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Sydney Miller

Sydney Miller, Academic Editor

Hi, I’m Sydney. Some of the sports I play are soccer, cross country, and track. In my free time I love to play soccer and draw. I also love hanging out with my sisters.

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Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
May 13, 2021

5th grade pep rally is around the corner

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
May 10, 2021

Student opinion on state testing

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
April 29, 2021

Student shares viewpoint on end of school work

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
April 8, 2021
Summer Heavener knows which electives she would like to take next year.

Students to enroll for next year

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
April 7, 2021

Student talks about COVID-19 safety precautions

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
March 25, 2021

‘Girlhood the Musical’ coming to DMS

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
March 17, 2021
Duncan Middle School STEM students are working with robotics and coding.

STEM students work on robotics projects

Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller
March 5, 2021

Youth Art Month opening night tonight

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
March 5, 2021

Students step up for coming up year

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
March 4, 2021

Track season gets underway

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
February 25, 2021

Academic Team advances to area

Kelan Smith-Johnson, Presley Sanders, and Sydney Miller
February 23, 2021

Duncan Public Schools uses virtual days

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
February 19, 2021

DMS moves to virtual days

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
February 15, 2021
Sixth-graders worked on pyramids during humanities.

DMS students create pyramids

Damon Dillon, Dylan Harty, and Sydney Miller
February 9, 2021

Duncan Highschool HALO week starting up

Sydney Miller, Damon Dillon, and Dylan Harty
February 5, 2021

Duncan Public Library celebrates 100 year anniversary

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
February 4, 2021
Ava Miller shows what kinds of food goes into the usual Supper Club bag. The National Junior Honor Society is hosting a food drive to help the DMS food pantry.

[Photo] NJHS food drive to benefit DMS food pantry

Ava Miller, Editor in Chief
January 26, 2021

Biden, Harris sworn into office

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
January 24, 2021
Stacy Smith leads January's Education Station program in the Duncan Middle School science lab.

Sixth-graders take part in January’s Education Station

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
January 24, 2021

Obsession with amigurumis could lead to business venture

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
January 21, 2021
Andrew Gaither and Dawson Ellison, both seventh-graders, design pottery projects in art class.

Students make pottery in art class

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
January 15, 2021

When will teachers get the vaccine

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
January 15, 2021
Ava Miller's blanket business is gaining popularity at DMS.

DMS student creates blanket business

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
January 14, 2021

Capitol riot disgrace America

Sydney Miller, Academics editor
January 14, 2021

Huckabaa works on composting experiment

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
January 13, 2021

DMS students to compete in You be the Chemist

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
January 12, 2021
Whitney Gdanski enters grades, as the end of semester deadline approaches.

[Photo] Final grades coming due

Dylan Harty, Academics Reporter
December 15, 2020
Cathy Barker meets with the DMS Student Council officers Friday during WIN.

Teachers stress importance of Bill of Rights

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
December 15, 2020
Eric Reza shows off his art work, which has been entered into the DMS art contest.

DMS teachers to judge art contest

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
December 10, 2020

Wearing mask increases COVID safety

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
December 10, 2020
Stacy Smith talks to sixth-grade students during Education Station on Friday.

Sixth-grade students participate in Education Station

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
December 9, 2020
Mark Monteith shows off one of the poinsettia plants sold by the choir students.

Vocal music poinsettia fundraiser concludes

Sydney Miller and Dylan Harty
December 4, 2020
Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller work on their story about in-school quarantine, an idea pushed out by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

DPS not to follow with OSDH’s in-person quarantine program

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
December 3, 2020

Follow Christmas parade guidelines

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
December 3, 2020
Shelly Farrar is proud of how her students did in the Beautiful Oklahoma contest.

Students place in recycled art contest

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
December 1, 2020
Ava Miller proof reads a news article for the Demon Direct.

Editors in chief keep Demon Direct running

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, Damon Dillon, and Dylan Harty
November 27, 2020

Family to gather for Thanksgiving

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 26, 2020
Art students work on pictographs as their latest art project.

Academics align with Thanksgiving celebration

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 26, 2020

Basketball provides new opportunities

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 19, 2020
Lyle Roggow awards Ava Miller a check for the first place winner in the CO2 Car Race.

Miller wins big in CO2 car races

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 18, 2020
Seventh-grade students work on their comic strips in art class.

Art students create comic strips

Presley Sanders, Dylan Harty, and Sydney Miller
November 13, 2020
DMS Assistant Principal Christy McIntyre explains why Creating Hope isn't coming back this year to Duncan Middle School.

Bass Club, Creating Hope not returning this year

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 12, 2020

Every day is a national day

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 12, 2020
Brenda Hurley is the November teacher of the month for Duncan Public Schools.

Hurley selected as teacher of the month

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 6, 2020

People entitled to political opinions

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
November 5, 2020
Ava Miller believes voting is important and thinks more people should take part in the voting process.

Students get politically minded

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 4, 2020
Joni Blackburn voted this morning and encourages other people to vote, too.

Blackburn encourages voting

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
November 3, 2020

Crocheting provides fun way to fill time

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
October 29, 2020
Rosie Castle shows off the CO2 car kits that students were able to purchase to compete in the upcoming CO2 car races. The races are set for Nov. 17.

CO2 cars due Friday

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 29, 2020
Amber Molina is one of the NJHS sponsors. NJHS is hosting a food drive for Christians Concerned.

NJHS canned food drive to conclude Friday

Damon Dillon, Presley Sanders, Dylan Harty, and Sydney Miller
October 28, 2020
Eighth-grade students use Legos to design a prototype during Education Station.

Eighth-grade students take part in Education Station

Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller
October 23, 2020
Derrick Miller, one of the NJHS sponsors at Duncan Middle School, shows off a poster of the dress-up days.

Red Ribbon Week starts Friday

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 22, 2020
Duncan Middle School art students have been working on different art projects all semester.

Students art work to be entered in recycling art contest

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, and Dylan Harty
October 20, 2020
Mark Monteith is the DMS choir director.

Choir students try for All-Region

Damon Dillon, Dylan Harty, and Sydney Miller
October 15, 2020

‘Among Us’ gains popularity at DMS

Sydney Miller, Student Life Editor
October 15, 2020
Joni Blackburn is ready for parent/teacher conferences, which continue tonight from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

Conferences continue tonight

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, Damon Dillon, and Dylan Harty
October 13, 2020
Laura Jones and Bubba Clark are the DMS counselors, who are in charge of administering the pre-ACT on Wednesday.

Pre-ACT testing set for Wednesday

Sydney Miller, Presley Sanders, Dylan Harty, and Damon Dillon
October 13, 2020
Joslen Wininger is selling items for Girl Scouts.

Girl Scouts sell snacks to raise funds

Presley Sanders and Sydney Miller
October 8, 2020

Backpacks should be allowed in classrooms

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
October 8, 2020
Barbra Davis is one of several Duncan Middle School teachers who received a DEx Award last year. The grant program is open again for this school year.

DEx grants available for Duncan teachers.

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 5, 2020
Officer Chris Perkins serves as a guest speaker for the health classes.

Perkins discusses alcohol with health classes

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
October 1, 2020

Fall has much to offer

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
October 1, 2020

Cross country brings fun challenge

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
September 21, 2020
Marinda Cook poses for a photo in the sixth-grade hallway.

Teachers express opinions about WIN

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
September 17, 2020
Emily Prichard smiles for a picture under a mask

[Photo] Prichard finds passion in teaching science

Presley Sanders, Academics Reporter
August 28, 2020
Seventh grade students participate in egg race during investigating science.

Investigating science competes in egg race project

Sydney Miller, Damon Dillon, and Presley Sanders
September 14, 2020

Soccer creates social connections, friendships

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
September 10, 2020
Seventh-grade English teacher Amara Smith poses with cheerleaders and football players.

Smith joins DMS staff after years in elementary education

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
September 10, 2020
Seventh-graders use their Chromebooks in class. DMS added Digital Days this school year.

Duncan does Digital Days

Sydney Miller and Presley Sanders
September 8, 2020

Quarantine brings community struggle, personal struggles

Sydney Miller, Academics Editor
September 3, 2020
Anavrin Sorrenson, Emilio Harris and Jackobi Lewis dig holes for replanting.

[Photo] Green Club gets students involved at school

Brooklyn Smith, Clubs Reporter
December 13, 2019
Green Club members Emilio Harris and Kasper Hamilton work in the DMS garden after school.

[Photo] Green Club gets garden grooming going

Bryce Chaires, Clubs Reporter
November 19, 2019
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