Kalamazoo's Paramount Charter Academy middle school program has different features and opportunities for our students.
Middle School End of the Quarter Celebration!
Every quarter we have a celebration and take our students on a field trip somewhere locally. This celebration is for those students who have no more than 6 missing or zero assignments.
• First Quarter –we will travel to Great Skate
• Second Quarter -we will travel to Wings Stadium for some ice skating.
• Third Quarter -we will do some bowling at Airway lanes.
• Last quarter -we stay “in-house” and have our own movie theater, playing at least two movies, and opening our concession stand with pop and candy.
The Future City Competition
This is a national program sponsored by the National Engineers Week Committee occurring each February. The competition challenges students to design a city of the future and have fun doing so. This is a team-based program consisting of students, a teacher, and an engineer mentor. Throughout the competition, students will learn to apply their knowledge to real-world situations, while seeing how an engineer turns ideas into reality. They will be able to develop their problem-solving skills, as well as their ability to work as part of a team. They will conduct research and develop their presentation skills. The team this year consists of fifteen 7th and 8th graders.
Other Middle School Highlights
Our middle school students also have the opportunity to participate in various athletics. Paramount Charter Academy is a member of the West Michigan Christian League which offers the following sports: Girls Volleyball and Basketball, Cheerleading, Boys Basketball, and Co-Ed Track and Field. Other league members include St. Stanislaus, St. Margaret, East Martin Christian, Otsego Baptist Academy, and Paramount Charter Academy. Outside of this league, our students can participate in YMCA Flag Football and NHA Cross County.
Outside of classwork, our students can participate in extracurricular math programs, such as Math Counts and Math League. Math Counts in a national competition for grades 6-8. In the last year, our PCA Math Counts team was recognized as the 2008 Michigan Regional Champions. In addition, they finished 15th place in the state competition. Math League is a competition associated with just schools in Michigan. Last year was our first time participating in the event.
To help encourage a well-rounded education, the PCA middle school program offers other ways for students to get involved:
Behavior Breakfast - A breakfast to those students who receive no detention through the course of a quarter.
Honor Roll Breakfast - A breakfast to those students who are on the honor roll.
End of the Quarter Celebrations - Various activities to celebrate students who complete their homework over the course of a quarter - Roller Skating, Ice Skating, Bowling, Movies, Laser Tag, and Miniature Golf.
Thanksgiving Feast - A celebration of thanksgiving with the students that includes turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dessert, stuffing, and the works.
Different Educational Field Trips - A trip to the civic theater to see a theatrical adaptation of a book studied in class, as well as a trip to WMU College of Engineering.
Attending to Sport Events - Educational Day with the Kalamazoo Kings baseball organization and Educational Day with the Kalamazoo Wings hockey organization. Our students have performed the national anthem at the Education Day with the Kings two years in a row.
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