Happy first day of March! These are our March PACK shoutouts. Each of these folks show ZonetonStrong values of Pride, Accountability, Courage and Kindness.
Join us for a family/community event full of math activities, spring games, food and fun! All ZMS students and their families are invited!
Mr. Hamer leading class discussions in 7th grade social studies.
BCPS Superintendent Dr. Bacon visited some ZMS students today! All 8th grade students researched a real world issue then wrote an argumentative letter to an elected representative or someone in authority. These students chose to write to Dr. Bacon on the topic of school start times. He came to meet these students and address their points in person!
Mrs Starling, our instructional tutor, works with small intervention groups on math skills.
Our archery team participated in a "home" tournament this past weekend and the 8th graders and their families were honored. Our team came in 3rd place overall.
Cheyenne Harley came in 3rd place overall Middle School Girls
Olivia Close came in 4th place overall Middle School Girls
Tyler Harley came in 5th place overall Middle School Boys.
The team qualified to participate in the KY State NASP Bullseye Tournament in a few weeks! And our 3D team has qualified to participate in the KY State NASP 3D archery tournament. This will be the 1st time that a Zoneton Archery team will participate in a 3D state tournament. Our 3D team is currently ranked 16th in the state in the middle school division.
Way to be #ZonetonStrong!!
Students were engaged in stations in Ms. Starks and Mr. Boston's Language arts class this week.
Students in science classes were engaged in stations, experiments, and hands-on instruction this week!
Mrs. Perugini's 8th grade students in writing classes worked together on sources for argumentative writing. They analyzed articles, charts, and videos to answer the prompt "Are professional athletes paid too much?". Students will use evidence from the text to write their pieces.
Congrats to these students who made the ZMS Baseball team. Go Timberwolves!!! ⚾🐺
Today is National Random Act of Kindness Day! Show some kindness to others around you. It makes the world a better place. :)
No School for students tomorrow (Fri) for Bullitt Day (teacher work day) or Monday! Enjoy the long weekend and stay safe!
Last week, while Ms. Parsons was out at a conference, she assigned student leaders to lead her bellringer and her class!
6th grade students completed a book spine poetry challenge in the library! Student groups worked together to put together a "poem" using the titles of books in the library. There were some creative poems!
There's been a few new faces around ZMS the past few weeks. We wanted to officially welcome Mr. Hamer and Mr. Smith to the PACK!
Students in Mrs. Spratt's 7th grade science classes are learning about endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions to determine the best design for a portable reptile egg incubator.
This week continues our kindness week. For Valentine's Day we want our students to focus spreading kindness to everyone around them. These students were chosen as winners for our random acts of kindness challenge! Happy Valentine's Day, ZMS family! ❤️💖
Mrs. Starks and Mr. Boston co-taught in stations for 7th grade language arts. Students worked to understand how to write an effective argumentative claim, complete a group writing prompt, work on a paragraph puzzle and more for their argument writing unit. Mrs. Voight also hosted a station and worked with small groups on finding library books to meet student interests.
ZMS baseball tryout information below! Must have a sports physical.
Celebrating our wonderful cafeteria staff! They come in early and serve breakfast and lunch. Encourage your student to say something kind to our cafe staff during kindness week.
