Graves County Middle School Spotlights



Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Bingo!




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mrs. Lane's Algebra students practice their skills through a friendly game of Bingo.

Sour Ratios




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mr. Cole's class learns about ratios by taste testing lemonades with different lemon to sugar ratios.

Lab License




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mrs. Morgan's students begin the process of earning their Lab License by studying lab safety and measurement techniques.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Digits




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mr. Cole demonstrates the new Digits math series to his class. 7th and 8th Grade math classes can take advantage of using technology to sharpen their math skills.

Graph It




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mr. Potts students make a human bar graph to represent data collected.

High Five




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Students in Mrs. Lockard and Ms. Mills classes listed 5 unique characteristics on their hand. They then played a game to earn candy from one another.




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Sweet!




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mrs. Manning's class interviews each other using Skittles to determine what questions to ask.

Circle Time




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mrs. Woodward discusses with her class the expectations of the new year.

Spanish 1




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

GCMS welcomes Mrs. Phillips who is teaching our very first high school level Spanish 1 course .

Sculpting Out a Great 1st Day




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mrs. Story's class pair up with play-dough to make models representing their new friends favorites!

Student Scavenger Hunt




Tiffany Williams
Assistant Principal
Graves County Middle School

Mrs. Hayden's class gets to know each other the first day of school by searching the classroom to find students with certain characteristics.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Testing Time!!

Our students have been hard at work proving what they know on KCCT, IOWA and MAP tests! We Are So Proud of You!!

Thank You Teachers!




Our wonderful parents showed appreciation to our hard working teachers by providing a dessert buffet. Thank you parents for your support today and everyday!!

Author Visit




GCMS was honored with a visit from author, Patrick Carman as a reward from Scholastic for winning the National Book Fair Competition! Congratulations Mrs. Locker and our book fair staff!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Rachel's Challenge




Students release balloons out of respect for the victims of the
Columbine tragedy on the day of its anniversary.

Lift Off




Mrs. Morgan's students use the scientific method during an experiment
with straw rockets.

Genetics




7th grade science students make baby aliens out of marshmellows during their
study of genetics.

It's Reality!




Our 7th graders got to experience a taste of reality by rotating
through Reality Zone. A huge thank you goes out to community members
for giving their time to make it possible!

Cell Scavenger Hunt




Mrs. Mills students go on a scavenger hunt throughout the building.
It was crafted to reinforce the purpose of each part of the cell by
comparing them to places in the school.