6th Grade 6 Word Memoir Video!

Great Job 6th Graders! 

Enjoy.

Veteran Panel Thank Yous

Amy and I would both love to thank everyone who came for the Veteran Panel a few weeks ago. All the panelists were amazing and we were so glad that everyone had a great time.

We asked students to write what they appreciated the most to a specific panelist of their choice. We then decorated their cards and sent them to the panelists.

National Day on Writing

Yesterday, October 20th, was National Day on Writing. Students wrote a tweet about this year's theme which was #whyIwrite. It was a great celebration of writing!

We even had some other teachers get involved to reach out to our school community:

Beginning of the Year Work!

8th Graders have finished their "My Name" writing that was inspired by Sandra Cisneros' book The House on Mango Street. Their writing was a vignette style of writing and was accompanied with a beautiful piece of art that they created to resemble their names. Below are what is on display in and outside our writing lab:

7th Grade has finished up their 7th grade identity poems inspired by the poem "Identity" by Julio Noboa Polanco. They came out wonderful!

Lastly, 6th grade 6 word memoirs are up on display. The memoir video will be up soon enough for all to view!

Veterans Visit 2015

7th Grade students are busy conducting their research for the Patriot's Pen Essay Contest. The Essay contest encourages students to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society. This year’s theme is: What Freedom Means to Me.

We are so thankful to have had the veterans from our local VFW come join us yesterday as well as four of our own staff members. We also had a great-grandfather of one of our students who was enlisted during WWII. It was an amazing day and one that students may never forget.

Mr. Brown, our new Vice Principal, sharing his experience in the Air Force

Mr. Donais, a paraprofessional at WSMS, sharing his experience in the Air Force

Mr. Dufault, an 8th grade ELA teacher, talking about what weather tools he used in the Navy.

One of our students receiving her award for her Memorial Day Essay from last year.