Artists excel in Emerging Excellence Competition

Weeks’ artists participated in an art event called Emerging Excellence this last Saturday down in Indianola. They met with jurors and discussed their artistic process where they were rated on their skills.  Each artist received ribbons or medals …

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Weeks’ Poetry Slam

Our Weeks Poetic Warriors put on an excellent performance of their creative and moving poetry! Groups and individuals bravely performed their poetry in front of family and peers. Original poetry topics ranged from social justice and bullying to …

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Local artists visit Weeks

A ceramic artist was a guest speaker in Ms. Wenck’s Weeks’ Art classroom, bring the tools of the trade and a ton of inspiration! Students kick off their Clay Studio Unit and hope to raise money for a …

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Middle School Musical!

Weeks students put on a superb performance for friends, family and staff. Performers pull out all of the stops for the one-night-only show.

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Weeks Hosts South Side ELL Latino Workshop

Weeks Middle School hosted the first South Side ELL Latino Workshop last night. Parents of students at all Lincoln High School feeder schools were invited to attend this informative event. The topics ranged from attendance, behavior, school rules and regulations, and more. Click on the headline to see photos from the workshop on the district’s Flickr page.

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District Science Fair, Here We Come!

Winners of the 6th Weeks Middle School Science Fair were announced during assembly. These amazing students and their Science Fair Experiments will be judged and showcased at the DMPS District Science for the chance to compete for a …

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Weeks’ 6th Annual Science Fair

2016 Science Fair was a success! Students developed, executed and defended their scientific experiments to the Fair Judges. Amazing and practical experiments were conducted in the Physical Science, Life Science and Earth Science. Winners from the school-wide fair, …

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Intellect and Friendship on the Chess Board

Social studies teacher Howard Hewlett coaches students in the Weeks chess club, which is growing strong and now has 50 members. Practices are held in the classroom three times a week, but they also play outside of school through the phone app Chess with Friends. He says the club promotes intellectualism and friendship between students. Click on the headline to see photos.

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Thinking with STEM

Whirlygigs were flying at Weeks! Students thought like engineers to design a helicopter-style whirlygig that would fall to the ground the slowest. The challenge had students thinking and trying new strategies to solve the problem.

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