Seventh grade students in Melissa Prendys’ English classes recently completed a nonfiction unit exploring the causes and effects of wildfires. Throughout the unit, students learned how authors use nonfiction text structure, features, and evidence to help readers understand the authors’ claims. After researching how wildfires start and how they impact ecosystems, wildlife, and communities, …
The annual March Madness at Crispell Middle School was an amazing time for participants and spectators! It’s hosted each year by the Crispell National Junior Honor Society. Students sign up to play, get drafted and captains pick a college team name. The teams are bracketed and compete in eight-minute games. It’s competitive but so much …
Congratulations to the Crispell students who have earned honor roll, high honor roll and principal’s list for the second quarter. Click here for the list.
Registration for varsity and junior varsity spring sports will run from Feb. 7 through Feb. 18 on Arbiter. The deadline for varsity and JV sports registration is Feb. 18. Please note that in order to participate in sports tryouts, athletes must have a completed online registration, current physical exam on file and clearance from the …
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Let’s eat well! February provides some great choices for breakfast and lunch for all our students at no charge! Have a look at your child’s school menu here and plan on some delicious and nutritious school meals all month long!
Crispell Middle School students will bark, caw, roar, meow and sing about kindness to animals with their production of Doctor Dolittle JR this February. Antelopes will lope, ostriches will fan, and kangaroos will do what kangaroos can, when students from Crispell Middle School present Doctor Dolittle JR. This whimsical musical follows the adventures of …
Our eighth-grade students have so much to look forward to! As they finish their final year in middle school, they are beginning to look forward to all our high school has to offer. Our Crispell eighth-graders recently toured the Haas Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art technology center at Pine Bush High School that offers classes …
Sixth-grade social studies students at Crispell just learned about the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, and how those early societies developed and still influence our world. For one of their projects, the students were asked to take the perspective of a Mesopotamian historian and use the artifact analysis technique to take a closer look at …
The Crispell Making A Difference Club ran the annual Thanksgiving food drive. This year, they collected more than 600 food items! The club put together food packages with a full Thanksgiving dinner for 19 Pine Bush families. From appetizers to dessert and everything in between, these packages covered it! A big thank you to Butcher …
Crispell’s annual Career Day for eighth-grade students certainly had an impact on the kids, with 20 area professionals sharing information and hands-on activities with our students. All eighth-grade students had the opportunity to choose three sessions, each lasting 25 minutes. They listened and asked questions, and even got to do things related to the …
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