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Wishing Our Families & Friends a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving!

Our JrK students were dressed asturkeys at their Thanksgiving Feast!

SrK students came dressed asIndians for their annual feast!

Taking a moment to be thankfulbefore the feast began.

ACT SCORES RANK HERITAGE ACADEMY IN MAIS' TOP 5 SCHOOLS!

The Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) recently announced its top performing schools based on ACT Weekdaytesting during the 2015-2016 school year. Top performing students from MAIS Schools during this time frame were alsorecognized.

TOP 5 PERFORMING SCHOOLS HA TOP PERFORMING STUDENTS 1. Jackson Prep Jude Alnas - Class of 2016 2. Presbyterian Christian School Logan Sneed - Class of 2017 3. Lamar School William Yingst - Class of 2017

4. HERITAGE ACADEMY5. Madison-Ridgeland Academy

In addition, the five schools with the most test-takers scoring 30-and-above for the 2015-2016 weekday test dates are: JacksonPrep, Presbyterian Christian School, Madison-Ridgeland Academy, HERITAGE ACADEMY and Lamar School.

Varsity Football Team wins District 2 AAA Championship!

The mighty Patriots won the District 2 AAA Championship witha victory over Leake Academy! Playoff action continued withwins over Manchester Academy and St. Aloysius. HA Football2016: a season to remember!

Congrats to HA’s Varsity Head FootballCoach & Athletic Director SeanHarrison who was named District 2 AAACoach of the Year!

SUPPORT ALL OURPATRIOT TEAMS - SEE

OUR WEBSITE FORTEAM SCHEDULES!

http://files.heritageacademy.schoolinsites.com/PatriotReport/Nov2016_1...

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Calendar ItemsDec. 2 Sibling Pre-registration Deadline Dec. 8 Elementary Christmas Programs 9:00 a.m. - JrK & SrK 10:30 a.m. - 1st, 2nd & 3rd 1:30 p.m. - 4th, 5th & 6thDec. 13-15 Semester Exams (7th - 12th) Early Dismissal Dec. 15 EL Christmas Parties/Early DismissalDec. 16 Christmas Holidays beginJan. 3 Christmas Holidays end/ Faculty In-ServiceJan. 4 Students begin 2nd semesterJan. 16 MLK Holiday - No SchoolJan. 20 MAIS Overall Spelling BeeJan. 27 MAIS Quiz Bowl Feb. 20 President’s Day - No SchoolFeb. 28 - Registration for 2017-2018 forMar. 2 Current FamiliesMar. 3 Open Registration Begins Mar. 9 Early Dismissal for Students/ Staff In-serviceMar. 10 District Teacher’s Meeting - No SchoolMar. 10-17 Spring Break - No SchoolMar. 27-30 Stanford Achievement Testing for K-2nd gradesApril 3-7 Aspire Testing for 3rd - 10th gradesApril 14 Good Friday - No SchoolApril 17 Easter Monday - No School IF Tuition Raffle Goal is metApril 19 School Day ACT - JuniorsApril 23 SCA Social Club PresentationApril 29 Junior-Senior PromMay 1 AP Chemistry ExamMay 3 AP English Literature ExamMay 8 Athletic Awards BanquetMay 8-11 Senior ExamsMay 11 Senior BaccalaureateMay 12 HA Graduation Class of 2017; 7:00 p.mMay 15 HA Annual MeetingMay 15-19 HS Exams (Grades 7-11)May 19 Last Day of School

Note: Recently added dates or changes are in RED.Check the School Calendar on the HA Web Site

often for Updates!www.HeritagePatriot.com

KEY to Newsletter Abbreviations:JrK - Junior Kindergarten SrK - Senior Kindergarten EL - Elementary School HS - High SchoolAR - Accelerated Reading AM - Accelerated MathGATE - Gifted and Technology EducationSAB - Student Activity Building MAIS - Miss. Association of Independent SchoolsFCA - Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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"MYPAYMENTS PLUS” MAKES BUYING & PAYING FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES EASY & CONVENIENT

Use your child’s MyPaymentsPlus Account to keep up with his orher lunch account balance, to transfer money into his or heraccount and more! Questions? Contact HA’s Patriot CafeManager, Mrs. Dot Reichle: [email protected].____________________________________________________

Tell your friends and colleagues some of the great thingsthat are happening at Heritage Academy!

Thanks to everyone who came out to view and purchase art workmade by our students at our recent Art Show! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

High School News

HA Students “Promote the Vote” This statewide initiative helps educate students about the election process.


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An informative assembly was held at our high school. Sherri CarrBevis from the Secretary of State’s office talked about the electionprocess in Mississippi. Then representatives from 4 different politicalparties spoke about their party’s beliefs and candidates.

As part of the “Promote the Vote” program, HA Students participatedin a mock voter registration and later in a mock election (only forthose who registered). Students at the elementary school and highschool registered and voted.

HA Students Inducted into Honor SocietiesEach year HA holds a fall induction ceremony to welcome new members into our Jr. High & High School Beta Club,National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Quill & Scroll and MAIS Honorary Societies. Congratulations to these and

other students not pictured who were inducted into one or more honoraries.

Senior Literacy Project: Making a DifferenceCLASS OF 2017 SENIORS ARE PROMOTING LITERACY IN OUR COMMUNITY

Various components of this project will take place throughout the year!

Seniors held a fundraiser at Lost Pizza on Oct. 25 and raised$502.80 to help fund their Senior Literacy Project. Thanks toeveryone who came out and supported them!

HA Seniors recently helped students at Franklin Academy byproviding supplies and helping them design their reading boards foran upcoming reading fair.

High School Assembly Series Tackles Issues Effecting Teens


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RED RIBBON WEEK - as part of our High School AssemblySeries, David Duett spoke to our 5th - 12th grade studentsabout his experience with drugs & alcohol and how his lifechanged when he let God into his life. This 1982 HA graduatenow gives back to our community in many ways includingcoaching and umpiring several sports and helping familieswhose lives have been touched by drugs & alcohol.

Stressed? Trey Skaggs, Youth Minister at First United MethodistChurch in Columbus, gave an excellent and inspiring talk to ourstudents and faculty about stress in their lives - and how to deal withit! This was part of our High School Assembly Series. Theassemblies typically deal with important issues that middle school andhigh school students are facing.

Ninth Grade Field Trip to "Ivy Green" Allows Students to Explore the childhood home of Helen Keller in Tuscumbia, Alabama

School Level Spelling Bee Winners Eighth Grade Attends Career Expo

Mrs. Toni Wise, Middle School Spelling Bee Sponsor congratulates Anne Clark Shepherd (8th grade) and Ayden Mitchell(7th grade) for winning the school level bee for their respectivegrades. Each will advance to theMAIS District and the Lowndes County District Spelling Bees.

HA 8th grade students attended the “Imagine the Possibilities CareerExpo” in Tupelo, MS. This was a great way for students to explorevarious career options. At theexpo, they ran into HA Alum, David Beall (‘97) at the Caterpillardisplay!

Hazard Lecture Series - Celebrates 25 years!Thanks to the Hazard family for the many, many excellent and varied programs

they have brought to our students and the community since 1992!

Thanks to Dr. Art Cox (HA’84) our guest speaker for the first HazardLecture this year. Dr. Cox discussed "Innovations in Medicine:Emerging Techniques in Facial Surgery". His excellent presentationalso included career advice, a reminder that it is never too late tofollow your dreams and the importance of giving back to thecommunity. We had a huge turnout of students and adults - and manyof those in attendance enjoyed visiting with Dr. Cox afterwards!

THE HAZARD LECTURE SERIES concluded with Ms. MargaretMary Henry's unique perspective on Russia in "A Window onRussia: A Local Scholar Reports." The MSMS Educator shared herinsight and many of her travel experiences with a "full house"consisting of area citizens and students from Heritage Academy andMSMS. She captivated our audience with her amazing stories and knowledge of Russia!

Parent Workshop Held College Fair Brings Information to Students


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FAFSA - parents of Seniors were invited to attend aFAFSA workshop to learn how to apply for federalscholarships.

Did you know?In the 2015-2016 school year, our 36 Seniors wereoffered over $4.3 million in scholarships!

College Fair - each year HA hosts this event to give students in 10th -12th grades the opportunity to learn more about college life, requirementsfor admissions, scholarships and much more! Seniors dressed inprofessional business attire. The Senior parents provided lunch for theSeniors and the recruiters. ___________________________________________________________

Side note: 100% of our Senior Class is typically college bound!

YEARBOOK DEDICATION

The 2015-2016 yearbook, the Heritor, was dedicated to Mrs. Martha ClaireFitzner, Coach Tate Marsh and Mrs. Libby Springer who all passed away in recentmonths. Each of these professionals/friends made a lasting impression on our studentsand staff. HA Headmaster Dr. Greg Carlyle (center) looks over the Heritor with LaurenSpringer (left), daughter of Libby Springer, and Erin Marsh Beall, daughter of TateMarsh.

Learning is Job 1 - a peek inside some of our classrooms

Teamwork gets the job done! Edible science projects makes learning fun -and delicious!

Combining math and art skills!

ATHLETICS

ANNUAL MAIS SWIMCHAMPIONSHIP

HA Elementary and High School Swimmers competed in the43rd Annual MAIS Swim Championships held at the CourthouseRacquet & Fitness Center in Flowood, MS. HA had several highfinishes and Thomas Chain (10th gr) set a meet record in the 50breaststroke! Great job, HA Swim Team!

Sykes Selected MAIS Soccer All-Star


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Congratulations to Kat Sykes who was named to the MAIS SoccerAll-Star team! Named to Soccer All-District were Hannah Britt,Haley Fisackerly, and Haley Barker.

Friends traveled to the All-Star Game in Jackson to show theirsupport for Kat - pictured center.

ELEMENTARY NEWS

Children are NOT a distraction from more important work. They are THE MOST important work. ~ C. S. Lewis

HA School Level Spelling Bee - winners in the ElementaryGrade Level Spelling Bee held recently included: 2nd from left- Sarah Irvin (4th), Lathan Dunbar-Keys (5th) and Chloe Barr(6th). They are pictured with Mrs. Cindy Wamble, ElementaryPrincipal, Mrs. Vicki Hardy (HA Spelling Bee Coordinator) andHunter Perrigin (10th) who was the pronouncer for the bee.

MAIS DISTRICT SPELLING BEE - Congrats to Chloe Barr, 2ndfrom right who placed 2nd in the 6th grade MAIS District SpellingBee. Other HA winners included Lathan Dunbar-Keys who placed3rd in the 5th grade district bee and Sarah Irvin who placed 3rd inthe 4th grade district bee. Each will advance to the MAIS StateSpelling Bee in January.

Heritage Elementary Book Fair -a big success!

Thanks to all our parents who helped with set up, who volunteeredduring the sale and who came to shop at ourrecent book fair!

Our profit from the book fair was over $2,500 which will be used tobuy more great books for our readers!

photo at left - students look through the nice selection of books to pick their favorites!

SrK Lunch & Learn - HA Elementary Librarian Mrs. Kay Ellis,talks to SrK parents. This annual luncheon is held to teach ourparents how we are teaching the children to read. Severalspeakers spoke to the parents. Thanks to our PTA HospitalityCommittee for providing the lunch!

Complimentary Hearing & Vision Screening for JrK andSrK - thanks to the Mississippi University for Women Speech &Hearing Center for providing hearing screening (photos above)and to Dr. Susanne Cunningham for providing vision screeningfor all our JrK & Sr Kindergarten students.

SrK "Read to Me” Adds Reading Fun and Special Activities But - the best part is having Mom or Dad in the Classroom!


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Dr. Meredith Griffin (center) and Anders (in lab coat) help classmates make “oobleck" after reading the Dr. Seuss

book “Bartholomew and the Oobleck!

HA Basketball Coach Russ Whiteside (far left) reads toLeighton and his classmates. He also brought HA footballplayers and cheerleaders who helped with a coloring activity!

2nd Grade “Dot” Day Field Trip to Science Carnival

After listening to the books The Dot and You are Special, our2nd grade students colored "magic" dot sheets. Then theycovered themselves in dots and searched for "dot" shapes onour campus. They took pictures of those shapes with iPads.Back in the classroom, Augmented Reality created a magicalmoment as the colored dots on their paper transformed into a4D object on the projector screen that could walk, move, turnand fly because of the coded dots on the pages! What fun towatch! Thanks, Mrs. Janet Lewis for a great “Dot Day”!

Our second grade classes attended the MSMS ScienceCarnival and then had lunch at the Patriot Park!

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Learning happens inside and outside our classrooms withhands on learning activities and visits off campus to enhance

the learning experiences of our students.

Lessons in Fourth Grade Life Science

Fourth graders examined cone and fruitbearing plants then used a venn diagram tocompare and contrast.

Dr. Misty Sharp, Dermatologist, pointsout skin cells under a microscope.

Students created an edible animal cell usingfood - and then got to eat it!

Fifth Grade Celebrates Mississippi!

Happy Birthday, Mississippi! Several of ourclasses visited Mississippi’s Bicentennial Exhibitrecently. The exhibit included two ofMississippi's most significant artifacts - theoriginal 1817 Mississippi constitution and the1818 United States flag that flew over the nationafter Mississippi became a state.

Sixth Grade Guest Speakers Enhance Classroom Studies


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Deb Waz with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciencetalked with our 6th grade Science classes about wildlife inMississippi.

Mr. William Arinder presented to the sixth grade social studiesclasses a program on clothing, tools, and weapons of early cultures. Pictured dressed in tanned deer skin clothing are Jack Hairston andLaina Holder.

HA Alum Publishes First Book Congratulations to Donna Pannell Bain (HA ‘89) who recently published herfirst book! She recently donated a copy of the book she wrote and illustrated“My Best Friend Without Hair” to Kay Ellis, HA Elementary School Librarian(HA ’75).

This book is about a child with cancer who is made fun of because of his baldhead. It will appeal to children who are bullied because of a disease or disability.

Copies of the book can be purchased for $12 by contacting Donna at662-574-7129 or [email protected]. It can also beordered online at http://www.blurb.com/b/7366945-my-best-friend-without-hair.

Easy Ways to Support HA!

Have you linked your Kroger Card to Heritage yet? Doingso will mean that a percentage of every transaction youmake will be donated back to Heritage! (And you still getall your Kroger perks!) Click here to find out more!

Keep clipping and saving Box Tops for HA! Box Topearnings are used to enhance our Elementary Library! New tables and a new rug for story time have recentlybeen purchased.

Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/heritageacademypatriotsHA Mission Statement - Heritage Academy is a college preparatory school that inspires, challenges, and motivates its

students as it prepares them for college and for life. This mission is encapsulated by our motto, “High Moral Standards and Academic Excellence.”


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