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TSA Competes at State Level
The Technology Student Association chapter from EBSMS traveled to
Richmond, VA to compete at the 2012 State Technosphere. The
school recieved a third place for Chapter of Excellence and third place
in the category of Community Service. Students who placed high enough
will attend the TSA national conference in Nashville, TN in the summer
of 2012.
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Civil War Reenactment
On Friday, April 27th students from Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Farmer's
class visited Edmondson Hall in Meadowview, VA for the 20th annual
Civil War Military & Heritage Day. Students toured slave
quarters and ended the day by watching and participating in a civil war
reenactment.
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Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
The SCA sponsored a luncheon in the school's library to acknowledge and
honor local law enforcement agencies in recognition of Law Enforcement
Appreciation Day. Many officers attended to include state, county
and town officers. Principal Kathy Laster welcomed everyone to
the event. The EBSMS Jazz Band gave an entertaining musical
performance while Uncle Ottie's BBQ & Catering provided a delicious
lunch.
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Abingdon Arbor Day Celebration
On Tuesday April 4th, the town of Abingdon held its annual Arbor Day
Celebration on the front lawn at EBSMS. The event included
reading the Arbor Day Proclamation, planting a tree donated by the
town, and a tree give-away by the Abingdon Tree Commission.
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Art Contest Participant
Congratulations to eighth grader Cody T. for being chosen as the middle
school participant for the Virginia School Board Association Art
Contest. Cody was honored at the Washington County School Board
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FFA Livestock Team
The FFA Livestock Team placed first at the Appalachian Area Spring
Rally in Wytheville, VA. Team Members included: Tyler B., Josh
B., Chandler G., and Connor H. Individually, Chandler placed
first, Tyler placed fifth and Connor placed ninth. Gabe J. placed
second individually in the Small Animal Career Development event.
FFA adviser Rachel Smith coaches the FFA at E. B. Stanley Middle
School.
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PTA Reflections Winners
Congratulations to those students who won the Washington County PTA
Reflections contest for the 2011 - 2012 school year. "Diversity
Means..." was the theme for this year's contest. Nikaha B. won the
Virginia PTA Award of Merit for the middle division in the category of
Visual Arts.
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Film/Video
Production: 1st - James D.
Photography: 1st - Bailey J.& 3rd -
Gillian O.
Visual Arts: 1st - Nikaha B.
Literature: 1st - Justin B. & 3rd - Coryn
M.
Musical Composition: 1st - Chloe S., 2nd -
James D., & 3rd - Jared S.
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Students Attend Leadership
Council
During the month of
February,
seventh graders Andrew S. and Laeth R. attended the Junior National
Young Leadership Council in Washington D C. The students were nominated
by their teachers, Mrs. Humphreys and Mrs. Puckett, as they have
exhibited outstanding leadership skills while at school and in the
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Sixth Grade Class Studies WWII
Students from the sixth grade Tiger team welcomed David Farris, a
collector of WWII memorabilia to their classroom. Mr. Farris shared
his love of all things WWII by bringing in a U. S. Marine Corps Service
"A" uniform. Students collected other artifacts to display in
their classroom during their study of WWII. Mrs. MacIlwaine is the U.
S.
History teacher for the Tiger team.
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Kiss A Pig at EBSMS
Principal Kathy Laster got to kiss a pig after students met the
challenge of raising money for the "Team Cory" fundraiser. The
event was a huge success as administrators and teachers kissed the
pig in front of a theater full of EBSMS students. |
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E. B. Stanley Middle School Has Got Talent
The EBSMS school theater was full of talent on Thursday, February 23rd,
as the SCA sponsored the annual school talent show. Fifteen acts
performed before a packed crowd of friends and family. Eighth graders
Duncan Okes and Denham Bays served as Master's of Ceremony for the
event. Congratulations to all the talent show winners!
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FFA Week
EBSMS celebrated FFA week with special
dress-up days and daily morning announcements with information about
the Future Farmers of America organization. FFA members along
with faculty, staff and students wore "wacky tacky boots, dressed in
"camo" and wore "blue and gold" to school to show support of the
FFA club at E. B. Stanley Middle School.
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2011-2012
Middle School Teacher of the Year
Seventh 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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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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