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First Impressions: New Students Share Random Thoughts About School
Sep 26, 2000 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
After a few weeks into school, Director of Admission Lisa Schlenk spent some time at lunch visiting with new students to learn about their impressions, experiences, and thoughts of the Middle School. Here's what they had to say:
Sixth-grader Daniel Smith, Cedartown, likes eating lunch at the Middle School and talking with friends in a relaxed atmosphere. He enjoys physical education, the Tiger Pit, and playing football. Daniel learned from his science teacher, Randy Smith, that if you think about chopping off a gopher's head it is easier to remember the scientific steps: observe, pattern, hypothesis, experiment, results. Daniel also shared that Smith told his class that when he was a little boy he would take live bees and put them in an ant mound and watch the ants eat the bees.
Eighth-grader David Davidson, Cartersville, likes the freedom that has allowed him some time to think and hang out a little more with his friends. He enjoys the academic push and mentioned particularly Jim Van Es' Algebra I class. Davidson realizes the advantage of learning with no busy work and the availability of one-on-one with the teachers. He really likes meeting nice people and was not the least bit anxious on his first day of school at the Middle School.
The following opinions are from three new Middle School seventh-graders from Rome whose parents or siblings have ties to Darlington: Brittini Dulaney, Fatema Bandukwala, and Davis Byars, They liked the ease of making friends and getting around the campus. And they enjoy the freedom they acquired by coming to the Middle School, the lack of lines, academic organization in the classroom, and advanced studies.
Sixth-grader, Anna White, Cartersville, said she has trouble finding things to wear since there is a dress code. But she really likes that students are friendly to new people.
Sixth-grader Hannah Tillman, Rome, says physical education and science are especially fun while sixth-grader Elise Braden, Rome, enjoys having fewer people around, and more free space, but she isn't too fond about having twice the homework. Elise added that can not wait for basketball to start.
Caption for photo of dad at locker
Only in a middle school: sixth, seventh, and eighth grades are often described as being a little different and set apart from other stages of learning (elementary and high schools). Francois Gaulin, father of Ashley, seventh grade, seems to be upholding this notion by participating in what might become a Darlington Middle School tradition ––he is decorating the inside of his daughter's locker with wallpaper.
Sixth-grader Daniel Smith, Cedartown, likes eating lunch at the Middle School and talking with friends in a relaxed atmosphere. He enjoys physical education, the Tiger Pit, and playing football. Daniel learned from his science teacher, Randy Smith, that if you think about chopping off a gopher's head it is easier to remember the scientific steps: observe, pattern, hypothesis, experiment, results. Daniel also shared that Smith told his class that when he was a little boy he would take live bees and put them in an ant mound and watch the ants eat the bees.
Eighth-grader David Davidson, Cartersville, likes the freedom that has allowed him some time to think and hang out a little more with his friends. He enjoys the academic push and mentioned particularly Jim Van Es' Algebra I class. Davidson realizes the advantage of learning with no busy work and the availability of one-on-one with the teachers. He really likes meeting nice people and was not the least bit anxious on his first day of school at the Middle School.
The following opinions are from three new Middle School seventh-graders from Rome whose parents or siblings have ties to Darlington: Brittini Dulaney, Fatema Bandukwala, and Davis Byars, They liked the ease of making friends and getting around the campus. And they enjoy the freedom they acquired by coming to the Middle School, the lack of lines, academic organization in the classroom, and advanced studies.
Sixth-grader, Anna White, Cartersville, said she has trouble finding things to wear since there is a dress code. But she really likes that students are friendly to new people.
Sixth-grader Hannah Tillman, Rome, says physical education and science are especially fun while sixth-grader Elise Braden, Rome, enjoys having fewer people around, and more free space, but she isn't too fond about having twice the homework. Elise added that can not wait for basketball to start.
Caption for photo of dad at locker
Only in a middle school: sixth, seventh, and eighth grades are often described as being a little different and set apart from other stages of learning (elementary and high schools). Francois Gaulin, father of Ashley, seventh grade, seems to be upholding this notion by participating in what might become a Darlington Middle School tradition ––he is decorating the inside of his daughter's locker with wallpaper.
