Students Build Ultimate Cricket Habitats What do grass, twigs, dirt, Monster trucks, the Cookie Monster, basketball courts and Kardashian photos have in common? They’re all parts of cricket habitats created by TK seventh-grade science students.
March Math Madness Comes to TKMS “Yeah! Another 3 pointer!” yelled an excited student across his 7th-grade classroom as he tossed his arms in the air.
TKMS Brings "Game of Tiaras" to Stage Thornapple Kellogg Middle School students will present two performances of “Game of Tiaras” March 23 and 24. Both shows begin at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
TK Student Art to be Displayed on Banners Four Thornapple Kellogg students - including one middle school student - will have their artwork displayed on banners in Middleville this spring. The students submitted original artwork to the “Art in the Air” banner contest sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the Middleville DDA.
TK “Back to Creativity” With OM Success - 2 TKMS Teams Advance to State After a year off because of COVID, Thornapple Kellogg Odyssey of the Mind teams stepped up this weekend in a big way advancing seven of the district’s nine teams to the state finals.
Grants Help Provide Graphing Calculators for Middle School Math Students Middle School math students are getting some additional devices to make their math learning just a little bit easier. Thanks to two grants - one recently awarded from the Wilson H. Craig fund and one awarded earlier this year from the Thornapple Area Enrichment Fund - middle school, algebra students will be equipped with graphing calculators.
MS Teacher Honors Veterans Every Day In August, when Rojean Sprague prepares her classroom for another year of school, she sets up a Christmas tree. It’s way too early for the holiday season - but this tree celebrates something else.
TK Middle School Students Will Present “Aladdin Jr.” Thornapple Kellogg Middle School students will present “Aladdin Jr.” Nov. 17 and 18. Both shows start at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Tickets are not required, but donations to the musical program are appreciated.
TKMS Band Students Join Honors Band at WMU Four Thornapple Kellogg Middle School band students walked around the Western Michigan University campus, ate lunch by the gardens, watched the University Bronco Marching Band and - oh yeah - performed a concert at WMU’s Miller Auditorium.
Teachers Turn Popular Game into Live-Action History Lesson Students lined up facing each other, both sides eying the opponent’s flag hanging on the opposite side and strategizing ways to successfully grab the flag without being caught themselves. TK Middle School teachers turned this simple children’s game of Capture the Flag, into a live-action history lesson as the 8th-grade teams became the British and American forces in the Revolutionary War.
