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(11/13): PMS Peer Helpers promoted Kindness Week with a variety of activities this week. They greeted their classmates at all entrances each morning, handed out encouraging notes with candy, wrote thank you notes to school heroes, left tracks of kindness with post it notes, and gave compliments to their classmates. Peer Helpers made posters to remind our school to Be Kind. World Kindness Day ended with a guest speaker, Malley Chase Faulkner. She did a wonderful job sharing her journey, experiences, and words of encouragement. She is a great example of how the leadership, kindness, and positive influence develop through peer helpers.

(11/13): The fifth and sixth grade classroom spelling bee winners competed for the PMS Spelling Bee today. Congrats to Lauren Curiel who won the bee by spelling STACCATO correctly.

(11/14): Mrs. Whitworth's 6th grade scientists peeled back a layer of learning—literally! Students prepared their own onion slides and used microscopes to get an up-close look at plant cells as an introduction to cell organelles. That tiny piece of onion revealed a whole new world, giving students plenty to observe without making anyone cry!

(11/14): Mrs. Whitworth's 6th grade scientists are putting their brains—and their bodies—to work learning cell organelles! Through whole brain learning, an approach that combines speaking, listening, seeing, and movement to reinforce understanding, students are using gestures, repetition, and lively explanations to make learning stick.
From the Mighty Mitochondria, which supply usable energy, to the Bossy Nucleus, which directs cell activities, each organelle has a job—and a little personality! With hands moving and voices joining in, students are discovering how these tiny parts keep cells running. Who knew something microscopic could lead to such BIG learning? Now that’s something to cell-ebrate!

(11/13): Congrats to these warriors who were recognized for showing positive attributes this week.