Friday, May 7, 2010

Middle School Notes


Happy Friday!

With the end of the year upcoming, please keep encouraging your children to work hard on their schoolwork, and begin preparing even now for exams. It is easy to let up when spring is in the air, but we're not across the finish line just yet!

Congratulations to the following middle school students who made the Headmaster's List for the first semester. These students have the highest GPAs in the middle school. Our second semester Headmaster's List will be announced at the conclusion of the school year:

Robert Adams, Jack Albritton, Jessie Allen, Forrest Bankston, Colton Bassett, Beth Birchfield, Sam Bishop, Elisabeth Bowman, Jackson Byrd, Betsy Byrne, Fox Carlson, Grant Chambliss, Chloe Champion, Tori Chancellor, Katie Chandler, Alyssa Clark, Will Cook, Anna Lee Curles, Wesley Curles, Cole DeBardelaben, Millie Beth Dill, Turner Duraski, Savannah Elrod, Preston Etheredge, Cassie Felder, Lance Freeman, Anna Gentry, Haley Gentry, Regan Goocher, Hannah Green, Carter Green, Sarah Green, Reed Grice, Marshall Griffin, Janie Hampton, Carson Hartzog, Hadley Hayes, Hannah Haynes, Weston Heartsill, Braxton Hicks, Sadler Hinton, Joseph Hixon, Christina Hogan, Hudson Huffam, Emory Johnston, Bray Jones, Katrina King, Ali Lincoln, Anna Claire Loftis, Addison Love, Carly Mattox, Jordyn Meeks, Meredith Moore, Becca Murdoch, Stephen Neu, Mary Elizabeth Newman, Stuart Newsome, Clayton O'Barr, Emma Paramore, Hammond Parsons, Ankil Patel, Daniel Phillips, Leeanne Phillips, Mark Pickering, Caleb Redden, Jacob Redden, Miranda Register, Virginia Reid, Parker Reynolds, Leslie Schuneman, Jackson Scott, Michael Sellers, Anna Slawson, Steven Smelley, Daniel Smitherman, Caroline Stewart, Emily Stone, Aaron Tasseff, Ann Louise Teel, Autumn Thaggard, Den Trumbull, Tyler Vermillion, Grant Watson, Claire Wilder, Pat Williams, Dawson Williams, Layne Williams, Emily Windham, Katie Windham, Abby Windham.

Congratulations to these outstanding students for a job well done!

Social networking sites are becoming more popular than ever, and students and parents alike are using them more and more. However, as we all know, there can be a dark side to this new media. The New York Times published an article in Thursday's edition highlighting the potential dangers with a new form of social networking called Formspring. You may access the article by clicking here.

Here are our tests for next week:

6th Grade: None

7th Grade:

Tuesday - Science

Wednesday - Keyboarding

8th Grade:

Monday - Algebra I

Tuesday - Pre-Algebra

Wednesday - English

Have a great weekend!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Middle School Notes

Good Monday Afternoon --

You know it is a crazy time of year when I don't post this communication in a timely manner. Sorry about that! I'll save the good stuff for this Friday. In the meantime, here are our tests for this week:

6th Grade: None

7th Grade: None

8th Grade:

Wednesday - History (McLemore)

Thursday - English

Friday - History (Weeks), Algebra I

Remember, exams are coming up soon so make sure your child is studying.

Have a great week!