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Club
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Pictures/EBSMS Dance
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Parent
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SCA
Talent Show
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NEWS
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2011-2012
Middle School Teacher of the Year
Seveth grade teacher, Mrs. Jennifer Ramseyer was selected as the
2011-2012 Middle School Teacher of
the Year for Washington County Schools. Mrs. Ramseyer teaches
language arts and civics for the
seventh grade Stingray team at EBSMS. This is Mrs. Ramseyer's
20th year as
a teacher in Washington County.
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A
Christmas Performance
On December 7th & 8th, the sounds of the season filled the air as
the students from the 7th & 8th grade choruses classes presented
their annual Christmas concert. The students did an excellent job
and are to be commended for an awesome holiday performance.
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Mrs. Ashley
McLaughlin and Ms. Marva Wheeler are the choral directors at EBSMS.
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Sixth
Grade Student Wins Bee
On November 16th, 2011, twenty-seven students participated in the EBSMS
annual Geographic Bee. Nathan B., a sixth grade student, won the
school-level competition. The second place honor went to Roman B., and
Haley V. claimed third place.
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TSA
Volunteers at LEGO League
On Saturday, November 12th, the EBSMS TSA volunteered at the 2011
Regional first LEGO League tournament. The students assisted the
judges and supervised the LEGO Robotics learning table where they
showed elementary students how to build and program LEGO Next Robots.
Christina C., Jessica S., Bayleigh D., Nicholas T., and Myles J.
volunteered at the event.
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A
group of students from the Shark Team hung red, white, and blue
decorated hearts in their classroom.
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Veterans
Day Activities
Students at EBSMS paid tribute to those who have proudly served and
those who are currently serving in our Armed Forces. Students sent
cards, banners, and letters to local veterans and watched streaming
video clips about the importance of Veterans Day.
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Educators
Attend VMSA Conference
Teachers from EBSMS presented at the 2011 annual Virginia Middle School
Conference held on November 4th at James Madison University in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. Teachers Mary Parks, Traci Sproles, and Gina
Hamm, along with Principal Kathy Laster attended the conference.
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Eighth
grade English teacher, Mrs. Mary Parks, presented a session on "Using
Picture Books and Music in the Middle School Language Arts Classroom."
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Highlands
Wrestling Club
During PE classes, students participated in wrestling demonstrations
sponsored by the Highlands Wrestling Club. Coach Scott and Coach
Puriefoy assisted with the demonstrations.
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In Search
of the Great Pumpkin
Students from Ms. Pehrsson's class
traveled to Wytheville, Virginia to visit a pumpkin patch at
Williams Orchard. Each student enjoyed picking out their very own
pumpkin to take home.
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Students
Visit Highland Dairy Farm
The sixth grade class traveled to the Highland
Dairy Farm in Glade Spring, Virginia to participate in the annual farm
field day. The Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District
hosted the trip, which provided a meaningful watershed field experience
for all sixth graders from Washington County.
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GATE
Students Attend Festival
GATE students traveled to Jonesborough,
Tennessee to attend the 39th annual National Storytelling Festival. The
event is a world-renowned celebration where students get to hear all
their favorite storytellers, plus enjoy the many hands-on festival
traditions.
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PTA
Fundraiser Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Joe
Corbi's PTA fundraiser. The three top winners received cash prizes from
the PTA. First place went to seventh grader Erin S., second place to
seventh grader Jerrod L., and third place to sixth grader Mikayla W.
Congratulations to these students!
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FFA Students Attend Leadership Conference
The FFA officers attended the
Appalachian Area Future Farmers of America Leadership Conference at
Southwest VA Community College on Tuesday, September 27. Gabe J.,
Josh B., Connor H., Austin B., Chandler G., Meghan T., and Tyler B.
participated in team building games and many other workshops.
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Share the LOVE
A group of students from Mrs. Mitchell's class
took a field trip to the Virginia Creeper Trail and to the Barter Green
in the town of
Abingdon. They stopped by the Barter Green to pose for a picture in
front of the 16-foot-wide, 8-foot-tall artwork that spells out the word
"LOVE in giant letters.
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Celebrate Wherever You Are... College
Colors Day!
College Colors Day is no ordinary
holiday, especially for students at
EBSMS. A group of seventh grade students pose
while
dressed in their favorite college attire on Friday, September 2, 2011.
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Summer Band Camp
Eighth grade students
attend band camp at the University of Virginia at Wise. Ms. Beverly
Campbell is the band director at EBSMS.
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TSA Wins First at Nationals
Kurtis G., Jillian T., Erin S., and
Audra Y., competed in the "Lights, Camera, Action" video event for the
2011 National Technology Student Association conference held in Dallas
Texas this past summer. Their video can be viewed at
www.tsaweb.org under "What is TSA?" /video library. The topic for
the 2011 video was the TSA motto: "Learning to Live in a Technical
World."
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T-Shirt Contest Winner
The Va Highlands Festival's Arts and Crafts
Committee recently held a t-shirt contest with local schools.
Eighth grader Karissa F. created the winning design. Karissa is a
student in Ms. Ellis' art class. She will receive $100.00 in prize
money. Her artwork will be made into a t-shirt, which will be
available for sale during the festival.
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SCA Officers Selected
Congratulations to the following
students as they were selected by their peers to serve as the 2011-2012
SCA officers for the EBSMS eighth grade class:
President: Adriana L.,
Vice-President: Hannah O.
Treasurer: Kelsee R.
Secretary: Megan A.
Members-At-Large: Emily S.,Taylor F. |
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Service Learning Projects at EBSMS!
During the holidays, students from Mrs. Parks'
English classes created and read books to students from local
elementary schools.
Students and teachers from the seventh grade
Dolphin team collect and
roll pennies for the Relay for Life organization.
Congratulations to the Falcons
for a Better Community Club for
collecting over $3000.00
in food
donations to help support
our local
"Faith in Action" organization.
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Technology
Corner
What's New @ EBSMS
World Book Web
TeachingBooks.net
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Food City
School Buck$
Go to your
nearest Food City store or register your ValuCard online at
www.foodcity.com.
Shop, Scan
& Save to earn valuable points for E. B. Stanley Middle School!
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EBSMS Tutoring
Opportunities
Math
- During
Assisted Studies with Classroom Teacher
- During
Assisted Studies
or Exploratory with Algebra Readiness Teacher, Mrs. Kim Compton
- 6th
& 8th - Monday
& Wednesday 8:15 - 10:30 - with Math Tutor, Mrs. Lydia Hucks
- Monday
- Wednesday with
Algebra Readiness Tutor
Reading
- During Assisted Studies with Classroom
Teacher
- Monday & Wednesday - During Assisted
Studies or Exploratory with Language Arts Tutor, Mrs. Kay Williams
Science &
Social Studies
- During Assisted Studies with Classroom
Teacher
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E. B.
S.
Earn a Varsity Letter in Reading
Reading is one of
the most fundamental skills a
student will learn in school. To emphasize the importance of
reading,
E. B. Stanley Middle School students may earn an
academic letter by
participating in the Varsity Reading Program. The award, a script
letter, will be distributed at the end of the academic school
year.
Criteria for earning a script letter:
- Read 10 books and complete 10 projects.
- Create a detailed poster encouraging others
to read.
- Obtain a Public Library Card.
- Present a book talk.
- Promote a book to be displayed in the
school's library.
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The
PowerSchool
Parent Portal will
allow you to view your child's grades, attendance, teacher comments,
and calendars in real-time on our website. Each parent/legal guardian
will need to pick up the unique login and password for their student.
The login and password may be picked up anytime from the main office.
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MISSION
STATEMENT
We at E. B. Stanley Middle School believe
that a successful school is an inviting, supportive, and safe place
that promotes in-depth learning and enhances students' physical
and
emotional well-being.
We strive to be a community of
learners where each student, staff member and support person is guided
by a
shared vision and takes pride in belonging.
We believe that a
successful learning environment is one where both students and
teachers
are engaged in active learning.
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