6th graders in Mrs. Sadler and Ms. Griffin's social studies classes worked in pairs to create digital projects on the Cold War! They curated information about leaders and major events by collaborating on the same presentation in Google Slides or Canva. #ThreeCs #Teamwork
Congratulations to our 8th grade Powderpuff CHAMPIONS!!! What a fun event! 🏈💗📣
Mrs. Hopkins' students completed a jigsaw activity on land policies and how they impacted Georgia. Groups of students became experts on the Headright System, Land Lotteries, and the Yazoo Land Fraud by reading texts and curating information in a graphic organizer before presenting their topic to the class! 🧩 #ThreeCs
Leading the Way in Math!
PGM was excited to be recognized as a Math Leader School by State Superintendent Richard Woods for demonstrating exceptional achievement and growth in the percentage of students scoring at the Proficient Learner level or above in our 9th grade algebra classes. Go Grove! #STEM
Join us Thursday afternoon (11/21) at 4 PM for our first ever Powder Puff football game! Admission is free and concessions will be for sale. 🏈💗
Students in Ms. Smith and Mrs. Herman's classes collaborated to create a review slide presentation for their upcoming test on atoms and the periodic table. Each group of students was assigned a different topic on which to create a slide their peers could use to study. ⚛️ #STEM #ThreeCs
Boys soccer tryouts will be held December 3 & 5 from 3:30-5:00. Girls soccer tryouts will be held December 9 & 10 from 3:30-5:00. Students must have a current athletic physical on file in order to try out. ⚽️
6th graders are continuing their study of Refugee by Alan Gratz by completing a variety of different analysis and research activities in their ELA classes! Students have examined how individual characters change throughout the text, used AI to generate images of different settings, and completed web quests to gather background information about the events in the novel. 📖 💻 #PGMreads
We'd like to say thank you to Dr. Backe from Thacker Dermatology for coming to speak to our 7th graders while they were studying body systems! She shared information about how to take care of your skin, various skin diseases, and more. #STEM #CommunityPartners
Kona Ice will be here this Friday, Nov. 22 at lunch. They are encouraging students to pre-pay online. The direct link to prepay is https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K3742936330. Online ordering will close at 5 AM Friday morning.
Ms. Hill and I are back at PGM. Please reach out to us if you need assistance.
Thanks! KM
8th-grade math students created, solved, and justified individual multi-step equations. Pictures of their work were uploaded to a collaborative slideshow. Students then created audio and/or video recordings of themselves explaining how they worked out their problem using the record feature within Google Slides. The result was a neat curation of student-designed math tutorials! 📷 🎤 #ThreeCs
Save the date! Next Wednesday, November 20, will be a Pine Grove Middle School Spirit Night at Pedro's Tacos! Stop by for a delicious meal between 6 and 9, and support PGM at the same time! 🌮
PGM Sources of Strength members made gift bags for linemen from Colquitt EMC to thank them for their efforts after Hurricane Helene. On Monday, members of SOS and Y-Lead presented the workers with the tokens of appreciation. Thank you to all responders for keeping our #OneLowndes community connected and running bright! 💡#Generosity #SourcesOfStrength
Mrs. Pope's science classes "rocked" the 3Cs as they worked in pairs to complete choice board options for their weathering and erosion project! Students curated information about soil and depositional environments by using Canva and Google Slides to create posters, infographics, travel brochures, children's stories, and more. #STEM #ThreeCs
Three PGM 5K Run/Walk Club members participated in the TKO Fairway 5K on Saturday. Braycen, Isabella, and Cooper each won an award in their age group! 👟
Mrs. Ryan's 8th graders used StoryboardThat to design digital comic strips. They collaborated to create characters that faced situations that involved physical or chemical changes or states of matter in their daily lives. Then, they wrote captions that clarified the scientific concepts involved. #STEM #ThreeCs
Ms. McCormack’s EPIC class embraced the Thanksgiving spirit by creating a project that highlights the things they are grateful for. 🍁🍂
📖 The book fair is OPEN! The PGM Book Fair will run Monday, Nov. 11 - Friday, Nov. 15 during the school day. Purchases can be made using cash, card, or eWallet. You can set up at eWallet for your student at our book fair website: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/pgmvikings
All purchases benefit our school's media center! ❤️
Mr. Dixon presented at the Georgia School Counselor Association conference! He was proud to discuss ways to create positive school environments for military-connected students and families. 🇺🇸
