The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1985 Page: 1 of 10
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Thursday, September 5,1985—Alto, Texas 75925
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Wells ISD Policies Explained
New Alto Elementary School Teachers
Pictured above from left are: Cathy Penn. 2nd grade, I)anna Trice, 1st grade, Pam Walker, Title I Remedial
Reading, and Carolyn Kesinger, kindergarten teacher. Please see related story on all the new teachers and
coaches at Alto 1SI). -photo by hetty rardin
The setting of a tax rate, a policy
on grading and promotion and a
change in the high school class
schedule were among topics acted
upon when Wells ISD Board of
trustees held a special meeting
Aug. 29.
A resolution by the board set the
tax rate for the current year at 83
cents per $100 valuation. Seventy-
three cents is for the purposes of
maintenance and operations and
10 cents is for payment of pi mcipal
and interest on bonds.
Beginning Sept. 1 of this yeai to
be promoted from one grade level
to the next in elementary school, a
student shall attain for the year an
overall average of 70 or above
which is derived by averaging the
final numerical grade for language
arts, mathematics, social studies
and science. In addition, a student
shall attain an average of 70 or
above m language arts and in
mathematics
"For junior high students a
student shall attain an average of
70 or above in language arts and
mathematics and in one of the
following- social studies or science
"For students in grades 9-12 to
receive credit for a course, a
student must maintain an average
of 70 or above. Credit will be awar
ded on a yearly basis for one unit
courses
The above policy, as passed
unanimously by the board, also in-
cludes grading procedures and
reports to parents at various inter-
vals. The student handbook, which
will be given to each student, ex-
plains the policy in detail
Slight modifications had to be
made in the class schedule due to
settings on the school bell being
made only in 2 minute ineremen
Alto Schools Welcome 11 New Teachers
By KKTTY RARDIN
Alto schools will have 11 new
teachers this year, including three
coaches, a new band director,
CVAE teacher, and two teachers
that have previously taught at AISD
and are teaching different grades
this year The new elementary
school teachers include, Carolyn
Kesinger, kindergarten, Danna
Trice, first grade, Calhv Penn,
second grade and Pam Walker,
Title I i Remedial Reading)
At the junior/senior high school,
the new band director is Donna
Churchman, teaching CVAE w ill be
Melody Witt, business teacher is
Kay Cummings, Sherry Endsley w ill
be teaching in the junior high, and
the new coaches are Jay W itt Steve
Ewton and Keith Durrette.
Returning to the elementary
school is Carolyn Kesinger w ho w ill
be teaching her own daughter,
Samantha in the kindergarten class
she will have. Mrs. Kesinger took
last year off from teaching to look
after her son, Matthew, 21 She had
previously taught Title I Reading,
Special Education and third grade
Mrs. Kesinger holds her degree
from SFA and has taught for seven
years.
Switching to the elementary
school from the junior high where
she taught last year, is Cathy Penn
Mrs. Penn will be teaching 2nd
grade this year She and her
husband, Ray have four children.
Eric, Wes, Rhegan and Brice.
New to the elementary school is
Danna Trice. Miss Trice is a recent
graduate of SFA and will be
teaching first grade. She lives in
Nacogdoches. Another new teacher
is Pam Walker who, with her
husband and three children will be
living in Douglass. Mrs Walker will
be teaching Title l. Remedial
Reading She previously taught in
the Rapid Advancement Program
at Nacogdoches schools and was
first grade teacher at the Episcopal
School for two years
In the junior high school, Sherry
Endsley will be teaching Texas
History. 7th grade English and
reading. 7th grade health and 8th
grade reading She holds a degree
from Sam Houston SU in Elemen-
tary Education, history and
English. She has taught school four-
teen years, most recently in the
Latexo ISD Mrs. Endsley is the
wife of the Rev. J. Mack Endsley.
pastor of A. Frank Smith United
Methodist Church in Alto Her plans
are to continue her education this
fall, working on her master's
degree at SE'A toward an all-level
reading certificate
The new band director. Donna
Churchman, is a recent graduate of
SFA where she was the drum major
in the college band. Miss Church-
man is from Tirnpson and she will
make her home in Alto
Teaching business courses at Alto
High School this year will lie Kay
Cummings Mrs Cummings holds
her degree from SE'A and she and
her husband. Robert E live at
Duran Lake near Alto Robert
Cummings graduated from Alto
High School and is a speech
therapist
The new junior varsity coach this
year is Keith Durrette He will be
teaching math and physical scien-
ce He holds a degree from the
University of Texas at Tyler and his
most recent teaching position was
at E^ast Chambers HS in Winnie,
See Teachers.,.Pg. 2
Rusk Woman
Dies In Accident
New Coaches and Teachers at Alto Jr./Sr. High School
Eleven new teachers and coaches began a new school year this week at Alto ISD. Pictured above from left are:
Coach Jay Witt, Melody Witt, CVAE teacher. Coach Keith Durrette. Coach Steve Ewton, Sherry Endsley, jr.
high teacher, Kay Cummings, business courses, and Donna Churchman, band director. Please see related
storv on all the new teachers. -photo by belty rardin
’Jackets Host Huntington
At Student Field This Friday Night
Nicole Y Mandrell, 17, of Rusk,
Cherokee County’s only Labor Day
casualty was pronounced dead
around 9 p rn Saturday at Rusk
Memorial Hospital She had been
involved in an accident at ap
proximatelv 8 30 pm 3 1 miles
south of Rusk on E'M 1837 i Lone Oak
Roadi
According to .State Trooper Tom
Ball. Ms Mandrell was thrown
from the 1978 auto, which she was
driving, as it overturned Bali said
she lost control of the vehicle and
the car went to the left of the road,
struck several reflector posts and
ran off the right side of the road at
the end of the Tails Creek Bridge
The car traveled down an em-
bankment and overturned She was
found approximately 50 feet from
the vehicle
Ms Mandrell and Dawn Dominy.
20. of Route 2. Alto were taken to the
hospital by Weaver Ambulance
Service Another passenger. Jackie
Sword, 14 of Route 1 Rusk was
carried to the hospital in a private
car Miss Dominy and Miss Sword
were treated for cuts and bruises
and released
Investigating the accident were
State Troopers Tom Ball and James
Campbell, Constable Billy
Lovelady and Deputy Sheriff Ran
da 11 Kennedy
Funeral for Ms Mandrell was
held at 2 p m Tuesday at the
Wallace Thompson Funeral Home
Chapel with the Re\ T E Bale Sr
and the Rev T E Bate Jr of
See Accident Pg 2
The Alto Yellow jackets lost a 1-0
decision to Teague in a scrimmage
last E'riday night "We feel like we
met the enemy and the enemy was
us. The Yellowjackets moved the
ball well from time to time and the
defense had some alignment
problems These are the things a
scrimmage is for-not who won or
lost We are just happy to get out of
a scrimmage with no injuries and to
learn from our mistakes We feel
that we will improve from this
scrimmage as we continue to work
on the little things,’’ said Coach
Lovelady
“We would like to ask for your
support as the Yellowjackets will
face the Huntington Red Devils at
Student Field at 8 p m.”
The Alto Yellowjackets Junior
Varsity exploded to a 2-0 scrim-
mage win over Teague. Robert
Jenkins caught a TD pass from
Kendrick Anderson and Paul
Holland broke another run for a TD
The Yellowjackets moved the ball
fairly well with hard running from
Kenneth Walley and Charles Han-
dy
The Yellow-jacket defense held
Teague to only three first downs.
The defense was highlighted by the
play of linebacker Nolan Cox and
defensive end Luke Griffin
The Junior Varsity will play Hun-
tington in Huntington Thursday at 6
p.m
Radio KWRW-E’M will broadcast
the Alto Yellowjacket-Huntington
game EYiday night Dial position is
97.7 on the E'M
Wells 4-H To Meet
The Wells 4H will meet at 7 p.m
Monday, Sept. 9 in the high school
auditorium Election of new of-
ficers will be held and the
registration of new 4H members
is Students w ill begin school at 7 5.5
a in and classes will be :5.5 minutes
in length There will be 2.5 minutes
between first, second and third
periods with five minutes between
See Policies...Pg. 7
Officials
To Discuss
Tax Rate
Cherokee Count*. Commissioners
w ill meet at 111 a m Monday in the
county courtroom to consider the
setting of a county tux rate and the
acceptance of the resignation of
Peace Justice Bools Brooks
Precinct 2 Brooks tias resigned ef
fective Sept 15 Applicants will be
interviewed for the position at l
p in
In another matter, the com-
missioners will discuss notification
that the county has been approved
for a $278,500 E'ederal Aviation
Commission Grant for airport im-
provements The county will have
to allocate some $30,000 lo be used
with the grant funds for construc-
tion and lighting of a partial
parallel taxiway and expanding the
airport apron and installation of
visual vertical guidance system
Area
Action
County Fair Planning
The Alto Country E'air Committee
will meet at 1 30 p m , Wednesday,
Sept 11 in the Southwestern Elec-
tric Co office The E'air is
scheduled for Oct 18, 19 and 20 The
meeting is Open t>> all interested
persons, according to the president,
E'annie May Chapman
AISD Board Meets
The Alto School Board will meet
at 7:30 p m Thursday, Sept 12 in
the high school library The
meeting is open to the public
Alto P/Z Confer
The Alto Zoning and Planning
Committee will meet at 5 p m
Monday, Sept 9 in the City Hall on
Busy Bee Street The meeting is
open to the public
Ready For Thursday Night Football
The Alio Junior High School Cheerleaders will perform at the junior varsity Yellow jacket football games on Thursday evenings. Shown
here in their new outfits are from left, front row: Lisa Kesinger, Mandy Smith. Darvi Hendrick and Jill Gholston. In back from left: Tara
Johnson, Amy Wallace and DeAnna Duplirhain. -photo by betty rardin
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