As the week comes to an end, the moment that students on Persell Middle School’s Blue Team have waited for has finally arrived: the “Lettuce Lottery.” Yes, you read that correctly: lettuce. The source? A hydroponic lettuce grow farm stand — lovingly nicknamed “Flora” — ...
“Hallo, hoe gaann dit met u?” Students in Grace Johnson’s seventh and eighth grade English Language Arts classes at Persell Middle School have become quite accustomed to pleasantries in the language Afrikaans. Throughout the month of March, Johnson and her students have engaged in a ...
Robots. Roller coaster challenges. CO2 cars. All of the exciting possibilities available through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education were on display at the annual STEM Wars, hosted by Dream It Do It Western New York on March 16 at SUNY Jamestown Community College’s ...
There’s something cosmic about working at Washington Middle School for music teacher Marie Karbacka. “I’m filling big, big shoes — and I’m so fortunate for that,” she said. The daughter of the school’s retired longtime orchestra teacher, Nina, and a former student of each ...
Multiplying fractions. To some students, the thought of this fifth-grade math concept might present some challenges. But to a group of fifth graders at Washington Middle School, a brief part of their school day not only gives them a chance to dive deeper into this concept, but also lead it. ...
There’s a smile that shines through Mike Kelly’s voice when he talks about his beloved late wife Cathleen. Much of that has to do with the fact that they spent their lives together creating: music on his end; visual art on hers. “I gave her the name ‘starving artist by choice,’ ...
