Faculty Follies

Ah....yes, our Faculty Follies, what you all have been waiting for. This is an event in which teachers get the "opportunity" to show how shameless they can be in order to motivate/entertain our students. The large 'woman' above is a perfect example of this. That is me as Cher...what? Can't see it? Nevertheless, below are some highlights from the follies including my best Cher impressionation. Enjoy.


The Chicken Dance by multiple teachers


Cha Cha Slide by Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Brisco, Mrs. Messley, Mrs. Morris, and Mrs. Hilderbrand


The Twist, by fourth grade teachers and friends


The grand finale....I Got You Babe by Mrs. Messley and I

Mr. McClung

Rock the MAP

As apart of our celebration for our annual MAP testing, we held assemblies all day Friday for our "Rock the MAP Day". This included performances from students from our high school and from our primary building. Below are a few highlight from Friday's action.


Performance by students from the high school


Performance by students from the high school


Performance by students from the high school


Freestyle by Frisco, a high school student and a former football player of mine


Perfomance by our second grade students

Mr. McClung

Blowing off Some Steam

Friday was a busy day.....after all the assemblies we decided to blow off a little steam using Diet Coke, Mentos, and a Steve Spangler Geyser Tube....and now, your moment of Zen....



Mr. McClung

Benjamin Del Shreve

On Friday we hosted a concert to celebrate the beginning of MAP testing. Our performing guest was Benjamin Del Shreve from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Below are some highlights from Friday's concert. Please excuse my sound quality.













What a way to prepare for the MAP, the students absolutely loved the performance and from talking to the band they enjoyed it just as much. BIG thanks to Nicki Angeles for setting it up and thanks once again to the Benjamin and the boys in the band for performing for our school.

Mr. McClung

Propaganda Posters

On Friday we concluded our propaganda unit in communication arts. For the past two weeks we have been reading the book Number the Stars, and studying how propaganda was used to deceive a nation and turn the Jewish population into the enemy of Germany. As a part of this unit, students were asked to reproduce a propaganda poster from this time period (1936-1945), write a small abstract about the intent of the poster, and use a translation website to write the title in German. Below is a slide show of their results. Enjoy.


Created with flickr slideshow.

Mr. McClung

Throw Down Thursday

That's right, Throw Down Thursday! After presenting my students with the get up and get moving lesson yesterday....by the way, thank you everyone for your insight on this post...I decided to take the classroom dancing one step further. Today I introduced Throw down Thursday to my students. This is very similar to want we did yesterday, but students get to challenge another classmate to a 'dance off'. One student has to follow the other's every movement....no matter how silly the move is. Everyone else was asked to vote on the best dancer from the the 'throw down'.

*Disclaimer*
We do not spend our entire day dancing....just the first 10 minutes of the day

In our championship throw down today we had Macy pitted against Ismael, and after a hard fought battle Ismael was voted the winner by his peers.

Mr. McClung

Terrific Tiger Awards - March

Today we honored our Terrific Tigers for the month of March. Terrific Tiger is an award that is given out by homeroom teachers to a student they feel as excelled in the school setting; this can be for academics, behavior, effort, or just for being a caring individual.

Sixth grade Terrific Tiger Awards went to Ryan from my homeroom, Dustin from Mrs. Hamm's homeroom, and Anyely from Mrs. Drake's homeroom. Each individual is absolutely excellent students and very deserving of such an honor. It is a pleasure to have them in class. Congratulations to all!

Mr. McClung