HOOT: Endangered Species Cross-curricular Unit

Students are reading the novel HOOT in language arts as part of a cross-curricular unit on endangered species, following the background in Mr. Cornali's Science class and the research in Mrs. Drakeley's English class.

Language Arts: WALK TWO MOONS

In language arts, students are wrapping up the year with the novel WALK TWO MOONS, a Newberry Award winning book.

Spartans of the Month

Congratulations to Kali and Terence, our Spartans of the Month for April!

Book Swap

Canonsburg Middle School will be hosting a Book Swap!

Here's how it works:

• Bring in your used books from May 17-21
• Take your books to Mrs. Wright or Mrs. Drakeley
• You will get a ticket for each book you bring in
• The following week, May 24-28, you will have a chance to select a book for each ticket you have.

An informational flyer will be distributed tomorrow, May 13, in home base! Be sure to read over this and select some books to bring in for the swap!

We are hoping to have each student bring in one book. This is a great way to get some new books for summer reading!

Brian's Song: Language Arts

Students are concluding a unit on drama in language arts. We read the original script for the movie "Brian's Song" and then watched a more recent version of the movie to compare and contrast the dialogue and camera effects.

Spartans of the Month

Congratulations to Kathryn and Noah, our Spartans of the Month for April! Way to go!

Endangered Species Pathfinder

Mrs. Barbarino, our librarian, was kind enough to create a Pathfinder full of great websites about the endangered animals! Here is a link to the site! If you need more information, feel free to look here!

Endangered Species

Spartan students will be starting a unit on endangered species soon! They will be discussing some aspects of endangered animals in Science class. In English, they will write a research paper about one particular endangered animal. In Language Arts, students will be reading Hoot!

This should be a fun unit for the students! We're hoping they will learn lots of great new information about endangered species!

Jonathan - Geography Bee Success!

Congratulations to Jonathan, our representative at the Geography Bee this past weekend! Out of 101 students from across the area, he placed 4th overall!

Jonathan, we are all so proud of you!

Winning Wall Decorations

Congratulations to Mrs. Wright's homebase (301) for winning the PSSA door decorating contest! Congratulations to Mr. Cornali's homebase (304) for coming in 2nd place!

All of the Spartan doors look fantastic! Everyone did a wonderful job decorating them to motivate all CM students to do their best on the PSSA!

Congratulations, Spartans!