Team Building

The skills we practiced in the team building exercises that will be helpful on the dig was working together as a whole group and speaking up when we needed too. Working together was the main one out of all because if we didn't work together as a group doing the exercises then we more than likely wouldn't work together on the dig. The practice that will not be helpful was taking everything apart and not getting it done on time, like trying to put together and do last minute things. That's going to put us behind a lot if we do that every time we have a project.

When participating in the team building exercises we discovered who the leader would most likely be. We also learned how to work together and operate better together. We have been given the privilege to look for thing no other high school student gets to do and my team will not waste it.

Team building

What skills did you practice in your team building exercises that will be helpful for your team when working on the dig? (hint: it's not taping straws, dropping golf balls, or hitting balloons. Think deeper. What practices will not be helpful in getting the job done? What are your plans on working together to accomplish what no other group of high school students get to do? (We know you are the only group in the southeast doing this) What is your individual role? What will be your individual responsibilities?

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2016 CS Downtown Tour for HMS 4th grade

Describe your experience as the historians of Roanoke. Why is it important that we do activities like this? How did it help YOU? Describe a funny or sweet or otherwise memorable moment to you day. What do you hope the 4th graders learned about history in general and the history of their small town? Reply to this comment today and then respond to a classmate's comment before class Monday. 

William A Handley

Captain William A Handley was a very rich man who was rich in money and rich in love.  He gave nothing but love to others including our highschool.  He is the reason I am able to attend school and have a friendship with these people.  He was a very important man and e saw such a intrerest in Roanoke when he could have focused on much bigger things, like Birmingham.

Today on our field trip, I learned a lot about Captain Handley and how he made our city better. Captain Handley played a big part in our little town and is now a legend, his name will forever have an impact on our school systems. Captain Handley went to war and gotten injured while in the war. They had to discharge him back home. The Gold rush and Indian removal act helped him manage to get the land he wanted. With this land, he built the Handley Mills which had closed down many times before but still managed to give people jobs they needed. If you worked in the Handley Mill, your children went to the school that he built to go along with the mill. Captain Handley did a lot in our small town to make it this great and his name will always have an impact on Roanoke Alabama. Captain Handley also built railroads throughout Roanoke and Luiana Road. This also helped with the education and wealth. With the railroads, he managed to transport things and get the things he needed which really helped.

On the Captain Handley field trip, I learned about the kind and courteous man that our school was named for. Captain Handley was a wealthy man, but he did not let that wealth go to his head. Instead of squandering his money on short-lived material items, he used his wealth to build our school. He wanted to build a school so that there would be a chance for kids to have a good education. I believe that if Captain Handley came back today, he would be more than pleased with how we have changed his town. From the new and improved downtown Roanoke to the many accomplishments rewarded to his school for athletics, academics and other extra curricular activities. Captain Handley was a great man and I am glad that I have new knowledge of his character so that I can tell others when I tell them about my school.

Today I learned a lot about Captain Handley. I also learned a lot about not just our town but those surrounding. I came to realize that a lot of things were simple back in the times of when Captain Handley was my age. He was able to swim in creeks and fish but not only that he was able to walk from Luana all the way to Roanoke and back without somebody stopping him. I was told stories of a man murdering the wrong woman and then telling the town who hired him. We also adventured out to a creek where we panned for gold and swam like we were back in the time of the gold rush.