Ms. Howard's social studies students worked together in groups to debate whether pieces of evidence in a text were strong or weak in their support of a claim. ⚖️
On Saturday, 6th grade band students from PGM, HMS, and LMS had their instrument kick off day. They were given instrument-specific information from guest instructors on the basics of playing their instruments. It was a great day, and they are looking forward to all the music they will make this year! 🎶 #OneLowndes #MusicEducation
Both A and B volleyball teams won their games yesterday against Tift! Go Grove! 🏐
Mrs. Corrales's 6th grade math students played Integer War today to review integer rules! They worked together to put their cards in order from least to greatest (incorporating positive and negative numbers) and the person who had the greatest card won the hand. ♥️♠️♦️♣️ #MathFun
Our softball team beat Valdosta Middle School 10-1 today! Way to go Vikettes!!! 🥎
Today, PGM held its Viking Envoy (Student2Student) training. Viking Envoys are a group of friendly, helpful students who are responsible for welcoming new students and showing them around The Grove. Today, they learned how to best assist our new students and created welcome bags to give them on their first day at a new school. 😊 #MissionInMotion
Kona Ice will be here Friday, September 12 at lunch. The direct link to prepay this time is https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K3748948229. Online ordering will close at 5 AM Friday morning. 🧊😄
Trashketball made for a fun test review in Mrs. Justice’s class! 🏀
Our 8th grade football players and cheerleaders enjoyed participating in Dewar Elementary School's PBIS pep rally today! 🏈📣 #PBIS #OneLowndes
Shout out to our B-team volleyball players for beating Hahira in a hard fought game yesterday! 🏐
Last chance! Get your order in for the PGM PAT T-Shirt Fundraiser before September 5th! This is a pre-order so payment is required when ordered. Click the link to place your order and then submit your payment. If you have any questions, email pinegrovemiddlepat@gmail.com or text (229) 444-3586.
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Don't forget! TOMORROW (Thursday, September 4) is picture day! 😄📸
PGM Sources of Strength kicked off the year with a campaign to Get the Word Out. Every student was given a glow-in-the-dark duck in one of the colors of the SOS Strength Wheel. The ducks are a reminder that the Grove we all "flock together" and we shine for each other. #SourcesOfStrength #BetterTogether
Dr. Sherman's students have been exploring potential energy, kinetic energy, and simple machines through hands-on activities. They constructed rubber band-powered cars, learning about energy transformations and the principles of forces, motion, and engineering design. 🚘
The 8th and 6th grade art classes learned color theory by mixing and sorting punch. 🎨 #ArtAtTheGrove #ColorTheory
Students in Mr. Canelón's life science class have been researching cellular structures and cellular organelle functions. Students were challenged to choose a project to demonstrate understanding of these topics. They chose to create a virtual model of a cell and provide a virtual tour of their cell and all of its organelles and functions. #STEM #ThreeCs
On Friday we celebrated our staff members of the month for August!! Each was surprised by our admin team with a Viking helmet and cape to celebrate their victories in the areas of Operations (Ms. Blair Williams), Curriculum & Instruction (Mrs. Jennifer Dunn), Educational Technology (Mr. Matt Deal) and Student Services (Coach Jared Strackbein). We are thankful for these awesome educators! ❤️🍏#OneLowndes #TheGrove
Mrs. Taylor’s Enhanced Lit classes created posters on common archetypes found across various texts and participated in a gallery walk to review and learn from the work of their peers. 😊📖
PGM PAT T-Shirt Fundraiser! Get your order in before September 5th! This is a pre-order so payment is required when ordered. Click the link to place your order and then submit your payment. If you have any questions, email pinegrovemiddlepat@gmail.com or text (229) 444-3586.
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8th grade physical science students participated in a lab that demonstrated energy transformations. They pulled the elastic end of a popper to show potential elastic energy and then let go of the end to show energy transformed to kinetic energy. 💡#STEM
