Editor:

As 2009 comes to a close, all of us at Sevierville Primary School want to publicly thank the wonderful Sevierville community for all the support we receive each and every day.

Sevierville Primary is definitely a community school. We are always involved in community activities both with the staff, the students and their families. We support the Sevierville Fire Department, Sevierville Ambulance Service, Sevier County Animal Shelter, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Relay for Life, Sevier County Food Ministries, Sevier County Public Library, Toys for Tots, Keep Sevier Beautiful, Kids Place, the Boys & Girls Club, Sevier County Sheriff’s Department, Le Conte Medical Center, the Sevierville Police Department, and the residents at Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home.

Many thanks to First United Methodist Church of Sevierville, First United Methodist Church of Seymour, Sevierville Fire Department, the SCHS baseball team, Coach Lance Traywick and Deputy Sheriff Leia Loveday (SPS school resource officer) for taking care of over 178 SPS angels this Christmas.

We appreciate all these fine folks and the work they do. Our students are learning about giving back, not only to our community, but also to the environment. We are learning to recycle and, through our nature trail, about what a wonderful spot we live in. We will continue to work on our Outdoor Classroom and hope to have the classroom up and ready for use in 2010.

There are many folks to thank for all they do to make SPS one of the best. We would not be able to do a lot of things that we do without the wonderful support of our PTO, parents, volunteers, students, our community partners, the Sevier County Board of Education and the most wonderful staff in the state.

We have enjoyed another terrific year learning in our wonderful school and look forward to 2010. On behalf of over 850 members of the Sevierville Primary School family, we would like to wish you and yours happy holidays and a wonderful 2010.

Harriet L. Barrier, Principal

Tammy Valentine, Assistant Principal

Sevierville Primary School