A new level of Trendsetters

Fifth-graders at Hall-Kent Elementary now have a little brother club to the Homewood Middle School Trendsetters Club. 

The idea for Hall-Kent’s Future Trendsetters began when HMS’s Coach Steve Sills spoke to the fifth-graders about motivation and getting their year off on the right track. The school thought the club would be the perfect way to keep that positive motivation going as well as give the students a small foot in the door when they transition to the middle school next year. 

“We have loved working with the kids that are Future Trendsetters this year,” fifth-grade teacher Beth McKinley said. “It has really helped with academic motivation, but also giving them a positive way to give back to our school and community.”

During the holidays, the Future Trendsetters decorated and filled bags for the homeless.

To be eligible to enter the club, students needed to have a C or above in all subject areas and are expected to maintain that through the year. Sixty interested students were eligible to join in October when the first report cards went home.