Seventh grade students at CVMS’s Draco Academy had the honor and opportunity to speak with three veterans recently. Of course this special meeting was to mark Veterans Day, but it was an incredible learning experience for the students as well. Three local veterans – Jim Scali (Army), Robert Conrad (Marines), and Barry Schnipper (Navy) – …
The holiday season is approaching quickly! As it does, we are reaching out to our Pine Bush families in need as well as those who wish to contribute to make the holidays easier for others. If your family is in need for Thanksgiving or the holiday season, we have a team of staff members looking …
Students at Circleville Middle School had a full week of activities during Red Ribbon Week, a week set aside each October to bring awareness to our students of the dangers of drugs and to encourage a commitment to live healthy and drug free. Students and staff wore red on Monday and staff distributed red ribbons …
Students at CVMS celebrated Unity Day by creating a beautiful mural made with their own personal messages about what makes them unique and what they will do to prevent bullying. Although it culminates in Unity Day, the students have been working on this for a while. CVMS counselors and social workers have been going into …
Hola! Bonjour! Guten tag. Salve. Nǐn hǎo. Olá. Asalaam alaikum. Konnichiwa. Hello! These are ways to say hello in different languages. That was one of the challenges given to CVMS as they marked Start With Hello just a couple of weeks ago – find as many ways as possible to say hello. Start With Hello …
A strong focus at CVMS is respect. Respect for all students, respect for teachers and staff, respect for ourselves and respect for the classroom. It is essential and valued in everyday matters for all at Circleville Middle School. Recently, to kick off No Place for Hate and Start With Hello, students throughout CVMS brainstormed in …
Stacie Blaut’s sixth-grade students at CVMS participated in the tower lab challenge recently. Their goal was to construct a free-standing tower using the least amount of index cards in order to hold a stuffed animal for 20 seconds. The students used this lab to explore the Scientific Method. The groups used a variety of methods …
Bobbi Walter’s sixth graders at CVMS are working on the scientific process unit. Recently they conducted two science labs – the penny drop lab and the Skittles lab. The students are learning how to write a hypothesis and then conduct the experiment. For these labs, the students were thrilled to have a special guest – …
