Students have been learning about renewable, nonrenewable and inexhaustible resources in 6th grade earth science.聽 In order to better understand the power of solar energy, students went outside to record temperature changes on three different surfaces over a period of 15 minutes.聽 Temperatures were recorded for sandy soil, grassy soil and a mixture of soils. […]
6th grade students had a Happy Halloween聽 today in Math celebrating with a Fraction Party in Mr. Johnson’s classes. They brought such goodies as cookie cake, apple pie, sundry of candies that break apart just right (Twix, Hershey bars, & Kit Kats), but my favorite surprise was the pizza! Pepperoni pizza at 9:15 in the […]
The 91猫先生 Middle School held its National Junior Honor Society Induction Ceremony, Wednesday, October 28, 2014.聽 National Junior Honor Society has been in existence since 1921. NJHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.聽 Participation is open to 7th and 8th grade students […]
On three separate Saturdays over the past month, several BH middle school and upper school choir members have competed in the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Choir auditions. These students were required to learn music above and beyond what we learn in the classroom and sing for a judge, competing against hundreds of singers from […]
Duke TIP 2014-2015 Back Row:聽Abby Webb,聽Kegan Gunter,聽Andrew Gragg,聽Ben Funk,聽David Roberts,聽Mason York,聽Annaka Willis,聽Cate Kimball Front Row:聽Emma Kennedy,聽Chloe Martin,聽Rachel Berkley,聽Ruby Timmons,聽Sydney McNeel The following seventh grade students at 91猫先生 were selected to participate in the Duke TIP based on their testing scores: Rachel Berkley, Ben Funk, Andrew Gragg, Kegan Gunter, Emma Kennedy, Cate Kimball, Chloe Martin, […]
We had a blast at the pep rally today, getting pumped up for our homecoming game against Frisco Christian! We even had a special surprise from some of our 91猫先生 Moms!
In January 1831, Green DeWitt requested armament for defense of the Colony of Gonzales (1st battle of the Texas Revolution). The small bronze cannon was received by the colony on March 10, 1831. The swivel cannon was mounted to a blockhouse. There it sat until September 1835, when Col. Domingo de Ugartechea, the military commander […]
Sixth graders conducted a core sampling lab using special cupcakes in earth science class this week.聽 First, students made predictions about the internal structure of the cupcake and then chose their sample sites.聽 Four samples were taken and then a prediction was made of what it looked like on the inside.聽 Students were surprised to […]
One of our favorite parts about Homecoming week is the opportunity to wear something a little out of the ordinary. This year we had a variety of dress up themes from “Twin Day,” “Lions, Tigers & Bears – Oh, My! Day” “Twister Thursday” and the opportunity to wear our mums and garters to school on […]
On Wednesday, we cancelled upper school classes this morning and devoted our time to some friendly games and competition with our classmates! We played dodgeball, ultimate frisbee, assassin, kickball, tug-o-war, dance, and even had some water balloon fights. Following our field day, our high school advisory groups put on an entertaining show for the afternoon. […]
On Wednesday, October 15, 91猫先生’s MS chapel program featured Julie Gibson, director of Wyldlife Tyler (Tyler’s middle school Young Life program). Julie shared Matthew 25:14-30 with our students and challenged them to invest their “talents” for Christ.
As part of 8th grade studying 聽the behavior of fluids, particularly Archimedes’ Principle, students performed a lab about density. Archimedes’ Principle says聽that the upward buoyant force聽that is exerted on a body in fluid, is equal to the weight聽of the fluid that the body displaces.聽 Students explored this principle with film canisters by observing how 聽density […]