Earlier this fall, the Kings School Middle School Students were fortunate to have been able to experience a field study day at Starved Rock State Park and the Starved Rock Lock and Dam.  We were able to see a boat lock through, climb to Starved Rock, do math at the Starved Rock Lodge and experience the beauty of French Canyon.

 

Lock and Dam

French

Canyon

Along the trail

Tired and happy

All of the students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade wrote Daughters of the American Revolution essays.  This year’s topic was  “The Transcontinental Railroad”.   Once again, Kings School students have been extremely successful and we are very proud of them.

 

5th Grade Winners

1st Place: Rebecca Raum (Forreston School Dist)

2nd Place: Charlie Prindle (Kings)

3rd Place: Anthony Muratore (Kings)

 

6th Grade Winners

1st Place: Haley Patrick (Kings)

2nd Place: Dustin Kanas (Kings)

3rd Place: Wes Sanderson (Kings)

 

7th Grade Winners

1st Place: CJ Larson (Kings)

2nd Place: Emily Miller (Kings)

3rd Place: Jenny Tepinski (Kings)

 

8th Grade Winners

1st Place: Kristen Anderson (Kings)

2nd Place: Jordan Bernardin (Kings)

3rd Place: Marin Meiners (Kings)

 

 

 

The 6th grade Social Studies class recently completed projects on China.  They used Power Point presentations, and art to show ancient Chinese life and artifacts.  Our new chapters will be all about Greece.

All three classes are now reading Percy Jackson stories by Rick Riordan.  6th graders are working on Book 1, The Lightning Thief, 7th graders have Book 2, The Sea of Monsters and the 8th grade class has Book 3, The Titan’s Curse.  Several students have read the rest of the books in the series as well.  All of Mr. Riordan’s Percy Jackson books have been about Greek Mythology.  Students have a mythology webquest to complete in computer lab (or at home) and will have vocabulary, writing and art activities as well during this unit.