We had a "Week of Code," went around the world, and played lots of hoops...take a look!
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Coding, Hacking, Teaching, and Learning...We Did It All!
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Thanks to our resident computer science expert, Mr. Zlomek, and many capable, willing, and experienced students, those among us who are less familiar with computer technology and programming were provided opportunities to learn more and get some hands-on experience this week. After all, December 9-15 is
CSEdWeek
(Computer Science Education Week)! CSEdWeek is an annual program created by Code.org and is dedicated to inspiring K-12 students worldwide to take an interest in computer science by providing opportunities for anyone to try an "hour of code." At MPH, these opportunities manifested themselves in a number of ways during the week.
Upper Schoolers Matthew, Simon, Evan, and Isabella made themselves available to faculty who wished to learn a bit about coding. Mr. McCusker and Mrs. Morrison took advantage of the excellent "student" (adult) to "teacher" (Upper Schooler) ratio and had a lot of fun learning and working with the Scratch programming language. Another afternoon hour, advertised as a "hackathon," was set aside for any interested Middle and Upper Schoolers to experiment with some other programs, and Simon, Ava, Owen, and Luke seized the chance to do some coding with TI-Basic on a calculator, work in animation with Synfig, and experiment with 3D modeling using TinkerCAD.
And these programming concepts are not limited to Middle and Upper Schoolers. On other occasions this week, Mrs. Concepcion had our Grade 4 and 5 STEAM students assisting Grades 2 and 3, respectively, with some basic concepts using the "codeSpark Academy & the Foos" app on the School's iPads. Programs like these are visually intuitive and user friendly, making computer programming concepts accessible to all ages! We hope interested parents took advantage of the link at
csedweek.org
(or plan to do so when time allows) to try some of these inviting and engaging programs as well!
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Grade 4 Coding with Grade 2
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Grade 5 Coding with Grade 3
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Upper Schoolers teach coding to Mrs. Morrison and Mr. McCusker
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We were able to catch two of the three boys' basketball teams in action at home recently. Check out the photos of the varsity team's victory from last Friday night and the modified team's tight contest earlier this week!
Click the images below to see full photo galleries.
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Around the World with Grade Three
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What began as a "Holidays Around the World" project for Grade 3 students ultimately evolved into a broader research project about other countries and cultures in general. On Tuesday, the third graders presented what they learned with fellow Lower Schoolers who traveled around the third-grade classroom (or "the world"!) and had their "passports" stamped at each stop on their journey once they had heard from the Grade 3 expert, each of whom provided research on two countries. Their projects included facts about holidays, cultures, and other general information, and personal creativity was evident at every turn, including student-created educational handouts and samples of traditional cuisine for tasting. (Parents were invited to travel the world later in the day as well.)
Check out the photo gallery below and the videos on the right.
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Click image above to see photo gallery.
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Matheletes Compete
MPH's Math League competitors took advantage of some after-school sustenance provided to them and then got right down to the business of problem solving -- in a meet wherein the schools involved competed with one another from a distance (each from their "home" location) on Tuesday afternoon. There are a few teams
within
the broader MPH team, and one such subset team, Divide and Conquer ( ÷ + Conquer), took first place among competing schools at November's competition! Freshmen Yizhuo (Bobby) Li and Paul DiFolco, and Juniors Jun Liang Chen and Yuan (Angela) Xiao were the top scorers. At Tuesday's meet, the third of the season, three sets of individual problems were tackled first, and then the teams formed groups of three to tackle the relay questions.
Results to come!
Fun fact
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÷ + Conquer is the second place team in the county! And all three MPH teams are in the top 10!
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Bicycle Mechanics Club
Middle Schoolers who like to "tinker" and enjoy providing older or non-functioning bicycles with new life join Mr. Leclercq for the afternoon Bike Mechanics Club, learning a lot about tools and parts along the way. Each spring at the annual Gala, a classic bicycle that has been resurrected by the club becomes part of the special array of items being auctioned off to benefit MPH.
Check out the photo gallery on the right.
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