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FSMS Spotlight!
This page is for special students or individuals who earned the spotlight by learning while having fun, specific achievements or great performances at their campus. Congratulations!
   
Congratulations to the Community Problem Solvers at Walnut Grove MS and Frank Seale MS. They received their medals and awards this past weekend at the State Bowl in Austin! The team is continuing to finish their project, Project PANTRY, and will be traveling to Michigan for the International Conference May 28-June 1. Good luck to you all! We know you'll represent Midlothian well!

The FSMS Honor Band received a Sweepstakes Award (a unanimous rating of "Superior" from all 6 judges) at the UIL performance this past Wednesday and Thursday. Below are the recordings of their performance:

FSMS Symphonic Band FSMS Honor Band
 "Valley Forge March" - Edmondson
(2.4mb .mp3 file)		  "The Klaxon" - Fillmore/Fennell
(4.1mb .mp3 file)
 "Korean Folk Rhapsody" - Curnow
(3.5mb .mp3 file)		  "Be Thou My Vision" - Gillingham
(7.9mb .mp3 file)
  "Legend of Knife River" - Bulla
(3.9mb .mp3 file)		   "Incantation and Dance" - Chance
(9.9mb .mp3 file)
The Frank Seale Beginner Band went to Sandy Lake recently to compete in the Sandy Lake Band Funfest. The band earned a 1st division rating (the highest you can get) and they also won the Best In Class award. This is the first time the FSMS Band has won the Best In Class award. The kids had a great time and played really well.
Frank Seale Middle School blew away the competition at the 7th and 8th UIL Academic Meet last Saturday, February 23. 7th Grade won 1st place overall and 8th grade won 2nd place overall. Congratulations to all students and coaches who participated.

8th Grade was awarded 2nd Place at Waxahachie UIL Meet
Art: 5th Place - A.K. Ved Calculator Applications: 2nd Place – Mitchell Griffith, 6th Place – Zac Cambron Dictionary Skills: 6th Place – Brooke Emery Editorial Writing: 1st Place – Emily Lundburg, 6th Place – Mitchell Griffith Impromptu Speaking: 3rd Place – Alyssa Freeman Listening Skills: 1st Place – Andrew Shaw Maps, Graphs & Charts: 2nd Place – Elliot Nunn Mathematics: 5th Place – Ashley Sumrall Modern Oratory: 2nd Place – Amanda Mitchell Number Sense: 1st Place – Joseph Fox, 3rd Place – Anderson Messer Oral Reading: Prose: 2nd Bre Drake Poetry: 1st Place – Gabi Guest, 6th Place – Charity Moreno Ready Writing: 3rd Place – Kasey Williams, 5th Place – Jasmine Page Science: 1st Place – Jacob Dalquest
Social Studies: 1st Place – Dylan Smith Spelling: 3rd Place – Maddi Webb

7th Grade was awarded 1st Place at Waxahachie UIL Meet
Art: 2nd Place - Miranda Lockwood, 3rd Place - Marisa Ellis, 5th Place - Crystal Bopp Calculator Applications: 6th Place – Zach Young Dictionary Skills: 5th Place - Chelsea Rampy, 6th Place (tie) – Faith Hardin & Kendall Stevens Editorial Writing: 1st Place – Allison Cardwell Impromptu Speaking: 3rd Place – Taylor Kratz, 4th Place – Morgan Green, 5th Place - Emma Smith
Listening Skills: 1st Place - Mitchell Smith, 2nd Place – Lindsey Asher, 3rd Place – Allison Steele Maps, Graphs & Charts: 1st Place – Anna Sevart Mathematics: 1st Place - Rebecca Kahl, 3rd Place – Marissa Bailey, 5th Place – Kevin Gilmore Modern Oratory: 2nd Place – Jacob Augustyn, 5th Place – Joseph Johnson Number Sense: 1st Place – Rebecca Kahl, 2nd Place – Gabby Padilla Oral Reading: Prose: 1st Place Bacaum Poetry: 1st Place – Sarah Blank Ready Writing: 1st Place - Katie Bass, 3rd Place – Elyse Schraher, 5th Place – Essa Temple Social Studies: 2nd Place – Chad Anders, 5th Place – Jordan Key Spelling: 1st Brandon Hopkins, 5th Cameron Brogden

FSMS 6th UIL winners

Maps, Graphs and Charts - 2nd place: Lindsey Wade
Listening Skills - 2nd place: Stephanie Hampton
Number Sense - 3rd place: Emma Tullius, 6th place: Angle Lozano
Pose - 6th place: Courtney Erskine
Social Studies - 1st place: Matt Beck 
Music Memory - 6th place: Chelsey Payne
Art - 1st Place Team: Candace Woolverton, Lauren Bailey, Cora Allen
Dictionary Skills - 6th Place: Joseph Castenada

Congratulations to all of you!
Mrs. Bannister and Mr. Kirby's eighth grade science classes at Frank Seale Middle School recently studied the concept of the atom. Courtney Hathorne is showing her electrifying personality after exciting a few electrons.
Students and administrators enjoy a little chocolate at the HO HO HO No Zeros Party.
The Middle School Community Problem Solvers from both Frank Seale MS and Walnut Grove MS recently took a learning and reasearch trip to the North Texas Food Bank. We spent the day packing crates for the different organizations to take to their local facilities along with MANY boxes of canned goods that resulted from the numerous food drives that take place at this time of year. We packed a total of approximately 3300-3400 pounds of food! We also spent part of our time interviewing and questioning the staff at the North Texas Food Bank to gain a deeper understanding of their operations. This was a very rewarding experience for all the students!
GT kids from J.R. Irvin Elementary came over to learn how Cub News is produced. They spent the hour working with Logan Staggs, Hunter Hipsman, and Brandi Tucker. The kids from Irvin recorded the announcements for tomorrow's classroom broadcast.
Mrs. Dennington, Mrs. Arturbern and Mr. Tipton took a pie in the face for raising more than $4000 in the Frank Seale Book Fair.
The 7th grade students are exploring the scientific method with the Diet Coke and Mentos Lab.
FSMS cubs enjoy juke box music during lunch. The juke box will be available for play all year during all lunches. Thanks PTV!!
State Representative, Jim Pitts from District 10, spoke to the 7th graders at FSMS on Constitution Day. He presented information about the constitution and the process a bill must go through to become a law. He had several of the students simulate the different roles of various lawmakers and citizens and the process a law must undertake to be enacted. He also addressed our new Texas Flag pledge and the procedure it went through to be changed.