Integrating Science and Literature, students at Paxton had fun learning about the states of matter last week. They made "oobleck" from the Dr. Seuss book "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" to demonstrate a substance that is both liquid and solid.
Kalli McMillan
WDE students enjoyed Breakfast with Santa. Students wrote letters to Santa, ate breakfast, and spent some special time with St. Nick. Parents enjoyed the silent auction and watching their children interact with Santa. If you haven't seen the Teddy Bear Christmas tree in the atrium, stop by! It's a great place for a few pictures of your children. Thank you to the WDE PTO for sponsoring such a great event.
Submitted by Jessica Dawkins
In order to help senior students better understand the use of propaganda in the 20th century, Mrs. Jackie Adams had the students complete a project in which they must align 20th century propaganda with the propaganda and actions taken in the Hunger Games series.
Submitted by Kalli McMillan
The office at Walton High School looks like a Winter Wonderland, thanks to the creativity of Linda Daniel, main office secretary. Twinkling lights, an extensive Christmas Village that covers the full length of one entire wall, a cozy fireplace, Holiday music, and a beautifully decorated tree help to "make the season bright!" Ms. Daniel spent many hours decorating the area from her personal collection, with the help of students who created beautiful snowflakes during a "Snowflake Contest" she organized, and former Walton High School student, Kyle Doggett.
Winners of the contest were:
1st place - Dale Brown
2nd place - Abigail Lara
3rd place - Katie Duncan
Honorary - Raegan Clardy (for turning in the most snowflakes)
What a beautiful way to usher in the holiday season! All that's missing is a cup of hot chocolate!!
Submitted by Keitha Bledsoe
Fifth Grade:
1st Place: Addison Lovett
2nd Place: Gracie St. Onge
3rd Place: Nevaeh Garcia
Sixth Grade:
1st Place: Estefania Gama
2nd Place: Trinity Gilbert
3rd Place: Beckham Tripp
The first and second place winners from each grade level will be competing at Freeport High School on Thursday, December 14th for the district title. Submitted by Chelsea Ellison.
From left to right:
5th Grade: Levi Elmore (3rd place), Trinity Collins (2nd place), Emery Hagan (1st place); 4th Grade: Noah Hicks (1st place), Reese Cousins (2nd place), Foster Stephenson (3rd place)
Submitted by Elizabeth Gaither.
Congratulations to the following students for completing a rigorous program on food safety, which was developed by leaders in the food service industry. They were awarded the Certified Food Safety Manager certificate after passing the exam.
- Paige Brannon, Chris Jones, Sierra Gillis, Samantha Eckert
- Joel Green, Trevor Johnson, Madison Russell, Desiree Rohn
- Deanne Barron, Jasmine Gomillion, Cierra Alford, Jewels Campbell, James Reed-Miller, Brittney Huntsinger
Submitted by Christy English.
Mrs. Sammie Watson's 8th grade class studied the 8 Traits of Culture and groups were assigned one of the 8 traits. They had to gather information from different countries to compare cultural differences. The posters are a reflection of their research.
During the Bobcats vs. PDL Pirates basketball games on December 12th from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock, the PHS science department will be hosting a Science Night in the gym for all students from PreK to 12th grade. The students can participate in STEM activities like sphere robots, Oobleck, a flight simulator, straw rockets, "Are you smarter than a Bobcat?" half time trivia, and others.
submitted by Kalli McMillan
