As Seen in the Williamson A.M.

October 9-12, 2006
Fairview Middle School

Monday

Tracy Vaughn’s sixth grade social studies classes are finishing up their studies of early cultures.  The students have learned about the first technologies, such as making fire and agricultural practices of the ancient people.  They also have studied the locations of the first civilizations and the conditions of the areas that made the area conducive to thriving civilizations.  Finally, students learned timelines in respect to BC and AD.  Students will next study river valley civilizations, starting with ancient Egypt.

 

Tuesday

School picture retakes will be tomorrow.  They are free if students’ eyes are closed in first picture, or if the students were absent.  Otherwise, students should have $5.00 cash for another sitting. Congratulations to the Positive Behavior Program’s winners for September.  They each received a DVD player.   Sixth Grade:  Felicia Williams; Seventh Grade:  Casey Arrington; and Eighth Grade:  Monica Lara.  Students are rewarded by faculty and staff at Fairview Middle for following the five rules of “Positive Behavior” by being awarded PBS tickets for their adherence to the rules of the program.  Teacher winners included Wanda Welch, Jim Mann, Johanna Bourdon, and Drew Reimer.

 

Wednesday

Mary Ellen Chesser, Fairview Middle’s new school nurse, has sent home a notice to parents that she will be screening students for early detection of possible later health problems associated with blood pressure and healthy body mass.  Sixth grade will be tested Wednesday, October 11, seventh grade will be tested on October 18, and eighth grade will be tested on October 25.  Results are confidential and will be sent home in letter form to the parents.

 

Thursday

Fairview Middle School will hold a “Blackout Pep Rally” this afternoon which promises to raise spirits and cheer the team on to victory.  Barbara Hall’s and Lisa Kennedy’s sixth grade language arts classes are reading fiction  in a novel entitled, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom.  Along with this, they are having fun with vocabulary, sequencing of events, main ideas.  The students are also comparing and contrasting themselves to a character about whom they are reading.  The students’ PBA on “The Self” is due on October 20.  Students will be on “Fall Break,” Friday, Monday, and Tuesday.  Have a restful few days, and return on Wednesday.