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Concerts at LMS

Lewiston Middle School has some concerts that are coming up in May. These concerts will be for the chorus, band, strings, and honors chorus.In the first concert only the chorus will perform. It is the All City Chorus Concert. This is the first year that this concert is happening. It will feature all of the […]

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Book Review: Sisters

This book, written by Danielle Steele, told the tale of four very close sisters living very different lives. Sabrina is a lawyer in New York, while Candy is one of the most famous supermodels in the world. Annie leads the life of an artist in Florence, Italy, living small, while Tammy lives in LA as […]

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Boston science trip, magic and wonder

The Boston Science Museum has always been a place of learning. But the type of learning that I experienced wasn’t at all like the learning I receive in school. Do you remember when you were a little kid, in kindergarten, and anything new or unusual was magical, amazing, wonderful, perhaps scary? You didn’t necessarily understand […]

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Tamarins

“Ewww!” I breathed as I looked at a can of monkey food. Did you know that there was such a thing as canned monkey food? Well there is, and that is what the Cotton Topped Tamarins at the Boston Museum of Science eat. There are three of these wonderful creatures there, a father, a sister, […]

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Test

The bell chimes and indicates the start of the Test.The teacher distributes the mass of dreaded papers.Horror strikes the students.The blood streams from their faces.100 questions with an essay to top it all off.Pens start scribbling.Students adjusting in their seats every five minutes.The race against the clock begins.Tick, tock, tick, tock.It is almost deafening.Certain questions […]

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Devils Den

Get to know your LHS students.Chelsea GraffamFreshmanSchool Activities: Academic Advocate, Vice President of Freshman class, Girls LacrosseFavorite Subject: History with Mr. DufourFavorite Music: Led Zeppelin, Underoath, Sublime. I like all rock music.Favorite Book: Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerFavorite Food: Anything my mom makesFavorite Movie: The Breakfast Club, The GooniesFavorite TV Show: Futurama and Family […]

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Local businesses support local school in fundraising event

The Lisbon High School class of 2009 is in the beginning stages of what has typically been the biggest fundraiser the junior class partakes in. For several years, John D. Crafts has graciously donated a vehicle to the juniors at Lisbon High School and has allowed 100% of the proceeds gained by raffling the car […]

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LMS students featured at the Portland Museum of Art

As you may know, March is Youth Art Month! The Maine Art Education Association has been working with the Portland Museum of Art for the past 29 years to bring a special exhibit by all the gifted children in Maine. The Lewiston Middle School had its own “shining stars” at the colorful event.Marina Affo, taught […]

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Looking at the bigger picture we don’t really see

A presidential election has almost no significance to the average mind of a seventh grader. If one takes the time to express interest on the subject, they will hear the persuasive babble and opinions their parents or people around them have formed. Not everyone always hears other views. Yet, oblivious to anything else, students try […]

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Drama in middle school

In Middle School. . . like most others, there area tons of rumors, lies, and down right bad things happening almost every day. One day you’ll hear one thing, and by the next day the story will have changed completely! To find out the truth to the rumors I always go to the source. To […]