5th and 6th graders at The Museum School have begun composting lunch waste in the cafeteria. In just the last 3 weeks alone, 5th and 6th graders have diverted 482 pounds of waste from the landfill! That is about 1/4 lb per student per day. Nutrition Director, Erin Johnson, has partnered with CompostNow to run…
Did you know that students will be participating in the Great Kindness Challenge this week? Your child will receive a special checklist with kindness challenges tomorrow so be on the lookout! Students will also receive a special pencil to encourage acts of kindness throughout the school year! Read more about this amazing challenge here in the Parent Letter. We…
TMS Beta students are raising money this month for Heifer International’s “Milk Money” program that provides milk at school for Tanzanian students. As we know, milk is such a vital drink that provides our bodies with important nutrients and Beta members would like to help provide milk for other children on the other side of…
Welcome to the very first “Battle of the Giving” between Staff and Students! Staff: Pet Drive for Lifeline Animal Project vs Students: Food Drive for Atlanta Community Food Bank Dates: November 26-December 14 Where: Atlanta Community Food Bank boxes will be placed in the hallways throughout the school along with one at the front desk.…
“My favorite part of the house system is getting to know other middle schoolers, and dress up in our color, making chants and hand shakes, helping out, and really just ALL of it!!! :)” – Izzy Feagans
The new report shows that 1 in 7.5 people, or an estimated 755,400 people, in metro Atlanta and north Georgia turn to food pantries and meal service programs to feed themselves and their families each year. This includes more than 164,000 children and more than 64,000 seniors. Each year, 1 in 7 Americans turn to Feeding America…
Do you have life experience or tips for navigating the world that you’d like to share with our middle schoolers? We are looking to have guest speakers at our middle school Village Meetings who can give a motivational speech on the topic, “One Thing I Know For Sure.” Our goal is to give students a…
Grades 6-8 follow the Core Values of The Museum School, but additionally participate in a program called 7 Mindsets that elaborates on our Core Values and provides the social and emotional framework middle schoolers need to grow as they approach adulthood.
This semester, fifth graders at The Museum School tackled a variety of community improvement projects. Working with guidelines from the Roots and Shoots program, students met every Monday during Unit to observe and map their community of Avondale Estates, identify projects, and brainstorm solutions. “I’m really excited to be able to do something to improve our…
The Museum School ranks third of 709 Georgia schools in raising the most money in this fall’s Pennies for Patients drive! Held for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the drive challenges school children to donate spare change to help people in their fight against blood cancers. . This fall, our school embarked upon an aggressive…