SMS characters-fifth grade

Sikeston Middle School has named its fifth grade January Character Education Students of the Month. The word of the month was grit. Pictured are front row, from left: Royce James, Ashlyn Ward, Sadie Hutson, Mallory Backfisch and Kinsley Brown; and back row: Ivyanna Hogan, Autumn Sparlin, Alexis Ryan, Anastasia Gaines and Jada Armstrong. Not pictured is Mollee Marcum.