Aware May Final July 22 - Public Schools of Robeson County

St. Pauls Middle School
CTE students at St.
Pauls Middle are going above
and beyond 6th grade
Computer Skills & Applications
I. Students are really working
hard. We are currently working
on formatting memos and
business letters as well as
creating tables in Microsoft
Word 2010. Students are
having a great time adding
color, clip art, borders, as well
as adding their own style to
their tables.
7th grade Computer
Skills & Applications II
students are adding formulas
and functions in spreadsheets
and creating graphs. Students
have been learning how to
create a database. They are
really doing an outstanding job.
8th grade Exploring
Business, Marketing &
Entrepreneurship students
have been busy working on
Future for Kids, SAT questions,
Interviewing Skills, and
Entrepreneurship but most
importantly students have
been focusing on why
education plays a major role in
their career choice. Students
have been researching different
types of jobs and reviewing
their job descriptions. They
have also been looking at jobs
in Emergency Management,
Government, and careers in
technology which will forever
change our future. As a result,
students are collaborating, role
playing, and promoting
teamwork.
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The seventh graders have had
a very productive month during
April. In English Language Arts,
students have utilized the
mobile computer lab, a
valuable resource, which has
enabled students to research,
a project of choice, and create
multimedia presentations,
using a variety of technology.
Students have been creating
PowerPoints, incorporating
images, audios, and videos
along with animated videos,
and comic strip generators for
their presentations using Smart
Board technology. The Math
students participated in several
mathematicians’ projects that
consisted of research of
ancient Greek mathematicians
and their contributions to
mathematics. They made use
of angles and measurement to
draw and build architectural
buildings such as houses. The
students learned vital
information from each set of
projects from where the
Pythagorean Theorem evolved
to how important the
foundation of a house is as
well as how important the
precise angle measures can
be. In Social Studies,
students studied Communism
and Capitalism, made posters
describing Communism and
Capitalism, and learned about
the five major religions of the
world. In Science, students
studied the reproductive
system and digestive systems
as well as made posters
showing the digestive system.
Our main event for the month
of April was our picnic that was
held on April 26 th for all of our
students who made a 3 or 4
on their Benchmark. There was
a total of 104 students—an
average of 70 percent for the
third Benchmark. The picnic
served as an award and as a
motivator for other students to
try harder next time. The
afternoon was filled with food
and games for all!
Orchestra students
participated in All-County on
Thursday, April 18 th at
Lumberton Junior High School.
The concert featured string
players from St. Pauls
Elementary and Middle
Schools, Carroll Middle School,
and Lumberton Junior and
Senior High Schools. Students
were accepted by audition and
the judges were impressed
with their playing. The students
spent the day rehearsing with
guest conductors Janice
Swoope and Nathan Artley of
Fayetteville, as well as
interacting with other strings
students from Robeson
County. They worked on tone,
dynamics, intonation, rhythm,
balance, and ensemble. A
beautiful performance was
given that evening, featuring
the beginner group, the
intermediate level group, and
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the advanced high school
group. Nayeli, an 8 th grader at
St. Pauls Middle, performed a
beautiful solo in Shores of
Ireland. The orchestra is giving
another performance on May
2 nd , at 7pm at St. Pauls Middle
School. The beginner group
will perform May 16 th , at
6:30pm at St. Pauls
Elementary School. Any
student who still wants to be in
orchestra next year should see
Ms. Marshall or send an email
to
peggy.marshall@robeson.k12.n
c.us. For more information
about the orchestra program,
please go to our website at:
http://
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www.robeson.k12.nc.us//
Domain/4191.
Our AIG students have
been excitingly using
technology to enhance their
learning experiences and the
appearance of their finished
products. Reading students
have been using the “Word
Mover” I pad app to publish
their own poetry following the
extended metaphorical pattern
of Emily Dickenson. Eighth
grade math students have
been using computer
resources to research different
forms of relationships and
functions. Sixth and seventh
grade math students have
been solving and classifying
equations to evaluate if
different forms of equations are
equivalent, even though they
look very diverse.
Students are reading and
taking Accelerated Reader
quizzes at St. Pauls Middle
especially Mr. Weller’s Core 2
Language Arts Class.
Congratulation goes to these
students as our Accelerated
Reader Class Champions for
earning the most AR points for
both 2 nd and 3 rd Nine Weeks.
They earned 442.0 AR points
and will enjoy a Pizza
Celebration and an opportunity
to shop with their AR points
earned. Great job students!
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