School Bits

Mrs. Trussell’s 3rd grade PEP gifted student (Lael Jung) was chosen out of over 1,100 entries as a 2026 Color The Concept Contest Honorable Mention winner for her drawing about the economic word, “trade.” The Alabama Council on Economic Education provides this opportunity each year! We are so proud of Lael’s accomplishment!

Mrs. Trussell’s 4th grade gifted classes had a Pen Pal Celebration with their 1st grade pen pal class. Mrs. Etheridge’s PRES first graders took a field trip to see their 4th grade pen pals at PRIS where they had time to fellowship/get to know each other time, share yummy snacks, and create wonderful memories for the first time. This was such a wonderful mentorship for these older students, and we even had WSFA to show up to cover this AMAZING experience! We would like to thank our Outstanding school Administrators (Ms. Whiten and Dr. Bailey) for helping make this event possible!!! We appreciate their support!

Mrs. Trussell’s 3rd and 4th grade gifted classes at Pike Road Elementary School and Pike Road Intermediate School completed their Culminating Performance Task that went along with their Concept Based Gifted Unit about the brain. My gifted students became brain surgeons and had a real life experience of dissecting sheep brains to see the different parts of the brain that they had been studying about this year in their gifted classes. What an engaging experience we had! We would like to thank our AMAZING parents who helped fund the resources for this project!