Dodgeball!

Saturday night was our annual Dodgeball Tournament. We had a great turnout and I think the kids had a lot of fun! 

Our Champions!

Teamwork

This past week we have been working on our team building skills. The students have become very upset and frustrated at times with how hard the activity is, but by the end of the week they were starting to work as a team. I'm hoping that through this week the students feel tighter as a group and we will be able to discuss and do things more serious next semester. 

Human Knot

Human Knot

I believe these two lost a bet

Roller Coaster, with Mr. Barry's assistance

Roller Coaster

Elf Yourself

Ms. Engstrom sent me this site where you could put your face, or someone else's face, in the body of an elf and watch them dance. I thought this was highly comical, so I decided to try it out with a few of my students. Let's just say we had quite a few laughs Thursday in class! Here are the links. Try it out yourself!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/0zCwbUkbZ9sKs02BVasV

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/3XYJSx85tg02a1IVDkCG

Winter Formal

Last Saturday the 7th and 8th graders had their Winter Formal. It was an amazing night and the kids looked so great dressed up. Here are a few pictures of the wonderful evening:

Reading Project and Randomness

So...one day while working on a hero project in reading, a group of boys needed to record a song onto their iMovie. This required the class to be silent so it could record uninterrupted. However, Austin decided to perform a lyrical dance for us, causing the class to die laughing. Here's his performance:

Minute to Win It

For the past couple of weeks the students have been participating in Minute to Win It Games in ROCK. Some of these were very interesting and funny to witness. Here are a few photos:

 Get the cookie from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands.

 Keep a feather in the air for one minute. You can only blow on it.

 Assemble a puzzle in one minute.

Get six noodles onto a spaghetti noodle in your mouth without using your hands.

Stack 3 golf balls, one atop the other.

Halloween

Halloween is always a fun time around the middle school. I have to say, there have been several interesting costumes! Even though the dance is tonight and I know more costumes will come out, here are a few that were worn during the day: