This past week our 6th & 7th graders have been busy in Mrs. Figueroa’s humanities classes! Here is a snapshot of two interactive lessons they participated in this week. Adaptation/Modification Lesson: 6th聽& 7th grade Humanities students studied the five themes of geography and participated in a concept attainment lesson. This lesson allows students to discover […]
Mrs. Wallace brought her 8th grade science classes to the museum this week to put History Under The Microscope! Using the 5 steps in the Scientific Method they had learned in class, students combed the museum looking for a good question to explore. They came up with great problems to hypothesize! For example: Which weapon […]
From the desk of Tammy Hayes, Middle School Principal: What it鈥檚 All About聽in the Middle What is The 91猫先生 Middle School all about?聽 Well, a few weeks ago, as I stood in front of a host of new families to 91猫先生, I asked the group, 鈥淚f you could go back to any point […]
Sixth graders are learning to find the volume of irregular objects in science class. Students measured 50 ml of colored water into a graduated cylinder. Next, they dropped in the test object and recorded the ending value on the graduated cylinder. To find the volume, they had to subtract the ending amount with the beginning amount. […]
6th grade students are working with invented patterns! Have you ever noticed that designs are printed on practically everything from your iPhone case to your furniture fabric? The product designers of today use this method, but they don鈥檛 have anything on our 6th graders! Students started with an expressive portrait and then added outrageous hair […]
Eighth graders are learning about the design process of engineers. To introduce the unit, students were challenged to build a barge out of a piece of aluminum foil that measured 20 cm X 20 cm and four straws. Students came up with very interesting designs. The barges held anything from 8 pennies up to 133 […]
Glenn Ballard, Fine Arts Director, hosted auditions for our Annual Fall Dinner Theatre this week. This year’s show will be “Shrew” and it is based on “The Taming of The Shrew” by Shakespeare. Mr. Ballard doesn’t look at auditions in an interesting light. Rather than simply having students perform their auditions, Mr. Ballard uses them […]
We kicked off the Tyler Ford-91猫先生 American Warriors bowl last night! We honored veterans started the football season by taking on St Bernards from California. We also had a very special guest perform at halftime for us: the Bullard Belles and Marching Band! A huge thanks to everyone who helped make last night happen!
The 6th grade Spanish classes have been learning the Spanish alphabet, greetings and farewells. This Wed. and Thurs., during F block, the students had conversations聽in front of the class with each other in groups of 2 or 3 using their new vocabulary. This is a great way for students to not only聽verbally practice the vocabulary, […]
8th Grade Lab: Eighth graders have been reviewing the scientific method in class this week. To demonstrate their understanding of the process, students were given a marble, a ramp and some books to decide on a question which could be answered with those supplies. Next, they wrote a hypothesis and the steps which they would follow. […]
We got pumped to take on California today at our first pep rally of the season! Let’s show these guys what Texas football is all about! 鈥�
Mrs Mattay’s (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! It was a great introduction and opportunity for our students to see real-life artifacts and be able to associate them with the content they will […]