At Knox County Middle School, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) plays a key role in helping our students grow into safe, respectful, and responsible citizens. By teaching and reinforcing these core expectations, PBIS helps students not only succeed in school but also prepares them to contribute positively to their community.
Melissa Moren
Knox County Middle School
Grades 6-8
During Language Arts class, students on the 6 Gold Team participated in an activity called Think About It. They worked in small groups…
Helena Ledington, Knox County Middle School, Knox County, 8 My students were able to dive into a text to determine how specific word choices impact the overall meaning of the text. They used the 5-3-1 Method to find the single most impactful one.
In our festive “Santa’s Workshop” art activities, my first graders worked like joyful little elves—cutting, creating, and imagining as they brought holiday scenes…
Our fifth-grade students have been hard at work strengthening their evidence-based thinking skills through collaborative research activities. Using research resources created with Diffit,…
Preschool students have been learning about pets as part of their unit titled “Discover Animals.” To give students more information about pets, we…
The month of October is always exciting for our students at Girdler Elementary! It’s the start of a new season, fall break, Halloween,…