Thursday, August 16, 2012
First volleyball meeting held
Open house held Monday night
Parents and students had the opportunity to talk with teachers, find out what supplies were needed and learn about the classes. They also picked up schedules.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Teachers return to work
The day began with all staff members attending the annual pep rally and meeting, held this year at the John Q. Hammons Center.
The program included a speech from Herschend Family Enterprises (including Silver Dollar City) CEO Peter Herschend, who said, "Missouri is watching Joplin and the nation is watching Joplin," as we continue the recovery process from the May 22, 2011, tornado.
Also featured in the program:
-Announcement of Golden Eagle and Golden Wing winners including East's Mrs. Angel Mense, Mr. Michael Lawrence, Ms. Sue Macy, and Ms. Mona Redding.
-A speech from Dr. C. J. Huff, superintendent
-Video welcomes from Gov. Jay Nixon, and other celebrities and Joplin business leaders
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Mrs. Wallace returns to East
Mrs. Jennifer Wallace, who previously taught at East, will return to teach seventh grade reading. She replaces Mrs. Linda Patton (formerly Weaver), who is now the sixth grade social studies teacher.
Mrs. Wallace and her daughter, Ilah, an eighth grader at East, worked hard this week getting her classroom ready. Another member of the Wallace clan, eighth grade science teacher Mr. Mike Wallace, is also at East.
Sixth grade academy prepares newcomers to East
More photos from the academy can be found at the Journalism Club Facebook Page.
East Feast held in Landreth Park
The second annual East Feast was held Friday evening in Landreth Park. The first one was held at the school last year to give parents and students an opportunity to look at the new facility.
Activities this year included sand volleyball, badminton, music, and food.
More photos from the event can be found on the Journalism Club's Facebook page.
Monday, June 04, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Journalism Club to make presentation to Board of Education
East Middle School Journalism Club will make a brief presentation to the Joplin Board of Education Tuesday, May 29. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be aired on Jet 14.
Club members will talk about their work, including the East Middle School Roundabout website and the Journalism Club Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter pages.
Club members will talk about their work, including the East Middle School Roundabout website and the Journalism Club Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter pages.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
JEMS Show Choir performs during assembly
The JEMS Show Choir, under the direction of Ms. Julie Yonkers performed during an assembly Friday, May 11 in the commons area.
Friday, May 18, 2012
A Final Farewell to East Middle School
By JENNIFER NGUYEN
Editor
School's out! It has been for about eight hours now, but I couldn't leave East without a proper closure. I know I speak for most, if not all eighth graders, when I say East will never be forgotten, especially after all the school has been through!
The class of 2016 was the first class that had the opportunity of going to the real East Middle School, not the warehouse, as sixth graders. We were lucky enough to call the site of East our home for a whole two years. Memories of the old building are still etched in the minds of many. Students still recall images of being in the hallways, classrooms, auditorium. They will be carried in our hearts forever.
Due to the damage from the May 22, 2011, tornado, East was moved to a temporary warehouse. Nobody knew what to expect of this year. The class of 2016, serving as eighth graders of the middle school, had no idea what living in a warehouse would be like; we were terrified!
As the year progressed, adaptations were made, and the warehouse felt like just another normality in our lives. Not quite our home, like the old East, but more like an apartment you would rent while being away from home. Classes were still continued. Activities were still operated. Life was as it should be. Even though we were in a new, unfamiliar building, East was with us. In our students, teachers, and faculty.
Of course with all the school work and pressure of succeeding in behavior and attitude, came the urge of students for summer to come. I remember thinking for countless hours how I couldn't wait for summer. I couldn't wait to be out of school, to just be lazy! Many eighth graders were especially looking forward to the joys of high school! The time for relaxation and vacation was definitely anticipated...and soon enough, the time came.
This school year went by like a breeze, and before we knew it, the end of school was soon approaching. This meant the end of middle school for the eighth graders, and the beginning of high school as freshmen. You would think we would be happy for summer, for a break.
Yes, we were happy, but we were also sad. The school year just went by too fast!
The Last Day Assembly soon approached and so did the time for the farewells and good-byes. The lasting minutes of the final day were filled with bittersweet moments. Shouts of joy rang through the commons area for the fact that school was finally over, and we survived! But among the joy, were many tears and remarks of sadness, of goodbye. Not only were the eighth graders bidding the year good-bye, they were also giving their last farewells to their fellow peers, teachers, and most of all, their school.
As the class of 2016 follows the path of life towards high school, I would like to take this moment to say good-bye to East not as the co-editor of the East Middle School Journalism Club, but as a student. I would like to thank East for all the great memories it has provided us with, all the things we will cherish.
Thank you to all the teachers and faculty of East. In some way, you have touched our lives, and your effect has been impeccable! I would like to give special praise and thanks to Mr. Turner, the Journalism Club sponsor and mentor, for making all this possible. Thank you to all our fellow schoolmates, the sixth and seventh graders. You have made great peers, and more importantly, friends. Thank you to everything that makes East what it is, East! As the saying goes, "East is beast!" So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Tears spring to my eyes as I close with my final bid of farewell to East. Through all the good times and the bad, we have overcome and made this school truly unforgettable. This is why I will always remember you.
Goodbye East. I love you.
Editor
School's out! It has been for about eight hours now, but I couldn't leave East without a proper closure. I know I speak for most, if not all eighth graders, when I say East will never be forgotten, especially after all the school has been through!
The class of 2016 was the first class that had the opportunity of going to the real East Middle School, not the warehouse, as sixth graders. We were lucky enough to call the site of East our home for a whole two years. Memories of the old building are still etched in the minds of many. Students still recall images of being in the hallways, classrooms, auditorium. They will be carried in our hearts forever.
Due to the damage from the May 22, 2011, tornado, East was moved to a temporary warehouse. Nobody knew what to expect of this year. The class of 2016, serving as eighth graders of the middle school, had no idea what living in a warehouse would be like; we were terrified!
As the year progressed, adaptations were made, and the warehouse felt like just another normality in our lives. Not quite our home, like the old East, but more like an apartment you would rent while being away from home. Classes were still continued. Activities were still operated. Life was as it should be. Even though we were in a new, unfamiliar building, East was with us. In our students, teachers, and faculty.
Of course with all the school work and pressure of succeeding in behavior and attitude, came the urge of students for summer to come. I remember thinking for countless hours how I couldn't wait for summer. I couldn't wait to be out of school, to just be lazy! Many eighth graders were especially looking forward to the joys of high school! The time for relaxation and vacation was definitely anticipated...and soon enough, the time came.
This school year went by like a breeze, and before we knew it, the end of school was soon approaching. This meant the end of middle school for the eighth graders, and the beginning of high school as freshmen. You would think we would be happy for summer, for a break.
Yes, we were happy, but we were also sad. The school year just went by too fast!
The Last Day Assembly soon approached and so did the time for the farewells and good-byes. The lasting minutes of the final day were filled with bittersweet moments. Shouts of joy rang through the commons area for the fact that school was finally over, and we survived! But among the joy, were many tears and remarks of sadness, of goodbye. Not only were the eighth graders bidding the year good-bye, they were also giving their last farewells to their fellow peers, teachers, and most of all, their school.
As the class of 2016 follows the path of life towards high school, I would like to take this moment to say good-bye to East not as the co-editor of the East Middle School Journalism Club, but as a student. I would like to thank East for all the great memories it has provided us with, all the things we will cherish.
Thank you to all the teachers and faculty of East. In some way, you have touched our lives, and your effect has been impeccable! I would like to give special praise and thanks to Mr. Turner, the Journalism Club sponsor and mentor, for making all this possible. Thank you to all our fellow schoolmates, the sixth and seventh graders. You have made great peers, and more importantly, friends. Thank you to everything that makes East what it is, East! As the saying goes, "East is beast!" So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Tears spring to my eyes as I close with my final bid of farewell to East. Through all the good times and the bad, we have overcome and made this school truly unforgettable. This is why I will always remember you.
Goodbye East. I love you.
Goodbye eighth grade
Talent Show Live Blog
STAFF WRITER, AUSTEN STILL
As the eighth grade choir got on to perform one last song for Mrs. Yonkers, tears were in everyone's eyes or at least there was a lump in their throat. That was the last performance of the day and us eighth graders have to accept the fact that we have to leave and we will never have our teachers in class again.
Jennifer Nguyen, Megan Hickey, and Amy Koch are slightly rocking with sobs. I am even on the verge of tears.
As Mr. Sexson dismisses us, I don't to leave, because when I leave, I will never see some of these teachers again.
As the eighth grade choir got on to perform one last song for Mrs. Yonkers, tears were in everyone's eyes or at least there was a lump in their throat. That was the last performance of the day and us eighth graders have to accept the fact that we have to leave and we will never have our teachers in class again.
Jennifer Nguyen, Megan Hickey, and Amy Koch are slightly rocking with sobs. I am even on the verge of tears.
As Mr. Sexson dismisses us, I don't to leave, because when I leave, I will never see some of these teachers again.
Talent Show Live Blogging
EDITOR JENNIFER NGUYEN
Serving East over forty years, Ms. Joyce Wall received the Greatest Teacher Award! She commemorated this event by saying a few words of goodbye after. Good bye Ms. Wall! We will miss you! You will always be remembered!
Serving East over forty years, Ms. Joyce Wall received the Greatest Teacher Award! She commemorated this event by saying a few words of goodbye after. Good bye Ms. Wall! We will miss you! You will always be remembered!
Talent Show Live Blog
STAFF WRITER, AUSTEN STILL
During the teachers' display of swag, multiple teachers danced to choreography that can only be described as Mrs. Stamper's. As the teachers danced, I noticed something: Mr. Moore doesn't have dancing swag. The dance was spectacular.
During the teachers' display of swag, multiple teachers danced to choreography that can only be described as Mrs. Stamper's. As the teachers danced, I noticed something: Mr. Moore doesn't have dancing swag. The dance was spectacular.
Talent Show Live Blog
STAFF WRITER, AUSTEN STILL
Mrs. Stampers eighth grade class performed a medley of pop songs including "We Are Who We Are," "Born This Way," and "Sexy and I Know It," with goofy choreography that could only be thought up by Mrs. Stamper
Mrs. Stampers eighth grade class performed a medley of pop songs including "We Are Who We Are," "Born This Way," and "Sexy and I Know It," with goofy choreography that could only be thought up by Mrs. Stamper
Talent Show Live Blogging
EDITOR JENNIFER NGUYEN
Singing "Safe and Sound" originally sang by Taylor Swift was Victoria Stehm and Audrey Hampton! They sang incredibly! Good job!
Singing "Safe and Sound" originally sang by Taylor Swift was Victoria Stehm and Audrey Hampton! They sang incredibly! Good job!
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