Media Festival Winners, Battle of the Books 2nd place

Hi everyone! We have great news to share from the CCSD Battle of the Books and The Clarke County Media Festival.

The CMS Battle of the Books Team including Katie Googe, Ariel Santillian, Nida Javaid, Hendley Landers, and Alex Dominicali placed 2nd at the district competition yesterday.

The other great news is that we had several students win at the school level with amazing projects, and many of our students placed at the CCSD Media Festival. The first place winners' projects will move on to the International Student Media Festival in Orlando, Florida. I am working on uploading all of the projects to YouTube for families and friends to view. Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/mrshinger Below is a list of our winners:

1st place: (There is a four-way tie) Mattie Jasiulevicius, Clarke Middle: Women’s Abuse, Dory MacMillan, Clarke Middle: 1 Out of 8, Matthew Dellaria, Clarke Middle: The Truth, Hector Martinez & Jesus Medina, Clarke Middle: Natural Disaster
2nd place: Brionna Hall, Clarke Middle: Preventable Diseases
3rd place: Katie Google, Clarke Middle: Burning Dinner

I hope you have a great weekend!

Mrs. Hinger

Wow, it's been a while

It's been almost three weeks since I last posted on the blog. The CMS Media Center and the school as a whole has been a whirlwind of activity since we returned from winter break. 7th grades are finishing up with their Movie Maker projects, 6th graders have been in and out of the research room working on a schoolwide planet display, 8th grade ELA classes have been working on Black History poetry presentations, and we are still in the middle of OAS testing at all three grade levels. It has been crazy, in a fun sort of way!

Upcoming events in the CMS Media Center:

International Student Media Festival --March 3rd-7th
Battle of the Books--Competition in April
CMS Half-price Book Fair--March 24th-28th (Parent-Teacher Conference Week)

On the reading front, I finally had a chance to read the book I mentioned in the last blog post, The Invention of Hugo Cabret. It was an amazing multi-genre experience; the story, set in Paris, of a young orphan follows his adventures of making it on his own. Young Hugo, a self taught clock maker, learns about his father's past through his adventures. He must investigate the past when he meets a young girl and her scary god father. The story is told in words and pictures; I would reccomend it to anyone who likes a good adventure and beautiful illustrations!

Look for my post on Black History Month soon! In the meantime, check out this list of African American Writers I found on Wikipedia.

See you soon!

Mrs. Hinger