Monday, February 7, 2022
Important Dates/Events

February:
9: 8th grade to IHS transition meeting
9: IMS Club Photo Day
15: PTO mtg
21: No School - President's Day
25: All-Pro 7th grade Parent Breakfast @7:15AM
8th Grade Slideshow

Mrs. Satola is working on the 8th-grade end of the year slideshow and I need pictures! Please email me one infant/toddler picture and one picture from 5th grade. This can be a candid picture and not their professional picture from school. Both pictures should just be of the student without additional people in the pictures. Please send one email with both pictures to jsatola@independence.k12.oh.us by the end of February and include your student's name in the email.
Cornerstone News

Computer Class

Sixth-grade students are in the middle of exploring block programming in Computer Class. Half of the students are creating programs in Scratch and half are creating programs in EV3 Classroom. Both Scratch and EV3 Classroom are programs that use a block coding interface. Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children. It's coding language is simple and allows students to create stories, games, and animations. Students working in Scratch are working at their own pace. Each lesson is unique, focusing on different programming blocks and tools. Lessons include: animating their name, creating a world, chase games, making music, and creating stories. Students working in the EV3 Classroom are working at their own pace to build and program a robot. Once their robot is built, and they have a basic understanding of block programming, they will complete several "Challenges." Challenges include, programming their robot to: move 33 inches, beep fast and loud when it gets close to an object, use an ultrasonic sensor to stop near an object, and lower its arm to collect an object.

Using both Scratch and the EV3 Classroom students are working at their own pace to gain an understanding of how block programming works and why programming is useful in real life situations.
Power of the Pen

The virtual awards ceremony for the latest Power of the Pen tournament will be this Sunday, Feb. 6th @ 6:30 P.M. A Meet link will be posted this weekend by the Power of the Pen director.

Prompt: Almost _________. Use this as the central theme of your narrative.

Almost Holly Jolly
A satire by: Mae Sheehan
 
Ski Club
Thursday snow days are the worst, especially when you can't go skiing or snowboarding on that snow day. Having missed two straight weeks of Ski Club has bumped everything back two weeks. The Ski Club schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Thursday, February 24, 2022 (make-up day for missing 1/27/2022)
Thursday, March 3, 2022 (make-up day for missing 2/3/2022)
Current 8th Grade Families
These are great jobs for a retiree or a parent that can be off when their child is off. Please contact Francine Kane at 216-642-5853 if interested.
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