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Middle School enjoys Nacho Libre

February 16, 2017

On Monday night our Middle School enjoyed the evening together as they ate nachos, played games, and watched Nacho Libre! It was a fun time to connect with each other, hang out, and enjoy being together outside of school! Check out all the fun we had!

Eighth grade cook and compete club

February 15, 2017

From the desk of Jessica Mize, ACE Director: Last week,聽the 8th grade cook and compete club worked together with a focus beyond competition. The group鈥檚 emphasis was on appreciation instead of rivalry in the kitchen. Each member worked on an appreciation snack to give the maintenance, kitchen staff and ground鈥檚 crew for all of their […]

Calling all hillbillies and city-slickers

February 14, 2017

The 91猫先生 Middle School will present a 鈥淗ampers and Hoedown鈥 party on Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February聽25th. 鈥淭he annual Middle School event has traditionally been performed in early December,” director Glenn Ballard said. “But this school year, we decided to present the amazing Madrigal Dinner to celebrate our 20th year, so the Middle […]

Eighth grade counts stars instead of sheep

February 10, 2017

Eighth graders are busy making a Thinglink over their assigned stars. In the program, students can import a picture of their star and attach icons around the poster which have facts about their stars. This is a fun way to use technology to learn about stars. Students were discovering the color, temperature, mass and luminosity […]

Middle School Spanish lessons take a different spin

February 10, 2017

Seventh and eighth grade students tried a new Spanish learning tool last week in class. The Se帽or Wooly website teaches Spanish through hilarious music videos designed for teens.聽 Jim Wooldridge AKA Se帽or Wooly created the fun, leveled curriculum to reinforce classroom language learning. The students started the program last week in class by watching a […]

Mrs. Figueroa’s class went to the American Freedom Museum

February 10, 2017

The 6th grade Humanities students are studying the Far East in History. They took a trip to the American Freedom Museum to explore the geography and major events from countries in Eastern and Southeastern Asia. Then they used the school鈥檚 Surface tablets to begin a major research project in which they are exploring a country […]

Racial sensitivity discussed in chapel this week

February 10, 2017

On Wednesday we were honored to welcome a panel from Mentoring Alliance at our Middle and Upper School chapel to discuss racial sensitivity and how important our words are. The panel reiterated that we are all created equal and should be careful in what we say and how we act toward people because we are […]

Middle School set up educational booths at the Academic Rodeo Science Fair

February 03, 2017

Eighth graders participated in the Academic Rodeo Science Fair on Thursday. Mary Elizabeth Roberts and Grace Yeager conducted surveys to see if the perception of blonds being less intelligent was actually real. Colby Davis tested different materials to see what the best material would be to prevent concussions. Hallie Foster made a beautiful model of […]

All-Region Band and Orchestra shines

February 03, 2017

91猫先生’s All-Region Band and Orchestra auditioned for a full day on a Saturday then spent a day and a half doing a clinic and concert in Longview last weekend. This All-Region event was sponsored by TMEA. Pictured from left to right are Hannah Windsor, 1st vn; Denise Tan, 1st vn; Seeon Kim, 2nd vn; […]

Sixth graders take a field trip to learn about rocks

January 27, 2017

Sixth graders attended the Gem and Mineral Show today at the Rose Garden Center. Students were treated to a gold panning demonstration and gem making demonstrations along with seeing many beautiful rocks, minerals and fossils. They even touched fossilized dinosaur poop. Students were in awe of the 鈥渇ood table鈥 which was made up of actual […]

Are you in Middle School and enjoy working puzzles? Join this club.

January 27, 2017

Friday clubs started last week and the puzzle club not only works聽jigsaw but also 3D and wooden puzzles. If time permits, they will add crossword and Sudoku number puzzles. Suvonna and Kayla completed the Statue of Liberty puzzle at the first meeting.