HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL students look into the future

Hoover Middle School Hawks are getting ready for their futures.  In science classes they had a coding lab.  Students had to program their group's DASH & DOT robot to move around the halls at Hoover.  Seventh grader Matiese Springer said, "It was fun using coding to move the robot different ways."  

HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL classes study light

Ms. Kenzie's seventh-grade science Hoover Middle School classes studied the spectrum of light during their light box lab.  They explored the refraction of light among of other interesting concepts.

HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL students venture to Lifetown

The Brewer, Harvard, T.R. classes at Hoover Middle School went to Lifetown. Lifetown is a little village where students are able to learn and practice essential life skills to live an independently in a city when they are older.

MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL starts an orchestra

After experiencing a performance by the Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra, Mrs. VanDerworp’s third graders at McDowell Elementary School created an orchestra of the very own. 

The orchestra had a strings section (empty Kleenex boxes and rubber bands), a woodwinds section (plastic straws) and a percussion section (empty tin cans and plastic Easter eggs filled with dried beans). The pupils found out that music is lots of fun!

MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL visited by the Fur Angels

The Fur Angels came to Mrs. VanDerworp’s third-grade classroom at McDowell Elementary School this month.  The children read to Jake and Honey.  Jake and Honey are very good listeners and adore the students. 

MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL visited by state representative

State Representative Erika Geiss was the guest reader in Mrs. VanDerworp’s third grade class at McDowell Elementary School recently.  She helped us to celebrate March is Reading Month.

WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL chorus outstanding in Monroe

Eighth-grade students from the West Middle School Chorus attended Solo and Ensemble festival at Monroe Middle School on Saturday, March 24.  Students performed two memorized songs for a judge who rated them on performance factors including tone, diction, pitch, rhythm, interpretation and presentation.  

Soloist Kiersi Dulz was awarded a second division rating for a "good" performance, and Colin Ingersol, Kira Nieves, and Elizabeth Pryer each received a first division rating for an "excellent" performance.  The Cardinal Singers received an average "Excellent" rating also. Congratulations to Mr. Martin and the singers at West who have worked so hard to achieve their artistic success!