Congratulations to Heiser! He has now learned 220 sight words and earned his 2nd pack of bubble gum! Fantastic job, Heiser!!!
The 6th graders are writing commerical jingles for new products they have invented.
The mallet instruments were funded through the Paxton Foundation Grant. Thank you Paxton Foundation!
The road to Omaha Burke will stop in Paxton on Wednesday with the D-8 District Track Meet. Admission is $6 for Adults and $5 for Students. No passes will be accepted.
6th & 7th Grade Orientation
The Paxton JH Track and Field teams will wrap up their season on Monday at the RPAC West meet in Benkelman.
Tyson and Xavier finished their pillowcase in FACS class. Austin is holding a pillowcase made by Humberto.
7th grade boys wanted to try and make Japanese pancakes in FACS class. We experimented and they turned out amazing.
6th grade celebrated their efforts in completing a challenge of building their own coolers to keep an ice block frozen overnight. They enjoyed their very own personalized homemade pizzas and lots of laughter.
Here's the link for todays results at the Leyton Track Invite
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/539237/results
Madison Hansen is having a Baking Drive for the homeless shelter, next Friday, May 10 for her NHS project. Please consider bringing some baked goods to the school that she can deliver to the shelter that afternoon. Pans will not be returned, items can only be brought on Friday, May 10. Thank you for your help in this project.
The 8th graders got to practice finding textual evidence to support claims by investigating a mystery and then presenting their findings in our “classroom court of law.” They had the opportunity to be creative and have fun while also practicing essential ELA skills.
Scholastic Book Fair is tonight from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Good luck to the Paxton Tiger Track athletes as they compete in the Leyton Varsity Invitational this Friday!
Good luck to the Paxton Tiger Varsity Golf Team as they compete in the North Platte St. Pat's Golf Invitational today! Go Tigers! 🐯
Are you ready for some music history?
Come hear the PreK-5 music concert tonight at 6:30!
National Principal's Day was May 1st. We would like to recognize Paxton School Principal's Mrs. States and Mrs. McAbee and all the amazing things they do for our students, staff and school community. Thank you!!!
English III students wrapped up their novel study of The Great Gatsby with creative projects designed to foster engagement, creativity, research skills, and deeper understanding of literary techniques. Projects included research reports and posters of the 1920s, symbol and theme analysis posters, project map analyses, character portfolios, a timeline of events, and several literary analysis podcast series! 📚
The Tiger Track and Field teams will wrap up their regular season on Friday at the Leyton Invite. Here is the updated schedule of events.
Congratulations to our State Science Olympiad students. Results are as follows:
Division B (Middle School):
James & Brysun - 2nd in Air Trajectory
James, Mason & Jesse - 5th in Code Busters
Andi, Kaydence & Avery - 6th in Experimental Design
Landon C. & Mason - 6th in Flight
Heidi & Chloe - 5th in Roller Coaster
Hogan & Landon C. - 5th in Wheeled Vehicle
Hogan & James - 1st in Wind Power
Jesse & Kaydence - 1st in Optics
Division C (High School):
Thomas & Chase - 2nd in Bridges
Rileigh & Natalie - 4th in Balloon
Thomas & Chase - 5th in Bottle Rocket
Kepler & Angeline - 3rd in Animal Group
Natalie & Jordan - 6th in Periodic Table
John & Landon D. - 1st in Air Trajectory
Sarah & Madi - 5th in Disease Detectives
As the 2nd graders wrapped up their reading unit about pollinators, we had some special guests come to the classroom. Thank you to the Hartman family for taking time to bring in some of their honeybees to show the class. The plexiglass hive allowed students to see all sorts of activity. We spotted the queen laying eggs, a bee hatching, several drone cells, and a queen cell forming.
