Weekly Highlights
Friday, February 10, 2017
Preschool News


The Little Lizards are having fun exploring and learning during our last 2 STEM units.  During our Ice STEM unit, we tested what melts ice best, measured melting ice over time, "dissolved" snowmen, and built edible snowmen.  Our favorite was making "ice cream in a bag". Students created this yummy treat by following the recipe and shaking the ice filled bag until it turned into ice cream!
 
During our shadow STEM unit, we are learning about light and creating shadows.  We are building towers on the overhead projector then measuring how tall the shadow is.  We are making our shadows outside and measuring how far it will move over time. Flashlights are available in our centers so we can manipulate where shadows are.  We are also using light to paint shadows.  At the end of our unit, we will be using what we learned to build a sunshade to make a shadow.

BG News

The first graders at Beverly Gardens have gotten 100 days smarter!  The students did 100 exercises, talked about what they wanted 100 of and what they didn't want 100 of, made 100 day crowns, and licked a lollipop 100 times.  They also wrote about what they would look like if they were 100 years old. Their favorite activity was making a necklace out of 100 Fruit Loops!  The students really enjoyed all their 100 day activities and so did the teachers!

The second graders at Beverly Gardens are moving right along in their physical science unit!  The students have been learning about force and motion through a series of experiments.  They used toy cars to learn that the greater the force applied, the greater the distance traveled.  The toy cars also taught them that friction will cause moving objects to slow down and eventually stop.  Students then used straws and their breath to create a force in some exciting Styrofoam ball races.  Next, the second graders applied their knowledge of force as they studied magnetism.  They learned about polarity and magnetic fields, as well as modern uses for magnets.  They even built structures with magnets and used some great problem solving when their magnets were repelling instead of attracting. These young scientists are so proud of themselves for all of the new things they have learned!  They can't wait to test out their new knowledge of motion, gravity, and inertia on the BG playground! 

Brantwood News

First graders have been busy learning about teeth during health class! We focused on what foods are healthy and not healthy for your teeth. Students worked together to create collages of healthy and unhealthy food for their teeth.

Kindergarten had a blast celebrating the 100th day of school!  Students enjoyed dressing up like they were 100 years old and doing special 100 themed activities.  Students found 100 pigs in the hallways, 100 hidden Hershey kisses in their classrooms, and built towers out of 100 things!  We can't wait to continue our year and keep learning!
First graders are 100 days smarter!  We celebrated the day with lots of fun activities including; 100 snacks, building with 100 cups and cubes and 100 exercises!  We are excited to continue getting smarter for the rest of the school year!

The students in Mrs. Fleck's second grade class created PowerPoint presentations to share about famous people from history.  The students read biographies and picked fascinating facts about their person to share with their classmates in PowerPoint.  It was amazing to see the creative and detailed productions the students created.   

Saville News

Mrs. Monnin's science class is learning about how much of the Earth is covered with water.  The students conducted an experiment using an inflatable globe to figure out the percentage.  Each group tossed the globe ten times and calculated their percentage.  Then we calculated to find our class average.  Our overall class percent was 74%.  The students were excited to find out that approximately 75% of the Earth is covered with water!
 
Saville Kindergartners celebrated 100 days of school!  The kids found 100 hidden Hershey kisses, matched each number on each candy to a 100 chart, and then ate them!  They painted 100 gumballs on a paper gumball machine, licked a lollipop 100 times, and wrote about something they'd love to have 100 of.  The students are not only 100 days smarter, but they are terrific little counters too.

Stevenson News

Mrs. O's class had a lot of fun discovering that snowflakes are made of tiny pieces of ice.  Our class had a blast making our very own ice cubes and making a class anchor chart about how water changes to make ice and snow.  The students discovered that the snowflakes we caught outside on a blustery day were made of tiny crystals of ice.  It was the perfect day for our hands-on lesson!




Students celebrated Chinese Lunar New Year with homemade red paper lanterns and Halo oranges for good luck!

Second grade students at Stevenson Elementary have been busy learning about economics.  We have described jobs that provide incomes and talked about how we would spend and save our money.  Students have learned about goods, services, and natural resources.  They were surprised at how many items you can get from just one tree!    

Stevenson students have collected over 3,328 Box Tops from August to December of this school year.  For every box top turned in, the school earns 10ยข for our PTO.  Each collecting period the class with the most box tops turned in wins the "Golden Scissors" to display outside of their room. There is also a drawing for students who turn in at least 10 box tops.  Students can earn a Barnes and Nobel gift card, restaurant coupons and other mystery prizes.   
If your school currently does not collect box tops feel free to send them to Stevenson, we would be happy to collect from anyone in the district. VS will be counting our next collection Feb. 15th.   Thanks to all the students, parents and staff who have contributed so far.  
Spinning Hills News

On Team Wolverine, students read an article in Scholastic Scope titled "Disaster in Space".  Along with completing close-reading activities, they also played a review/comprehension game on www.kahoot.com to test their memories of facts in the article.  Our student intern from UD, Mr. Phillips, made the game and played it with the students.  Then, as a culminating activity, they watched a clip from the movie Apollo 13 and wrote a comparison paper that connected the book to the movie.  They have showed tremendous growth in their writing abilities since the beginning of the year!
We are also using a website www.bloomz.net, to communicate with parents.  This is a fantastic app that parents can download to their phone or access online.  Throughout the week, we post messages, pictures and announcements to keep parents up to date with the happening of our team!

Our students are also being exposed to different types of technology throughout our lessons.  A few of the sites/programs that we use with them are...
  • Typingclub.com - this is a free online program that we signed up for.  Each student has an account and it takes them through 100 lessons on how to type on the computer.  They can access it at home as well
  • Mobymax - students use this to work on filling in the gaps with skills that they are missing.  After taking a pre-test, it loads lessons based on each student's performance.  This gives us a chance to them meet with kids individually while the class is working.
  • Coding - students got hooked on this site when we did the Hour of Code (www.hourofcode.org) as a team back in December.  Students are still using the site along with Tynker to improve their skills
  • www.getepic.com - this is a FANTASTIC site where students can do research or just read books online.  We give them a topic to search, then they find books to read and take notes on.  We can even have them all search for the same title and do a more specific assignment with it.
  • Online interactive math notebook - this matches their paper version of Go Math, and gives online games and videos to help or revisit the concepts from class.
Team Wonder Woman braved the cold to launch the rockets they built at Starbase. The students have enjoyed going and learning with hand on experiments. Students have one more visit before "graduating" from Starbase. 

MRMS News

Mad River's annual String Camp was held on Saturday, February 4 th . We had the following clinicians come and work with orchestra students in grade 7-12: Daniel Geisel, Audrey Gray, Dr. Kimberly Trout, Mark Kosmala, Ben Grabbell and Dr. In-Hong Cha. It was a fantastic day!
 
Students in Miss Wright's science classes are wrapping up their unit on electrical circuits.  They conducted a hands-on lab where they created an energy source out of a potato in order to power a small kitchen timer.  We have been working on our STEM unit of energy where students are challenged to look at each task through the eyes of an engineer.  Our next mission is to become an acoustical engineer and discover the different properties of waves and how they move. 

In seventh grade reading class, students continue to study the Middle Ages while examining elements of plot and how the author chooses to pace the story in order to reveal each character. Students will begin to explore women's perspective during the Middle Ages and understand how their point of view was affected by the social order of the time. 

Stebbins News


This week, Senior Business Management students held the Mean Jean Manufacturing stock holders meeting. The manager of Nouveau Investments held the meeting for Mean Jean. Students held a mock vote for a board of directors and completed a roll call using their shares of stock.

The schools' 3-D Scribbler Pen available for use from February 9-16.  The pen will be set up with a variety of filament colors and Mrs. Sandro will be available to demonstrate how to use the pen.  It will also be out during conferences on February 15th so stop by!




This past Friday and Saturday, the wrestling team competed in the GWOC Wrestling Championships at Butler High School.  Individually, David Hasty placed 4th in the 120 pound weight class.  Ryan Whitten came from behind in his last match to earn a pin and place 3rd at 126 pounds.  Brady Wilson dominated in his finals match to place 3rd at 138 pounds.  Ryan Whitten broke the Stebbins Wrestling Season Takedown record in his first match of the tournament.  Ryan also was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler in the South Division of the GWOC. Lastly, Coach Chris Miller was named Coach of the Year.  
As a team, the wrestlers out-paced Fairborn, Trotwood, West Carrollton, and Xenia to bring home their first GWOC South Division Championship. Congratulations to the wrestlers and Coach Miller for bringing home Stebbins' first GWOC championship!

 
Computer Applications II
Students have been learning how to utilize Microsoft Office Publisher. This program enables students to create professional-looking publications quickly and easily, such as newsletters, postcards, flyers, brochures, business cards, posters, and more. Publisher has tools that allow students to format and enhance text, add and edit shapes and graphics, and define page layout and design.
 
Business of Sports and Entertainment
Students just completed a chapter explaining the marketing concept, target markets, and customer service. In conjunction with the Super Bowl, students learned how companies piad $5 million for 30 seconds of air time for their commercials this year. That breaks-down to $166,666 / per second! That's also up from $4.5 million a year ago (via Forbes) and it's a 66.6 percent increase from what the price was just five years ago.
 
International Business
Students have been learning about economics and decision making as it applies to different nations. They have been applying the decision making process and learning the basics of supply and demand. Additionally, students have learned how different countries utilize the different factors of production and the different types of economic systems in place throughout the world. Finally, students learned the difference between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP) as well as how imports and exports affect a country's balance of trade.


On February 3, 2017, students from Ms. Jackson's Human Body Systems class went to the Wright State University Human Anatomy and Physiology Interactive lab. The hands-on anatomy lab provided an excellent opportunity for students to experience and further their understanding of human anatomy. Students were presented with an overview of the structure and function of the major organ systems of the body using healthy and diseased organs. Students were able see preserved human organs, preserved diseased human organs, and a male and female preserved cadaver.

The HVAC sophomore class has been learning about hand tools the past few weeks. To finish off the lesson, we are participating in a group project where the students are put in groups of two and they have to measure, cut , and assemble wooden boxes.  This lesson will lead into our next section on power tools. 

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