Tag: Perdido Elementary/Middle School

Escambia County Middle School fifth-grade students participated in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. The theme for this year’s poster contest is “Bring Our Missing Children Home.” La’Niya King, Gina Knighten, and Ariyana Young are the winners for Escambia County Middle School. Their artwork will be submitted to the State Contest Manager for local judging. Each participant had to submit a brief description of their poster and a…

By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Perdido Elementary students in Mrs. Kambi Gohagin’s, Mrs. Anna Grant’s and Mrs. Brooke Drinkard’s kindergarten classes celebrated the first “100 Days of School,” on February 6. Preparation for the special day began over a week ago, as students created their individual “100” project at home. Everything from Cheerios and sequins, to stickers, seeds, Legos and paperclips, were used to create their unique set of…

By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Sixth graders Stacie Wilson and Maranda Singleton recently found a painted rock hidden just outside the door of one of their classrooms at Perdido Elementary / Middle School. Just how it made its way from Flomaton, Alabama to Perdido School is a bit of a mystery; but then that is the idea behind the fun. A little detective work discovered that the rock was…

By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Kindergarten students in Mrs. Kambi Gohagan, Mrs. Brooke Drinkard and Mrs. Anna Grant’s classes were treated to breakfast with Santa just before the holidays. The students’ parents were invited as well. Excited voices could be heard throughout the school, and soon the guest of honor – Santa – arrived.  This of course gave the children the opportunity to tell Santa (one last time) exactly…

By GERRI MCDONALD Special to Atmore News Students in Ms. Stabler’s first-grade class at Perdido Elementary School learned all about the Gingerbread Man; reading, math, team work, problem solving and architecture were all a part of this exciting lesson. After reading the story, The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt, the students discussed the sequence of events in the story with their classmates. They had the opportunity to pretend that they had become…