What a fun last few weeks! It is hard to believe that we were just at camp last Wednesday! Thank you for your help and support in making that trip happen for our students! It was a pleasure to connect with you during the conferences last week. We appreciate all of your support and input. ...Read More
This week our students were busy learning in and outside of the classroom! Students learned about the Natives of the Northeast region. We made Seminole fry bread and pumpkin butter, which were a big hit! In Math, students worked on common factors, prime factors, and multiplication. In Geometry, students worked on angles. For 5th- year...Read More
This week we began Peace Pals. For Peace Pals, older students (6th and Middle School) plan lessons that focus on peace and present them to our younger students. This is an excellent opportunity for leadership, community, and peace. In the classroom, students study native peoples of the Northeast and make bandolier bags as an optional...Read More
This week, students studied Stellar Nucleosynthesis in Science. Students have also been presenting their science projects. It was a lot of fun, and their work was awe-inspiring! Students have been working on prokaryotes, botany, or cells for biology. In Geometry, students are working angles. In math, they are working on factors and multiples. Grammar jumped...Read More
Hello, families! This week Mike McMaster from the Wood County Historical Museum taught us about Native American History in our local area. Ms. Kristine continued to share her work on Native American History as well. We learned about the French and Indian War, the Indian Citizenship Law, and the massacre at Wounded Knee. We also...Read More
This week in Upper Elementary, students studied the Universe and are working on 3-D examples of everything from the Earth’s place in the Solar System to types of particles. In history, we examined the Incas and Mayans. Next week, we have a guest speaker from the Wood County Museum to share Native American of Ohio...Read More
So much happening in the classroom right now! The culminating activity for the Egypt simmilaton was full of hands-on activities. Both upper elementary classrooms combined to work at 12 different stations around the room. Some of the activities included; building a pyramid, earth cosmetics, clay cartouche, laundry, and the embalming process. Our Spanish students performed...Read More
Fourth grade students enjoyed the Ag Fest sponsored by Ohio State University Extension and the Wood County Commissioners. Students experienced a petting farm with animals from the BG FFA, learned about the latest technological advances in farm machinery (drones), were educated on care of horses and learned advances in farm practices that promote healthy water...Read More
Each year the 6th grade students go on a field trip in the last week of school. They are responsible for picking the destination and financing the trip. This year they chose to go to The Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village. To plan the trip they had to first decide on a location that they could...Read More
Today the students presented their science discoveries to the class. Each group made a slide presentation showing all processes of the scientific method. The experiments were on the properties of liquids. The titles included; A Slow Race (viscosity), Spreading Colors (Chromatography), Liquid Mixes (solution, emulsion, suspension, Miscible), Drops on a Penny (surface tension) and Graduated...Read More