- Week of November 27, 2006 -

Outstanding Employees
Want to find the state’s top school nurse and the state’s top middle-school assistant principal? Look no further than in Richland One.

Andrea Williams, R.N., of Gadsden Elementary has been named the State School Nurse of the Year. Elizabeth Williams (no relation) of Hand Middle School has been named the State Middle School Principal of the Year.

Media who would like to interview and profile these outstanding district employees should contact the Office of Communications.

School Board Meeting
The Richland One Board of School Commissioners will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 28 at the Stevenson Administration Building, 1616 Richland St. Board agendas and minutes are posted online at www.richlandone.org; click on the School Board link.

‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Keenan High School’s upcoming production of "Little Shop of Horrors" has everything - great music, dancing and acting - but one of the stars of show isn’t a student. It’s the man-eating, soulful-singing plant created by the Keenan robotics team. The curtain rises on this outstanding comedy on November 29 - 30 at the Keenan Theatre at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

Subway Spokesman
You know that guy Jared from those Subway commercials - the one who lost all that weight by eating the restaurant chain's healthy fare?

Well, Subway spokesman Jared Fogle will be in Richland One on Wednesday, November 29 spreading the message about the importance of eating healthy and being active. Fogle will speak to students at Hyatt Park Elementary from 8:30-9:15 a.m. And, yes, he'll bring the pants he used to have to squeeze into to illustrate just how much weight he's lost! Hyatt Park is located at 4200 Main Street.

Chrysler 300 Designer
Ralph Gilles, the lead designer of the award-winning Chrysler 300, will speak to students at Heyward Career and Technology Center at 1:30 p.m. Friday, December 1. Heyward is located at 3560 Lynhaven Drive.

At 36 years old, Gilles is DaimlerChrysler’s youngest vice president. He is being brought to town by the Renaissance Foundation, which will hold an event featuring Gilles on Friday morning at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Several Richland One students will be at the Convention Center to talk with Gilles and see some of his work at 11 a.m.

Media with inquiries about Tip Sheet items are asked to call Edith Caudle in the Office of Communications at 231-7504.