MMS Students Brave the Big Kahuna

The carnival came to Midway Middle School May 15th, the reading carnival! Students that earned the required 100 points and 80% average for the school year were invited to attend a special carnival themed event.

Students took turns sliding down the massive inflatable slide, named the Big Kahuna. They waited in line patiently to have air brush illustrations painted on their arms and legs. Several students took time out to bounce in an inflatable bouncer. Every child was also treated to an ice cream treat.

Mrs. Dover and Ms. Gadson, with a little convincing, tried out the Big Kahuna!

Magic Moon Puppets Land at LE

May 15th was a magical day at Liberty Elementary. Students gathered close together in the media center to celebrate their accomplishments and enjoy the rewards of reaching their individualized reading goals.

This year, each child at Liberty Elementary had a personalized reading goal set by his or her teacher each nine weeks. Each nine weeks that students achieved their goals, they were treated to a special event.

The year-end event was a visit by the Magic Moon Puppets. Students laughed and enthusiastically interacted with the puppets during the show. The top reader from each classroom was also presented with with a racing/ reading t-shirt by Mr. Anderson. The two top readers for the school won a special gift basket.

Liberty County Media Festival Student Celebration

Read the article in the Coastal Courier! http://www.coastalcourier.com/news/article/13846/

Teachers, media specialists, principals, and families walked the red carpet to celebrate students with superior media festival projects from the Georgia Student Media Festival.

Students were treated like Hollywood stars. Individual and small group project participants could find their name on a star as part of the Walk of Fame. Before entering the board room, student also had to pass by paparazzi snapping pictures. The evening centered around watching clips from the superior projects and awarding individual and small group participants an Oscar-like trophy. Each class project received a star on the Walk of Fame and a class trophy.

The large number of superior projects required that the evening be divided into two events. During the first event, Jordye Bacon, Liberty Elementary, Lyman Hall Elementary, and Taylors Creek Elementary were showcased. The second event showcased Waldo Pafford Elementary, Frank Long Elementary, and Joseph Martin Elementary.

Now the superior projects will go on to the International Student Media Festival. The projects will be scored over the summer, and results will be available in the Fall.

Georgia Student Media Festival

Several media specialist represented Liberty County at the Georgia Student Media Festival in Atlanta today to serve as judges for projects that had advanced to state level competition. Being present at the festival once again reinforced how progressive our district is in the realm of technology. A high ratio of projects submitted from Liberty County were advanced onto international competition. International judging will be completed over the summer and hopefully returning scores before the beginning of the next school year. Project winners can be found on respective school web sites or by contacting the media specialist of the school.

Attending the state festival also allowed for media specialists to get ideas for future projects and learn about other media programs around the state. Once again, Liberty County has cause to be proud of the support, funding and the significance placed upon the centers in the district.

Collaboration in the Middle

Students at Midway Middle School in Ms. Croon's class are busy in the media center. They are working in small groups to research a topic that they studied in science this year. They are using non-fiction resources, reference books, and Nettrekker to collect information that will be transformed into a story board and eventually a video production.

Mrs. Dover is using the Big 6 research process to help students locate valuable information. This unit will teach students how to locate information from a variety of sources, summarize information, create a storyboard, use digital video equipment, and software. The culminating activity will be a science film festival to showcase their work!