"Cover me in sunshine ☀️"
Panthers took advantage of the better weather today and enjoyed the sunshine outside at recess.
🥼Our 8th graders in Mrs. Landon and Mrs. McCrary's classes are conducting an experiment to compare how genetic factors and environmental factors affect the growth of an organism.🌱They chose to compare different brand seeds for their genetic experiment, and then chose to manipulate the type of liquid used to hydrate a plant and how frequent (to simulate a drought) for their environmental factor.☀️We can't wait to see their results! 🪴
Round 1️⃣ of March Madness for our Picklin' Panthers started today. Our 8th grade team will have a tournament bracket and crown a grade level champ🏆 to take on our 7th grade team at the end of the month. 🥒
Check out these panthers in their new shades they bought with IReady bucks. Students have had the opportunity to earn IReady buckets by completing lessons and getting their minutes in each week. They can cash them in for all types of prizes, snacks, hat day coupons and even a PE pass. 😍
Collaboration at its finest!🤝Mr. Turner came into Mrs. Landon's room to model an EduProtocol that he taught this past week at a PD session she attended. The students were able to take a topic they knew nothing about, and within 6 minutes increased their knowledge to score 93% accuracy. 🧠Fantastic job!
#GoBeGreat #collaboration #eduprotocol
What happens when creativity meets science?🎲✨ Mrs. McCrary and Mrs. Landon’s classes took a chance and created their own BEAST! But then, CATASTROPHE hit! 🌍🌋🫨🥶 They had to adapt and mutate their creations to survive changing environments and predators. What a fun and engaging way to explore adaptations and reproductive success! 🐊
Let's also congratulate our first ever support employee for Beech Springs Middle School, Katie Wilbur. She helps out in all aspects in our school and has a huge impact on our day to day activities. Congratulations! ✨
Please join us in congratulating our first ever Beech Springs Middle School Teacher of the Year, Morgan Chiles. She goes above and beyond for her students and staff and exemplifies what it means to be an outstanding teacher! 🍎
Students in 7th grade social studies practiced reviewing their vocab words using the "I have...who has?" method. Check out the excitement of this class when they set a new record of 1 minute! We love when our students are excited to learn and celebrate their growth!
We had our first matches in D5 history in eSports. Jose Contreras competed in Super Smash Brother in a 1v1 and Landon Verdier and Jonathan Sevilla had a match in Rocket League and won their match 3-0! 🎮
Mrs. Landon and Mrs. Collins' classes teamed up for FLEX today to tackle bullying together with a fun bingo game. The discussed effects of bullying and how to handle tough situations. Way to go! 💯
Mrs. Landon and Mrs. Mccrary's students created amazing scale models of our solar system. 🪐 They converted the distances of each celestial object into centimeters, giving them a real sense of how far apart they are! Plus, they researched FUN facts about each planet and found fascinating patterns in their findings.🕵️ Way to go Panthers!🐆
#GoBeGreat
Dr. Kirkland's DM students took their understanding of dimensions to a whole new level! They went beyond the flat surface of a piece of paper and dove headfirst into the world of 3D design using tinkercad. They then 3D printed the name tags they created.
Our 8th graders participated in a fantastic opportunity today with the Be Pro Be Proud truck. Be Pro Be Proud SC is a workforce initiative that introduces students to high-paying, in-demand fields, many of which are available to them upon graduation from high school with little-to-no educational debt incurred.
Ms. Cummings 7th grade scientist are simulating orangutans from Indonesia as they complete for food, water. or other resources in a limited space.
Teachers have many talents!! Today at recess Mrs. Chiles channeled her old soccer days to help some girls practice for tryouts! ⚽️ we love seeing our teachers pouring into students!
7th graders have been learning about the European Union in their social studies classes. Today, students took part in a digital simulation where they had to negotiate with countries in Europe & try to get their bill passed!
Mrs. Chapman's 8th graders played a fun game of "guess that transformation" in math class. They got creative in their thinking to use their math knowledge. What a fun way to learn. 🧠
Mrs. Landon's 8th grade science classes have been studying all about different classifications of stars. ✨ Today they used their math skills to create H R Diagrams and plot stars based on their luminosity and temperature. Way to go Panthers.🤩
Students raced to put the timeline of events leading up to the battles of Lexington and Concord in chronological order yesterday in Ms. Mitchell's SC history class.
