Tag: Perdido Elementary/Middle School

Special to Atmore News Sixteen students at Perdido School participated in the school-level competition of the National Geographic GeoBee on January 25. Kam Drinkard, a sixth-grade student, won first place, with Zoe Brandt, a fifth-grade student, winning second place. The school-level competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world. School champions, including Kam, will…

Special to Atmore News Perdido School seventh-grade students in teacher Josh Overstreet’s life science class had the valuable, unique, and somewhat slimy experience of dissecting a frog! The students have been studying not frogs, but the human body. In dissecting an animal, students see, touch, and explore the various organs in the body. Seeing these organs and understanding how they work within a single animal allows students to understand how…

Special to Atmore News The Perdido School 2018-19 Spelling Bee was held Wednesday, January 9. All the participants did a fantastic job representing their grade level in the school spelling bee. After 35 rounds, fifth-grader Carley New was declared the champion and Dessie James was first runner-up. Carley will represent Perdido School in the county spelling bee Tuesday, February 5, in Loxley.

Special to Atmore News The fifth-grade students at Perdido School in Ms. Danielle Brown’s and Mr. Craig Canaan’s classes recently visited Dauphin Island on a field trip. There they learned that marine debris is impacting our world in various negative ways. One solution is to reuse, reduce and recycle. In this culminating project, students reused trash from their homes to create litterbugs or litter creatures. No materials could be purchased…

Special to Atmore News Third-grade students in Mrs. Linda McCullough’s class at Perdido Elementary School are celebrating Christmas around the World. Mrs. McCullough has been using her eMints training to teach across the curriculum and allow students to develop their collaborative skills. The students have been using math, language arts, social studies, and science skills to complete activities that expose them to a variety of cultures. They have learned how…