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February 4, 2013
New life for West High auditorium
Meet Mark
Things haven’t changed much over the years at Payless Optical Outlet, located in the TJ Maxx shopping center at the intersection of Kingston Pike and Downtown West Boulevard. A pair of glasses is still $35.95, and the friendly face behind the counter belongs to Mark Crawley. Meet Mark over this week’s Coffee Break. See page A-8
Miracle Maker
In 2006, Amy Crawford returned to teaching after a three-year leave. In her new 8th-grade teaching position at West Valley Middle School, she found herself teaching some of the same students she had known as 3rd graders at A.L Lotts Elementary. “Once I got into the classroom and saw how the kids had changed, it was a real eye-opening experience.”
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By Wendy Smith West High School social studies teacher Lou Gallo remembers the first time he taught in the school’s mini-auditorium. It was fall of 2007, and he was team-teaching a class of 70 with English teacher Candace Greer. He and Greer would lug a projector and laptops from home into the room, along with necessary cords and books to prop up the projector. He told students to bring a hard surface so they could take notes on their knees. “We had it down to a science,” he explained to the crowd that attended last week’s dedication of the school’s new state-of-theart lecture hall. Those days are gone. The West High School Foundation raised $300,000 to equip the lecture hall with new, comfortable seats with retractable desks, a high-definition video screen, a new sound system, and pleasant lighting. It’s a 21stcentury classroom with Internet access and distance learning capabilities. It was a team effort, said Jacqueline Holdbrooks, the current president of the West High School Foundation. The project was first suggested by former West High principal Greg Roach, she said. When
West High School’s new state-of-the-art lecture hall was dedicated last week. To demonstrate the facility’s distance learning capabilities, state Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman spoke from Nashville to the gathering. Photo by W. Smith
the foundation board saw the dark auditorium with no technology other than a projector screen that went up and down at the push of a button, they decided to rehabilitate the space. Funds came from parents as
She is thrilled with the rewell as community supporters. For $250, families could “buy” a sults. “It’s not just a beautiful room. chair to dedicate to a student or teacher. The foundation raised It’s a room to utilize, to open the funds from the community by eyes of students to allow them to asking, and asking again, she To page A-3 says.
See Sara Barrett’s story on A-9
NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Elegant dining
Swimming champs!
Scott Bishop and the folks at Westwood Antiques are hosting an Elegant Dining event for the Knoxville Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 9. Holly’s Eventful Catering is preparing the food. Register online at www. knoxvillesymphonyleague. org/.
The Bearden High School swim team celebrates after winning the Knoxville-Area Interscholastic Swim League city meet championship. Photo
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Bearden native enjoys L.A. By Wendy Smith Former Knoxville resident Jason Hamilton has been a successful production designer in Los Angeles since 1996. He’s received industry recognition, like his recent Art Directors Guild nomination for excellence in production design in commercials for Budweiser’s “Return of the King” ad, which aired during last year’s Super Bowl. And he’s worked with numerous industry giants on commercials, music videos, films and photography. But he has just one goal for 2013 – to spend more time with Knoxville natives Colby Woodland and Jason Hamilton visit on the set of his family. Yes, he’s found success, Budweiser’s “Return of the King” commercial. Hamilton has been nominated but it’s come through hard work. for an Art Directors Guild award for the ad’s production design. Photo submitted Hundred-hour work weeks aren’t uncommon, he says.
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Several west area schools will host “Welcome to Our School” open houses for parents and students who have been rezoned to new elementary schools beginning in August 2013. Open houses and school tours will be held at A.L. Lotts, Ball Camp and Cedar Bluff elementary schools, Farragut Primary and Farragut Intermediate at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, and 1-2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11. Info or to view the approved elementary rezoning map, visit knoxschools.org.
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