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Testing with Moodle in College Algebera

September 08, 2016

College Algebra students had their first test this week, and it looked a little different than usual. Instead of the entire test being on paper, students answered the first half of the questions on a Surface Pro Tablet. In an effort to expose students to hybrid and online courses, we Mrs. McEuen has specifically designed […]

Youth Orchestra Director Visits 91猫先生

September 02, 2016

Dr. Moon, the Orchestra Director at SFA and the conductor for the Longview Symphony came to 91猫先生 on Wednesday to encourage our students to audition for the East Texas Youth Orchestra, (ETYO)聽that he also conducts.聽 The ETYO is made up of two groups, a middle school and an upper school audition only […]

Kindergarten Explores the Letter “P”

September 02, 2016

Kindergarten students have been busy over the last two weeks studying the letter “P”. Students plotted out their favorite kinds of pickles, used their senses to observe and study pop rocks, and even debated their favorite kind of popcorn. 聽 聽

3rd Grade Visits Museum

September 02, 2016

Mrs. Newsom’s and Mrs. Brown鈥檚 3rd grade classes visited the American Freedom Museum on Wednesday and did the unthinkable鈥hey touched stuff!! Don鈥檛 worry! They had permission and a good time! As a way to introduce their year in U.S. History, our 91猫先生 3rd graders came for the 鈥淐an I Touch That?鈥 tour. They found […]

Middle School Firsts this Week

September 02, 2016

From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: From the classroom to athletics, we had a lot of “firsts” in the middle school this week. It is our first year to run on a block schedule and on the blue/orange schedule. Classes are longer at 70 minutes and study hall is every Monday, Tuesday, […]

8th Graders Study Design Process

September 02, 2016

Eighth graders are learning about the design process. To introduce the subject, students were challenged to build a barge out of a 20 X 20 cm piece of foil and 4 straws that could hold the greatest amount of pennies. Students built the bridge and then tested it. The range of pennies held was from […]

Literary Presentations in Humanities

September 02, 2016

Pre-AP sophomores and AP juniors gave their first presentations in Dr. Brunson’s humanities classes this week. Juniors presented literary-critical analyses of Robinson Crusoe within his historical context as an entrepreneur and colonialist. Students not only read the novel, but researched and analyzed Crusoe within history. Students then wrote essays on a selected subject, and presented […]

AP Chemistry Lab

September 02, 2016

AP Chemistry got to use some new technology this week as students were learning the relationship between concentration and聽 the amount of light absorbed by a solution. We used a Vernier lab quest connected to a spectrophotometer to measure the absorbance values for samples of known concentration in order to generate a calibration curve. Then […]

Pre-K Uses 5 Senses in Class

September 01, 2016

Our Pre-K classes their 5 senses to explore an octopus for the letter “O” this week. Students used words like slimy, smelly and even squishy to describe the octopus. Students also engaged in other activities like graphing their favorite flavor of popcorn like they did last week for cookies. Students utilized the promethium board in […]

Internet Safety Lab

September 01, 2016

Third grade students learned about Internet Safety during computer class this week. We also reviewed many of the safe websites linked to the library page for research and learning. Then students were given the task of illustrating one of their favorite websites for our “website banner” in lab.

7th Grade Begins Study of Texas History at Museum

September 01, 2016

Mrs Mattay鈥檚 (Erica Eden, Alum), 7th grade humanities class visited the American a Freedom Museum this week to get a taste of Texas history, their primary subject for the year! Students were given an overview of Texas History and even had the chance to play Family Feud, Texas History Style. It was a great introduction […]

WHAT鈥橲 GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE?

August 26, 2016

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