Local Science Olympiad going to state
By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Chisholm Middle School eighth-grader Sophia Eicher compared Science Olympiad to being on an athletic sports team. “You learn……
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Mousetrap vehicles and inventions: Science Olympiad takes part in state
By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Jude Oswald and Jenna Kopper invented a musical instrument called a rute that floated on a melody to…
Chisholm Middle School collects more than 1,000 items in food drive
By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—Pyramids of canned goods bedecked the small Chisholm Middle School stage on Monday afternoon, just before various eighth……
Chisholm students keep learning after school
By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—It almost smelled like a movie theater down one Chisholm Middle School hallway Monday afternoon as several students…
Touchdowns and fun: Middle school students enjoy aspects of football
By Wendy Nugent, Harvey County Now NEWTON—The Hutchinson Salthawks used their buoyancy to stay afloat during seventh grade boys’ football action Thursday night at……
Pandemic teaching from an instructor’s perspective
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now NEWTON—There is no new normal, at least not yet. That’s what Chisholm Middle School seventh grade language arts teacher……
Chisholm students write letters about weighty subjects
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Chisholm Middle School seventh-grader Cheyenne Qualls once had a micro pig named Lily Bean. Pigs are Qualls’s favorite animals,……
Taking hits: Three girls on middle-school football teams
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Chisholm Middle School student Margaret Bates carefully marked her steps—some to the back and some to the side. She……
Building an engineering class: Students learn about constructing useful items
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now When a teacher next door to John Werner’s Chisholm Middle School class hears a variety of songs played, he says……
Resisting slavery: Middle school students learn about the Civil War
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now African-American slaves didn’t always just do whatever their “masters” told them. They weren’t happy, and they showed it from……