Middle School News

BEDTIME STORIES

Middle School Drama students put on the play “Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)”. The play told the stories of The Princess and the Pea, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and Rumpelstiltskin, but not how you’ve ever heard them before! The play starred Sophia German, Frank Wood, Ruby Ross, Grace Labossiere, Brianna Mondor, Carly Brihn, Lainey Johnson, Ciarah Hegge, Lily Miller, Kiana Moeller Schaumburg, Naomi Nesheim, Marlene Peer, Chloe Rivard, Gabriella Schiavone, Joy Totka, and Ava Plourde.

Top 20 Retreats CHILLY CHARITABLE WEEK

During February SMS students took part in Chilly Charitable Week. This was an opportunity for the students at Somerset Middle School to give back to our local community in a variety of ways, all while participating in the different, fun activities of the winter season. Some of the charity work the students generously supported were: Somerset Food Pantry donations, monetary donations to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Gregory’s Gift of Hope, a local HS student, Halos of St. Croix County, and Special Olympics. The annual blanket project ended the week with 150 blankets created by students being donated to Grace Place, Lakeview Hospital, Westfield Hospital, and Turning Point Women’s Shelter.

On February 24 and 25, Somerset Middle School students welcomed Paul Bernabei and Kevin Brennan from Top 20 Training to experience a half-day grade level retreat. Each part of the retreat built on the work we have done in our advisory classes throughout this school year. Students were split into small groups where they shared ideas, played games, and worked with one another and a teacher, support staff, high school student, or parent volunteer to make the topics relevant to our middle school. Thank you to our high school and parent volunteers for helping to make these retreats a success!

THE RETREAT COVERED THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

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● THE HUMAN NEED TO BELONG

Students learned the importance of being accepted for being oneself instead of changing oneself to try to fit in.

● ABOVE THE LINE AND BELOW THE LINE THINKING

Students revisited this core part of Top 20 Training and focused on paying attention to their thinking so they know when it is working in our best interest (above the line) and when it is not working (below the line).

● HOW TO FORM AMAZING RELATIONSHIPS

This part focused on Communicating YOU Matter and Honoring the Absent, two of the Spartan Standards we use across the middle school.

● BELIEFS TO BECOME THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES

This final portion focused on why confusion/being confused while learning is important and how listening helps us in this capacity.