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Pin Oak Middle School: The Charger Project
In this interdisciplinary project, an estimated 200 seventh and eighth grade students will explore various forms and purposes of communication, and will address school-wide issues. Student writers will employ the tools that professional writers use, including word processors, the Internet and print sources. As students develop their magazines, they will consider their target audience, the greater school community, and their purpose, to educate the community about particular topics and issues they have studied. Students will write across the curriculum and will use their writing to effectively communicate their knowledge. The project culminates in the publication of an original magazine that will serve as a final performance assessment for the year. The project also contributes a final piece to each student’s technology portfolio, demonstrating the growth of student writing over time. Once printed, “The Charger” will be distributed throughout the Pin Oak community for a minimal fee, which in turn will provide for its continued upkeep and ongoing success.
Contact: Sherri Powell
Pin Oak Middle School
4601 Glenmont
Bellaire, TX 77401
spowell1@houstonisd.org
Sharpstown Middle School: Give Her a Sporting Chance!
In this project, more than 30 eighth grade female students will study math and science concepts. Students will be given the opportunity to collect statistics at local professional and amateur female sporting events and will use the data to calculate percentages, learn to display it in various forms and present it in written and oral presentations. Students also will have the opportunity to hear from females who have chosen non-traditional careers and will learn the correlation between having a healthy body and being a professional athlete. In addition, students will use these skills to practice released standardized math and science tests on both national and state levels with the goal of increasing their knowledge, improving their test scores, graduating from high school and making educational choices to guarantee their professional place in society.
Contact:Annette Boles
Sharpstown Middle School
8330 Triola
Houston, TX 77036-6396
aboles@houstonisd.org
Fonville Middle School: Medical Science at Work
Students in the Medical Science Small Learning Community at Fonville Middle School will study the causes and effects of hypertension. The students will learn to monitor, record, and graph the blood pressure of various adult and student volunteers over a specified time period. They will also research the contributing causes to hypertenison and will seek to educate the community about the dangers and preventative measures associated with high blood pressure.
Contact: Brenda Dwyer
Fonville Middle School
725 E. Little York
Houston, TX 77076-1227
bdwyer@houstonisd.org
Ezekiel W. Cullen Middle School: Taking Responsibility Against Crime ( TRAC )
Ezekiel W. Cullen Middle School is an inner city school located south of downtown Houston in an area plagued by crime. In TRAC , sixth grade students will use language-based hands-on learning experiences to investigate the high rate of crime in their community. Students will learn to think critically, analyze data and apply problem-solving skills in their research and prevention of crime. They will compose, publish and disseminate their findings, which will be shared with their partners at the Houston Police Department, local businesses and the community. They will provide a valuable service to their community and will potentially impact a major problem associated with student success.
Contact: Carolyn A. Barnes
Ezekiel W. Cullen Middle School
6900 Scott
Houston, TX 77021-4899
cbarnes@houstonisd.org
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Pershing Middle School: To Infinity & Beyond: The Art & Science of Space Exploration
Eighth-grade students launch their study of space with hands-on science and language arts activities that promote student inquiry and higher level thinking. Students research and create products that celebrate the achievements of pioneers in space exploration and also design, build and launch their own rockets.
Contact: Mary Garcia
Pershing Middle School
7000 Braes Blvd.
Houston, TX 77025
Mgarcia2@houstonisd.org
Attucks Middle School: Engineering is Child’s Play
Through the completion of activities such as Robotics, Future City and ExploraVision, students will gain an appreciation of engineering and technology. Students will research an engineering subject, analyze and present data, write reflective and persuasive papers and conduct presentations on various engineering principles.
Contact: Percy Wilson
4330 Belfort
Houston, TX 77051
Pwilson7@houstonisd.org
Hogg Middle School: Newspaper Project
Students will participate in every facet of school newspaper production. They will be involved in writing, production, editing, photography and business management.
Contact: Katie Ramsey
Hogg Middle School
1100 Merrill
Houston, TX 77009
kramsey@houstonisd.org
Johnston Middle School: Adventures in Multiculturalism
Eighth-grade students explore reading and writing in a multicultural context. Students go on field trips, participate in literature circles, make bookstore visits and listen to author readings. Throughout the project, students experience reading and writing in relationship to their diverse life experiences.
Contact: Kimberly Del Carmen
Johnston Middle School
10410 Manhattan
Houston, TX 77096
kdelcarm@houstonisd.org
Johnston Middle School: Brays Bayou Ecosystem Field Investigation
Students become field scientists studying the ecology and environment of the local bayou during this seven-week science unit. Using a variety of field methods, students gather, interpret and compile data to develop a biologic profile of Brays Bayou. Students learn about the ecosystem through field trips, guest speakers, field classes and other hands-on learning activities. Results are shared with parents, other students and the community.
Contact: Bruce Hartman
Johnston Middle School
10410 Manhattan
Houston, TX 77096
bhartman@houstonisd.org
Hogg Middle School: Gardening with STARS
Students, teachers and community members come together to plant an organic garden. Activities include discussion of the students’ definition of community, what is involved to make a community successful and the role of the individual in a community. Students take field trips to local area food banks and other urban gardens to compare and contrast with the Hogg garden and observe areas of need within the community. Urban Harvest gardeners speak to the students about the mechanics of gardening. Students vote on the food bank to which they will donate their garden produce. Other students produce a newsletter to be distributed to the community.
Contact: Shelly Hulbirt
Hogg Middle School
1100 Merrill
Houston, TX 77009
slhulbirt@pdq.net
Attucks Middle School: Ring-Wing Glider Project
Students learn what is needed to start and run a business through research, writing persuasive papers, making visual aids, collecting data and analyzing charts, tables and graphs. Students focus on convincing a retail store chain to choose their company to manufacture ring-wing gliders to be sold in the stores. Student groups make presentations to volunteers from the business community who act as a board of directors. Partnerships are forged with American General, Junior Achievement, NASA and teachers to form a caring community of shared educational purpose.
Contact: Percy Wilson
Attucks Middle School
4330 Belfort
Houston, TX 77051
percy.Wilson@worldnet.att.net
Johnston Middle School: If We Build It, They Will Come
This program is a math-based exploration of building design, planning and construction culminating in the creation of a scale city. Students gain firsthand experience in the design and construction process as they identify and investigate the challenges of planning and constructing scale buildings. Students assemble their completed buildings into a city they have planned and designed.
Contact: Ruth Bonetati
Johnston Middle School
10410 Manhattan Drive
Houston, TX 77096
(713) 726-3616
lizbonetati@aol.com
Johnston Middle School: Backyard Wildlife Habitat
Students, teachers and parents work together to certify the academic team's School-Yard Wildlife Habitat. Students study seasonal patterns of spring and the migration of robins and enter their findings into a national database. Enrichment activities include essay writing and the creation of a mural on an outside wall of a building contiguous to the garden.
Contact: Lisa Viktorian
Johnston Middle School
10410 Manhattan Drive
Houston, TX 77096
(713) 726-3616
lviktorian@houstonisd.org
Pershing Middle School: Pollution Solutions
Students research and investigate the realities of pollution and its effect on daily life and seek workable solutions. Students explore local environmental issues in an interdisciplinary setting through active labs, field studies, field trips, research and measurement. Their findings are displayed at an end-of-year Environmental Expo.
Contact: Ann Mitchell, Linda Cook
Pershing Middle School
7000 Braes Boulevard
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 295-5240
lcook2@houstonisd.org
Pershing Middle School: Pershing Settlement: The Colonization of a Middle School
Pershing Settlement gives students the opportunity to experience life during colonial times. A colonial town is created, and students become artisans, tradesmen, soldiers and shopkeepers. The students create colonial crafts for display and demonstration in the stores, homes, military encampment and a Native American village. Students from feeder elementary schools visit the settlement and the middle school students become their teachers.
Contact: Janie McPhail, Julie Welk, Earline Grabbe, Lisa Chestnut
Pershing Middle School
7000 Braes Boulevard
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 295-5240, ext. 237
jmcphail@houstonisd.org
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Hogg Middle School: "Operation GreenGarden"
This program integrates science, math and technology with language arts skills while students upgrade the greenhouse and gardens on the Hogg campus. Students study matter, energy, plant germination and vegetable production using the Internet, classroom lab experiences and local professionals to study core curriculum objectives that directly tie into federal, state and district standards.
Contact: Paula Cooper
Hogg Middle School
1100 Merrill
Houston, TX 77008
(713) 802-4700
paula_cooper@hotmail.com
Jackson Middle School: "The Rocket Project"
"The Rocket Project" is designed to address the concepts of Force and Motion within the 8th grade science curriculum while encouraging higher order thinking skills and enthusiasm for learning. Students design, build, test and evaluate their own model rockets using knowledge and skills derived from Newton's Laws of Motion. The culminating event consists of a field trip to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Contact: Ross Kaffenberger
Jackson Middle School
5100 Polk Street
Houston, TX 77023
(713) 924-1760
rossk@alumni.princeton.edu
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Johnston Middle School
This program helps students to identify and examine both societal and personal values. It focuses on the important American values of democracy, individualism, diversity and justice to help students become more thoughtful and responsible citizens. Students actively explore, clarify and apply the four core values in a variety of concerns.
Contact: Donna Reid
Johnston Middle School
10410 Manhattan Drive
Houston, TX 77096
(713) 726-3616
djreid@tenet.edu
John J. Pershing Middle School: "Connections"
"Connections" involves 8th grade students in three interdisciplinary units combining hands-on discovery learning in science with experimental and creative learning in reading. Students research and track hurricanes, read mystery stories, become junior detectives, and trace their culture and heritage. The purpose is to foster "connections" among the disciplines and encourage student inquiry.
Contact: Mary Garcia
Pershing Middle School
7000 Braes Boulevard
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 295-5240
mgarcia2@houston.isd.org
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