The Herald
District News & Updates - February 11th
Dear Hoboken Public School District Families,
This edition of The Herald highlights a number of accomplishments across the district and upcoming events that will be taking place. Our students and staff are engaging in such wonderful academic, co- and extra-curricular activities. Please enjoy reading news from each of our schools in this week's Edition of The Herald. Take a moment and learn more about our early childhood, elementary, middle school, and high school programs:
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I would like to wish our Boys Varsity Basketball Team the best of luck in tomorrow night's Quarterfinal Round of the HCIAL against Bayonne.
Also, for those families planning to attend tomorrow night's YWCA Back to Camp Night Information Session at Wallace Elementary School, it will begin at 6:30 PM.
In closing, I want to thank all of you for your steadfast cooperation, patience and partnership. All three ingredients make for an incredible school district. I could not ask for a more committed collection of guardians and parents. You are truly amazing and I am honored to serve the Hoboken Public School District.
Sincerely,
Christine A. Johnson, D.Litt.
Superintendent of Schools
Strings at Hoboken MS
Students were actively engaged in partner play, taking turns listening to each other, providing feedback, and identifying strategies to effectively practice potential areas of difficulty! This week, students focused on bow grips, technique, and sound quality, using a peer rubric to assess their progress. Bravo to all of these outstanding students for all of their hard work!
Creative Writing at Hoboken MS
This week in Creative Writing our groups presented their new video game slide show. Each group was different and creative in their game mock up.
Each student wrote a sales pitch to attempt to sell their new game to a company. It was nice to see our groups collaborating and sharing ideas together.
Music at Brandt School
Third grade students practiced this idea with a game. While listening to an instrument solo, they had to figure out which family the instrument was from. They moved to the families' 'station' that was around their classroom.
Art at Brandt School
This week in Art, students completed their Lorna Simpson inspired portraits which look absolutely amazing!
We have moved onto learning about artist Jim Dine and his style of art, by creating pin pastel graffiti style hearts. We are excited to begin our Path Poster Contest within the upcoming weeks as well.
Music at Connors School
In Ms. Garciaβs class we had a little late Groundhog Day celebration. When a holiday comes around we sing various songs to celebrate the holiday and Groundhog Day was no exception. The students love to sing holiday songs, so βShadow Freeβ was the one we chose for this holiday. Yes, they heard that we are going to have an early spring. Here is Josie with the lyrics and Chrisette with her ukulele singing βShadow Freeβ!
In the 4th grade the students used the treble clef to fill in the missing letters to a poem about the winter season. They learned that poems are a lot like rap lyrics. After they finished the worksheet, we used the poem as a rap song. They also learned that rap music is a lot like what the Beatniks from the 1950βs did when they were reciting their poems and radio DJs did while they were introducing songs. Rap music can be traced back to many different art and media forms and reading poems is one of them. Here is Sydney, Khloe, and Lucas beatboxing and rapping the winter poem!
Art at Wallace School
Kindergarten artists are celebrating Black History Month by making a collaborative piece inspired by Reggie Laurent! Each student made two unique organic shapes and filled them with patterns and special designs.
Students are taking one shape home, and the other shape they are adding to one extra large work of art! When these organic shapes come together with all of their different colors and decorations, we make a true masterpiece,
Pre-AP Dance at Hoboken MS
In Pre-AP Dance class students in the 6th and 7th grades began their movement activities with social/line dancing all week. And students in the 8th grade learned about theme and variation as well as completing their first product of the marking period, the βUltimate Handshakeβ. Awesome job to all students in their efforts this week!
Band at Hoboken MS
This week in band, sixth graders started the week analyzing and interpreting John Williams' "Superman Suite," determining which musical vehicles would be best to give the piece their own signature style. We considered expressive devices such as dynamics, articulation, phrasing, and instrumentation. Later in the week, our young musicians finished learning long tones low and high and worked on their first spring concert piece, "Blackbeard." "Blackbeard" is a rousing concert band song intended to inspire visions of Blackbeard, the Pirate, who ravaged the seas years ago. For the past few days, students have been working on balancing the melodic line with the accompaniment and drums in the introductory phrase.
Meanwhile, seventh graders discussed changing tonality in Bach's "Minuet in G Minor." Although the title suggests a minor tune, the piece fluctuates between major and minor, sometimes even within phrases. Eighth graders listened to excerpts of Ravel's BolΓ©ro and debated whether or not the recurring ostinato made the piece exciting or boring. Both of the upper grades reviewed their memorized warm-ups and pushed to master the introductory phrase of "Afterburn: Relaunch," an exciting piece depicting a rocketship hurtling through space.
1st Grade at Brandt School
In ELA, students worked on short /u/ and /oo/, inflectional endings -ed and -ing, and contractions with not. In writing, students created an opinion writing piece about their favorite season.
In Math, students continued to find different ways to make a number. We practiced identifying equivalent equations, while working on fluency with addition and subtraction. Some Math Workshop games included 5 in a row with 3 cards, Ten Plus, and Counters in a Cup. Students also reinforced these skills while using IXL.
3rd Grade at Brandt School
Third Grade had an incredible week focusing on Black History Month. Students enjoyed reading, discussing, and learning stories of famous Americans during social studies and ELA. In ELA we highlighted black scientists in American history including Mae Jemison and George Washington Carver. In social studies we focused on the important work of Fredrick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.
In ELA, students are enjoying science with expository texts. Weβre focusing on summarizing with textual evidence. Students are using quotes from the passage to support their writing. Students are writing 3 paragraphs independently! Once writings are done, students are conferencing with their teacher, peer reviewing one another's work, editing, and publishing final copies.
In math we are working on Unit 6: Fractions. Students are focused on understanding how to compare fractions with similar numerators and denominators, drawing fractions on number lines, and modeling fractions. Students are enjoying playing two fraction games: Fraction War and Hexagon Cookies!
5th Grade at Brandt School
In math, students continued working on Investigation 2 for Unit 6. They focused on adding and subtracting decimals using various methods to help them understand the process. Additionally, students began applying these concepts to more realistic word problems by analyzing precipitation amounts and Olympic scores.
For Social Studies, students continued diving into their new unit, The Civil War. This week, students spent time analyzing major battles that drove the beginning of the war such as the Battle of Fort Sumter and the Battle of Bull Run. At the end of the week, they were able to summarize the significance of each battle on the rest of the war.
Physical Education at Brandt School
As best stated by Allen Iverson - βWhen youβre not practicing, someone else is getting better.β What better way to start our basketball unit than with practicing?
Students in grades 3-5 practiced dribbling and shooting in 8 different stations. The objective at these levels was to maintain their dribble the entire 2 minutes and to not look down to the ball. Four stations emphasized dribbling, 2 of which were mini games. The other 4 stations emphasized 4 basic shots in basketball: left and right handed layups, foul shots, and shooting from the elbow. The objective of shooting was not how many shots can be made in but to ensure they are shooting properly using cues BEEF (Balance ball on your shooting hand, Elbows stay directly under the ball and over your knee, Eye on the target (the rim), Follow through snapping the wrist high over your head).
Our younger students in grade K-2 practiced the same two skills. These students practiced dribbling during a game of βcookie in the oven.β The students must maintain their dribble while picking up small profile cones and bringing over to their oven (another cone). The low profile cone was put on top of the slender cone while the student was dribbling the entire time. The class time was split in half to allow the other students to work on shooting. Students were taught the BEEF shooting cues that they should be concentrating. Emphasis was placed on proper shooting technique at our adjustable baskets in a small group setting.
1st Grade Ms. Vayda, Ms. Klag, Ms. Sheridan, Ms. Ramos, Ms. Criqui, and Ms. Romanowski
Math: Students are having so much fun learning in math workshop. This week students were introduced to a new math game called "10 Plus" where students use a deck of cards to add two numbers together, then coming up with a new 10 plus equation. Students are also working on tens and ones and becoming more familiar with higher numbers. Students continue to build on these skills using Math IXL and online Investigation games. In Unit 5, we will continue to engaged in new math games and take time to share our strategies we used during our end of lesson discussions. Great job first graders!
ELA: This week our essential question was, "How do we get our food?" We focused on rereading to make sure we fully understand the text and to help us find text evidence when answering comprehension questions. After reading our non-fiction books, we used a graphic organizer to sequence the order of events by using first, next, then, and last. Our phonics focus was on variant vowel spellings with digraphs: oo, u. We practiced this by sorting cards, reading our decodable books, and online Reading Wonders games. In grammar, we reviewed inflectional endings and contractions. Our red words this week were: after, buy, done, every, soon, work. In writing, we began our introductions for our informative writing piece. Next week we will begin writing about each subtopic and finishing our books with a closing. We can't wait to share them!
Social Studies: This week in Social Studies, the students continued their exploration of Black History Month, by diving deeper into the lives and legacies of significant figures. Mrs. Sheridan's class focused on Mary McLeod Bethune, while Ms. Vayda's class dedicated their efforts to Toni Morrison. Ms. Klag's class continued to learn about Ida B. Wells. The students examined various aspects of these individuals lives, including their birthplaces, educational backgrounds, and family lives. They wrote about their achievements and contributions to society. The students got creative when decorating the door.
3rd Grade at Connors School: Ms. Hall, Ms. Schmidt, Ms. Gillen, Ms. Layson, Ms. Goodwin, Mrs. White, Ms. Criqui, and Mrs. Schain
Math: This week in Math the students continued to explore solving multiplication and division word problems. The students also were able to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division while completing multi-step word problems. This was a great challenge the students enjoyed taking on. By practicing our skills, we are getting closer to mastering our facts for both multiplication and division.
ELA: This week, the third graders were excited to finish our third core novel, Who Was Coretta Scott King? by Gail Herman. They worked collaboratively to reflect on the text, the authorβs purpose, and the main idea in order to create posters that represent Corettaβs beliefs, traits, and legacy. Additionally, the students began using all they learned about Coretta to create their own βHistogramβ page from her perspective. Through the culmination of this core novel, the students reviewed many of the skills they practiced throughout this unit. They used these skills to engage in Review Centers, and finished the weej by completing their Unit 3 Wonders assessment. They are looking forward to starting the next unit soon!
Social Studies: This week third graders celebrated Black History Month, learning about its significance and honoring African American visionaries who have had a significant impact on history and life today. Each third class was assigned a visionary to research and create a visual representation of that individual's life and legacy. Ms. Gillen's class explored the courageous life of Rosa Parks, Ms. Schmidt's class learned all about Mae C. Jemison's extraordinary contributions to science, and Ms. Hall's class learned about the powerful Maya Angelou. These displays can be enjoyed and seen on our classroom doors!
Third Grade Thrills: This week students visited the Growing Stage Children's Theatre to see their production of Carmela Full of Wishes! Third graders had an amazing experience seeing the actors and actresses portray a story of connection, family, and community. A special thank you to the PTO for helping make this experience possible!
Science: Third graders worked hard this week. Students learned about various African American scientists. Students worked on their African American scientist research report in groups. Each group picked an African American scientist to research and completed the slide template that was created. Each student was graded according to the rubric provided. To end the week students completed their mid year assessment. I am so proud to see how much students have grown and learned from the first half of the year.
5th Grade at Connors School: Ms. Schultes, Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Courtney, Ms. Layson, and Ms. Ramos
Math: This week in Math, students reviewed the meaning of decimal notation for tenths and hundredths and equivalent fractions for decimals. Students also represented decimals on grids divided into hundredths and thousandths.Students also compared decimals up to the thousandths place using hundredths grids and a number line.
ELA: This week 5th grade students finished reading their core novel, Hoot. They seemed to enjoy the ending and the novel as a whole! In addition, they looked at the author's theme and had some great ideas. They are so excited to watch the film adaptation next week. Keep up the hard work, 5th grade!
Social Studies: This week the 5th graders learned about Black Lives Matters. We discussed the importance of celebrating this event. We also began preparing our doors for our Black History Month Project. Students are creating a timeline of Barack Obama's Life.
Mandarin with Ms. Ni at Connors School
1st Grade at Wallace School
In ELA, we worked on comparing and contrasting life long ago to today. We also concentrated on long vowels and sequencing.
Measurement and time are the topics we covered in Math. As always, the students had fun during ILP working on IXL, Classworks, and Starfall.
In Social Studies, we are continuing to celebrate Black History Month!
3rd Grade at Wallace School
Happy Friday third grade families! Another great week with your students in the books! Next week is an exciting week for our students. Students will be celebrating the 100th day of school on 2/13 and Valentineβs Day class parties on 2/14. 3rd Grade students will also be taking the CogAt testing on 2/14
In ELA, students wrapped up unit 2 in Reading Wonders! Students ended the unit by reading an expository text about the original Ford Model T, students studied text features and timelines. We specifically spoke about how timelines support the reader's understanding of the topic being discussed. Students will be completing the unit assessment next week. Students have completed the novel β Coretta Scott King ''. Students enjoyed learning about her life and the impact she made on creating equal rights for all. Students ended the novel by creating a timeline of her life.
In Math, Students wrapped up the unit by learning important academic vocabulary as well as identifying the defining attributes of triangles and quadrilaterals. Students studied the meaning of the words isosceles, scalene, and equilateral. They also learned about different types of angles: acute, right, and obtuse! In addition, we discussed the difference between certain quadrilaterals.Students will complete the Unit assessment next week!
In Social Studies, students continued to learn about influential African Americans to celebrate Black History Month. Students researched, created reports and presented them to the class.
5th Grade at Wallace School
Math:
In math our 5th Graders were engaged in learning the skills of multiplying fractions by whole numbers by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. They are engaged in multiplying whole numbers by a fraction and mixed numbers.
Language Arts:
In Language Arts, our 5th-grade readers were engaged in understanding elements of an argumentative text by referencing an anchor chart and discussing the interactive read-aloud to summarize the central idea and relevant details.
Our Writers developed and strengthened their writing by conferencing with a peer and offering them feedback as well as scoring their own draft and completing the reflection page.
Social Studies:
Our historians recognized the importance of inclusive and equitable educational practices by engaging in lived experiences of the African American Community to reflect upon these experiences during the Black Lives Matter - Week of Action. Our 5th Grade Students also selected an influential Black Leader to research and present about.
6th Grade Math at Hoboken MS
This week, our 6th grade mathematicians completed the Topic 6 Mid-Point assessment. Students were able to write percentages that were greater than 100 and write percentages that were less than 1 by using previously learned structures and strategies. Students were able to realize that finding percentages and finding equivalent ratios are very similar. They were able to use their knowledge of equivalent ratios to find percentages of different items.Towards the end of the week, students worked on Lesson 6-4: Estimate to Find Percent.
In this section the students were able to estimate the percent of a number using equivalent fractions, rounding, and compatible numbers. To finish off the week, students were computing exact percentages of different items they see outside of schools. Mathematicians have also been completing their IXL diagnostic recommendations daily coupled with our minute math exercises to strengthen their understanding and skills in learned topics as well as upcoming ones.
7th Grade Math at Hoboken MS
This week in math class, students continued their work with inequalities. Students used what they have learned about solving equations to solve inequalities that represent situations in and out of context. They also created graphs that represented solutions to inequalities.
Next week concludes our exploration into Expressions & Equations; students will wrap up their learning and take their Topic 5 Unit Test.
8th Grade Math at Hoboken MS
Pre-Algebra
This week in pre algebra we expanded on our knowledge of linear equations by talking about equations that have one, none, or infinitely many solutions. We also talked about real world problems where we had to set two equations equal to each other and solve for the unknown variable. Students did multiple activities this week consisting of IXL and a scavenger hunt. We tabled our weekly quiz until next Tuesday before our long break. I hope everyone has a good weekend!
Pre-AP Algebra
Happy Super Bowl weekend everyone! This week algebra students worked through many contexts for which writing and solving a system of equations made sense. We explored knots in ropes, prices at different stores and traveling situations where objects or people might meet. Our big goal was to get comfortable using different models and strategies: graphing, elimination and substitution to get to a logical solution. With this greater comfort students can become savvy about which strategy works best in different situations. We will take a test this coming Tuesday on understanding and solving systems of equations. Friday in class students worked on a set of notes that can be used as a study guide for this test. We will review on Monday. This week we also worked on our desmos projects which are coming along beautifully. Ask your student to share what they have done so far!
The Hudson River Explorers Institute
The Hudson River Explorers Institute had a busy and productive week full of learning and fun activities!
The students had collected sand and water samples from the Hudson River on an expedition. They took these samples and set up Winogradsky columns. These columns allow scientists to study sediment as they are influenced by microbial activity. Students added various additives such as iron, baking soda and other chemicals in order to see how it alters microbial metabolism and sediment composition. They built their columns out of plastic water bottles and set them under lamps to allow for photosynthesis.
The students then created models of local watersheds using newspaper, dining trays and plastic bags to study runoff and percolation. They decorated their watershed models in various ways and came up with some very creative ideas! The students attempted to represent local geography in fun and original ways as they studied the water out rivers and surface water sources flow and are organized.
The students have begun to setup an experiment to test the effects of acid rain on plant and animal life. Acid rain is the result of harmful pollution in which water sources become acidified. Since life in water cannot exist beyond the range of tolerance of the organisms that live there, this is an important measure of water quality. The students learned how to set the pH of solutions and how to test pH using pH paper. They will be using their pH's solutions soon as we move on to the next phase of their experiments.
Finally, the students conducted water quality measurements on several of our tanks (the trout tank, the "flow" tank and the oyster tank) and presented their results for an informative discussion of water quality indicators.
During the week of February 5th, the students learned all about acid rain. They simulated its effects by setting solutions of Hudson River water to pH 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. They then added Lemna (duckweed) to one cup and two mud dog whelk snails to each cup. They left the snails and Lemna in for 24 hours. By evaluating the % of white or brown leaves on the Lemna and the percent of snails adhering to the side of each cup, they were able to determine that mud dog whelks have a range of tolerance between pH 5 and 7 while Lemna have a range of tolerance between pH 6 and 7. Therefore, the mud dog whelks are actually less sensitive to acid rain than Lemna. No mud dog whelks were harmed during this experiment as they were all transferred back to their aquarium "home" following the experiment.
Another group of Sophomores completed the first steps of New Jersey's "Graduated Drivers License Program" by completing 30 classroom hours of instruction. At the end of it they were to pass the test with an 80% or better in order to be eligible for the next phase- going behind the wheel with an instructor! Parents can have a major impact on the safety of their teen driver, please take a look at the infographic from "Share The Keys" resource guide.
More information can be found: nj.gov/mvc/pdf/license/STKResourceGuide.pdf
All 10th graders had the opportunity to hear the very moving, very real life story Pam O'Donnell experienced with a driver and her family. We thank her for coming in and spreading awareness and her work in the "Catch You Later Foundation."
Hoboken HS Environmental Science Club
They crushed up algae wafers with a mortar and pestle and set up an auto feeder on the tank to ensure that these bivalve mollusks receive adequate nutrition as part of their filter feeding lifestyle. The students monitored all of the parameters of water quality two weeks after the aquarium setup. The ammonia levels are stable at 0.25 ppm, and the nitrate and nitrate levels are tracking near 0. This indicates that the bacteria present in the cycled tank are adequately denitrifying the water. The pH is 7.6 and the salinity and specific gravity are stable. The students look forward to adding more of these organisms to the tank and hopefully begin to see them reproduce!
AP Biology
Students conducted a multi part lab as a capstone of their unit on molecular biology. They transformed competent E.coli bacteria with a plasmid conferring the bacteria with antibiotic resistance and for a gene that codes for GFP (green fluorescent protein). The students ran two experiments, one with bacteria transformed with the PGLO plasmid and the other without it. They cultivated the bacteria on agar plates of regular LB medium, LB + ampicillin and LB + ampicillin + arabinose sugar. Only bacteria that were transformed could survive on the LB + ampicillin treatment and only those plated on the LB + ampicillin + arabinose sugar glowed.
Following this, the students learned all about enzymes. Students learned that enzymes catalyze reactions in living systems and have a specific optimum for pH, temperature and concentration. They carried out an investigation using the enzyme catalase and paper discs soaked in yeast suspension (which contains catalase).
The discs were then placed in solutions of hydrogen peroxide at various pH levels and temperatures. The discs actually rose to the top of the containers due to the formation of oxygen bubbles β and the students were able to calculate the enzyme activity by timing how long it took for the discs to rise!
The students also used a similar method to study photosynthesis - part of their energetics unit β by using discs punched out of spinach leaves and seeing if they rose due to oxygen formation from these leaves in solutions of calcium carbonate or pure water. They found that in calcium carbonate solution that the leaf discs rose whereas in pure water they did not. This is because the photosynthesis reaction could not run because there was no carbon source to run it.
Ms. Troutmanβs Pre-AP English I
The Pre-AP English I classes fine-tuned their grammar skills with noredink.com, enhanced their vocabulary with vocabulary.com, and commenced their class production of Romeo and Juliet. Before acting, students gained confidence with Shakespearean language by writing insults inspired by Shakespeareβs plays, then the students competed in an insult battle.
Leading up to the tragedy, students explored a variety of poetry forms. They wrote haikus, rhyming couplets, spine poems, sonnets, and limericks. Students could appreciate how a writerβs stylistic choices contribute to the meaning and then consider diction, details, and figurative language as they wrote for various purposes. Last week, students read βThe Fightβ by John Montague, βThe Lotteryβ by Rasma Hiadri, βTamaraβs Opusβ by Joshua Bennett, Excerpts from Hamilton, Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare, and Sonnet 130.
The library has set up a couple of cool displays for February. One is in the display case for Black History Month. We gathered Time Magazine covers featuring notable African Americans, and added QR codes linked to the Time articles so students can read up on any who are unfamiliar. In addition, we are setting up a display of books by Black authors or featuring Black characters.
We also set up our annual Blind Date with a Book Display to get readers to read outside their comfort zones. Student volunteers wrapped the books and wrote keywords describing them on the wrapping. The response from students has been enthusiastic.
Pickleball & Table Tennis at Hoboken MS
We had another fantastic week of pickleball and table tennis and all the students continue to show great improvements in both activities. During the first half of class the students continued to rotate between playing two on two pickleball games and playing games of table tennis. All the students did a great job transitioning between the two games.
For the second half of class, the students were able to create their own pickleball and table tennis tournaments. We finished class with a few rounds of pickleball one point single matches where the winner stays on to play the next person.
Wallace Preschool Wildcats
The class had so much fun learning about Groundhogβs Day and how he did not see his shadow. So now we will have an earlier Spring, Yay! The class also had a surprise visit from the District Supervisor of Fine Arts and Programming who came in and sang some songs for the class on her guitar. It was so nice! The class is looking forward to a busy, fun, love-filled February!
Preschool at 770 Jackson
The students in Ms. Aleah and Mrs. Susanβs class have been on quite the science kick!
Each week the students had the opportunity to make observations and put their predictions to the test. So far the class tested various liquids to see what would happen if placed in the freezer overnight. They were surprised to see that the paint turned into a solid!
Due to all of the rainy and cloudy weather recently, the students were curious about where rain comes from. They discussed precipitation and when the clouds become filled with water rain forms! The class was able to experience a rain cloud hands on by using shaving cream and food coloring. Students counted how many drops of food coloring it would take to make the cloud form rain! The predictions were so close!
The most recent experiment was magic milk. The class used milk and food coloring, then added dish soap to see the chemical reaction. Students engaged in a Valentineβs themed science experiment by using pink and red M&Mβs and observing what would happen if warm water was added to them. The class couldn't believe their eyes with the results. Students are excited to see what the next experiment will be!
Preschool at Brandt School
The class learned the new word β segregationβ and learned that the country and schools were very different 64 years ago. The class can not wait to learn more!
Preschool at Calabro
The class from room 206 participated in an engaging and exciting Valentineβs Day science
project where students were able to make their own Love Potion! For this experiment, each student used a clear container in which they mixed water and oil. They then added glitter, confetti, and food coloring. Students took a moment to observe where the colors stopped.
Before adding the last ingredient (baking soda), students were asked if they could predict what would happen next with the mixture. After the cool predictions, students had a greattime watching some FUN!
Preschool at Connors
In Room 006 is excited to share their favorite winter activity! As a class, the students brainstormed their favorite winter activity and constructed a class graph. The options were: Building a Snowman, Sledding, Making Snow Angels, and Ice Skating. After some thought, each student added their name to their favorite winter activity! The students analyzed the graph, counted, and were able to draw conclusions as to which activity is most popular, least popular, etc.
They concluded that many of them share common interests when it comes to the activities they prefer. The students were able to make a craft using popsicle sticks. The Teacher modeled how to write LOVE using the popsicle sticks, and finally, each student worked independently using glue to write Love and painted their projects with their favorite colors! ROOM 006 students are great mathematicians and artists!
Preschool at Jubilee
Preschool at Rue
The other child with the check mark finds that number on the numeral game card and places the bear from the cup on each black dot to check if the child placed the right amount of bears. They then switch. The children said that they had so much fun playing this game. They are also learning how to visualize and count out the amount of items the number represents.
Preschool at St. Francis
As a follow-up to the Groundhog Day lessons and activities in classroom 402 students were
introduced to the concept of shadows and how they are formed. The children were encouraged to use flashlights and experiment by placing their hands or other objects between the light source and a surface.
This activity demonstrated how shadows are created when an object blocks the light. Additionally, some students were tasked with tracing the shadows of various objects to further explore this concept. Students learned that shadows occur because objects obstruct the path of light.
Preschool at Wallace
Children are to repeat the phrase while the classical music plays and stop when the music stops. They had so much fun working on their writing skills while completing this fun Tools of the Mind activity.
The Redwings Track & Field team battled at the N2G1 State Sectional Championship down at The Bubble, where both the boys(16 pts) and girls (10 pts) team finished 8th in their respective standings.
On the boys side, senior Damien Vizcarrondo placed 2nd in the 55m dash, with a personal best time of 6.76s. Junior Hudson Tseng placed 6th in the same event (personal best time of 6.96s). The 4x400 relay team of Vizcarrondo, Tseng, junior Aleksander Gray and junior Isaiah Smith placed 6th (3:51.74).
On the girls side, sophomore Samantha Gotimer placed 2nd in the 1600m (5:37.11) and 3rd in the 3200m (12:36.81). Sophomore Emma Van Handle placed 6th in the 400m with her personal best time of 1:06.76. The 4x400 relay team of Van Handle, junior Hayley Dobson, freshman Emma Wehrhahn, and freshman Esther Catelin placed 6th (4:53.25).
All have qualified for the Group 1 State Championships on February 17th.
Next up: SJTCA Meet #17 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on February 12th
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