JMS Voices

8th graders shared snippets of their scary stories they wrote in Ms Ekholm’s ELA class.

8th Grader Ava Griffith prepared this speech for public speaking class. Students were ask to take a position on a topic and Ava chose Bullying as her topic.

“There are Two Sides to Everyone” - Zena G. “Danger in the Water” Sophia K. and Kaitlin B. “Our Window Is Closing” - Sasha F. “The Pit of Despair” - Jackson B. “When the Gates Close” - Matt N.

JMS student Zena shares how her grit helped her through remote learning during the pandemic.

Poems in this drop: “Hidden Feelings” - Caisa Lisa B. “We Need To Be Together” - Connor M. and Brady T. “Thankful for the Present” - Greyson B. “Staying Silent” - Samantha A.

JMS student Mariya explains what being an invested student means to her.

Poems in this Drop: “Justice for All” - Joaquin T. and Michael C. “He Over She” - Abby M. and Nadia M. “A Silent Cry” - Mayank S. “Pollution is no Solution” - Kate S. and Juliet M.

Song Lyrics One day Danny kyllo was growing marijuana. the police were saying “that's what we do not want-a”. When they thought ‘bout how to know if the stuff was there. They thought a little dirty and did what others would not dare. So they set up a sensor right outside of his house. And all the heat was sensed as small as a mouse. When they found the heat of lamps they went hip hip hooray! But w...

A short speech from 8th Grader Dyuthi which she prepared and presented in Mrs. O’Hara’s Public Speaking class.

In this episode JMS 8th Grade leader Mayank shares his thoughts on showing compassion towards others.

8th Grade Leader Dyuthi Prashanth won the Core Value Award for Innovation as a 7th grader. She welcomed the chance to give our listeners her take on what it means to be innovative.

8th grade leader Tanay Singh tells us about his experience as a remote learner.

Keira Connors won the Invested Core Value award in 7th grade. As an 8th Grade leader, she was asked to share what this award means in a short speech for our term awards ceremony.

A selection of pieces from the 7th and 8th grade Winter Concert.

Grade 8 Public Speaking Persuasive Speech Example

JMS Student Adriana Torres reads her award winning poem “Little Green Seed”

Students sharing their social justice poetry!

Students sharing their social justice poetry!

JMS Drama presents: Sherlock Holmes - A Radio Mystery. Adapted by Jon Jory and produced by special permission with Pioneer Drama Service, Denver, Colorado. This podcast was directed and edited by Mrs. Calandrelli When Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth enlists the help of his doctor friend to reclaim incriminating evidence of a king’s past relationship, Sherlock Holmes finds himself faced with a p...