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EL Students Visit Crossroads Ranch

(4/2): Students from Ms. Wilbanks’ 5th and 6th grade EL classes went to Itawamba Crossroads Ranch last week. The students learned about planting seeds and the greenhouse, made clay pots, and explored and learned about nature. It was a great time of learning and discovery.

EL Students Creates Extensions of The Monkey's Paw

(4/2): Ms. Wilbanks’ student teacher, Ms. Mikell, taught a 10 day unit in EL class. The students read the script adaptation of The Monkey’s Paw, and they chose to either create a poster to promote the play or to design the costumes for characters from the play. Then, they shared why they made the choices in the designs based on evidence from the script.
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PMS Students Recognized at MS Poetry Festival

(4/2): Sixth grade students Shalaya Smith and Rylan Webber wrote poems of their wishes and dreams for the Mississippi Poetry Project. Their poems were selected as school wide winners. They traveled to Delta State this week with other PCSD students and librarians to attend the MS Young Writers' Poetry Festival. Their poems were printed in the MS Poetry Project: Dreams and Wishes anthology. Each student received one to keep.
The keynote speaker was Stephanie Pacheco, National Youth Poet Laureate from New York. She spoke to the young poets about her life and shared her poems with them.
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PMS Positive Praise

(3/28): These students were recognized for displaying positive character traits this week in the classrooms and halls. Congrats, Warriors.
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PMS Spring Book Fair

(3/21): The Spring Book Fair was a success! Several students purchased book and other items throughout the week. Thank you students, parents and families who supported the book fair.

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