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RCS Beyond the Classroom Podcast: Elementary Coordinator Ann Haley and Amazing Shake winners Veronica Babbitt and Madeline Heaton

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Veronica Babbitt and Madeline Heaton, fifth-graders at Kittrell Elementary School and Walter Hill Elementary School, recently won the first countywide Amazing Shake, a competition that focuses on "soft skills" such as students’ manners, discipline, respect and professional conduct. They will next compete at a national competition hosted by the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. The students and Elementary Coordinator Ann Haley recently sat down with James Evans and Keith Ryan Cartwright to discuss the competition and their plans for the future.

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tell everyone this is James Evans as always with Keith Ryan Cartwright and we are very special and Haley is our elementary coordinator Robeson Health work with all the different elementary schools start today and why are we talk yesterday because we were counting amazing state championship vs. The finalists of the Kathy the contest is that what it is it's actually a competition to help us with our small skill for whenever we get older and one interview for different job county-level competition that you've done them for years at your school is blocked in Atlanta Georgia started amazing sights there as well this year Chamber of Commerce came and talked to me. It was a wonderful idea County it's so hard to have that Compass how does it work exactly how many schools were involved this year in their top three powers of the school competition so he still has their own property send Talkray to compete and when does that even from 21 went to 10 is that contagious the second day what can I do for the competition are teamwork they were judged on How They Carried themselves in that great day conversation points today was the first day competition then they came back the second day and we went to Middle Tennessee Electric they were also questions about energy is the actual working of a room within at the chamber is pretty impressive cuz they were all different business people but I've all the competition part of Veronica want to tell me first the first day of meeting everyone else and meeting new people I feel like that was like a very good Spike like we were all like stuff together you know you like that day was a sound like finding it was a big boost to energy I thought you said it was really nice to meet all the different people and get to see everyone and I knew that everyone was pretty nervous to the first day I don't feel like going to Swan cosmetic I'm pretty into different how different things are made that was really nice to see you know kind of behind the scenes of what happens while making makeup colors of different colors of all did you guys find it interesting to behind the braids Cartwright once again you're listening to in the classroom how ironic you both wound up the Dakota nurse we just both made it through and I will. is that my best friend didn't make it through but I knew that I had this new friends that definitely made it through with me I was very excited about that right before I think a day before 3 and after 3 that we're going in the car say hello and also the year before in fourth grade is at the same time with the whole entire class before we went to the great steaks in first time was it when you guys tcat trip Nissan rice how did the how did that was because we had that because we didn't want so they had they had numbers on their back and they had colors on it commercial he was phenomenal cuz of it commercial for Nissan and then I ended up winning that's what Brad was like I was not in the voting at all that was all the offense with you were so excited and really looking forward to the Ron Clark Academy with Veronica a bad trip coming up Materia we ever slide and we have and we get a lot of that information from them from Clark Academy and it's going to be a great inspiration to see your scores in a different name over there what does it mean so we have four different houses and tarek and Christina coraggio and development leadership coraggio stand for courage Target stand for Wyndham in Pasadena camper set anime show in Belo so the Bellows and store it appear so we have kindness and then we have wisdom for owls. Demento for lying it is a spot that we can assure what kind of on a tangent here but how are those names developed show me I'm just telling a girl how they have an update a dreamer Japanese with one of them and then and then we started just a short name for now Harry Potter houses by or do you know what to expect and what are you most forward to definitely getting to meet the other people and also the different challenging and fun competition so we actually this morning with our guidance counselor missy we got to watch their live competition so their competition and I am over-the-moon excited to meet rothbart and being a competition with terminating people that have been picked to be in a competition hey where we talked about this is going to be on the classroom we're talking about soft skills and that's a butt what is that mean it's listening what's a soft skill communicating with other people I having our personality connect with another person and how you you are able to stand up in front of somebody and be able to talk to them I definitely agree is Madeline I think it means something to wear being a competition for not leaving a competition feeling able to on our life skills at a very early age and being able to have all this different material between usually grow up and my mom already told me that when like when I grow up I can put this on my college application job application ain't that definition I think it would start over culture that we're building can you look people in the eye is Justice message been talking and taking your person raising that I think with our technology that we're going to all the time these girls are here talk to the girls have the highest that tations of them that you know there's a lot that you're better for knowing that pay for the pleasure of talking to Uncle Grandpa that things are two girls I'm a better person because I think it's really interesting because these students in typically you hear students supposed to learn from the adults but we don't have to get specific about that amazing to hear that you're learning just as much from them as their money from you if they are in half has so much to say to us but we've got to start listening to conversations forever don't talk anymore and say how was your day what's going on high schoolers from Stewart Creek when they were before they left when they said after I need to rethink what time do I've got to go back not even close to being right behind you girls and and I'm excited they're going to have maybe opportunity as a progressive elementary school that's a good way for us to kind of Segway what what is the future of its competition and I had a meeting yesterday and one for next year and have a good conversations about that hopefully it hasn't rained for principles that that want to join and be a part of this we for next year's I competition how to say type to hear from the mouth of the people have been there excited about it you said hope that's that's it I don't know I go back to the it's culture and expectations in the hallway at school I give him feedback check is too hard isn't working you now yes maybe they're going to education and come back and work here because in all the payday and can't wait to see what happens whatever it is all right well we always have one question in time so we're going to go through this but but I need a moment who was your favorite teacher that you've ever had your who's wanted really just spoke to you and Spa I think my teacher mr. husband he always encourages me and he never had he's prepared me in so many different ways he's just a phenomenal teacher you make play happy music the best teacher I could ever ask for and he's been taught me so making my first grade teacher and my teacher now in fifth grade my first grade teacher was Miss Stevens and I feel that she take me away because she was stripped the other one of the most loving teachers I've ever had and she shake me in so many different ways mister, I have friends the first round and third place in our school and that she's unbelievable because he is changing us who is whenever I'm struggling with something or anyone else in our class in the struggling who can help us in any way shape or form hey Miss Haley your are you going to ride this out here statistics where you can stay together and had a lot and I was in with her with maybe that's a building made a rather working with students to help other students when I need him I was that person that when she was busy with 4th grade 2nd 3rd grader when she was teaching the fourth grade side when I was in 4th grade and 3rd grade need help I can go help them and yeah one time I know it's hard to believe that I had a few paddling's myself you know those can be a good lesson to learn all right what we're girls. probably why I am the way I am and where you look forward to when you get back from the from the national competition in a few weeks and just thank you for coming today

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