Middle School Tiger Quest 2011-2012
Upcoming Events:
Math Masters
The 6th Grade Math Masters competition will be held on Friday, March 9th in New Richmond.
Math Counts
The 7/8th grade Math Counts Competitions will be held on December 9th in Rice Lake and December 16th in New Richmond. There is a regional competition tentatively scheduled for February 9th.
Battle of the Books
WEMTA’s Middle Division Reading List:
- A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mazer
- Alabama Moon by Watt Key
- The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Golden Archer)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (Golden Archer)
- Framed by Gordon Korman (Golden Archer)
- Heat by Mike Lupica
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (Golden Archer)
- Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (Golden Archer)
- Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
- The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (Golden Archer)
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
- Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
- Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl
MR Middle School 6th graders recently placed 2nd in the Wisconsin Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl Contest! Students answered 100 trivia questions. Points were awarded for both speed and accuracy.
Middle School students recently collected toys for Toys for Tots and animal shelter supplies for Gregory's Gift of Hope.
National Geographic Geography Bee
NR Middle School students recently participated in the 2011-12 National Geographic Geography Bee. Preliminary rounds were held in order to qualify for the finals.
PAWS - Peers Achieve With Service
The NRMS PAWS group is working on a service-learning literacy project. The group recently met with their elementary school partners to interview and learn more about them. They will use the information they've gathered to make personalized ABC books for the kids.