Middle School Happenings (1-8-10)
January 09, 2010
Happy 2010! We are beginning our second semester already. It is hard to believe half of the year is over. I enjoyed the long break as well most of my students. We are back now and ready to go, I hope. The first nine weeks of this semester will have a lot of emphasis placed on state assessments. There is formative, practice, tests to work on preparing everyone for the actual assessments. My reading classes, 6th thru 8th, will be taking the assessments before Spring Break. Everyone is always happy to have these out of the way.
My students and I celebrated Christmas before our break. Each class, one at a time, came to my home for a party. It is convenient living only a block away from school. The kids were great and it was so much fun sharing our home with them. This was a way of showing them how much I enjoy teaching them and having them a part of my life. I do have to say, our dogs and cats were happy after the last class left. The cats came out of hiding, and the dogs got to come out of the basement.
When writing their Christmas wish lists, they were also to include a New Year’s Resolution. Some either chose to not write one or forgot to. I think some of the parents will appreciate these.
Eighth Grade
Jordan Baird-Play better defense.
Hunter Chandler-Not to play so much X-Box.
Mike Griffin-To have a life changing experience.
Dakota Hilburn-I’m not going to get distracted as much.
Kolton Hilburn-Get all of my achievements for Halo and Army of Two.
Jon Meyer-To be nicer to my brother.
Alex Stevens-To not get into trouble.
Ian Vincent-Don’t foul so much in basketball.
Seventh Grade
Tony Anderson-Get all A’s.
Ame Baird-To be as kind as I can be to others.
Destiney Brannum-To have an A in science and keep all of my grades up.
Phillip Bryant-My New Year’s resolution is to have straight A’s.
Kortney Cunningham-To be better at basketball, volleyball, and track.
Morgan Hawks-To get straight A’s.
Carson Montgomery-Next year I would like to make honorable mention in school.
Kobie Unterseher-My New Year’s resolution is to stay out of trouble.
Khrissanna VanPatten-Help my mom with things around the house, clean, and be more responsible.
Tea VanPatten-I want my New Year’s resolution to be that I help others.
Stewart Whitney-My resolution is to be nice to everyone and get straight A’s.
Sixth Grade
Elexsa Anderson-Get good grades and help homeless people that I see.
Colten Bach-Get AR points.
Brooke Baird-Get good grades so I can keep doing sports.
Sarah Baird-Stop sassing my parents and not get into too many fights with Ame.
Kirsten Burger-Get all of my AR points and not to sass my mom.
Camden Cox-To earn enough money for a Nintendo DS.
Briana Fuemmeler-Not to sass my mom and not to get bad grades.
Vanessa Garcia-Do all the chores my dad tells me to do and to be nice.
Allison Keith-Get good grades and to be nice.
Cody Land-Stop lying.
Eli Lowry-My goal is to get my car running.
Talia Lowry-Get good grades, get AR points early, and don’t get grounded.
Brianna Martin-To stop sassing my parents.
Dalton Smith-To get my grandma to stop smoking and to run a lot.
Matt Southerland-Have School all year and every day, non stop.
Shayna Vincent-Get good grades and to be nice.
Thank you for reading. Over the break, I had many kind comments about the students’ entries. I have learned so much about this age group this year. They have lots on their minds and this is a way to express them. Like us, what they think or feel one day may or may not be the same the next day, or even the next hour. We hope you continue to read Middle School Happenings this semester. I also hope the students keep their resolutions, especially the ones about not sassing their parents. :-)
