National Poetry Month

Yesterday in Language Arts, students wrote or created poems to celebrate National Poetry Month, and we wanted to share some with you. This link will take you to some of our more visual poetry (book spine, blackout, and chance poetry).

We also wrote some "exquisite corpse" poetry, where students write a line of poetry, fold it over, and pass it to the next person, who writes their line - and so on. The results, as you can see here, are pretty entertaining.

And last, but not least, students were able to just write poems - and a couple of those are posted here.

Enjoy the end of National Poetry Month! As a reminder, Poem In Your Pocket Day is April 27 - a day to encourage students to carry poems around with them. If students send me a picture of their poem and either themselves or where they are, there will be some kind of reward! Photos will be accepted upon students' return to classes as well.

Enjoy the break!

Renowned Civil War Presenter

It was just brought to my attention that we neglected to share with you this fabulous resource. Back in January, thanks to the General Stannard House Committee (thanks, Bill!) and the Milton Historical Society, we were treated to a presentation by noted historian, Howard Coffin. LCATV recorded this presentation and made it available for the public to view. Enjoy!

Video of Howard Coffin's presentation

Civil War Quilt

Students' inquiry work from our Civil War unit (The Danger of a Single Story) was incorporated into quilt squares and assembled in our hall by some visually inventive students. 

Yoga for Middle Schoolers!

We are offering after-school yoga for Middle Schoolers EVERY Thursday in May!!

2:35-3:15 in Rooms 224 and 225

5/4, 5/11, 5/18, and 5/25

with Yoga Instructor (and former Guidance Counselor) Kim Horton

Please let us know if your child is interested and whether or not they would need to borrow a yoga mat. Students will need to get a bus pass if they plan to ride the Elementary Bus. Let us know if you have any questions. 

Namaste

From the School Nurses

Hello All, 

We hope you are well. Here is the health round up for March!  

In the month of March we saw almost 400 students in the Middle School.    Out of the students we saw, 93% stayed in school :). Like the past months, our Middle School kiddos' top three complaints were Headaches (25%) , Cold/Sore Throat (20%) and Stomachaches (15%).  This month in the school health newsletter we are highlighting sleep and electronic use, as fatigue can be a major player in headaches.   

Great news, each month the nurse's office will be highlighting a health topic in the Milton Independent.   You will have to check us out in on the health page.   This is in an attempt to increase our collaboration with the community and reach out on trends and data we are seeing in the school.   

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! :) 

Thanks

The School Nurse Office