The
Exeter-Milligan sixth grade class is in their last few months of elementary school.
They are getting ready for their move back to the Exeter campus in the fall.
Their
teacher, Mrs. Allison Brahm, has had a lot of fun with the class, “I love their
willingness to go above and beyond what is asked of them. They love to do
projects and experiments whenever they can.
Right now,
they have a big project they are working on, chickens. Rachel Olsen, from
the Fillmore County Extension office, brought in chicken eggs and an incubator
to their classroom. They will be learning about the development of
chickens and will do lots of different activities including candling the eggs
and dissecting the eggs.
Another
extra activity the sixth graders are participating in is a health class taught
by Jolene Frook, with Fillmore County Coalition. The class, according to
Brahm, is “learning about the effects of drugs, tobacco and alcohol.”
The
students formed groups and came up with a prom campaign to encourage abstinence
from drinking. Frook had cards printed to go on the tables for the
Exeter-Milligan prom. The students will also be filming a video.
The windows in their classroom are decorated with their encouragement to not
smoke.
They still
manage to fit in time for all of the regulars like reading, writing, math, P.E.
and band as they prepare for the next step in their education.
Above – The Exeter-Milligan sixth grade classroom is keeping a
close eye on the eggs in the incubator in their science unit.
Below – One of the art projects the sixth graders have done this
year was to create a paper mache letter symbolizing a characteristic they want
to embrace.
Above – The Exeter-Milligan sixth grade class wanted to show
their pyramid making skills. Bottow row from the left:
Chris Kelch, Braden Capek, Wesley Ronne, Ben Bartu, Casey
Underwood, and Peyton Pribyl. Middle row: Mrs. Brahm, Kole Svec,
Briana Capek, Kiah Songster, Katelyn Babula, Emma Olsen, and Becca Krupicka
(standing). Top row: Madison Luzum and Cameran Jansky. Alec Schlueter is not pictured.
Above – In their health class the sixth graders are learning
the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
Below – Exeter-Milligan sixth grader Emma Olsen works on a math
pre-test.
Above – Exeter-Milligan sixth grader Casey Underwood asks a
question on a math pre-test.
