The Pirate Press Feb. 2024 News, written and created by Peterstown Middle School students
The Monroe County Board of Education meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 5, 2024, will begin at 5:30 at Peterstown Elementary School. We hope this will allow fans time to get to the JMHS Boys Basketball Regional Championship against Greenbrier West and the send off for our JMHS Girls Basketball Team who are headed to states! Let’s Go James Monroe!
The 5th grade students of the month for February are Maddox Meadows and Penny Robinson.
to our Monroe County Spelling Bee winners!
4th Grade Winners:
1st Place: Alaina Persinger
2nd Place: Riley Griggs
3rd Place: Cooper Yurkovich
5th Grade Winners:
1st Place: Kyndall Painter
2nd Place: Carson Miller
3rd Place: Aryianna Adkins
6th Grade Winners:
1st Place: Joe Dent
2nd Place: Lila Samsel
3rd Place: Ava Wilson
7th Grade Winners:
1st Place: Audrey Dent
2nd Place: Izzy Yurkovich
3rd Place: Haylee Surface
8th Grade Winners:
1st Place: Maddie Baker
2nd Place: Linnie Wilson
3rd Place: Nolan Canterbury
Monday, February 19th is a professional learning day and there will be no school for students.
Peterstown Middle School had two students whose project went to the Regional Science Fair. Kendall Long and Bella Dillon's project, "The Candle Race" won 1st place in their category and they will go on to compete in the State Science Fair in March. Kendall did an amazing job presenting at the regional fair. Congratulations, ladies!
7th Grade Earth Science students learned about topography maps and elevation by creating their own clay mountains and using dental floss to cut out different elevations. They used these levels to draw their own topography map showing the elevation of their mountain .
Friday, February 9th is Faculty Senate. Students will be released 2 hours early.
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Check out the January 2024 Pirate Press Newspaper written by PMS Journalism and Media students.
Fifth grade January students of the month are Natalie Thompson and Coy Jackson.
The Peterstown Middle School Drama Club was unable to perform their Christmas play in December, so they made this video.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nT2If5NHV37fjYgRpzukXz5A4g381nWJ/view?usp=drivesdk
Students at Peterstown Middle School used investigative skills to identify mystery solutions and decided the best way to clean a penny this week in 8th Grade Science Class.
Peterstown Middle School Spelling Bee Winners. These students will participate in the county spelling bee on February 13.
5th Grade (left to right)
Champion: Carson Miller, Second Place: Kyndall Painter, and Alternate: Chloe Carden.
6th grade
Champion: Joe Dent (center), Second Place: Annsley Young (left), and Alternate: Brantley Combs (right).
7th grade
Champion: Izzy Yurkovich (right), Second Place: Audrey Dent (center), and Alternate: Zayden Hetherington (left).
8th Grade
Champion: Nolan Canterbury (right), Second Place: Linnie Wilson (center), and Alternate: Heath Pitzer (left).
Please note January menu changes for Mountain View and Peterstown due to school being closed.
Math students in 7th grade had an impromptu lesson about symmetry this morning, when they were able to add their third part for Mr. Potato Head since they had another day of perfect homeroom attendance. Mrs. McPherson and a few students wanted to ensure Mr. Potato Head received his other ear so he would be symmetrical, but the majority of the class voted to forego equilibrium and preferred to prioritize olfactory. It was a highly controversial and debated decision.
8th grade students at PMS participated in a multicultural activity called “Christmas Around the World”. Students learned about Hanukkah traditions, celebrations in Japan and Sweden, and Christmas experiences during the frontier times. Students enjoyed playing a game, learning a dance, making butter, making a craft, and taking a virtual tour.
PMS 5th grade students of the month: Michael Smith and Emma Clark
Students and parents enjoying Meet the Robot Night at Peterstown PreK-8. Nellie Cottle, Technology Integration Specialist, hosted this event! Job well done and students and parents had a fun evening.
Robotics! Coding! STEM!
Come see what it’s all about at the Peterstown PK-8 STEM Lab.
THURSDAY DEC. 14 from 4-6 PM
HANDS-ON FUN for ALL AGES
FREE GIFTS!
Play with over 10 different coding robots.
Learn about coding apps and websites.
