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District 5 Accomplishments To Date
Update: 8/24/09
See what we can accomplish for our children
when we all work together!!
What a great way to start the spring!!!!
8/10/09
The School year started at
Orange Beach Elementary with a brand new building for out 6th grade students!
It's a building, everything works, and the teachers and students were very
excited!
All classrooms at Orange Beach Elementary now have Promethean Boards due to the
help of the gulf Coast Education Foundation and grants from the Erie Meyer
Foundation!
Thanks to the Education Foundation, Dr. Rosado has managed to save the ART program at the high school. We are very lucky and blessed to have such wonderful folks in our corner.
The new Pre-engineering program
is under way at GSHS! Thanks to Dr. Rosado and Terry Jones for making this a
reality.
It's Dolphin season!!! You can now purchase your
tickets at school instead of waiting in line during kick-off. Check with
the front office for details. GO DOLPHINS!
We were able to save the Algebra for Mastery program at GSHS with the hiring of
our new Math teacher and Basketball Coach, Drew Powell.
4/29/09
THE EFFORTS OF MS. PHYLLIS FRENCH AND MANY OTHERS AT
THE BCBE FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF CULMINATED IN A WONDERFUL REPORT BY THE
SACS ACCREDITATION TEAM!! NOT ONLY WERE WE RECOMMENDED FOR SYSTEM WIDE
ACCREDITATION, BUT THEY WERE TRULY BLOWN AWAY BY MANY ASPECTS OF OUR SYSTEM
INCLUDING OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY SUPPORT!
THANK YOU!!!!
4/27/09
WITH THE HELP OF
KUTTERS LANDSCAPING, THE GSHS FIELDHOUSE WAS COMPLETELY LANDSCAPED FOR THE START
OF SPRING TRAINING!
THANK YOU, KUTTERS!
4/20/09
THANKS TO ALL OF THE
MANY, MANY HOURS FROM WONDERFUL PARENT VOLUNTEERS AND TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES
SUCH AS OYSTER HOUSE, SEA & SUDS, AND CHIK FIL A, THE NEW PLAYGROUND FOR THE 3RD
-6TH GRADERS HAS BEEN INSTALLED!!!! JOIN US FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING ON MAY
8TH AT 10:30!!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
4/15/09
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
TO MS. NICKI COTTON AT OBES!!! SHE HAS BEEN NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR
THE ENTIRE BADWIN COUNTY!!!
GREAT JOB!!!
THE ALABAMA GULF COAST
EDUCATION FOUNDATION HAS DONATED $10,000 TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF PROMETHEAN
BOARDS FOR THE ENTIRE 2ND GRADE AT OBES AND THE PURCHASE OF THE DVD FOR THE
PLANETARIUM!!!
THANK YOU!!!!
3/3/09
THROUGH FUNDRAISING EFFORTS OF OUR GSES PARENTS AND TEACHERS, AND
ADMINISTRATION, ALL PROMETHEAN BOARDS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND INSTALLED IN EVERY
CLASSROOM!!!!!!!!!!
FABULOUS!
3/2/09
OUR GULF COAST EDUCATION
FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED $5000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW LIBRARY BOOKS IN ADDITION
TO A NEW SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE CAFETERIA!!!
THANK YOU!!!
GATES CONSTRUCTION POURED EXTRA
CONCRETE AT THE SITE OF OUR CARPOOL LINE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND WIDEN THE LANE!
WITH A DONATION OF AZALEAS FROM KUTTER, MR FOUNTAIN PLANTED NEW SHRUBS, AS
WELL!!
THANK YOU!!
2/28/09
THE GSES PTSO, FABULOUS PARENTS, AND
FANTASTIC ADMINISTRATION HAVE WORKED TO RAISE THE $50,000 NEEDED FOR THEIR
PLAYGROUND IN JUST 7 MONTHS!!!!!! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SHOW OF SUPPORT!!!
THANK YOU AND GREAT JOB!!!
1/13/09- Approval of new Head Football Coach/AD-Mark Freeman!
In a special called
meeting of the Baldwin County Board of Education on 1/13/09, a position was
approved for the new AD/Head Coach for Gulf Shores High School. Mark
Freeman was chosen by Dr. Rosado and a unanimous Search Committee from among
four finalists. Coach Freeman comes from Bessemer Academy near Birmingham where
he won 4 state championships in the last five years there. He was the AD at
Bessemer Academy for eleven years and saw state championships in several other
sports in addition to football during his tenure. Coach Freeman was welcomed to
GSHS with a brief parent/player meeting on Thursday, Jan. 15 where he gave a
short speech and answered questions. His first official day on the job will be
Tuesday, Jan 20.
1/13/09-
Groundbreaking Ceremony, Gulf Shores High School Addition
Our students and
staff returned from the Christmas holidays to see the west side of Gulf Shores
High School fenced off and under construction!! Our new addition is well
under way. A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held at the school on 1/13/09 and
was well attended by Mayor Craft, Mayor Kennon, Jeff Silvers (OB City Council),
Phillip Harris (GS City Council), Tracy Roberts, BCBE President, Norm Moore
(Board Representative), Frank Trione (Board Representative), Dr. Pam Henson
(Director of Curriculum), Mr. Eddie Tyler (Ass't Superintendant), Dr. Faron
Hollinger, and many, many local citizens, teachers, and students. What a great
day for Gulf Shores. The new wing will hold 4 new science labs, a new band
room, a choral room, a pre-engineering program, and additional classrooms. Thank
you to everyone who joined us for this great event!
COMPUTER LAB IS COMPLETE AND WAS PROVIDED BY THE BALDWIN COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION!
THANK YOU!!
11/29/08-
The plans for our new addition have been approved by the state and are ready to
go out for bid on Dec. 16th!
10/31/08- Light at the GSHS Practice Field!!
WE HAVE LIGHTS on our GSHS
practice field for the first time since Gulf Shores High School opened its
doors! In early October, in came to my attention that the practice field lights
did not work. They had been donated a few years ago by the City of Gulf Shores,
but were never hooked up to power. Our Dolphins were having a big season and we
needed the lights before daylight savings time!
We’d like to send out a BIG DOLPHIN
THANK YOU to some very special people who worked together to get this done!!!
Thank you to Our Gulf Shores city council who donated the light poles to Gulf
Shores High School two years ago! Jody Taylor and Steve Irwin at Baldwin
EMC who were very responsive when they received my call. The met me at the
field within a few days and installed the poles and laid the wire at no cost to
the schools. Ken and Dawn Gates, owners of Gates Builders were the first on the
scene when I asked for help. They volunteered their services and donated
the cost of the trencher and the labor for digging the trench. Gates’ project
manager, Scott Dishaw and Gates’ employees, Sam Johns and Richard Caulkerhekped
on the job. Thank you Dr. Rosado and Mr. Johnny Pfeifer at the Baldwin
County Schools’ Maintenance Division, who got our electrician out for the final
hook-up and inspection!
Because of our community’s efforts and quick response, our boys had lights to
practice by in just one week!
10/30/08- Clearing of Bus Parking Area
In
October, one of our bus drivers reported that the area where the buses park had
become overgrown with bushes and weeds, and therefore had attracted bugs,
snakes, etc. to the area. The drivers were nervous about walking through the
area to enter their buses. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Fountain, and I contacted
the City of Gulf Shores (Mr. Ernie Smith). In response to our request, the
Streets and Maintenance Division cleared the area and has spoken to Mr. Fountain
about clearing the area in the Spring and laying limestone to correct the
problem for good. THANK YOU!!
September, 2008- Delivery of new Dumpster to
GSHS Field House
There
have been previous concerns about trash and debris around the field house. In
speaking to one our custodians, it came to light that there were difficulties
keeping the area clean due to the distance of the field house from school's only
dumpster (behind the band room). A second dumpster was badly needed at the field
house location. It seemed that the dumpster had been requested several
times before to no avail. Dr. Rosado and I teamed up on this issue in September
and our dumpster was delivered!
9/11/08- Local involvement on the Design and
Planning of our GSHS addition
With
Dr. Rosado included in all design phases of our new addition, we can be rest
assured we will have a building we can all be proud of!
Thank you Dr. Rosado and Mr. Tyler!
8/08- Development of District 5
Informational website
This
website was developed and created in an attempt to keep the communities informed
and involved in our children's education. Communication was named as a top
priority throughout our campaign, hence the creation of the website. Here
you will find weekly updates (when available) on school happenings, County Board
meetings, and local information and support efforts. If there is additional
information that you would like to see included on this site, please contact me.
8/11/08--Traffic Flow Change at Intersection of
15th St. and E. 2nd St.
In a
joint effort with the City of Gulf Shores and our schools, we managed to get the
afternoon traffic flow changed in an effort to make this formerly dangerous
intersection safer for our students, our teachers, and our parents. In
addition, we now have a Gulf Shores Police Officer at this intersection in the
afternoons to alleviate congestion and potential accidents.
Thank you to Mayor Billy Duke, Chief Bourne, and
the many teachers who help direct our afternoon carpool lines.
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