Thursday, December 8, 2011
After training from a professional writer and photographer, 220 NKMS seventh graders submitted photos and “story starters” designed to inspire readers to tell their own tales.
There aren’t any rock-scaled serpents in Laumeier Sculpture Park, but that didn’t stop Matilda Workman. While looking for inspiration for a scary, suspenseful story, Matilda, a seventh grader at North Kirkwood Middle School, stumbled upon a rock-studded sculpture—easy to do in the 100 acre open-air museum—and snapped a photo of one small curve. From that picture, she built a “story starter,” a two-to-five sentence paragraph that sparks a story idea in the mind of the reader, about a rock-scaled serpent. “He lived in my creek, never bothering anyone,” Matilda wrote. “He would just lay on the bank, basking in the sun, waiting for me. Whenever I came, I brought him bread and wine, both of which he loved. And that was how our world worked. …
Monday, October 10, 2011
Christ Community Lutheran School in Kirkwood gave each eighth-grade student an iPad 2 this school year and now looks extend the device to seventh-graders.
Eighth-graders at Christ Community Lutheran School in Kirkwood have what many techy adults covet, a personal iPad 2, which school officials say will engage "digital natives." Students received the device last month and now the school is moving forward with providing an iPad 2 to each seventh-grader at the school. The effort is made possible by grant money received from the Innovative Technology Education Fund, according to a statement from the school. While planning for the 2011-12 school year, the school's Educational Technologist Carrie Reck-Meyer, and the school leadership team researched different options for engagement tools most effective for today's digitally saavy students, the school says. The team decided on implementing iPads at…
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Elisabeth Kelly will represent Hixson Middle School at the state level of the Prudential Spirit of the Community Awards program.
Some of Elisabeth Kelly's friends didn't understand why she chose to spend a sizeable chunk of her summer vacation as a junior counselor at Camp Webegee, a summer day camp operated by the city of Webster Groves. "They were like, 'Why are you doing that? Why don't you just come to the pool with me today?'" said Kelly, an eighth-grader at Hixson Middle School. "I told them it was something fun to do." This past summer, Kelly logged more than 75 hours at Camp Webegee and her efforts did not go unnoticed. She recently received a certificate of achievement for her service from the 2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, a national service competition run by Prudential Financial. She is now eligible for the Missouri Youth Volunteer…
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