Aware March - Public Schools of Robeson County

Orrum Middle School
Orrum Middle School's Battle of
the Books team has been preparing
for competition to be held March 6th
at Lumberton Junior High School. The
team is coached
by Elizabeth
Berteotti, Media
Specialist at the
school. This
program is for
middle school
students, grades
6-8. Students at
participating schools read books from
a list established by the state Battle of
the Books committee, and then
compete in quiz-bowl-style
tournaments to test their knowledge of
these books.
Orrum Middle School's PTO has
been very busy. A Valentine's Day
dance was held on February 15th.
Students who participated were able
to purchase a drink and snack to raise
money for celebratory incentives.
The School Counseling Program
at Orrum Middle was excited to
participate in Read Across America
Week. On Friday, March 1 Mrs. Tonya
Locklear, School Counselor from
Fairmont High School came to speak
with the 8th grade about their high
school transition. They learned about
future classes, registration, importance
of academics, and attendance in high
school. The student's received handouts
about the course of study for
them to follow and learned how to use
the counselor's website at Fairmont
High School. The 8th grade student's
also had the chance to hear from Beta
Club student's and their experience's
at Fairmont High School with a
question and answer session. The
student's were engaged and excited
to learn more about their upcoming
opportunities at Fairmont High School.
They will be registering for their 9th
grade classes on March 23!
Orrum Middle School AIG
students have been working diligently
in the areas of reading and math to
enrich their classroom experiences.
Reading students have been studying
the poetry of Emily Dickinson in order
to decipher the written text of
metaphorical poems. These students
have also been making text to self
connections by relating this poetry to
the demands of their own lives. Math
students have been using the "Hands
on Equations" approach to simplify
algebraic
expressions
and defining
functions/
relationships.
Fran
Bauguess,
Exceptional
Children's teacher retired March 1st
after 31 years of service with the
Public Schools of Robeson County. A
retirement celebration was held in
which the retirees family and friends
attended bringing gifts and offering a
heartfelt farewell.
Black History month was marked
with celebrations across campus.
Students researched famous African
Americans and participated in daily
"What's the Answer" competitions.
This months activities was culminated
by a school wide assembly in which
South Robeson's Honor Guard and
Choral Team performed. Chief Mike
McNeil offered words of wisdom and
encouragement to an eager audience.
The Positive Action program
here at Orrum Middle School gave
students the opportunity to participate
in a sponsored writing and drawing
contest for the month of February
2013. The contest theme was: What
can you do with Positive Action to deal
with peer pressure. The Positive
Action team selected six winners from
6 th graders, six winners from 7 th
graders and six winners from the 8 th
graders from the Robeson County
Middle Schools for a total of 18
winners. Please join us in
congratulating Joshua Ramirez, one of
Ms. Jacobs’ 8th grade students here
at Orrum, as the 2nd place art winner
for 8 th grade.
Thirteen schools in Robeson
County receive the Positive Action
curriculum to Prevent Youth Violence.
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