Congratulations to Stone’s 2010 Boys BasketBall Teams!

7th Grade
Logan F.	Darius A.	Nick E.	Chase J.H.	Shadiah T
8th Grade
Joey M.	Stephon W.	Josh R.	Matt G.	Jordan W.
Eli F.	Keith M.	Charles M.	R.J. T.	Tionne W.
Anthony C.	Jalen B.	TeQuan R.

Our students did an outstanding job representing Stone Middle School at the County Speech Competition this past Saturday. Of the 11 students from Stone who participated, 7 of them won superior titles. There are five speech categories, and Stone students won first place superior titles in three out of five of those categories. Our Gophers looked good.






Adam J. & John M. - Superior Humorous Interpretation

Ethan S. - Superior Serious Interpretation

Angela C. - Superior Persuasive Speech

William H. - FIRST PLACE COUNTY SUPERIOR
Humorous Interpretation

Lilli M. - FIRST PLACE COUNTY SUPERIOR
Serious Interpretation

Lexy J. - FIRST PLACE COUNTY SUPERIOR
Impromptu Speech

It was a good year for Stone.

Students with outstanding efforts in scholarship, service, leadership, citizenship, and character were inducted to the National Junior Honor Society and/or the National Junior Beta Club on April 28th, 2010. The pictures accompanying this article include pictures of the NJHS working on the planters in our school courtyard. They weeded, cleaned up trash and planted flowers as a service project. All of Stone benefits from their beautification efforts. Thanks!

Congratulations to all that qualified and keep up the great work!

NJHS Inductees 3.5 Grade Point Average All Behavior Grades: S exceptional characteristics: scholarship, service, leadership, citizenship, and character teacher recommendations Tristan A. Paul A. II Natalie B. Nicole C. Cameron C. Alexa D. Amber G. William H. IV Alexis J. Seth J. Colleen K. Anisa K. Cleo K. Milan L. Victoria L. Joreimy M.-R. Judy Maggi M. Sarah Lilli M. Alex M. Killian M. Rebecca N. Hailie O. Sylvia O. Kaycee P. Nicholas P. Cecil P. Stephanie R. Benjamin R. Brittany R. Rochelle R. Veronica R. Reem S. Ja’naisha S. Dominique S. Cornesha S. Shaquille S. Chelsea S. Joanna T.-J. Hyrum Von N. Piper W. Timothy W. Joseph W.

Beta Club Inductees Beta - 3.0 Grade Point Average All Behavior Grades: S exceptional characteristics: leadership, service, and citizenship teacher recommendations Tristan A. Natalie B. Joshua B. Patrick B. Amber B. Dylan B. John C. Nicole C. Cameron C. Olivia C. Alexa D. Troy G. Karman H. William H. IV Alexis J. Seth J. Colleen K. Cleo K. Winfield L. Rokaria L. Milan L. Ciera L. Victoria L. Luis M. Judy Maggi M. Sarah Lilli M. Alex M. Killian M. Malasia M. Rebecca N. Hailie O. Sylvia O. Katia P. Nicholas P. Cecil P. Stephanie R. Moesha R. Ivanna R. Reem S. Celina S. Dominique S. Victoria S. Cornesha S. Jordan S. Chelsea S. Toby S. Ashley T. Annastasia V. Joseph W.

Ms. Rock and her chorus classes held open auditions in March for the 4th Annual School Musical. Following the auditions, they spent several week’s learning, practicing their parts and rehearsing. This year there were over 50 students involved in the musical, theatric extravaganza Beauty and the Beast!

The students and Ms. Rock seem to top their previous year’s efforts at producing an entertaining and talented rendition of a fully staged, costumed musical!

Stone has two winning regional eCybermission teams! These students deserve a hearty congratulations– this is a highly competitive national event. These teams competed against thousands of students from 12 SE states as well as students from Department of Defense’s schools in Europe and the Pacific.

Our 7th grade Team Strikers won 2nd place in the Southeast Region for their project on bacterial contamination. Each team member will receive $3,000 in savings bonds.
Team Striker members:
Natalie B.
Jessie D.
Colleen K.

Our 8th grade group, Team SOAR, has won Best application of Science for the Southeast Region for their project on alternative energy. Each team member will receive $2,000 in savings bonds.
Team SOAR members:
CJ B.
Judy R.
Ryan R.
Taylor S.

Ms. Targee-Heid always makes Stone shine with her talented art students.
At the popular Melbourne Art Festival April 24th, 8 pieces were specially selected for display in two categories:

2-D Art Category:
Dakota "Ron" W. Random Shapes? First Place
Victoria S. Forgotten Bronze
Veronica R. Laces Lost in Lovely Land
Ellen S. Motorcycle Wheel

3-D Art Category;
Savannah F. The Act of Thinking Third Place
Ellen S. Seeds of Thought
Niki C. Self Portrait Honorable Mention
Taylor C. (Clay) The Stuff of Fairy Tales and Nightmares

Congratulations also to the individual Stone students who submitted their efforts in the 2-D Category:
Alejandra L.
Ellen S.
Jerilyn F.
Veronica R.
Laurel C.

Seventh Grade Mathematics Teacher Ms. Jameer tells us, “I am happy to announce that Stone's Pre-Algebra team won the 3rd place trophy in the Bowl (speed) round of the Secondary Math Tournament in Viera on Saturday. They competed against all of the pre-algebra teams in Brevard County!”
Andrew O.
Vinnie V.
Rachel V.
Hyrum V.

I'm equally as proud of our Algebra I team. They exuded dedication, perseverance, and great team spirit.

Chris G.
Anisa K.
Milan L.
Rebecca N.

Stone’s Social Studies Department Chair, Ms. Ramirez brings us news that:
Reena E. fought her way to Third Place in the State Geography Bee.

101 of the State’s top Geography Students met in Jacksonville on Friday to compete for a chance to participate in the National Geography Bee.

As a sponsor, I was able to watch Reena compete in the preliminaries. Reena was the only girl in a room with 19 other students. She was the only student in the room to get all 8 questions correct in the competition. Only three other students besides her had no incorrect answers. That meant that Reena was in the finals. Reena was the only girl out of the ten finalists.

When the finals began, Reena was awesome answering some really tough questions. This years state competition was harder than any other I’ve seen in the past. Everyone who has done it for years agrees. When all was said and done, Reena ended up in third place. The two questions that eliminated her were VERY tough. I wouldn’t have answered them correctly.

She received a t-shirt, a hard back atlas from National Geographic, another atlas, a check for some money, and a very nice bag.

Everyone should be EXTREMELY proud of her accomplishment. She has represented herself and Stone Middle very well.

This past week the State Science and Engineering Fair was held in Orlando. Over 1,000 of the top science students from all over Florida came together for 3 days of events including an opening ceremony, student mixers, field trips and competition. Stone research students did extremely well, with all of our students winning awards.

Taylor C. - Recognition Award in Engineering
Flockbots: Programming Robots to Communicate to Enhance Mission Success: Year 2

Harely D. and Kirra M. - 3rd place in Teams
The Extraction, Isolation and Testing of the Active Sunscreen Substance in Cassiopeia Mucus

Colleen K. - 2nd place in Microbiology
A Study of the Antimicrobial Effects of Mushroom Extracts

Killian M. - 3rd place in Biochemistry
The Effects of Temperature on the Bioluminescence Produced by the Sea Fire Fly, Cypridina hilgendorfii

Luis O'D. - 3rd place in Earth and Planetary science
Identifying the Correlation Between Minor Variations of the Earth’s Magnetic Field, Geomagnetic Storms, and Errors in GPS Signals

Another Stone Student has risen to the challenge to be excellent! Ms. Caro and Ms. McWhinnie’s students wrote essays about the importance of family for a school district contest.

Lilli M. was selected as one of the top three essayists at Stone on this topic. Her essay (and Stone’s other top 2 essays) advanced to compete with other essays from all around Brevard County.

Seventh grader Lilli received THIRD PLACE, which would be a big honor to receive 3rd amongst other 7th graders... but Lilli was also competing against 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders!

What would you have written?
Think about time you share with your family.

This might include…
eating meals together
traveling or vacations
visiting other family members
simply spending time together

What does “Being There” with your family really mean to you?

Winning Essays will be published in Brevard Public School’s Mark of Excellence
and may be used as part of the Brevard County Be There Campaign!

You made Stone Proud again Lilli!