News From North Butler Elementary, First Place in Quick Recall

Tue, 03/04/2014 - 2:53pm — Diane Dyer

North Butler's Academic Team took first place in Quick Recall at District Governor's Cup.

North Butler's Academic team went to Western Elementary to compete in the District Governor’s Cup. They received 1st place in Quick Recall and 2nd in over all scores.

Several placed individually in the written test. Jordan McCrady placed 3rd in Composition and tied with Nate Henderson for 1st place in Science with Carter Hawkins placed 5th.

Nate Henderson and Rayna Beller

In Math, Nate Henderson placed 3rd and Rayna Beller placed 4th. In Social Studies Jacob Cox took 1st place honors. Rayna Beller placed 3rd in Language Arts and in Arts and Humanities Reagan West took 1st place.

A Trip to Africa
On February 17, Gregory Acker visited North Butler Elementary (NBES). He was in Peace Core. He always loved West Africa. It was there he discovered his passion for African drums. He is now a community artist. He taught North Butler's 4th and 5th grade the following songs: a two part song Yonkadee-Makru, and Sichee. He also taught students an African dance to go with the songs. Thank you Gregory Acker for giving North Butler a piece of African culture.

That same week artist Jessie Ray Sims came to North Butler to help the 5th grade paint a mural. The mural is African themed. We had a great time working on the mural.