James N. McCrobie

Student Achievement & Assessment Facilitator, National Board Certified Teacher, 24 MD AG Excellence Award, 18 MD Tech Outstanding Educator, 20 Finalist- TOY

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Our Aeroponics Grow Tower not only provides fresh vegetables, it also allowes our students to grow healthy food, how to connect agriculture with the science curriculum, & also allows them to explore how alternative forms of ag can have many business & entrepreneurial impacts.

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7th YBL Biomedical Engineering Unit. They designed practical tools and strategies to solve the practical problem of only having one arm. Students then designed “robotic hands" and “prosthetic legs.” They have also researched biotech companies presented their research.

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Last evening the WMS Program for the Arts proudly invited Theatre and Dance families to our media center to enjoy Cookies and Cocoa as our students performed varieties of theatrical and dance based performances.

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Our Young Business Leaders had a great Biztown experience at the Junior Achievement Center last week!

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Day #2 of the 2025 Maryland Assessment Group Conference consisted of sessions on leveraging AI for data analysis and Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. A highlight was a keynote by Dr. Brit Kirwan of the AIB on where we are with the implementation and the progress moving forward.

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The end of day #1 of the 2025 Maryland Assessment Group Conference.

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Wicomico Educators spending this Saturday at Masonville Cove in Baltimore with the Maryland Council on Economic Education for a professional development course exploring the economics and environmental issues of water use.

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6th YBL went on a field trip to Beyond the Limits and Cherry Beach recently as part of their leadership development in the program and ecology unit in science class. Beyond The Limits is an adventure program utilizing a ropes course and classroom experiential learning process.

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Math 7 Young Business Leaders students are estimating the circumference of a variety of round objects. After estimating, they used yarn and rulers/measuring tape to check their estimates.

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Young Business Leaders educators visited Salisbury University Libraries MakerLab and the NexGen Program Hub for Innovation. At these centers, they explored technology available for prototyping and product manufacturing that can enhance and instill an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Wicomico Middle was proud to present our Fall 2025 Student Spotlight this morning for families and our community school stakeholders. Here is a glimpse of all of the opportunities our students had today to shine!

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Theatre students were recently engaged in an improvisation game where the class was divided into two teams. A random scenario was shouted out, followed by random character prompts. Each team sent an actor(s) to center stage to act out the scene. First actor to break, lost!

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7th Transitional Algebra Young Business Leaders Program students recently played integer war- using playing cards to practice rules for adding, subtracting and multiplying positive and negative values.

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What does it take to create a public performance? Check out a glimpse of the behind the scenes rehearsals of our recent WMS Program for the Arts Thriller Flash Mob performed at the Fall 2025 WMS Fall Festival. Checkout the public performance again: https://t.co/lBZLLBoo1U

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The WMS Program for the Arts proudly presented “Thriller” as a flash mob at the Wicomico Middle Fall Festival, Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

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We are so fortunate to have such talent here at WMS.

#Inspire. #Create. #Transform

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Students in our Graphic Arts track are currently diving into Adobe Illustrator software in our iMac design lab and are currently focusing on the “shape builder” and “layer” functions.

Shown here, students are designing a digital “Toucan” as an introduction to these tools.

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"Starlight School Night - A Learning Extravaganza" for Wicomico County Public School Students was held Thursday night at the Junior Achievement Center in Salisbury, and the winning pitches from Mrs. Carpenter’s recent business shark tank competition were there to present.

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Today was an exciting day for students in our Graphic Arts track, as they logged onto our 24” iMac’s for the first time to begin exploring Adobe Illustrator software.

#Inspire. #Create. #Transform.

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You are not going to want to miss Wicomico Middle’s Fall Festival on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. We may even have a special surprise for you from the WMS Program for the Arts! 😉

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6th YBL students in Mrs. Carpenter’s class pitched business ideas for the first time during a “WMS Fishbowl.” A spin off of the traditional “Shark Tank” concept, students pitched to not only their classmates, but special guests from administration, staff, and central office.