SIGNAL MOUNTAIN

i-FEST . . . A Global Celebration is an international festival that will culminate on May 8, 2010 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at SMMHS.  It will showcase our students' work as they have explored the world this year.  You are invited to "travel" around the world and experience various countries' food, music and culture.  So fill up your passport while you visit the different countries at the booths, watch student and community performances, stroll through the Art Gallery to purchase student work, taste food from many countries and explore the varied cultures of the world.

SMMHS Student Council has voted on the 2010 i-FEST t-shirt design!  We will be selling the t-shirts and SMMHS lanyards at school during lunch periods on Friday's and at Pruett's on Saturday's until the event.  T-shirts are $10.00 and lanyards are $3.00.  Get them while they last! 

Throughout the year, students have studied different countries in stand alone or interdisciplinary units.  Some of these studies are whole class and others completed independently.  World language classes investigate the various countries which share their common language and compare cultures.  Sixth grade teachers have planned interdisciplinary units looking at the literature, arts, social and environmental issues and general culture of India and China as part of their ancient civilization studies.  Art and music classes are exploring artists and musicians from every corner of the world.  Other classes are studying the influence of American culture on other cultures and vice versa.  Students are also studying and reflecting on all the communities of which they are a part - from their school community, local, state, and national community, to their role in a global community.  
 
Our main goal for i-FEST is to showcase our student's work as they have explored the world around them.  Our second goal is to have a community wide celebration of our international classification and our student's accomplishments.  Our third goal, and most important, is to raise necessary funds to provide the students and staff the support needed to offer the highest advantages in education.
 
During the actual festival there will be booths set up in the high school gym for each identified region compiled of many countries displaying student work, artifacts and an activity from the specific countries.  The event will focus on community wide involvement that will interest all ages.  There will be performances by student groups as well as outside community groups.  There will be appetizers and desserts from various countries.  An Art Gallery will display student artwork which will be sold during the event and we will have a silent auction of country baskets with items from specific countries.  
 
For all of these wonderful things to occur, we will need many volunteers.  All volunteers will work in conjunction with their chairpersons and committee.  The volunteer opportunities include: being an Ambassador for a region who will create a "vision" for their specific area using student work and country artifacts; food committee volunteers to help procure foods from local restaurants and companies that represent the various countries that will be highlighted during the festival; entertainment committee volunteers to assist in scheduling school and community groups to perform during the festival; Art Gallery volunteers that will work in conjunction with the Art teachers to display and sell student artwork; Silent auction volunteers who will help get donation items to put in the baskets that represent the specific countries; publicity volunteers to assist the chairperson with publicizing the i-FEST event through advertising with articles, banners, posters, flyers, etc.; logistics committee volunteers who actually determine the set up and break down of booths, decorations for the festival, and the Art Gallery set up; and volunteers for the day of festival.  
 
Also for the festival to be a success we are seeking sponsors.  Below are a list of the different sponsorship levels:
Event Sponsor:  At $1,500 all event sponsors will receive front billing as a chief sponsor of the event.  The sponsor will be highlighted in the newspaper article.  Your logo/name will also be placed at the entrance of i-FEST, on posters advertising the event, and in the passport brochure carried throughout the festival.
Art Gallery, Food from around the World Dining Hall, Little Theatre and Large Stage in the HS gym:  At $500, your logo/name will be placed on an easel outside of our designated area, on posters advertising the event, and in the passport brochure carried throughout the festival.
Booths of the Regions/Countries and Welcome Table:  At $250, your logo/name will be recognized at either your country of choice or at the front Welcome Tables, on posters advertising the event and in the passport brochure carried throughout the festival.
Auction Tables:  At $250, signs will be placed at the auction tables and your logo/name will be mentioned in the passport brochure carried throughout the festival.
Event Friends:  Any gifts or money a person or company would like to donate toward the festival, silent auction etc will be recognized in the passport brochure carried throughout the festival.  
 
The i-FEST committee chairperson for 2010 is Amy Sowell, and she can be reached via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone at 886-0968 (home), 309-4289 (cell).
 
If you would like to volunteer or have any questions please contact the following subcommittee chairpersons: