Greek Olympics in 6th Grade 

By: Seb Dubrowski 

This Quarter, the 6th graders are going to have their Greek Olympics. They got divided into 5 different teams based off ancient Greek city-states: Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara, & Argos. On their first days at their leaders’ classrooms, they worked on preparing for the Olympics. They decorated their teachers’ door, designed a poster and logo about their city-state, and came up with a song about their history. Throughout the quarter, students could submit offerings to the teachers relating to their corresponding Greek Gods. They could submit art, posters, presentations, crafts, or anything else relating to the Greek God. They would then earn Hella’s Points for it. Nearing the end of the quarter, the students would have OLYMPICS!!! For every event, the winner would get 5000 points, 2nd would get 2500, and 3rd would get 1000. The team with the most Hella’s Points total from the whole quarter would be the winners of the Olympics! 

teacher challenge week at palos south middle school

Teacher Challenge week is a time at Palos South where students nominate teachers to complete ridiculous, silly tasks to raise money for Student Council.  The teacher with the most votes has to complete the task.  Some challenges throughout the week include, silent teacher, wear a silly cosutme, wear a wig, fancy day, and fitness challenge. Friday, May 1st will culminate Teacher Challenge Week in the Teacher Challenge Assembly.  Students at Palos South will get to attend the assembly on Friday, May 1st.  Teachers will entertain by completing challenges such as, plunger racing, running the Pacer test, performing a song, and many more that will be sure to entertain!

Pictured left: Ms. Turner gets tattooed

Pictured right: Mr. Berard wears a bear costume