A big shoutout to our mathletes, Greyson, Connor B, Sero, and Preston who competed in Math Field Day on Tuesday on their day off! Special kudos to Connor B., who won the estimation room and first place for all of 6th grade!
Middle School Important Dates
February 16th – Bring a Friend Day (More details to follow)
February 20th – Trimester 2 Ends
February 25th – 6th and 7th grade field trip to The Cathedral of Learning @ Pitt
March 2 – 6 – No School, Spring Break
Monday, March 9 – Classes Resume
March 11 @ 5:30 MS “Youth Show of Hands” Exhibition – River City/Heritage Center
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English w/ Mrs. McFadden –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- Daily Dose Quiz Friday
This week we dove into The Parker Inheritance. It is my favorite book to teach in February in honor of Black History Month. The book referenced both the KKK and the Jim Crow laws. We watched videos meant for their age on both topics. It is eye opening for our children to learn about these unfortunate times in our history.
We also had our monthly visit from Mr. B, who taught the kids a few tricks about improv. Shout out to the 6th graders who were brave enough to try it!
Math w/ Mrs. McFadden –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Chapter 5 Test Thursday (if all goes well next week).
Practiced translating word problems into inequalities.
Practiced keeping the ever-tricky <, and > signs straight!
Learned how to read and write inequalities on a number line.Finished our Valentine math cubes.
Science w/ Mrs. McKay –
Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
On Thursday, students continued work on their solar system poster, collaborating within their group to design and convey interesting facts about their planet.
Art w/Mr. K-
We are wrapping up our Styrofoam sculpture projects, and I am incredibly impressed with the creativity, craftsmanship, and designs students have shown in their work.
Deep Dive w/ Mr. K, Mrs. McFadden, Mrs. Ochap, Mr. Jividen –
We are excited to share an update from our Youth Show of Hands experience! After an impressive round of student pitches, four finalist teams have been selected and will move on to the final stage. A link to all of the pitches presented is included so our community can see the creativity, innovation, and hard work that went into each idea.
Teams that did not advance to the finals are still playing an important role in the event. These students have been reorganized into new groups and are taking full ownership of the evening—leading key elements such as food and entertainment, social media promotion, and logo design and branding for the event.
We invite everyone to join us for the Youth Show of Hands Exhibition on Wednesday, March 11, at 5:30 PM at River City, where the finalist teams will showcase their ideas and the entire student effort will be on display.
We hope to see you there as we celebrate student voice, leadership, and creativity!
“Youth Show of Hands” Pitch to Judges
SEL w/Mrs. Ochap –
This week, students participated in an SEL lesson focused on kindness, where they explored how small actions can make a big impact. Through discussion and reflection, students learned how showing empathy, respect, and appreciation can strengthen relationships and create a more positive school community. For our Kindness lesson, the students put together baskets and made appreciation cards for three groups of people they come in contact with daily here at school.
6th – WP Cleaning Crew
7th – Cafe 1925 Workers
8th – Main Office Crew at WP
Elective –
Robotics – The students continue to build their freeze tag robot. We ran some mini-competitions on Friday. We’ll continue adding on building skills to these freeze tag bots and will add a new challenge before we leave for spring break.
