Trojan Times
April 2014
Daphne Middle School Student Newspaper
Meet Anna
Spring Break
Monday, Apr 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Baldwin County School District, AL, United States
Bowling: Got Zero
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014, 08:30 AM
Eastern Shore Lanes, Eastern Shore Drive, Spanish Fort, AL, United States
Catching Up with Coach Carley
by James Comerford and Graham Jenkins
Coach Carley is the coach of the middle school basketball team and track, as well as a Physical Education class at Daphne Middle School. He graduated with a degree from Auburn University and here is what he has to say about a few good questions.
What is it like coaching and teaching Physical Ed. at the same time? He replied. “It’s fun and tiring since I have to deal with 200 kids a day, but coaching is something I love to do.”
Do you really enjoy coaching a co-ed PE class? "Yes," he said, “I don’t mind having both girls and boys in my class, but girls like different things than boys.”
What was your inspiration for coaching basketball? "I loved playing when I was a kid, and I have been coaching for 7 years."
Did you get a degree for Physical Education? “Yes,” he replied, “at Auburn University.”
Did you play organized basketball as a child? “Yes,” he responded.
Do you think your students enjoy your class? “I hope so.”
Do you think your basketball team will be successful next year due to your coaching? “Absolutely, or they better be. If not, then I need to tighten up.”
Did you ever think of teaching a different subject earlier in life? “Actually, yes,” he said, “I’m still thinking about science.”
Do you enjoy coaching enough to where you would make a career out of it? “Yes, and that's my goal.” He said, “I can’t be PE teacher forever.”
Email: rcarley@bcbe.org
DMS Band Performs the National Anthem for Bay Bears
Middle School Survey
by Anna Glass, Azerial Milton, and Maddie Monroe
The past weeks we have worked on surveys for Daphne Middle School students to take. The survey we made is the Middle School Survey. We received 112 responses. Our first question was asking how their middle school experience is and 32% ranked it as an eight out of ten. Another question we asked was what their favorite subject was, most of the people said Math was theirs, while Civics was their least favorite subject. Half of the people said their favorite field trip was Orlando or the Golden Corral trip. Students stated that similarities from this year to last year are the friends they had, and field trips like last year. Some differences students listed were classes, teachers, and MacBooks.
Library Book Fair
Monday, Apr 28, 2014, 08:30 PM
Daphne Middle School, Daphne, AL, United States
Istation
Once a month students have an assessment on iStation that grades word analysis, text fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension reading skills. Each week after the assessment, students complete at least thirty minutes of practice reading exercises. Each student is placed on his or her own learning path depending on what their weaknesses were on the test. Students may complete their thirty minutes a week of reading practice in either of their enrichment classes, or they can even do it at home! Students that place in tier one, meaning at their grade level, can complete their practice time in the new writing portion of Istation. The writing portion takes students through the "six traits of writing" with the narrator, Calvin Cool. Students will have their last Istation assessment for the year at the beginning of May.
Flappy Bird Survey
by Hudson Arnold and Alex Hayes
In our Flappy Bird survey, we asked people questions about the app Flappy Bird. Three hundred twenty-eight people responded. The first question that we asked them is, “Have you played Flappy Bird?” and 8% replied no. The people that answered no to playing Flappy Bird mostly reported that the reason they have not is that they did not download the app in time.
Ninety-two percent of the people that took the survey replied that they had played Flappy Bird. On a scale of one to ten, how much do they like Flappy Bird? The number one answer was one, which is not at all. Also asked was how much they were addicted to Flappy Bird on a scale from one to ten. The number one answer was ten, which is "super addicted". The people were also asked what is their favorite spin-off of Flappy Bird. The most popular was Splashy Fish. Thank you to all that participated in this survey.
FCCLA Sponsors Pennies for Paws
The FCCLA will be taking donations for "Pennies for Paws", which is a fundraiser for the Baldwin County Humane Society. There is a contest between homerooms, and the one that raises the most money will receive an ice cream or pizza party. The fundraiser will start Monday, April 21 and run through Friday, May 2.
Daphne Middle School
Email: ablake@bcbe.org
Website: www.daphnemiddleschool.com
Location: Daphne Middle School, Daphne, AL, United States
Phone: 251-626-2845
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/150174245179730/