Another Friday in the Middle School

As on September 16, I found myself in the Middle School on a Friday afternoon amidst a rare stretch of unscheduled time. Here is what I saw as I walked around: 8th grade Spanish class using "Word Champ" software to study gender, tenses, and capitalization (1:15 PM), 7th grade American history class, with laptops out, working on an outline for an essay about the colonies (1:17), two teachers planning for a field trip (1:19), 8th grade Latin class conjugating verbs (1:23), a teacher preparing her "blast" email for the week (1:25), 7th grade English class, with laptops out, working on a character sketch essay (1:30), and a 5th grade PE class playing soccer outside in the brilliant sun (1:35). A few hours later, the 6th grade would return from five days and four nights at the Echo Hill Outdoor School (located in Worton, MD). The students were tired and, shall we say, a bit "rumpled," but they were very happy!