHOOL At the May 2011 meeting, the garden club members decided to partner with the students at the newly formed charter school at Hillcrest Elementary to form a Junior Garden Club. Throughout the school year selected 5 th grade students attended the Green Acres Garden Club monthly meetings, and the school was hostess for the end of the year picnic to express their appreciation to the Garden Club member.

23. GARDEN CLUB MEETINGS

27. LUNCHEON WITH GARDEN CLUB Front page of Dublin Courier Herald

28. LUNCHEON

30. OUTDOOR LEARNING Mrs. Sheri McLeod and her helpers also enjoyed several learning opportunities for the students in the “Secret Garden”. They planted herbs and flowers to attract butterflies and birds and they wrote poems while combining literature with the outdoors.

31. OUTDOOR FUN

33. OUTDOOR LEARNING

34. HERB KNOWLEDGE

35. SEVEN HABITS LEADERSHIP MODEL

36. LEADERSHIP During the 2011-2012 school year, the students at Hillcrest Elementary were introduced to the Seven Habits of A Happy Kid. These are: Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand then be Understood, Synergize, and Sharpen the Saw

37. LEADER IN ME TRAINING During the summer of 2012, the staff at Hillcrest will be receive six days of training to effectively incorporate the Leader in Me curriculum into the 2012-2013 school year.

38. ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS The curriculum for the environmental piece of the LEAP rotation was provided by the Project Learning Tree, Project Wet and Project Wild Activity Guides. Mrs. Thomas was trained in the summer of 2011 at the weeklong Teacher Conservation Workshop in Mansfield, Georgia on these activities. The students learned to identify the trees on the school campus, counted the rings on a “tree cookie” to determine the age of the tree and dissected owl pellets.

39. OWL PELLETS

40. COUNTING TREE RINGS

41. LEARNING “BIRDING”

42. SPECIAL GUEST Mrs. Laurie Jackson instructed the students in the art of “birding” or bird watching and demonstrated ways to prepare their yard for birds. Mrs. Patsy Baker with Laurens County Clean and Beautiful enlightened the students on the landfills role in our community and the importance of recycling, reusing and reducing. Mr. Allen Yauck, Mr. Wayne Clark and Mrs. Cindy Greene assisted the students in the owl pellet dissection

43. OWL PELLET DISSECTION Front page of Dublin Courier Herald

44. 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR We look forward to a new school year in the Leap Rotation Class.