States and Capitals

Check out the song Mr. Edinger has his kids singing to remember the states and capitals.  Great way to remember them, however Mr. Edinger looks a little shell shocked after listening to it all day.

Parts of Speech

Mrs. Higgins and Miss Yoder have their students ready to ace their verb quiz.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Free Online Children's Books

You may notice that at the top of my blog is a link for free online children's books.  If you have younger children in your family, this is a great resource.  The site is free.  Check it out.

Two More Caught Caring Winners

Two more $25 gift card winners for Caught Caring.  As I said before whoever said doing the right thing doesn't pay....

Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to Mrs. Spear and Mrs. Lilley. They were named 2010-11 Milton Teachers of the Year.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

The Decorah Eagles

Have any of you seen this link to the live webcam of the Decorah Eagles.  The eaglets just hatched a couple of days ago.  The camera is also infrared so the nest can be viewed at night.  I'm going to keep the link posted in the upper right of my blog for you to check in at any time.  If the link doesn't work at school, stop by my office and see if we can see it on my computer and/or be sure to check it out at home.

Streaming .TV shows by Ustream

P.A.W.S. Breakfast

Today was our P.A.W.S. breakfast. This a celebration of our students who routinely do thd right thing. It was great to see all of the parents.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Julie's Art Show

Julie is showing us around her preschool art show.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Partly Cloudy

Well at least the rain stopped for today.  I would hate to be in the shoes of Mr. Harris trying to do all of the rescheduling.  At least the teams get to practice today.

Just for Laughs

Sometimes we just need to laugh and have a good conversation.

Let's Go Outside

All this guy ever wants to do is go outside...

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Tapping the Maple Trees

I'm with my daughter Jaime and class at Montour Preserve. We are seeing how they tap Maple Trees and then turn it into syrup.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Many Happy Birthdays

Today is a special day for birthdays.  My son Jack is 7.  And....Mr. Turbitt is 29 today.  Happy birthday to two great guys.

Trouble

Now we are all in big trouble. Joey is walking all over the place.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Radon

Mr. Jackson is showing students how Radon gets into homes.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Hoop for Hearts

Tomorrow starts our Hoops for Hearts campaign.  Students received the information from their teachers today to go out an secure donations.  We will also be doing some things here at school for students, teachers, and community members.

• Candy Jug guessing game during lunch.  For $0.25 students will be able to take a guess to see how many pieces of candy are in the jug.  There will be Hershey Kisses, M&Ms, Teddy Grahams, and Sour Patch kids.
• School Wide Bingo--students will be able to purchase Bingo cards for $1.00.  Each morning Mrs. Trate or I will call out 2 or 3 numbers.  The winner will receive a $15 iTunes card.
• Top Earners in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade will receive $15 iTunes cards, and the top earner for the entire school will receive an iPod shuffle.

There is also a way for teachers, staff and community members to participate.  We will be holding a basket raffle.  Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5.  Here are our baskets.

Tastefully Simple Basket #1

Liberty Mountain Camping Supplies #1

Mary Kay Cosmetics

Perkins Gift Certificates

Free Haircut at the Village Stylist

Lia Sophia Earring and Necklace Set

iPod Shuffle and $15 iTunes Card

Liberty Mountain Camping Supplies #2

Winter Wonderland?

Seriously do we need anymore snow. Wasn't it just 65 degrees on Friday?

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Back in Action

I'm back in the classroom doing a little coverage for Mrs. Bailey.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Happy Birthday Jaime and The Week in Rap

Today is my daughter Jaime's 9th birthday.

The Week in Rap Feb 11th from Flocabulary on Vimeo.

It's All about Character

Students are working on character development with Mrs. Higgins.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Milton vs. Mifflinburg

Our boys are looking to put it to the Wildcats.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Happy Birthday Jules Verne!!

Today is Jules Verne's 183rd birthday.  One of my favorite movies as a kid was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.  I used to watch it all the time.  Jules Verne wrote the book.

Check out this site by National Geographic.  It shows you 8 different things that Jules Verne wrote about that at the time were pure science fiction and today they are real.

8 Jules Verne Inventions that Came True

The Week in Rap

Thank you to Mr. Kaar for sharing this site with me.  I thought this would be a good way to end each week.

Have a great weekend!

Being Nice Pays Off

Check out the 2nd Marking Period's $25 award winners for the Caught Caring/Panther Pride. The were randomly selected from all of the 2nd Marking Period recipients.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Happy Ground Hog Day

 Ok so Phil didn't see his shadow.  What does that really mean?  After the last couple of days we've had, does anyone really believe Spring is right around the corner...let's hope so.  

Goallllllllllll

Little bit of indoor soccer going on during 6th grade gym class.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

It's Good

Some people just love spaghetti night. I'm glad I'm not in charge of baths tonight.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Doin' Some 'Rasslin

Gage is on his way to a victory.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

All Thumbs

No hitchhikers thumb here.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Too Many Snow Days

Well another 2 hour delay.  We seem to be getting quite a bit of these.  This one I think we needed.  Look what I found when I went out to my car this morning.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  My goal for next week is to get in more classes and get some pictures of our students doing some great things!!

Hooplas

You never know who you will see at Hooplas. My good friend Brandon was winning tons of tickets.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

A Colony of Their Own

Students in Mrs. Doebler's room are studying colonial history by creating their own colonies. I wonder if they will let me move into Panther Colony.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Dinner Time

Grabbing a bite to eat with my good friends Mr. Parise and Mr. Slater.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Hulk Mad

Now that the Hulk is in my office people will be shaking in their boots to come in here.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Dance Off

Big Ed and Jaime are having a dance off. You never know what's going to happen at the Ellis House.  Hope this post goes through.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

What's Wrong with this Blog

I just realized that my blog is not updating when I post from my phone.  I've got to figure out what's wrong because I had some good pics to post from last week.  Stay tuned.