This is just a reminder of this fun-filled evening with games, food, and activities at the middle school tomorrow night. Please plan to join us even if you haven't RSVP.
Congrats to this week's Caught Being Good Winners. Even a staff member got in on this week's fun. Way to go, middle school students!
In 8th grade ELA, the students worked hard on their final reading and writing projects. They had to choose a novel with a minimum of 100 pages to read. They wrote essays that focused on theme, sequencing, and summarization. After completing their essays, they created Book Recommendation Slides, which they presented to the class. This culminating project of hard work and grit came at a time when most wanted to be outside in the sun. Way to go, 8th grade!
One quote from her essay, written by Grace Dahl, sums up a life long lesson we could all learn from..."Sometimes in the end, we don't get what we want or what we fought for, but sometimes it's not about what's at the end, but about what you did along the way that got you to the end."
TCSD BADGES Program Visits Our Middle School
Today, we were honored to welcome the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department (TCSD) to our middle school as they presented their BADGES program. A powerful educational initiative focused on helping students make positive life choices.
The BADGES program emphasizes that good decisions today lead to a better tomorrow. Throughout the day, students rotated through engaging stations led by local law enforcement officers. Topics included drug awareness, online safety, and home safety. One particularly impactful session featured a guest speaker who shared his personal story about the dangers of drug use and how it changed his life.
The event concluded with an exciting display of community support. Students had the opportunity to interact with drug detection dogs, firefighters, EMTs, police officers, safety equipment, drones, and emergency vehicles.
We are incredibly thankful to the TCSD and all the first responders who made this event possible. We appreciate your time, effort, and dedication to educating and protecting our students.
Last night, our middle school band students and their instructor, Adam George, put on another great concert. It is always fun to see how far these students have come in a year. The high school band and choir will perform this Friday, and next Tuesday, the middle school choir.
7th-grade ELA students took advantage of the beautiful weather and braved a challenging scavenger hunt! They worked through 8 stations that reviewed text evidence, word meaning, grammar, and theme standards that have been taught throughout the year!
Congrats to this week's Caught Being Good Winners. Way to go, middle school students!
For the past 15 years, the University of Wisconsin - Extension, Trempealeau County, has been hosting an Eighth Grade Environmental Learning Day program in May each year for Trempealeau County schools. This consists of eighth-grade students from around the county travelling to visit Lock and Dam #6, hike Brady’s Bluff in Perrot Park, and participate in a hands-on activity at the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
8th Grade Science recently conducted a sound lab with stemmed glasses to test the effects of sound and pitch. In the midst of their Waves and Technology Information unit, this lab enhanced the visual aspect of sound waves. A great hands-on lab this was!
Congrats to our Caught Being Good Winners. This month, we had an extra drawing for students that allowed them to put their tickets in for a gift card to Ettrick Golf Course and Trempealeau Mountain.
In the Academic and Career Planning (ACP) class, 7th grade students explore potential careers that match their interests and strengths. Using a website called Xello, they research important details like job responsibilities, required education, and salary expectations. After gathering information, students create a presentation to share what they’ve learned. This project helps them start thinking more seriously about their goals after high school.
A group of 8th grade WEB leaders recently took a trip to Ettrick Elementary to help out during the school's Environmental Day. The leaders spent time with younger students reading nature-themed stories, going for a short hike, and helping them make seed bombs to plant wildflowers. It was a fun and meaningful way for the WEB crew to show leadership and support younger learners while learning more about the environment together.
Last Tuesday, 8th grade students traveled to the Genoa Fish Hatchery to take a tour with fishery biologists to study our local ecosystems and investigate Lichen and see the conservation efforts for fish in the Midwest. In addition, students took a bus tour that focused on the foundation of our local area and conflicts with local Native American tribes. They stopped to talk about the impact of George Gale on our community, Native American legacy in our area, and discussed the Blackhawk War around Genoa at battle sites.
Today is the last day for Reading Without Walls challenge. Here is the last round of students who earned a free book for participating (reading five different books).
Congrats to this week's Caught Being Good Winners. Way to go middle school students!
This year, the middle school is recognizing outstanding student effort, behavior and ability by giving out Student of the Term awards. Each term, teachers nominate different students, discuss what they did ,and then select from each grade level. Students then get a chance to call home to tell their family and enjoy a family celebration breakfast. Way to go students.
📢 Student Registration & Info Update is now OPEN!
From April 18th through May 30th, families can register and update information for returning students.
🚍 New this year: The transportation request form is now available online as part of the registration process!
Visit PowerSchool to get started and make sure everything’s set for the next school year. 🏫✨
8th grade science is currently in their Waves & Technology Information unit. Recently, students used spring toys (Slinkys) to model different types of waves: longitudinal, transverse, traveling and standing. The modeling allowed students to measure frequency, wavelength, amplitude and speed. Students will apply this exploration moving forward in the unit.
Congrats to this week's Caught Being Good Winners. Way to go middle school students!
Students in our Tech-ed 2 class are doing lots of hands-on learning. They are making their own design for a boat and 3-D printing the propellors to drive it. They will take the boats to Arctic Springs to see how well they did.
