Over the course of the last couple months, all the sixth grade students have been working to prepare for the World’s Fair. Our World’s Fair is a joint science and social studies project. In social studies with Ms. Girard, each student chose a country and have been researching all different aspects of that country. In [...]
This year, we’re on a quest. Our goal? To read 1,000,000 minutes between all the students at our school! Now, for those of you at larger schools, you’re probably thinking, that should be no problem at all! For us however, we only have about 230 students in our entire school for grades K through 6! [...]
We have some of the most amazing blogging buddies around the world. They are always there to share amazing comments when we add a new post. We’ve done so many incredible projects with them over the course of the last couple years. Now, they’ve helped to make a big birthday pretty special for Mr. Avery. [...]
On March 14th of every year we celebrate Pi Day. Now, this is much different than Pie Day. Pie is that delicious treat that comes in a variety of types. You can get apple, pumpkin, cherry, blueberry, and so many more. Pi, without the e on the end, represents the ratio between the circumference and [...]
Recently we’ve been spending a lot of time working with circles. You may have remembered our post about how to find the area. In years past, students have found the area of a rectangle by using the formula area = length x width. Now, we’ve learned how to find the area of a circle by [...]
Every year, shortly after our Geography Bee, we also have our school Spelling Bee. The winner of the school Bee has the opportunity to then move on to a regional Spelling Bee. The winner of that then continues to move on until the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which you can actually see on ESPN every [...]
They’re mysterious. They’re ominous. They’re elusive. Those circles are impossible to track down. Ok, well maybe not really. Circles are actually all over the place. Almost everywhere you turn you can find a circle. Take a look at the clock. It’s a circle. A basketball hoop? Circle. Traffic Lights? Circles. The home button on an [...]
