Happy Chinese New Year! Year 2019 is here and America is not the only one celebrating it! 6th grade cannot wait to celebrate Chinese New Year! Mrs. Yurconic and Mrs. Bellis are having all sections research ancient China, fashion, food, inventions, music and so much more! What 6th grade is truly waiting for is Activity… Continue reading Chinese New Year

The 8th grade Social Studies classes have been learning about citizenship and being a good member of your community. To extend their learning, the 8th grade Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Royer invited 3 speakers from Devon House to talk to the students. The speakers are coming to talk about things such as the Depression Era,… Continue reading 8th Grade Guest Speakers

The 6th graders of Salisbury Middle School have been reading “Refugee” by Alan Gratz. In the book, there are three main characters: Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud. They each went through a tough period in their life as refugees fleeing their country. That got us wondering what happens if we actually met a survivor! During the… Continue reading Holocaust Survivors

Project Wonder Student Interview This year the 6th-grade reading teacher Mr. Beyer, the 7th-grade reading teacher Mr. Ecker, and Mrs. Hines started a project-based learning group called Project Wonder. The group focuses on having more choice in what they want to learn. For example, if a child is interested in animals, they may be able… Continue reading Project Wonder

Every Wednesday, Mrs. Prokesch’s 7th grade kindness club goes to Western Elementary to read to the kindergarten students. Students are given a younger student to work with, and they help them with reading, or different learning games. Sometimes, the students will bring something for their buddies like bookmarks, or notes, and they get so excited!… Continue reading Reading Buddies

This year for our Global Read Aloud in English class 8th grade is reading Love, Hate, and Other Filters.  This book is a story about a teenage girl named Maya who is struggling with the pressure of a typical teenage life, except her life is not so typical.  Maya’s Indian culture is stopping her from… Continue reading 8th Grade Global Read Aloud

When you leave Salisbury Middle School and go to Salisbury High School you have an opportunity to go to LCTI (Lehigh Career and Technical Institute), a school that focuses on teaching kids jobs that deal with technology. For example, if you like computers you could learn website development or PC Building. Other programs they have… Continue reading LCTI Field Trip