Geography Bee


The National Geographic Bee consists of students answering oral questions until one winner is determined. This winner advances to the next level of competition, a written examination. The top 100 school level winners will advance to state level and compete to see who will advance to the National Championship, which will be hosted by Alex Trebek.

The winner of the National Championship will take home a $25,000 college scholarship and many other prizes. The national competition will take place on May 19 and 20 in Washington, D.C., and will be televised on PBS.

See Mr. Leonard for Details.

Magazine Drive

The QMS magazine drive is a fund raiser to help support the Student Council. The proceeds will go toward sports uniforms, presentations, field trips, and equipment.  The magazine drive was a huge success this year.  Thank you to all who helped!

See Mrs. Karney for Details.

Mathcounts

Quincy Middle School participates in the regional Mathcounts competition held in Kalamazoo.  These students attended practice after school to prepare for the competition which consists of a timed individual test, a problem solving round, a team round, and a countdown round.

For more information contact Mrs. Bruce.

Quiz Bowl

In November students from the middle school participate in the annual Quiz Bowl competition.  This tournament tests students' problem solving and reasoning skills as well as their general knowledge of current events, literature, science, geography, English, history, the arts and mathematics.  The team approach to the event allows more of our students to participate.  They practice for the two allowable weeks before the competition.  The Quiz Bowl team is also involved with Quiz Busters Jr. at WKAR in Lansing .  A team of 4 students competes and the competition is televised.  Also new this year is the our involvement with the Knowledge Master Competition.  Our entire Quiz Bowl team competes in this timed competition.

See  Mr. Suever for details.
 

Science Olympiad

The sixth grade Science Olympiad is held in the spring at Bronson High School and the 7th and 8th grade competition will be held at Legg Middle School in Coldwater on April 15.  Students will be competing in events such as egg drop, name that scientist, tennis ball catapult, and paddle boat races.  Practice session take place a month before the contest which will be  held on March 27th.

See Mr. Evans  for 6th grade details.
 

Student Council

The Quincy Middle School student council meets monthly.  It is responsible for organizing the dances  as well as planning activities.  The student council also encourages students to be good citizens by helping to raise money for the food pantry.

Yearbook
Yearbook sign-up will be in the fall.  All middle school students are invited to apply.  It involves once a week meeting October through February.  

Contact  Mrs. Haroff for more information.

Michigan Youth in Government (a YMCA program) has operated at the high school level for the past 57 years. The program is new at the middle school level. The purpose of Youth in Government is to teach democracy, civic responsibility, and leadership to students through hands-on conferences held in Lansing. Participants learn how to write legislative bills, practice parliamentary procedure, develop debate skills, etc.

See Mr. Leonard for more information.