December, 2001
All students at Broadmoor were able to participate in the "Mega Event" on December 21st. The event is sponsored by Kathryn Beich as a reward for selling so many fundraiser items. Students and teachers alike had a great time.
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Team 7J visited Planet X and went roller skating on December 21st. The teachers and students had lots of fun skating, rock climbing, playing video games, eating, and jousting. 
Brandon, Gage, Donald, Ashley, Tausha, Brandi, and Brittany were accompanied by Mrs. Q, Dr. Nelson, and Ms. Maras this morning as they got to go shopping at Walden's book store. The students had each earned a new book, compliments of Dr. Nelson. Every time they read a book, they get to pick out a new one. Cool! Now they have something to do over that long Christmas break!
Broadmoor Junior High would like to congratulate Whitney for receiving the Pekin Schools Achievement Award for December. The award was presented to Whitney by Mrs. Benjamin. Pekin Hospital and Lite Rock 107 select students from Pekin on a monthly basis that exhibit great behaviors inside the school and in our community. Congratulations Whitney!
The Pekin Junior High Band performed their Christmas concert at Edison on December 17. Under the direction of Mr. Don Perriles, the band and the jazz band both performed many outstanding numbers. Thanks for a great evening!
Central Illinois Performing Arts group of Morton were guests of the President and First Lady George and Laura Bush on Saturday, December 7th. The group was asked to perform at the White House for a Christmas celebration. After the performance, the children got a tour of the White House.The group consists of seventeen children ranging in age from five to nine years old. Mrs. Knippmeyer's son, Nathan, is part of the group. Mrs. Knippmeyer is a teaching assistant in the CBI classroom.
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Students in Mr. Mendenhall's class got creative and created a webpage as their final project for a unit on McNaughton Park. The students all visited the park and were then given "problems" and had to find solutions. The webpage was created by Sara, Brittany, and Steven.
Broadmoor's choir performed their Christmas concert. Under the direction of Mrs. Amy Roeder, the students sang varied songs, some with special musical accompaniment. The choir members and Mrs. Roeder had been working very hard to prepare for the concert. Thanks for a great evening!
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Mellump classes  (Mrs. Melloy and Mrs. Stump) had guest readers to share How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Our guest readers, Dr. Nelson, Mr. Heisel, Mr. Fairchild, and Mrs. Quintiliani did a great job!  After our guest readers were done, the class pondered the question," What makes How the Grinch Stole Christmas a timeless tale?"  Mellump classes then worked on organizing information from the story to answer the question in the ISAT Open Ended Response question format.
The Junior WebMasters have been hard at work preparing sites for the teachers and students at Broadmoor. The first page they worked on is called the "Cool Site" and contains all sorts of links to very interesting and entertaining websites. The second page is called "Clipart" and has many, many sites that contain clipart, backgrounds, and screensavers. These two pages can be found on the Broadmoor website in the green bar at the top of the page. The Junior WebMasters meet every Tuesday and are under the direction of Mrs. Link.
Broadmoor artists adorned the windows of downtown Pekin with their festive artwork. Even though the weather was not "Christmas like," the young people had lots of Christmas spirit to pass around. Thanks to all who helped paint and to Mrs. Borsch for her guidance in the project. If you get a chance this holiday season...drive downtown Pekin and take a look at the really cool windows!
Young ladies and gentlemen were honored for being part of Broadmoor's basketball and baseball teams. The Fall Sports Awards were given out to a very dedicated group of Bruins. The teams were honored with lots of special awards being given. A special thank-you goes out to Mr. Fogal, Mrs. Fogal, and Mr. Holcomb for all of their hard work and dedication in coaching.