Macon East Participates in the
Pantene Beautiful Lengths Challenge
Macon East Academy’s Coach Erica Hammonds and the Student Government
Association organized a school-wide Pantene Challenge event on Friday, October
23. Pantene Beautiful Lengths, in partnership with HairUWear and the American
Cancer Society, encourages people to cut and donate their healthy hair to create
wigs for cancer patients. The SGA and each grade has been raising money for
this event throughout the month of October in conjunction with Breast Cancer
Awareness month. Overall Macon East collected 8 ponytails and over $600 in
donations. Kaiden Byrom, Anna Watson, Ally Matthews, Jennifer Campbell,
Emily Kyser, Kirksey Jones and Coach Erica Hammonds each had their hair cut in
front of a crowd of cheering fans at the Pink Out Pep Rally. Sixth grader Brantley
Main also donated her ponytail earlier in the school year. With a goal of $500,
the SGA is excited to have raised over $600 in monetary donations to further the
efforts of Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths initiative. Mrs. Marjory Johnson’s 4th grade
class raised the most with $151 given in honor of MEA parent and breast cancer
survivor, Brittny Hemphill.
We would like to thank everyone who supported the Pantene Challenge in its
mission to help women battling cancer. A special thank you to the four amazing
stylists who donated their time and talents to the cause. Tammi Fett (360 Salon),
Maegan Humphries (Viola’ Salon), Vanessa Krasnowiecki (Suite 140), and Ellen
Kyser (2’s Company) provided not only the ponytail cut but a new hairstyle for
each of our brave participants at the Pep Rally.
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PHS Wows With Science
The Prattville High School Advanced Placement
Chemistry students presented “Chemistry in
Motion” in October in the PHS Media Center.
This demonstration was a fundraiser for the PHS
Science Olympiad Team, and all proceeds will go
to purchase materials needed to prepare for their
Science Olympiad Competition in February 2016.
Five groups of AP students each demonstrated three
experiments ranging from catching a dollar on fire
yet the dollar didn’t burn, burning ice that didn’t
melt, creating elephant toothpaste, illustrating how
the human body “burns” calories from a gummy
bear, to the Genie in the bottle. The students
explained the chemical reactions to the captive
crowd to illustrate that chemistry and science can
be fun.