The Stockton High School Language Arts students recently participated in the LAD fair. In this event our students competed against 50+ high schools in the southwest region . Our great teachers had our students ready and Stockton came away with many awards. Awesome work by everyone involved!!
Clay Thornton won two of the three scholarships offered.
Clay Thornton, Original Poetry Anthology by Individual
“Twelve Point Font”
Scholarship Winner: $500
Clay Thornton, Original Mixed Anthology by Individual
“Some Writing: A Mixed Anthology”
Scholarship Winner: $500
2021 LAD Fair Results
Grades 9 and 10
First Place:
Vilate Laub, Letter
“A Letter to You”
Gilbert Alexander, Essay with Original Photos
“Simple Pleasures”
Akasha Hargrave, Original Graphic Story/Comic Book
“Alister”
Ellie Flora, Original Book without Illustrations
“The Enneagram System”
Colby Adams, Satire
“Stupidity Evolved”
Shayla West, Prose Parody
“The Tell-Tale Tell All”
Max Brown, Original Poetry Anthology
“Anthology”
Shayla West, Original Anthology of Prose and Poetry
“Classics Under Attack”
Gilbert Alexander, Haiku
“Springtime Thoughts Under the Oak Tree”
Dakota Baker, Tanka
“Dead Benjamins”
Gilbert Alexander, Limerick
“The Wedding Knacker”
Cooper Bridges, Individual Task Analysis
“How to Do an Oil Change in a Diesel”
Gilbert Alexander, Feature Story
“Gilbert Alexander Survives 2020”
Royce Cummings, Spoken Word Poetry Script
“Control of Me”
Daeron Mantzey, Graphic Adaptation of Literature
“The Stubborn Arrest of Lupin the First”
Gilbert Alexander, Original Writing with Original Art Work
“COVID Closes School”
Second Place:
Nikayla Hare, Autobiography
“Turning Tables”
Riley Graves, Description of Mood
“Grief”
Kylee Eagon, Letter
“A Letter to Heaven”
Shayla West, Literary Analysis of Theme
“Unfaithfulness in Literature”
Isabella Hindman, Original Book without Illustrations
“Variety”
Gilbert Alexander, Creative Nonfiction
“Life Stories”
Isabella Hindman, Satire
“Ruin Your Life Weekly #4”
Gilbert Alexander, Original Prose Anthology
“Thoughts in Prose”
Gilbert Alexander, Original Anthology of Prose and Poetry
“Literature and Creativity Collide”
AJ Scott, Cinquain
“Grind for the Gridiron”
Calix Daulton, Tanka
“Old Church”
Cassadie Haden, Other Formula Poem
“The Balloon Lost into the Day”
Gilbert Alexander, Villanelle
“Nothing Could Save Them”
Gilbert Alexander, Feature Story
“Simple Pleasures”
Haylee Zaring, Drawing Based on Published Literary Work
“Nothing Gold”
Third Place:
Gilbert Alexander, Description of Mood
“The Boy Who Fears Sleep”
Elijah Daniels, Original Book without Illustrations
“The Waste”
Dakota Duncan, Ballad
“The Ballad of a Young Boy”
Gilbert Alexander, Tanka
“Journey to Paradise”
Gilbert Alexander, Parody
“Yearning for a Cure”
AJ Fish, Dialogue (Skit)
“To Heaven and Back”
Honorable Mention:
Gilbert Alexander, Autobiography
“Life Stories”
Dakota Duncan, Description of Person
“The Description of a Girl”
Tristin Henson, Letter
“A Letter to My Best Friend”
Shayla West, Prose Parody
“Defying Our End”
Katelynn Shepherd, Parody
“Come Get Karen”
Gilbert Alexander, Limerick
“The Beluga Whale in a Small Pond”
Tristin Henson, Long Rhymed Poem
“Callee Henson”
Dominic Rush, Drawing Based on Published Literary Work
“The Park”
2019 LAD Fair Results
Grades 11 and 12
First Place:
Brendan Barber, Short Story
“Inject Thrill”
Brendan Barber, Satire
“Investigation – Senate Members Raise a Child”
Brendan Barber, Jacob Henry, Clay Thornton
Original Prose Anthology by Small Group
“Lifting Our Voices”
Aaron Bradshaw, Parody
“I See America Hurting”
English 210 – 6th Hour
Original Poetry Anthology by Class
“Writing Till our Heads Fall Off”
English 210 – 6th Hour
Original Prose Anthology by Class
“Checkmate”
English 210 – 6th Hour
Original Mixed Anthology by Class
“Following Each Other’s Footsteps”
Lathan Farwell, Caleb Morton, Emma Sullivan
Original Poetry Anthology by Small Group
“Expressions”
Lathan Farwell, Caleb Morton, Emma Sullivan
Original Mixed Anthology by Small Group
“Reflections”
Jacob Henry, Compare/Contrast Essay
“Seals Don’t Have Pockets”
Tyler Johnson, Description of Object
“Spiritual Awakening”
Caleb Morton, Biopoem
“He Who Bore Thought”
Caleb Morton, Tanka
“Her Mind is Made of Glass”
Ali Rice, Short Free Verse
“Too Much to Bear”
Blake Strickland, Letters
“Elkridge Asylum Letter”
Emma Sullivan, Description of Mood
“Paranoia”
Cody Zerkle, Narration
“Away Games”
8th grade students discover for themselves the cramped living conditions of immigrants living in tenement housing in 19th century NYC.
Tomorrow is the opening day of baseball. So to celebrate wear your baseball attire! (Jerseys, Shirts, etc.) If you would like to wear a hat please bring a dollar. It will be donated to the Teri Elder Fund. This will be at all campuses.
8th graders in tech class creating resumes on Google Docs and plans for the future on Canva.
Congratulations to our FFA teams for their great work at districts last weekend. We qualified four teams to state and also had two alternates. Here are the teams and the results.
Soils-3rd and to state
Jessi Nelson
Madison Swaggerty
Bianca McBride
Nursery-3rd and to State
Morgan Kennon
Makayla Walker
Angie Anderson
Kaylie Simmons
Dairy Foods-4th and to State
Ty Nail
Bell McGuire
Royce Cummings
Seth Crouch
Ag Mechanics-5th and to State
Quinn Bahr
Braden Burns
Kurtis White
Kaden Summers
Farm Management-6th and Alternate to State
Kaden Goodman
Amber McBride
Hayden Mann
Agronomy-6th and Alternate to State
Sara Johnson
Cade Johnson
Nick Burns
Entomology-10th
Travis Feild
Vilate Laub
Alex Rivera
Hope Heryford
8th grade students recently travelled to the Lamar Career and Technical Center. On the trip, students toured the facility and learned about the programs from instructors and current students.
These High School students increased their 3 lift total (bench/squat/clean) to get into new weight clubs. 59 students were tested and on average all the students have added 109 pounds since the fall on these 3 lifts. Keep up the good work Coach Rader and his classes.
Just a reminder, Stockton Schools will be in session Monday, March 29th. We will have no school Friday, April 2nd.
Please congratulate the following Stockton Middle School students for being named the STOCKTON STRONG Students of the Week (March 16 - March 26):
7th grade - Jax Baxter & Dalaney Taylor
8th grade - Bowen Bird & Vanessa Nail
Grade level teachers recognize students biweekly on the basis of citizenship, work ethic, and attitude.
Congratulations to Kaytlin Neese and Jason Merrick for being chosen as the SHS students of the week for the week of March 16th-19th .
Tomorrow(3-25) is our kickoff event for summer school. The elementary and middle school will be participating in Summer Journey. Students will receive an enrollment packet to bring home.
-Summer Journey is a hands-on program where students can have fun with friends and earn some great rewards.
-The goal is to prepare students for the upcoming school year!
-Morning classes consist of core courses (reading, writing, math, and science/social studies).
-Afternoon classes consist of Journey courses (enrichment).
-Daily & Weekly Drawings
-Gift Cards
$100~perfect attendance
$75~miss one day
$50~miss two days
-Students are eligible to win the Grand Prize of an iPad Mini!
-Stockton Schools Summer Journey program is 22 days (June 1-June 30)
-Each student will receive a brochure with specifics of the Summer -Journey program.
-Fill out the enrollment form. Return it to school & receive a free knapsack!
Check out the Summer Journey Video:
https://youtu.be/CmNiEhPofFU
5th graders in science class working on a food chain craft.
6th graders in art class working on radial symmetry.
6th grade students in Mrs. Manring's class solving fraction division problems.
Parents,
The business of Spring is upon us and spring sports are up and rolling. We just wanted to send you a reminder about carline. Please make sure to be extra careful and patient. We will also be having track meets on March 25th, April 6th, and April 15th. Thank you all!
2021 Stockton SENIORS:
Please be aware of upcoming deadlines. Graduation will be here before you know it!!
MS 3rd quarter grade cards will be going home with students today.
Spring picture day is Thursday March 25, 2021. Preschool thru fourth grade will all have a class photo taken. Individual photos are available to those who want them taken. Order online at www.inter-state.com
Elementary order code: 58179KA
Middle school order code: 58180QA
Stockton Class of 2021: Please let Mrs. Vaughn know BY TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MARCH 19TH, if you would like to purchase a senior t-shirt ASAP by EMAILING her at kvaughn@stockton.k12.mo.us or STOPPING BY THE LIBRARY. If you email please let her know what size you will need. The more we order the cheaper they will be. Thanks.
Students in Mrs. Bingham's sixth grade reading class presenting their person of interest that they read a biography or autobiography over in class.
