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Middle School Leadership Tackles The Business World

Watch out world, there are future entrepreneurs in the works. The Middle School leadership class took on a new project this year, creating a business project. 

Teacher John Harris explained the project as, “consisting of students creating their own business, creating a business plan, and creating a business PowerPoint presentation. The main purpose is for students to understand what goes into starting a business, and open their minds to see what being a business owner entails, how to create a mission and vision statement and to build more confidence in their public speaking skills. I would hope that each student has more of an idea of what being a business owner (leader) is all about and they are more confident in their public speaking ability.”

Seventh grader Sophia Ralph said that it was most impactful in the sense that… “This project gave me a chance to create and make something I thought the world needed and I learned that building a business is hard but I loved creating something new!”

Our PCA students are going to make an impact on the world!

Celebrating Cultures Around The World!

For the past three years Kara Karnes' middle school geography class has been celebrating different cultures by way of not only research and presentations but with food (because what is a cultural celebration without food?).

Students got to pick countries of their choice, many choosing those which they have a family tie to. After doing the research, they chose a dish from their country to share with the class.

Typically, these items would be home-made, but in order to adhere to COVID restrictions, students brought in store-bought food and presentations were moved outside in order to keep proper distancing while eating.

"I love for my kids to not just learn the information about countries and cultures," said Karnes, "but to also see and experience how they celebrate holidays such as Christmas as well."

It is nice to see that even during a pandemic, certain traditions and educational experiences can remain, although they may require some adjustments!