Some 7th grade LACA students had the opportunity to tour The Career Academy. Students toured labs in many of the Career Pathways. They saw lab spaces related to Culinary, Precision Machining, Engineering, Welding, and many more! They even got to see a 3D Printer in action!
Mickle Counselor, Nicki Hanseling, along with Mickle staff and students attended the 1st Annual Capitol City Blue Run for Autism 5K event on Saturday, April 2, 2016. The event was sponsored by the Autism Family Network.
Click here for the Channel 8 News Report on College Apparel Day. Here are some pictures from College Apparel Day at Mickle. Students had fun asking questions about college!
Click the link below for a great list of skills that middle school students need and what parents can do to support them.
Source: The Washington Post
Top 10 skills middle school students need to thrive, and how parents can help
Seven students in 7th and 8th grade from Mickle Middle School attended the 2016 Latina Youth Leadership Conference on Friday, Feb 5th at UNL. The event was hosted by Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Alpha Gamma Chapter. The theme was Dream. Build. Challenge. Students rotated through five sessions led by Sorority members. Students explored how to be a leader in today’s world. The Key Note speaker for the event was Dr. Amelia Montes, an associate professor at UNL. She spoke to the students about motivation and the role failure plays in our life journey. She had students brainstorm and share out about personal challenges and accomplishments. Students wrote a letter to themselves starting with “I know it’s been hard but…” encouraging students to think optimistically about their futures. Finally, she spoke about helping others through rough times. The students had an amazing time learning about leadership and being a strong girl/woman in today’s world. They also enjoyed working with the college students, who acted as amazing role models throughout the day!
On Thursday January 21st the Parent Advisory Council and Anderson Branch Library hosted an open house for Mickle families from 5:30-7:30 PM. Karrie Simpson the outreach director at Anderson worked with the PAC to host a great night of information, food, and activities for Mickle students and their families. The library provided DaVinci’s pizza, displayed their new books, had demonstrations on new technology like homework assistance, and issuance of new library cards. Many Mickle families, students, and staff attended and reconnected with one of their neighborhood libraries.
Mickle will be celebrating kindness during GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week!
Supported by over 60 national partner organizations, No Name-Calling Week supports GLSEN’s effort to create safe schools free of name-calling, bullying and bias.
At Mickle this year we will celebrate with a Caught you Caring Campaign, morning announcements, Media Center book display, student created skit and finally we will encourage all staff and students to wear Mickle blue on Friday.
Caring Hearts:
Middle School Native American Conference at UNL
On Friday December 11th several students from Mickle traveled to UNL for the 2015 Middle School Native American Conference. The students got to interact with the Bear Group, a music and theatrical production troupe from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The Bear Group used skits, dancing, and personal stories to communicate with the students about the dangers of drug and alcohol use. They also discussed ways to help friends who are thinking about hurting themselves. The session ended with a Native American hoop dancer who talked to the students about being prideful of their Native heritage and expressing themselves each day. There were over 100 students from different LPS middle schools in attendance.
In addition to the Counseling Center website you can also view Mr. Penner and Mrs. Hanseling’s individual websites below.
6th grade: Mr. Craig Penner
7th grade: Mrs. Nicki Hanseling
