Thaddeus Stevens School

     Thaddeus Stevens School

September

LOWER ELEMENTARY HIKE

The fourth grade students lead the first-third grade students in a hike. Fourth grade students become “chaperones” for groups of the younger students and help them through the hike. This is a great opportunity to develop leadership and teamwork skills!

October

ANIMAL CELEBRATION DAY

This is an international day reserved to acknowledge the role animals play in the lives of humans. Students bring their pets in to school and share stories. A variety of speakers are invited to discuss their professions with regard to animals and food production. Local farmers and veterinarians share their knowledge with the students.


FACULTY PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST

Faculty members participate in an all-school pumpkin carving contest judged by the students! Eighth-grade students prepare the pumpkins. The next day faculty members are given 30 minutes to carve their pumpkins while the students watch and cheer!

December

HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

We have lots of fun with Saturnalia, Hanukkah, and Christmas celebrations and activities during the holidays.


BURKE CHRISTMAS TREE CONTEST

Fifth through eighth grade students create, make, and decorate one of the trees in the Burke Christmas Tree Contest. The winner of the contest chooses a charity or non-profit of their choice to donate the money raised during the contest.

February

AFRICAN-AMERICAN READ-IN

Celebrating Black History Month, Thaddeus Stevens School invites community members to participate in the African-American Read-In. All are welcome to share song lyrics, poetry, excerpts from essays, short stories, novels, or speeches. The only criteria is that the piece must be written or composed by a person who is African-American.

MATH COUNTS COMPETITION

Thaddeus Stevens School participates each year in MathCounts, a well-established resource for mathematics teachers on a national level. It is an excellent supplementary resource for a challenging middle school math curriculum. The regional contest is held in February; the State competition is held in March. We’re proud that Thaddeus Stevens School students often place at the top of the regional contests.

April

MOCK TRIAL

Held at the Caledonia County Courthouse, student teams prepare a mock trial. Each team meets once with an attorney, then develops their opening arguments, prepares their witnesses, and writes their closing arguments. The trial is not scripted and is presented before a local judge.

May

SPRING CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS GALA

We invite parents, grandparents, alums, siblings, and faculty members to submit fine arts pieces for a juried exhibition. We also have a room dedicated to student artwork. In the past, we have had short films, photography, woodwork, pottery, paintings, sketches, digital artwork, music, poetry, and live performances. Our production team consists of fifth through eighth grade students who help design and decorate the school for this semi-formal event.

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