Lincolnview Junior High Stands United in Support of our Veterans

    Lincolnview’s junior high students honored Veteran’s Day this past week by creating appreciation cards that were distributed to Middle Point’s Amvets and by bringing in a list of veterans that the students knew or were related to. Their social studies teacher, Mrs. Paula Johnson, then had the students write their list on strips of construction paper to form a chain. Mrs. Johnson states: “By the end of the day, the junior high remembered 824 Veterans. The chain wrapped around my room completely once. It was a great experience for the kids and they shared stories about the Veterans that they listed – for some it was incredibly moving”

    The French Club attended the Komet hockey game in Ft. Wayne on Friday night. Thirty-three students made it one of our biggest groups yet. Thanks to Craig and Kathy Staley for volunteering to drive the bus and help chaperone.

    The junior high participated in Mix It Up Day last Friday in the cafeteria during lunch. Mix It Up is a nationwide campaign that supports students who want to identify, question, and cross social boundaries that separate them from each other. The cafeteria is an environment where it is easy to see how students are divided. Most days, students sit at the same table with the same people. Mix It Up Day is a challenge to step out of your comfort zone and to sit in a new place with new people. On Friday, members of the junior high student council gave a random piece of candy to each junior high student as they entered the lunchroom. Each table was tagged with a different kind of candy and that determined where the student would sit. The student council members would like to thank everyone for participating with such an open mind and a positive attitude which made Mix It Up Day a success for 2009.
    Photo caption:  Junior high students (7th and 8th grades) shown holding up signs and being surrounded by the chain of Veterans.
    Photo caption:  French Club students shown at Ft. Wayne hockey game.
Photo caption:  Eighth grade student council member, Katie Marbaugh, hands Nathan Diller a random piece of candy which determined the table he would sit at for lunch during Mix It Up Day.