Truman's First All School Assembly

Truman held its first all school assembly on December 16, 2011.  The orchestra, choir and band entertained the staff and students with music they have been working on all year.  Everyone enjoyed the assembly and was greeted by a special visitor at the end of the show. 

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7th Grade Experiment

Mr. Fee and Ms. Eckert's science classes took advantage of Truman's awesome science lab when they were trying to determine if hydrogen was flammable. 

First they combined Zinc and Hydrochloric Acid. The reaction produced hydrogen gas which Mr. Fee captured in a balloon.  They then tested if hydrogen was flammable with a lit match. It was. There was a loud explosion as soon as the balloon was puntured the slightest  bit because all the hydrogen tried rushing out which caused a quick and loud ignition.

Minute to Win It~Library Style

 Laura Polak with Youth Services from the Oak Bend branch of the St. Louis County Library visited the Truman Library on November 17th.  She was promoting the Teen Advisory Group for the library and telling the kids what after school programs the county library has.  We played "Minute To Win It", like the famous TV show.  The county library provided prizes and refreshments as part of their outreach to public schools.  The county library will return in the new year with their traveling Video Game Show.

The students had lots of fun playing the games.  Check out the photos of the fun time had by all.

Letter Art

What can you do with cardboard, gauze and plaster?  You can make some really cool art projects.  Come to the library to check out some of Mrs. Heine's student's newest artwork.

Who Took the First Nook?

 Our first Nook was checked out on Tuesday to this excited student while his classmates looked on. 

All students must have a Nook Checkout Contract on file before they can check out a Nook.  All fines must be paid prior to checking out a Nook as well.  Nooks may be checked out for 2 weeks. 

Getting to Know You~Mr. Althage

Meet Andrew Althage

Mr. Althage teaches 6th grade science at Truman Middle School.

He previously taught for 6 years at Windsor High School.

Andrew has his BS in Biology and BA in middle school education.

 

Mr. Althage and his wife, Molly have a 20 month old daughter named Lily.  

He likes coaching basketball, watching NCIS, watching College Basketball, and spending time with his family.

His favorite sports team is the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and basketball is his favorite sport.   I guess it's not a surprise that his favorite book is John Wooden. Buffalo Wild Wings and Pasta House are his favorite restaurants. 

 

A Turkey, a Pilgram, an Indian and a Pumpkin

Student Council sponsored a canned food drive for the month of November.  Kids brought cans and used them to vote for their favorite "team" of teachers.  The "team" of teachers with the most canned food items then had to (or got to!) dress up in Thanksgiving themed costumes.  Team 7 Gold brought over 1/4 of the total cans collected in the food drive, so they dressed out today.

Ms. Buckely was the turkey, Ms. Eckert was the indian, Ms. Kloster was a pumpkin, and Mrs. Kuehn was the pilgrim.

Awesome Artwork

Mrs. Heine's art classes have been working on many different types of projects. Take a look at some of the incredible artwork being displayed around Truman.

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Cogratulations Mujo Kovacevic!

Congratulations to Truman's own Mujo Kovaceivic!  On Wednesday Mr. Kovaceivic took and passed the US Citizenship test.  There will be an official swearing in ceremony later in December but we are all celebrating for him now. 

Service in the Community

                                                

 

Two Lindbergh students who are also brothers have worked on their Eagle Scout badge by working in the community to honor our men and women who serve in the United States military.  A ceremony was held in Fenton Park on the first Saturday in November.  Along with the Eagle Scout, 2 Truman students participated in the ceremony by playing taps as well as the Concord Elementary School choir led by Mrs. Creech.

School Newspaper

Extra! Extra! Real All About It!!

Truman's first edition of the Truman Times!

You can read the entire paper by going to Truman's home page. 

Truman Ribbon Cutting

Truman Middle School held its ribbon cutting ceremony today.  We had many distinguished guest here to see the improvements made to our school to fit the middle school age curriculum. 

 Members from the school board, the construction company who made the improvements, as well as Dr. Tiller and current students helped to cut the ribbon.

 Dr. Vic Lenz, the last principal from when Truman was a middle school, gave Dr. Tiller, our present day principle some memorabilia from his days at Truman.

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Flyer Time Door Decorating Contest

Truman Flyer Time hosted a Halloween Door Decorating contest.  Mr. Snyder's class won but all the doors were very creative. 

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