diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1fe9c1b8bb..32cfd8b8bc 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ _notes
 # Symlink to cur/programming/recur
 cur/programming/recursion
 
+# symlinks to sparks/
+middle-school
+topic/middle-school
+
 *.weproj
 
 cur/programming/algorithms/gwd_workspace.json