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Music Update: November 2025
Grade 6: Band/Orchestra Students have been hard at work learning how to read music and play their selected instruments. Band has learned the first six notes on their instruments and put those six notes together in various short tunes. In orchestra, students have learned their first eight notes and how to play them pizzicato (plucking…
Read MoreP.E. Update: November, 2025
In P.E., students are graded using P.A.C.E, which stands for Prepared, Attitude, Cooperation, and Effort. They need to come to class prepared with proper clothes and shoes, have a positive attitude about everything, be kind and respectful at all times, and put effort into all activities. This fall, students have been playing volleyball and speedball.…
Read MoreArt Update: November, 2025
Art Room Show and Tell: Fall Installment 6th Grade Students are working on their Elements of Art books. Each page demonstrates a different element using a variety of materials. The covers of the books are made with faux rice paper made from crushed paper painted with watercolors, then embellished with a yarn and bead closure.…
Read MoreThirty Books of Explorer West Middle School
We love books here at Explorer West! Reading is a significant part of our school culture. Take a walk through our school, and you’ll find readers curled up with books in one of our many comfy reading spaces. Students love to discuss and share their favorite books with each other. Here are just some of…
Read MoreMath Update: October, 2025
Grade 6 (Scott) Grade 7 (Scott) Grade 8 (Virgil) We just finished our unit on one-variable statistics. Right now, the students are examining solving and graphing linear equations and systems of linear equations. The unit builds on learning from 7th grade, where students used variables to write equations, manipulated equations using valid moves such as…
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