Northeast Middle School
Winners of the 2014 Science Fair at NEMS are from left to right, front row 5th
Grade Lower Fair: 1st Place Mallory Leake, 2nd Place Kayde Lee, 3rd Place Danielle Jones, Honorable Mentions Breanna Jemison & Nykolis Stevens; back row
6th-8th Grade Upper Fair: 1st place tie Matthew Purvis & Mason Doxey, 2nd PlaceKiara Malone, 3rd Place Ethan Doxey, Honorable Mentions Karyih Clemmons &
Scarlet Cunningham. Matthew Purvis also won Best in Fair.
Reality Fair at NEMS
8th graders participated in the first MUNA Reality Fair on
Nov. 19th at NEMS. The fair, planned by Terisa Pittman and
Sheri Thornton, was the culmination of a career research unit
in Technology Foundations. Students progressed through
“life” via booths manned
by local businesses, using
salaries from careers researched to determine
how much they could
spend on housing, transportation, entertainment,
utilities, communications, clothing, food, insurance, pets, beauty salons, and gyms. Students also had a chance to spin the
“Wheel of Reality” where they had to manage an unexpected
expense or windfall. Students came away with an understanding of the importance of budgeting, financial planning,
and making wise purchasing choices.
The business partners
participating in this
event were: MUNA Federal Credit Union, Anderson Health & Fitness
Center, CSpire, EMEPA,
East Central MS Kennel
Club, GameStop, GuideOne, Harry Mayer Clothiers, Renew Salon & Spa, KIA of Meridian, North Lauderdale Water Association, Pearson & Company, Winn Dixie,
and REMAX. A representative of Winn Dixie is shown at
the center left assisting students in determining how money
they should budget for groceries; representatives of the
North Lauderdale Water Association help students determine
how much to budget for utilities in the bottom left photo.
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WTOK Meteorologists visited ICT and Technology Foundations
classes at NEMS and talked to students about the daily life of a meteorologist, educational requirements for the job, salary, and working
conditions. Pictured above with students are Aaron Morrison and
Nick Gunter. Not pictured but also present was Brian Hutton, Jr.
Winners of the NEMS 2014 Spelling Bee pictured below are:
front row, left to right: 5th grade 1st Place-Kailynne Gardner, 2nd
Place-Traliyah Hill; 6th Grade 1st Place-Kiara Malone, 2nd PlaceMadison Moore;
back row, left to
right: 1st Place tieMaquentha Gregory, Landry Jones;
8th Grade 1st PlaceEden Barlow, 2nd
Place Morgan Marlow.
The NEMS Honor Society assisted the Salvation Army on December 13 when members & teachers volunteered their time to ring the
bell and raise money for the Salvation Army. Honor Society members
pictured on the right prep aring for the service project from left to right
are Myea Young, Meghan Almanza, and Lisa Tran.