Opening a Success

     On Tuesday of this week we had our "Opening" reception for our Civil Rights Exhibit at the Marshall County Historical Museum.  We had between 50-60 people there to view the students work and to watch some of their multimedia projects.  Those that attended were very excited and happy with the results and enjoyed the cookies and punch!  The project (that do not require the computer) will be on display until the end of March.  If you did not get a chance to come to the opening please take some time to visit the museum.  They have some very interesting exhibits.  They are open Tuesday-Saturday 10-4. 
     We are finishing up our Civil Rights PBL project and we have seen some really great items.  The stories the students are writing are wonderful and the use of the green screen has been very cool.  We have enjoyed the excitement about this project.  We are planning our next project now!  The kids are already asking. 
     Next week we will go back to a traditional schedule as we prepare for ISTEP.  ISTEP will begin March 4-8.  We will test each morning.  We will run a different schedule for our entire building where everyone will be testing at the same time.  It is VERY important that if you have to pull your child out for an appointment that week that it be after 10:15.  This helps the students and the school.  Makeups are hard on us and on the kids.  Make sure your student has a good breakfast, gets lots of sleep and is prepared and ready to go. 
     This week in addition to our project we worked on learning our helping verbs, we learned how to find surface area and we tried some new food with Professor Popcorn.  Students have been working on states and capitals as well as working on Achieve 3000.  Our team has won the Achieve 3000 spirit stick for many weeks and we are very proud of the achievements in this program.  We also have an incentive program for math IXL encourage your child to work on these at home. 

     Have a great weekend.  

 Photos of Museum Opening