News and Communications for St. Lucie Public Schools
In Ms. Roselin‘s 6th Grade math class, the students participated in an around-the-room activity where students took their clipboards and in groups of four, went to four different stations, and solved practice problems involving mixed number multiplication, adding and subtracting decimals and determining place values. This is all to prepare for their next lesson on dividing fractions!
Forest Grove Middle School’s new media specialist, Ms. Geiger, has done a phenomenal job beautifying our media center and getting it ready for our students. She and her volunteers have put in many hours of sorting and organizing books as well as decorating the Media Center with a warm and inviting touch. We are very excited to provide our students with the opportunity to love reading. Let’s READ!! “Today a reader, Tomorrow a leader”—Margaret Fuller
Mrs. Brick’s 6th Grade Science class is engaged in exploring the scientific method.
At Forest Grove Middle School, Mrs. Proctor’s Math class was reviewing their learning goal- students will solve problems involving rational numbers and the four operations. “We are specifically working on the standard that students will add/subtract rational numbers with procedural fluency! Students are playing the head bands game in a new, cool way. Students must walk around the room, find a partner and pair up. Each person solves the other persons problem on their sheet of paper, they compare answers to see if they got it right or not. If an answer is wrong, they explain why and rework the … Read More
Forest Grove Middle School is hosting an after-school STEM program for our students, sponsored by Mr. Tygesson and “The American Dream Factory” Students display interest levels, creativity, and inherent leadership skills that they will have a chance to develop, sharpen, and put to full use as the year goes on. Mr. Tygesson’s classroom has been arranged for a number of brand new 3D printers, laser cutters, and various printing machines for cups and clothing that every student will have access to learn and use as we prepare to launch a number of fantastic products and Brands. I’d say it was … Read More
We are so proud of all of our Bulldogs who represented Forest Grove at the St. Lucie Public Schools National History Fair this year. These students put a lot of hard work into their History Day projects and their work paid off. First Place Winners: Daniela Flores and Olivia Watson- 6th grade Exhibit- “Women of WWII” Josue Figueroa and Max Arguelles- 8th grade Exhibit- “Making a Home in Miami- Cuban Immigration” Viola Thompson- 8th grade Research Paper- “The Space Race” In addition, Daniela and Olivia from Mrs. Tate-Grandison’s World History class have been chosen as finalists to move on to the State-level competition. … Read More
Forest Grove Middle School students participated in their annual Black History Wax Museum. They showed their creative personalities as they studied and highlighted important contributions made to our country by the influential Black Americans they represented. Students created a visual display, dressed as their characters, and gave speeches highlighting their achievements.
At Forest Grove Middle School, Mrs. Brick’s sixth-grade students are finding the average speed of a marble as it rolls from different levels of height while measuring the distance each marble has traveled. Once they collect all of their data they will graph it and analyze their findings.
At Forest Grove Middle School, students in Mrs. Sallette’s class built roller coasters!! The assignment was to use gravitational energy to make a roller coaster with a loop. Their marble must complete the loop and the whole track.
Forest Grove Middle School is happy to share the news that our 2023-2024 8th-grade class has attended our first-ever 8th-grade Pinning Ceremony. We were so excited to celebrate outstanding accomplishments with our 8th graders as we near the end of their Middle School experience.
Several weeks ago Forest Grove Middle School geometry students went on an amazing field trip. Below is Mr. Parkinson’s summary of this project and field trip. The artwork of MC Escher has been the real-world model that I have used to educate geometry students about transformations and tessellations since I started teaching. To find out that the Vero Beach Museum of Art is currently hosting the world’s largest traveling Escher exhibit only meant one thing for my students and me – FIELD TRIP!!!! In preparation for the visit, students completed an activity that consisted of researching and interpreting nine select … Read More
At Forest Grove Middle School, Mrs. Proctors’ students loved reviewing through an escape room!!! They had so much fun reviewing MA.6.NSO.3.3 in preparation for MA.6.AR.1.3. Students were able to show their skills with order of operation to solve numerical expressions while trying to escape!
At Forest Grove Middle School, Mrs. Proctors’ 6th grade math classes had an exciting day, filled with learning fun. Students were practicing ratios with Skittles! Students sorted their skittles by color, compared part to part and part to whole, and wrote the ratios three different ways! The students were ecstatic to learn about ratios in a new way!
Why use a boring worksheet or textbook when you can have active engagement and learning with a fun roam-the-room activity, reviewing key standards? Today in Mrs. Proctor’s class we did just that, as we reviewed GCF, LCM, and GFC with the distributive property!!!
Mrs. Proctor’s students were engaged in a “roam the room” activity. Students roamed the classroom to review solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division expressions, which included positive and negative integers while utilizing various resources.
Mrs. Brick’s 6th grade MOA students are learning how to test the salinity of water using refractors. Students are also working with triple beam balances to determine the mass of a variety of objects.
Mr. Parkinson’s 8th grade Geometry students utilize a variety of engaging techniques to solve problems. Students are using manipulatives to organize proofs that prove angle relationships with parallel lines.
Forest Grove Middle School’s Math Department has begun a new initiative this year. Our math teachers are creating a culture of celebration while building a positive relationship with their students. Each week teachers are nominating students for portraying Excellence in math. These students persevere through challenging equations, never give up, maintain a positive attitude, and always try their best!