Team 8A Patriots
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8A Students of the Week
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the team's Students of the Week (April 22-26):
Chris Alfieri, Lucy Milliken, Addy Olson, Audri Labs, and Lila Havens
Not pictured: Alice Cartwright
Rotary Honor Roll
Congratulations to the 8A students selected for their scholarship, leadership, character, and presence as part of Rotary Honor Roll.
Twinning
8A Students of the Week
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the team's Students of the Week (April 15-19):
Andrew Walters, Joe Cullen, Cyndi Christensen, Chloe Travis, and Everett Snelling
March Madness Winners
Congratulations to Lucia Chalen who won the Men's March Madness Bracket and Sophie Whittle who won the Women's March Madness Bracket.
Rotary Honor Roll Members
Congratulations to the nine students on 8A who were selected for their Scholarship, Presence, Character, and Leadership: Sharell Piendjou, Laetitia Weissan, Sophie Gillispie, Samantha Baker, Alice Cartwright, Sophie Whittle, Maggie Wordekemper, Duncan Hansen, and Oliver Johnson.
Girls' Track
Boys' Track
Team Celebration Activity
8A Students of the Week
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the team's Students of the Week (April 1-5):
Clint Miller, Gavin Schenkelberg, Lawson Kasameyer, Sophie Gillispie, and (not pictured) Yuliana Garcia-Leon
8A Students of the Week
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the team's Students of the Week (April 8-12 ):
Tristan Sherrell, Ethan Borjon, Troy Smith, Jake Cecil, Tegan Campbell, and Aila Jackson
8A Spotlights of the Month
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the team's Spotlights of the Month in March:
Music - Finn Jacobson, Beatrix Gabrial Gallagher, Eli Miller, and Alice Cartwright
Art - Sophie Whittle, Jordyn Fox, and Gavin Berglund
P.E. - Roman Velez and Vincent D'Agosta
Twinning with Rischling
Rock, Paper, Scissors Competition
Homerooms competed to get a Team Winner to advance in the schoolwide Rock, Paper, Scissors Competition. Congratulations to Brooklyn Studsdahl who is moving on!
Girls' Track
Congratulations to 8A students who medaled at the Kirn Invitational against seven other teams: Evi Schneider 1st place in the 4x800 and Courtney Bentzinger-Hill 2nd place in the 4x400.
High School Musical Jr.
Fantastic job to all 8A students who performed and worked behind the scenes in the WMS Spring Musical.
Art on Display in STEAM Wing
Solar Eclipse
8A students and staff were able to experience the partial solar eclipse during 8th period. Shoutout to the following students:
Claire Veylupek took the photo of the sun below and Sophie Neubauer drew the Solar Eclipse Dragon.
Medical Seminar
Students interested in the medical field had the opportunity to attend a seminar where they learned how the lungs work in our body.
Math Review Activities
Students classified real numbers and simplified exponent expressions in Math 8 this week.
Black Belt Awarded to Sharell
Congratulations to Sharell Piendjou who recently earned her Black Belt in Martial Arts.
Fishbowl Discussions in Language Arts
Students completed a "fishbowl" discussion over the events on March 2, 1955 that Claudette Colvin narrated in Twice Toward Justice.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Round 1: Each homeroom had to compete to get a single winner for Rock, Paper, Scissors. This upcoming week, an 8A winner will be crowned to compete against other teams.
Final Four in Ms. Huben's: Chloe versus Demauri
Final Four in Ms. Huben's: Duncan versus Maddie
Brooklyn is the winner of Condon's Homeroom.
Library Day in Language Arts
Students completed a Jenga Review over database research.
8A Students of the Week
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized as the team's Students of the Week (March 18-22 ):
Rigley Johnson, Finn Jacobson, Denny Longe, Brayden Lawton, Noah Snyder, and Kain Kwankin
Cheerleading Championships - Battle of the Midwest
Congratulations to Harumi Ueda who competed in a cheer competition this weekend with her team, Beyond All Stars, in the Senior Division.
Honor Band
Congratulations to the 5 WMS students selected for the Blair Middle School Honor Band that recently performed at the band festival on Saturday, March 23
8A participants: Naomi Cook, Rigley Johnson, and Sophie Gillispie
Science Posters
In Science, students had to create an infographic poster for an endangered species. The posters line the hallway and are filled with information, pictures, and activism steps that we can all take!a
Student Council Spirit Week
Days included: Formal Day, Student/Teacher Swap, Pajama, and Westside Spirit.
8th grade visit to WHS
Students were able to visit WHS with their homeroom/team this week to get a better look at navigating classes, what an IMC is, learn about modular scheduling, etc.
Kathryn Mathiasen's Trip to Ireland
Kathryn Mathiasen had the wonderful opportunity to go to Ireland and Scotland with Sue’s Stepperettes this last week. She partcipated in the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland and she also had some other performances in the area. Awesome job Kathryn!
Honors Language Arts Time Warp Projects
Students worked in groups to adapt a scene from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for a different time period and setting. This project tested students abilities to comprehend Shakespeare's original meaning, and then challenged them to make the script accessible for a modern audience before acting out their revised scenes in class.
Finn, Naomi, & Cyndi
Cyndi plays her violin to enhance the love-struck Titania's reaction to the newly transformed Nick Bottom.
Sam & Anna
Jock Oberon knocks the football out of Robin's hand after he discovers that Robin accidentally set up the wrong couple at their school.
Roman & Liam
Demetrius kicks Helena out of their Discord chat, but Helena is undeterred and begs to be allowed to stay.
Roman
Robin raps the directions to create the mysterious love potion that will be used on the lovers in the play.
Rigley, Mackenzie, & Emily
The class clown, Robin, watches as the Queen B of the school, Titania, and the King of the school, Oberon, fight over a treasure: A Stanley Cup & Sephora gift card.
Alice, Sophie, & Kendall
Hermia bemoans her sorrows of having to move away to a new school to her boyfriend, Lysander. The two make a plan to run away together, and their friend and classmate, Helena, decides she will tell her crush, Demetrius, all about it.World Down Syndrome Day
Thursday, March 21 was World Down Syndrome Day. Students watched a video in homeroom, received bracelets, and were encouraged to wear mismatch socks to celebrate the day! Tegan Campbell, socks pictured below, was one of our team's participators in the day!
Baby Cerny Gender Reveal
Mr. Cerny and his wife are excited to announce their first baby on the way. Students sat on Boy/Girl side for their predictions and students in Mr. Cerny's homeroom played tic-tac-toe to reveal that baby Cerny is a boy!! Congratulations to Mr. Cerny and his wife!
Math 8 Matching Activity
Students had to sort graphs and equations into positive, negative, undefined, or zero slope categories
Q3 Celebration
Students who had 0 referrals, 0 technology violations, 0 D's/F/s, no more than 1 tardy, and no more than 1 missing assignment in all classes for the entire quarter got to attend a team celebration during Warrior Time Friday. The goal for Quarter 4 begins this Monday with the same requirements and we hope students set the goal to complete work on time.
