Calhoun Elementary

Thank you to everyone in attendance and support of Relay for Life's annual Milk & Cookies with Santa event!

Congratulations to the grade level winners from Calhoun that competed in the 4-H county-wide public speaking contest today! 4th Grade: Andrew Watson 5th Grade: Landry Tucker and Lowry Tucker 6th Grade: Abigail Adams Congratulations to Landry for placing 2nd and Abigail 3rd place in their grade levels! We're so proud of you!

Practice for our 2025 Christmas Program begins Monday after school. Please be sure your student has returned this form, OR you can hand write the equivalent OR you can email ltucker@mcminnschools.com.

Calhoun's December 2025 Newsletter is now available online! Please note there have been some updates from the printed version sent home. View it here! https://5il.co/3soiq

This Week @ CES

Catch our 4th & 5th Grade basketball teams at HOME December 2nd beginning at 6:00. Regular game admission will apply, and concessions will be open! Let's pack the stands for these kids!

Calhoun FCA, You should have received: •Breakfast invite •December Service Project Info m •December Trip Form If not, get these from Mrs. Garrison's basket outside her room after break. Pictures of all included.

Two great wins for the Minks. Now let's grab supper and dessert at DQ to support 8th grade then travel to Mountain View to cheer on our 4th & 5th Grade Basketball Teams beginning at 6! It's a GREAT DAY to be a MINK!

Congratulations to this year's 8th Grade Optimist Award Recipients, Brixon DeVine and Mya Chandler!

Thanksgiving is served at the Calhoun Cafe!

Tomorrow is MINK DAY •Dress like a Mink or wear class T-shirt •Coffee trailer 7:30-1:00 for adults •Noon basketball game HOME. Free admission for students. Concession stand open with varying prices. Adults enter & pay @ back gym door •DQ Night at Athens location. Dine in & drive thru orders only. 8th grade earns % back when you show them flyer. •4/5 basketball game @ Mt. View 6:00

And the winner is... Calhoun Community Food Pantry!
Calhoun Total: 2180
Winning Homeroom: Keylon's 8th Grade with 1, 043
The rest of the school met the challenge and collected more than 8th grade this week, so the ENTIRE school gets a Hat Day Tuesday, December 2nd! Mrs. Keylon's homeroom will receive an ice cream sundae party for their amazing work!

WEDNESDAY It's dress as your favorite subject day AND the last day of our food drive. Will 8th grade hit 1,000? Will the rest of the school beat 8th grade and earn a hat day? Let's do this, Minks! All donations accepted until 2:45 pm!

Spirit Week is off to a great start! Monday was Tacky Tourist Day, and today was Flip Day when students dressed as teachers, and teachers dressed as students! Wednesday is dress as your Favorite Subject Day!

Sanford Baptist Church presented a donation to Calhoun School's FCA today. Pictured are Principal Jon Franks with FCA members Jason Austin, Gloria Hall, Landry Tucker, Tymber Hembree, Olson Franklin, and Sanford Baptist representative (and very familiar Mink), Mickey Blevins. Thank you, Sanford, for your kindness and generosity! If your church would like to be involved with Calhoun FCA, please reach out to us!

THANKFUL Post! You might notice some recent additions and upgrades to our playgrounds and facilities! We'd like to thank these businesses and individuals for putting in the resources, time, and manpower to make all this possible for our students! •Hiwassee Builders Supply •Wright Brothers •PIE Center •Evan Thomas •Michael Shirk •McMinn County Schools We love that we can reach out to these partnering agencies for support because they are #allinformcminncountyschools

Next Week @ CES

⭐️Alumni Spotlight⭐️ Pictured are Mandi Melton along with Emma and Ethan McNelly. Mandi is Calhoun 8th Grade Class of 1996 and Emma Calhoun 8th Grade Class of 2015. This fabulous crew serves as pastor's wife (Mandi) and Youth Ministry Directors (McNellys) at Calhoun First Baptist Church. They provided the message, worship, music, food, and much needed smiles and hugs for our FCA today. Mandi's 3 children make the 3rd generation of her family to attend Calhoun School; Emma is the second generation of her family. Tradition and family are so important to Calhoun School, and these ladies are keeping it alive! We hope you were outside to hear Ethan's praise music this afternoon as well! When it comes to career fields, Emma is currently serving as Development Director at Full Circle Women's Services. Minks doing GREAT things! We are SO proud and thankful for these we call OURS! #allinformcminncountyschools #allmink

TODAY: •FCA until 4:30 •Cheer Performance Practice 4:30 (park in gravel lot and walk students to end doors. Adults not permitted at practice but MUST chaperone during games beginning at 5:30. Students will sit with parents until 4th quarter of girls game when they’ll gather in annex.) •HOME games vs Etowah City Boys JV 5:00, Girls 6:00, Cheer Performance, Boys Game 7:00 •Bring a box or bag of cereal for the Calhoun Food Pantry for a free bag of popcorn sponsored by Spring Creek UMC

Calhoun Family Engagement hosted Magical Math Family Night tonight with MUSE of Knoxville! Thank you to all those in attendance! It was a magical night of interactive learning!