Friday, September 17, 2010

What the 6th graders think of LMS so far…and…What 6th grade teachers think of years the new 6th graders!!! By: Maggie Lewis

If you’re on the Lion Pride team you probably know Mrs. Szmed, the Language Arts, Literature, & Math Enrichment teacher. In my opinion Mrs. Szmed is the best teacher to walk the planet. Some people ask why I love her so much. The reason why is that last year I spent so much time around her she just seems so fun and happy all the time I don’t know, I just didn’t want to leave her class. Mrs. Szmed was asked some questions. For one, do you feel this year’s 6th graders measure up to last years and why? She said, “Yes, because they’re just as friendly, nice, and hardworking.” Also I asked her about her hopes for this year. “[I hope] that this year we will have fewer missing assignments and that everyone continues to be respectful and friendly to each other,” She replied. The last question I asked her was if she has high expectations and why? She answered, “Yes, because I want for my students to do their best and only their very best.”

I asked Mr. Hoffman the same questions. For the first one he said, “Of course last year’s 6th graders were a good group of kids and I think this year’s will be just as good.” He added, “I hope that this year we will get to do all the fun things we did last year with fewer snow days.” If you’re in his class you should know that he said, “I set very high expectations because I expect ALL my students to succeed!”

And now from the student point of view… Kylie Trowbridge, a 6th grader was asked her about her exploratories and she said, “I have Band.” She was also asked her if she liked it she answered, “Ya, I get to play my favorite instrument - the flute it’s very fun to learn how to play it.” The 6th graders are fun and the teachers think they will do great this year!