@merrolhydehawks placed 2nd in the Lipscomb Robotics Championship Demo Day! We are headed to Auburn University for the Southeast Championships! Proud of our Hawks!💙💛🔥#MHExcellence #SumnerAchieves

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ Mrs. Morgan facilitated a seminar with MS students on Langston Hughes’s “Thank You Mam”. Mrs. Gretchen Huff facilitated the same seminar with the student’s parents. Great dialogue! #MHexcellence

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ Ms. Becky Stewart & Mrs. Tracy Duncan pictured here facilitating a seminar with elementary students on sign language with several guests observing the discussion. #MHexcellence

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ The elementary related arts culminating Paideia Project performance was a big hit Monday night as small groups rotated through classrooms getting a glimpse of many Paideia projects and seminars. #MHexcellence

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@co_sumner⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ so proud of this banner recognizing Merrol Hyde Magnet School as being one of seven schools Nationally Accredited as a Paideia School for Creative Thinking. #MHexcellence

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ Civil discourse was alive and well in Mr. Duncan’s Paideia seminar over “A Peaceable Kingdom” during our Paideia Open House Monday night. #MHexcellence

Check out the student engagement in this Paideia seminar! 🔥💙💛@PaideiaCenter @merrolhydehawks @co_sumner #MHExcellence #SumnerAchieves @traceyarmour

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ Mrs. Estepp & Mrs. Hawkins showcased their life cycle Paideia project last night during Paideia Open House. They used “Sophie’s Squash” by Pat Zietlow Miller as the text. #PatZietlowMilker

⁦@merrolhydehawks⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ 4th and 8th grade teachers teamed up and offered a seminar to their students at “A Night of Paideia”. Ms. White facilitated while Mr. Craighead welcomed observers. #MHexcellence

⁦⁩ ⁦@PaideiaCenter⁩ 4th Grade wax museum Paideia project-Students culminated their study of the figurative & literal great heart by sharing about people who display a figurative great heart while they raised almost $400 for the literal heart.

@merrolhydehawks @PaideiaCenter Mr. Frank welcomed a large crowd of approximately 400 guests Monday night for our Paideia Community Event. It was great to showcase all things “Paideia”! #MHexcellence

@merrolhydehawks @PaideiaCenter Mrs. Summers facilitated a Paideia seminar with high school students on Schrodinger’s Cat during our Paideia Night. #MHexcellence

@merrolhydehawks @PaideiaCenter Can you sing and sign “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”? As part of a Paideia Project the elementary students learned all about “harmony “.

An amazing night of Paideia where the community came together to celebrate (national accreditation), collaborate, observe, and participate in finding a new perspective. @PaideiaCenter @merrolhydehawks @WitWisdomELA @GreatMindsEd @co_sumner #MHExcellence #SumnerAchieves

Have you ever wondered about a Paideia school? Do you know the difference between a Paideia seminar and a Wit & Wisdom Socratic seminar? In what ways are Paideia Projects different from other projects? Join us Monday night from 6-7:30pm for a Paideia Open House to learn more.

John Glenn, Michael Jordan, and Jackie Robinson we’re just a few of the great-hearted people who came to life today in the 4th grade wax museum. MHMS kids have great hearts!

Excellence continues: 5 MHMS seniors are National Merit semi-finalists and 3 more seniors are National Commended Scholars! More importantly all these ‘22 grads are amazing young people and passionate citizens.

Walkthrough 2: Math from Elem to HS @merrolhydehawks 2 & 3 graders modeled measurement units & factors/products w cubes & # lines, Geom Ss applied knowledge of points of concurrency w constructions; lots of academic language & engagement! #ROCvision #SumnerAchieves @JenTeachenor

A K-12 school has some perks. 4th graders were visited by King George (freshman theater student) who assembled his Parliament and collected taxes (unfairly, of course). Learning comes alive across grade levels!

College App ‘21 week at MHMS. 3 alumni met via zoom with this year’s freshmen about the college process. Takeaways? #wellrounded #youaremorethananumber and my favorite: committed to excellence does not mean you have to be perfect.