Sweet Principal

Students turn Mr. Williams into a human banana split in today's
assembly. The students were contest winners from the 2010 Book Fair.

Send Off

The band, strings and choir students performed holiday music to finish
off our last day of school before Christmas Break.

Off They Go

Project Lead the Way Students pose with their Egg Head Pilot car.

Do they really know?

Mrs. Morgan reviews study guide answers by having students hold up what they
think is correct. She can then quickly see if they need extra work on
a concept before the test.

Scavenger Hunt

Mr. Johnson has students search the room for review questions to
prepare for a test.

Missing Cookies

Mr Cole's students work to solve the mystery of Mrs. Claus's missing
Christmas Cookie recipe. They identify ingredients scientifically.

Cemical Reactions

Mrs. Lockard's students note properties of chemical solution mixtures.

It's Snowing

Mrs. Paitsel's students study informational text comprehension by
following written steps of a snowflake design.

Book Fair Open

Sweet Read

Students enter the "sweetly" themed book fair. Mrs. Locker and her
students have been recognized by Scholastic in a National competition every
year. They are likely to win again!!

Bring Home the Gold

Morgan Elliott wins a Gold Medal at the Special Olympics over the
weekend!! We are so proud of you Morgan!

Drama Live

Mr. Lile teaches class in full costume as Charles Dickens.

Mechanical Arm

Students in Mr. Waller's class design and construct a mechanical arm.

Explore

GCMS 8th graders have received their ACT Explore results. The
teachers are reviewing commonly missed questions and they will then be
sent home.

Guys and Girls Read

Mrs. Peale reminds students of the Guys Read and Girls Read Program.
Students can join teachers during a morning book club meeting to discuss
a common book and enter a drawing for a Kindle.

Art of Science

Mr. Cole's students diagram plate boundaries.

Read All About It

Students rotate through a computer station in Mrs. Guffy's classroom.

News in Print

Who says no one reads the paper anymore? Mr. Seaton's students
receive and read the Paducah Sun each week.

Top 3

Students in Mrs. Wallace's class design a project around three books
they would recommend for the society in The Giver.

Batting Proportions

Students in Mr. West's class see a live demonstration of the
importance of proportional reasoning.

How Tall Is It?

Students in Mr. Catlin's class calculate the length of the light pole
by measuring it's shadow and solving proportions.

Cooking It Up

Mr. Cole and Mrs. Morgan's students team up for a food lab
demonstrating the rock cycle.

Earth's Water

Mr. Catlin's students collect data by tossing a globe to make a
prediction of how much of the Earth is covered by water.

Greek Theatre

Mrs. Willis's introduces the class to Athens Democracy by having the
students role play the lesson.

Half Life of a Pennyium

Students in Mrs. Locker's class explore half-life of radioactive
elements through a penny lab.

Barriers Broken

Students in Mrs. Willis's classroom play a game of Barriers and Paths.
It is an intro activity to the study of the Great Wall of China.
Students in the picture are following the direction of their King and hiding their
team's flag from the other team.

Sweet Little Buddies

GCMS Beta Club students, led under the Kelly Locker, teamed up with
Central Elementary 1st graders. Our students read them books. The
youngsters brought handwritten notes to their Beta Buddy.

MAP Your Way to Success

GCMS students take the MAP test on-line in reading, math and
language. They will take it again in the winter and spring to check
their academic progress.

War

Students in Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Carrico's classes go head to head in
a game of war ball. They were reenacting the American Revolution.

Acts of Kindness

Rachel's chain reaction is taking off at GCMS. Students have already
performed over 1000 acts of kindness which are represented by a paper
chain wrapping around the school.

Getting Results

Mr. Walker's class improved dramatically over the past 6 weeks. Great
work!

And the Answer Is....

Ms. Mill's class quizzes their knowledge using a CPS clicker system.
The percentage of students getting the correct answer is graphed
automatically.

What's your opinion?

Students in Mrs. Gibbs class demonstrate their opinions of hot topic
issues by moving from one side of the room to the other.

Mad Science

Mr. Cole got the students in the Halloween spirit by showing them some
spooky science tricks on Friday.

Puff Car

Students in Mr. Waller's pre-engineering class design a race car with
limited materials. The power source? One breath.

Name That Plate

Ms. Mill's students learn plate boundary vocabulary by acting out the
movement of each type.

Foldables

Mrs. Paitsel's students organize their notes for persuasive techniques
by creating colorful foldables.

Language Stations

Mrs. Peale's students get extra practice with figurative language
techniques by traveling through stations in cooperative groups.

Sound

Mrs. Fain makes her lesson interactive by demonstrating a tuning fork
 to explore sound waves.

Play Time

GCMS students enjoy a game of volleyball at this month's SOAR Assembly
after students were recognized for academic success.

Partner Up

Mrs. Lane's students practice math problems with a partner. Before
the activity, they made appointments with different students in the
room and rotated throughout the period to their different
appointments. This allowed kids to put their heads together with
several other students today.

Project Read

Language Arts students create projects and do oral presentations on a
book they recently read. This project was done by one of Mrs.
Paitsel's students. He created a scene from Old Yeller.

Anne Frank

Students present a power point on Anne Frank (a piece they read this
month) in Mrs. Lathrop's class.

Framed

Mrs. Peale's students present projects over current reads. This
student designed a DVD cover for the book, Framed.

Great Tasting Lesson

Students in Mrs. Manning's class learn about using imagery in their
writing by putting their senses to work as they describe a Hershey Kiss.

Chorus Sing!

Mr. Walker directs our choir of over 60 students preparing for the
Holiday Concert.

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Cool Ceramics

A new group of art students create amazing designs of functional
ceramic art.

The Amazing Race

Mr. Fuqua's music students practice their music notes and staff
through races. They received automatic feedback and had to run and
correct any mistakes.