You Are Invited!

You are invited to the NaNoWriMo Showcase!

Who: Parents, guardians, grandparents, etc.

What: Students will showcase a selection of their work from our novel project.

Where: Middle School ThinkLab, Library

When: Use the table below to find your child’s class. They will present during their English class semester exam.

Tuesday, December 18 Wednesday, December 19 Thursday, December 20
4th                7:55-9:15 1st               7:55-9:15 3rd                7:55-9:15
2nd            9:30-10:50 7th               9:30-10:50
6th           10:55-12:15

Hope to see you there!

Popcorn party celebrating the end of NaNoWriMo.

Guest Blogger: Meet Jai’Anthoni Young

Congratulations to Jai’ for being this week’s guest blogger!

We can all think of one thing we would like to change about school; here is what Jai’ had to say:

If I could change one thing about school…

I would make a water slide around the whole middle school so that way nobody is late to class. Because I mean riding through the cafeteria getting lunch and then zooming past the stairs and into the classroom before you are late would be great. And we will not be so late to p.e. Instead of walking, why not slide to p.e.!

We Appreciate Our Volunteers!

I’d like to thank Elaine Kohl and Ashley Dusek for volunteering to help get our NaNoWriMo workbooks together! I really appreciate them taking time out of their busy schedules to create something great for our kids. These workbooks are walking them through the development of unique characters and interesting plots. They also break down novel writing into very manageable and easy to understand steps. There is no way I could have gotten it all done on time without the help of these two amazing volunteers! Thank you, Elaine and Ashley!

 

Addison McClanahan: Our First Guest Blogger!

Congratulations to Addison McClanahan for being our very first Guest Blogger!

On the evening of October 17, YouTube unexpectedly went down, completing disrupting life for many of our middle schoolers. We used this “tragic” event as a writing prompt, and it generated some great pieces. Be sure to read Addison’s heartfelt cry to YouTube posted below.

Don’t Leave Me YouTube

By: Addison McClanahan

 

Oh youtube, how you please my needs of watching funny dog videos,

How you always lift my soul,

                         Don’t leave me youtube.

Oh youtube, you always let me watch good music videos,  

Oh, how you let me watch what I need on DIY hacks,

                         Don’t leave me youtube.

Oh, please youtube, I love how organized you are from your recommendations to Cole and Sav videos,  

I love you youtube.

                          Don’t leave me youtube.