Saturday Morning Basketball

Saturday morning basketball with 1st and 2nd graders. It's FANtastic!

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Mr. Slater

Down in Harrisburg with my good friend Mr. Slater. We are having a great training.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Google Books

Google has launched its ebookstore.  Of course it doesn't work with the Kindle which is another reason I want to throw that thing through the window.  Just an fyi...public libraries have thousands of books you can borrow on ebook readers for up to 2 weeks.  However, the system they use to do this does not work with either the iPad or the Kindle.  Looks like I'll be putting mine up on eBay.

Anyways, check out Google's Bookstore.

Going to the Island

Students are working on the second round of Study Island Benchmarking. It's nice going to the islands...especially when you can see the snow falling.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Do Not Open Until X-Mas

I can't believe it.  My Kindle came today.  On Friday, Amazon had an awesome deal where they offered the Kindle for $100 off it's list price.  The sale started at 12:00 P.M. and starting at 11:30 A.M., I stared at the screen watching the countdown.  The minute the countdown clock hit 0 and the "Add to Cart" button appeared, I hit the button and added it to my basket.  Within 5 minutes, all of the Kindles available for the sale were sold out.

Now, here's the problem.  I was able to get one because I sold Mrs. Ellis on the idea that it would be for the "whole family," and now I have to wait until Christmas to open it.  There's no way I can make it 25 days.  I've wanted one of these since they came out, and now it's here...in my house...sitting 2 feet away from me...all wrapped in a box...that cannot be opened.   Bah Humbug!

Another Ellis Adventure

Well Mrs. Ellis found another way for the Ellis family to have "fun.". I tried to explain that there was a reason people cut the trees down for you. Luckily we all made it without any cut fingers or broken bones.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  I have a ton to be thankful for this year and am very fortunate to have an awesome Ellis family and an awesome school family.  I hope everyone enjoys their days off and comes back energized and ready to go...3 weeks until Winter Break. :)
The Ellis kids would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Jaime, Julie, Jack and Joey

Edible Cells

Edible cells in Mrs. Bailey's room. There's always room for cells.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Team All-Stars

Check out our Team All-Stars.  Sometimes it pays to continually do the right thing.  Great job guys!!

One of My Favorite Days

This day is one of my favorite days of the school year.  I love the Sixth Grade Thanksgiving Feast.  Thank you Sixth Grade for another great year.  Mrs. Reynolds was a little nervous this year but she did a great job!!  Take a look at some pictures of the day.

More food for a Feed a Friend Barrel.

Namaste---Miss Rozolis and her class.

Now just who do these two think they are?

Even more food...we did an outstanding job.

Check out some of the pictures from the feast.

How Cool is This

Ya know...sometimes students do the nicest things for us. Check out the awesome mug I got today.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Happy B-Day

Happy Birthday Miss Brown and Mr. Slusser.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Let's Get Together

Mrs. Doebler and Mrs. Reynolds brought down the wall to work on their projects.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

Sixth Grade Science

Mrs. Haines has her students ready for their big science test.

Jim Ellis
Asst. Principal
Milton Middle School

DA DA DA DA

Okay, how could I not post this video.  I would like everyone to know, especially Mrs. Ellis, that there was minimal coaching from me.