Academics

Academic Comp. Coordinator Donna Neidlinger
ACADEMIC COACHING
Battle of the Books Rachel Williams
Geography Bowl Donna Neidlinger
Math Counts Teresa Carter
Math Counts-6th grade Elizabeth Hoesman
Spell Bowl Mercedes Woodward
Reg Science Bowl April Childress
ACADEMIC SUPERBOWL
English Deniese Herring
Math Elizabeth Hoesman
Science Lana Thralls
Social Studies Donna Neidlinger

Battle of the Books

Sponsor: Mrs. Williams

The Vigo County School Corporation hosts the Middle School Battle of the Books every year in the spring.  Each middle school forms a team of 5 to 10 students who read the 20 books on the Young Hoosier Book Award Middle Grade list.

Academic Superbowl

Math Team

Sponsor: Mrs. Hoesman

The Academic Superbowl for Math is a competition held towards the end of the school year on a  Saturday morning. It is held at Sarah Scott Middle School.

Each year, a theme is chosen. Students participating on the Math team practice together throughout the week.Practices take place before school. They will study higher level math skills. Practices usually begin in November/December.

Math Counts

Sponsor: Teresa Carter

Math counts in a nationwide competition for 6-8th grade students. There is a sum fun competition held at the administration building in November to show students what to expect and then the local math counts competition is held in February at Rose Hulman on a Saturday morning. The competition consists of four rounds, sprint round, target round, team round, and countdown round. Students may use a calculator on the team round and target round.

Science Fair

Sponsor: Mrs. Childress

 

Academic Superbowl

English

Coach: Deniese Herring

The Academic Superbowl for English is a competition held near the end of the school year on a Saturday morning. It is held at Sarah Scott Middle School.

Each year, a theme is chosen. Students participating on the English team will have one or two novels to read. They will study literary terms. Practices take place after school until 4:30.  Practices usually begin in November/December.