Middle School Art
Middle school visual art students created work using marker and acrylic paint.
All About Bears- digital books
Last week, two second graders took home the first and second place prizes in the Multimedia Presentation category of STJ’s inaugural Young Trojans Tech Fair. Students used an app called Book Creator to develop presentations about bears. The content was published within a digital environment by combining text, images and audio to create a digital book. They used digital tools within the app to design the pages, type and format the text, and import images they saved from other books they used for research. They also added images they drew using drawing tools within the app. You’ll notice the students recorded their own voices narrating their digital books. Check it out!
Dance, dance!
Which dance moves will reign supreme? The floss, gangham, high kick, splits? Sixth graders in Mr. Tuner’s robotics elective battled it out in a virtual dance contest. Using computer coding, students customized a performance of their choice. Different characters, backgrounds, music, and special effects could be selected using code. Computer science and robotics are fun and interactive ways for students to learn science and math skills- may the best dance win!
by: Norah Buckner
by: Molly Kate Garrett
by: Charleigh-Kate Harper
Vocabulary Pictionary
This week in vocabulary class, middle school students were assigned a word. and instructed to draw a picture that represents the word. Can you guess the missing word?
All middle school students, grades 6-8, take vocabulary class as on of the eight daily classes. The vocabulary course expands a student’s knowledge of words with a study of definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, and spelling. Proper usage of the words and application in sentences is emphasized as well. Students also increase their vocabulary by reading a teacher-approved book each quarter.
Middle School vocabulary pictionary
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Faculty Spotlight: Mrs. Debbie Moncrief
I teach: 7th Grade Advanced Pre-Algebra and Pre-Algebra
I've Taught for: Total of 35 years. (12 at STJ)
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
High school: Hooper Academy
College/Degree: Masters in Mathematics Education and Bachelors in Mathematics and Speech Communications and Theater Arts
STJ Extracurricular: I work with the Middle School Competition Math Team
Favorite Book: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Food: Steak
Married to: Dale Moncrief
Children: Danny (Sarah) Moncrief and Dean (Erika) Moncrief . I also have 3 grandchildren: Dixon Moncrief, Darby Lynn Moncrief, and Kate Moncrief
Church: Hope Hull United Methodist Church
Fun Fact: I have been a puppet at my church for over 32 years. My puppet persona is Smiley Sunshine.
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The Best Part of Me
Fifth graders practiced writing descriptive paragraphs in English class. Students practiced skills of paragraph writing: topic sentence, body, and closing sentence. Each student chose his or her favorite body part to describe- we love their creativity and positive body image.
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Spreading Christmas Cheer
The Saint James School AP Art students volunteered their time to paint windows for Chick-fil-a Eastchase for the Christmas season. On December 6th, 2020 the students traveled to the restaurant to help spread colorful joy to the customers and passers-by.
“The STJ AP Art students were given another opportunity to bring holiday cheer. We created many different Christmas themed paintings like a reindeer, snow globe, the grinch, etc. It was fun being able to create artwork as a class outside of school at a local business.”
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Faculty Spotlight: Mrs. Joyce Haven
I teach: 2nd grade
I've Taught for: at Saint James for 22 years.
Hometown: small community in NC about 10 miles from Pinehurst
High school: Hoke County High School
College/Degree: Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC: BA in Early Childhood Education
Favorite Book: Mitford series
Favorite Food: lots of things---but I really like sweets!
Married to: Scott Haven
Children: Brian and David -both STJ graduates
Church: First United Methodist Church
Fun Fact: I Love spending time at Lake Martin and Disney World!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from the Saint James School Office of Admissions! We gather on this day to be thankful for what we have, for the family we love, the friends we cherish, and for the blessings the future holds. We are so grateful to be a part of the STJ family and we can’t wait to meet our future trojans. If you would like to join our school community, please contact us to schedule a visit of our beautiful campus and learn more about the admissions process. Happy Thanksgiving! May today be filled with gratitude and love.
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Giving Thanks with a Grateful Heart
The spirit of Thanksgiving is all around us at Saint James School. All month long, students have been discussing what it means to be thankful and express gratitude. We have so much to be thankful for at STJ!
5th grade chalk wall
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”
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