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At the end of each quarter the students at Maple Valley Elementary gather to honor those who reached Accelerated Reading milestones. After a student reads an Accerelated Reading (AR) book, he/ she takes a test to analyze his/ her comprehension of the story. As the books increase in difficulty, so do the points. As students pass 100, 200, 300 etc. point milestones, they earn gifts from the school. The top 10 readers accumulated the most AR points during the quarter.
Here are the milestones and awards from the fourth quarter.
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At the end of each quarter the students at AOMV Middle School gather to honor those who reached Accelerated Reading milestones. After a student reads an Accerelated Reading (AR) book, he/ she takes a test to analyze his/ her comprehension of the story. As the books increase in difficulty, so do the points. As students pass 100, 200, 300 etc. point milestones, they earn gifts from the school. The top 10 readers accumulated the most AR points during the quarter.
Here are the milestones and awards from the fourth quarter.
6th Grade
Justin Aguirre
Taylor Blume
Demi Campbell
Camryn Fitch
Shawn Flanigan
Austin Hazard
Frankie Hopkins
Emily Hoy
Derrik Kerns
Jackie Krusen
Marina Lacey
Morgan Lewis
Tessa Lugsch-Long
Kayla Morgan
Laura Perez
Tessa Rayevich
Hannah Sadler
Alyssa Scott
Caleb Sturgeon
Gabriele Teet
Jada Trompeter
Jordan Trucke
Sara Utterback
Luke Whitney
7th Grade
Derik Bailey
Logan Buth
Allie Dose
Amanda Downing
Riley Ehlers
Sam Halbur
Bryce Hatler
Danica Kafton
Megan Kirchgatter
Shaley McDermott
Jacob Miller
Alex Pulford
Hayley Seuntjens
Nicole Weber
Paul Weber
8th Grade
Cierra Boyer
Lexie Boyle
Ryan Dougherty
Anna Duncan
Darbie Hancock
Becca Herwig
Toni Kafton
Meagan Kerns
Morgan Koenigs
Derek Kollbaum
Hailey Morgan
Kelsey Morgan
Kayla Perkins
Brandee Petersen
Autumn Peterson
Jamie Plautz
Katie Samuelson
Kelli Schram
Charlie Spatz
Ashley VanCleave
Kalli Weber
Kristin Yanak
6th Grade
Joey Allen
Adriana Bautista
Summer Beery
Cailey Berndt
Alyssa Boggs
Trevor Bridgeman
Riley Coleman
Easton Conlon
Anna DelaGarza
Jacob Dolezal
Colton Frye
Dalton Gahm
Skylar Goslar
Ali Gotto
Jordan Gregory
Dustin Haney
Brandtly Hopkins
Anber Jacoby
Michael Jones
Cody McCormick
Blane Melby
Chloe Melby
Savannah Miller
Kassity Perkins
James Schram
Draven Smizer
Holly Tessier
Derik Via
Ellie Walsh
Sean Wilson
7th Grade
Jamen Allen
Izabel Borja
Drew Boysen
Michael Bumsted
Katie Downing
Tyler Dykes
Kaetlee Feddersen
Marinda Golden
Morgan Hart
Josh Hatler
Kristen Hatler
Jacee' Hawkins
Abby Larson
Mollie McKibben
Niki Morrow
Jordan Peterson
Ethan Roggatz
Kara Scharnberg
Todd Sherrill
Karly Treiber
Jessie Tucker
Adam Uhl
Ben Weber
Ashlynn Whiley
Sadie Wimmer
8th Grade
Aleandria Berry
Kevin Bruning
Kaylee Bubke
Lindsey Conlon
Jodi Dack
Bradley Davis
Alyssa Dose
Kaitlyn Goslar
Matthew Jepsen
Sam Jepsen
Brody Kafton
Shelby Klaschen
Brittany Kluver
Ashley Kollbaum
Kayla Lundgren
Amy Matney
Kysa Moore
Chase Morrow
Tanner Petersen
Robin Schmidt
Kaylie Smeltzer
David Templeton
Amanda Thies
Shayla Willits
Seventh grade students at the Anthon-Oto Maple Valley Middle School created their own poetry books. These books were interactive and educational for the younger elementary audience.
The book included pop ups, flaps, 3D items, and other interactive illustrations. They read poetry and picked some they enjoyed to put in their book. Different kinds of poetry such as haiku, cinquain, limerick, free verse, and sonnets were studied and written. These were included in their book.
Since the students were creating a book, they had to use what they learned about the parts of a book and include them. Some examples of the parts included were the table of contents, appendix, and works cited.
The highlight of this project was sharing the books with the elementary audience. The classes were able to share with the first, second, and fifth grade classes at Anthon. They were able to share their poems as well as those they picked. Also they were able to share what they learned about poetry and the parts of a book. Then the second grade class taught us their procedure for a fire drill.
These young writers enjoyed writing for an actual audience. It also gave them a chance to present their writings orally and to hear their poetry read.
Eighth grade writing contest winners were recognized at the middle school assembly on May 29, 2009.
The first contest was called River of Words. Ashley Kollbaum won this contest out of 530 entries. Her poem will be displayed at the Cedar Rapids Art Museum in August when Kollbaum is invited to attend a ceremony honoring the winners.
The second contest was sponsored by the National Council of the Teachers of English. Morgan Koenigs was the selected winner and received a certificate.
The third contest was for the local Harvest magazine published by the Area Education Agency. Three students’ writings were published: Hailey Morgan, Kalli Weber and Marah Lugsch-Long.
The fourth and fifth contests consisted of writing poetry to be published into books. One of the books is called “Anthology of Poetry” in which Kelsey Morgan, Autumn Peterson and Ashley Van Cleve had their poems selected to be published. The other book is the “Celebrate-Young Poets Speak Out” (nicknamed Fireworks Contest) in which these fifteen students’ poetry were selected to be published in this annual book: Cierra Boyer, Kayla Bruhn, Joel Ernst, Marcus Eyer, Darbie Hancock, Amy Matney, Kelsey Morgan, Kayla Perkins, Brandee Petersen, Autumn Peterson, Trevor Silva, Charlie Spatz, David Templeton, Amanda Thies, and Jackie Westphal.