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Congratulations to the following McCants Middle School 8th grade students for becoming our 2009-2010 Junior Scholars. In order for a student to be considered a Junior Scholar, they need to either be a Duke TIP scholar in the 7th grade or score 50 or above on any area of the PSAT in the 8th grade - Grant Alexander, Pedro Bertolini, Kira Brabazon, Jeffrey Cleveland, Jacob Crenshaw, Ayi Eta, Laura Finley, Jonathan Giraldo, Deja Goodson, Jessica Grigg, Anthony Goad, Kenan Hunter, Kristen Johnson, Jacob Koch, Lora Lassiter, David Langbehn, Kathleen Langbehn, Jordan Logue, Daniel Major, John McCollum, Luke McCollum, Jennifer Miranda, Logan Mower, Sarah Nash, Mohini Patel, William Pickens, Jared Reid, Thomas Roberts, Yu Roh, Andrew Samstag, Caitlin Singletary, Jessica Smith, Natalie Stringer, Thomas Tarbert, Brian Violette, Emily Warren, Edwin Wentzky, Eric Wentzky, Madilynn West, William Willcox, Erik Williams, Andrew Wilson, and Joseph Young.
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Students in Mrs. Samstag's life science class designed experiments to determine the effects of various stimuli on heart rate. Some submerged their heads in ice cold water while others performed the valsalva maneuver (holding their breath). One group inverted their bodies to determine the effects of gravity. Mr. Garrison and Mr. Little even joined in for a little friendly competition to see who could hold their head longer under ice cold water. After their experiments were completed, students graphed their data and analyzed their results in the computer lab.
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AVID SPONSORS "SOUPER BOWL" |
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A special thank you to AVID teachers and students for sponsoring the Souper Bowl project. They collected non-perishable food items and donated them to AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries). They were able to collect 1004 food items. Way to go, AVID!
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| State Superintendent’s Writing Award Peyton Finley |
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Peyton recently joined all 8th grade students in participating in the State Superintendent’s Writing Award program. Students write in class and adhere closely to the Revised Extended Response Writing Rubric that is used to score PASS testing each year. The topic this year was People’s Influence on Other Living Things. Judging first occurs at the classroom level and then all class winners are judged at the school level by a panel of judges. Peyton took top honors for McCants. The three Anderson 5 middle school winners will represent their school at the district competition. Good luck, Peyton!
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Spring pictures will be taken April 1st. |
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| Important Dates | |
| March 16/17 | ELA PASS - Writing |
| March 17-19 | 7th Grade Trip - Group 2 Jekyll Island |
| March 17-22 | 8th Grade Trip New York |
| March 23 | End of 3rd Nine Weeks |
| March 30 | Report Cards Issued |
| April 1 | Spring Pictures |
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