THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th, 2020
| IMPORTANT DATES DECEMBER School-wide comfy day(s) - come dressed in relaxed comfortable clothes. More information below. Friday, December 18th. Tuesday, December 22nd. Bottle Drive for Homelessness. Bring bottles to school on Thursday and Friday, or drop-off on Sunday, December 20. 12:00 - 2:00 PM. A Zoom dance party at school - zoom link will be sent to teachers Tuesday, December 22nd. 11:15 -11:30 AM Winter Break - No School Wednesday, December 23rd - Friday, January 1st. JANUARY Winter Break continued - No School Friday, January 1st. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, January 6th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Monday, January 18th. Inservice - No School Tuesday, January 19th. MRUSD Board Meeting Wednesday, January 20th. 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Zoom Meeting link at https://www.maplerun.org/o/mrusd/events when available. |
COMFY CLOTHING DAYS We are about to enter the long Holiday Break. As we lead up to these days, we want to have a little COVID-Safe School-Wide Celebration to end 2020. So we are doing School-Wide Comfy Day. For most of you, this will be Tuesday, December 22nd. For students that only attend on Green Days, it will be Friday, December 18th. So we will all be in clothes that make us feel comfortable (pajamas, sweats, plaid...) - and the School Logistics Team will be providing popcorn. While we can’t all be together, Mr. Craib will be around to take pictures so we can all see each other in the announcements. Some of these pictures are from a few years ago |
BOTTLE DRIVE TO HELP WITH HOMELESSNESS This year for my How I can Change the World project with Ms.K I decided to help with world homelessness. For this school project if we wanted to we are allowed to do a fundraiser. I thought because it was around the holidays I would help out. I came up with an idea for a bottle drive. With the bottles that are collected, I will go to my local bottle donation center. With that money, I will buy toothbrushes, hats, gloves, blankets, food, etc. to donate to the homeless. If you would like to help, you could donate bottles from around your house. I am planning to do the bottle drive on December 20. From 12 pm-2 pm. I will be in front of the school that day so you can just drive by and drop them off. If it is easier for you, at arrival or departure on Thursday or Friday you can drop bottles off in boxes we supply by the bus side and the flagpole/front entrance sides of the building. I would appreciate it if you could help out if you are able to. Thanks so much! ampeak@maplerun.org |
LITERACY GAMES ANNOUNCEMENT - from Ms. Levine Link to Video - 43 seconds long |
YOU ARE INVITED! To the SACs Dance Party of the YEAR! Fueled by coding, music, and our very own DJ Borst! Save the Date! What: A Zoom dance party When: Tuesday, December 22nd at 11:15-11:30am How: Classrooms will call into our Zoom link (will be sent to teacher email on Monday) and dance with friends from across the school Details: Individual students and classes are invited to create coded dances to share with the school. Each submitted dance will get a special shout out during our party! The tech team will fill in leftover time with music to keep us dancing! Want to submit a dance for the party? Here is how: Complete the Code.org Dance Party activity and then share your dance creation with us. Share your creations by copying the link and emailing it to drankin@maplerun.org and gborst@maplerun.org . Here is an example of the kind of dances you can create: https://studio.code.org/projects/dance/1lZCbWfLFaV1DpKtwfCVkmVPY-Hg-uVwZV2XTNW781E Have fun coding, and we look forward to seeing you at the dance party! |
PICTURES AND NEWS NAVIGATORS DANCE Ms. Laidman’s kindergarten students practiced and performed a dance to the music Tracks in the Snow by the Civil Wars. Link to the 1.5 minute Video. Consider checking it out.
VOYAGERS MATH - CHISHOLM 4th Graders participated in an elegant lesson by Ms. Chisholm on base 10 place values that involved simple multiplication and division. Link to 18 Pictures. 12-15-2020   TRIUMPH "EXPLOSION SCIENCE" - DRAPER Continuing with the chemistry theme involving the baking soda and vinegar used in previous science activities, Ms. Draper had her 4th-grade students try out a tiny “explosion” project. Students were asked to place 6 spoonfuls of vinegar in a ziplock bag. They then floated a tiny cup with one spoonful of baking soda on the vinegar in that bag. After tightly zipping up the bag, they upended the cup in the bag which combined the vinegar and baking soda resulting in a chemical reaction. Their bags generally rapidly expanded until they popped. Safety glasses were used and everyone had a good time experimenting with different amounts of the ingredients. They had to process what they learned in writeups. This project has been conducted throughout most of the 4-6 classroom groups. Link to 30 Pictures VOYAGERS - BASHAW Ms. Basaw asked her students to report on the science learning they had recently done in her classroom. Here are a few pictures of them working diligently on that task. Link to 17 Pictures. 12-15-2020. 3D PRINT TUTORIAL REPORT On Wednesday morning, 12-16-2020, Several dozen SACS students and staff members gathered on-line for a tutorial in 3D printing. A self-taught expert based in Israel, Simba, walked our students through the steps of generating computer drawings in Tinkercad that would ultimately lead to successful 3D printing productions. She inspired everyone with samples of her work before demonstrating how to make a plant holding object that resembled a cat. Her tutorial was easy to follow and it showed our students that amazing work is definitely within their ability to accomplish. Students then had a chance to try out Tinkercad on their own. City School staff members, Ms. Borst, Ms. Rankin, Ms. Bertucci and Mr. Mandeville all have experience using Tinker Cad and printing projects with students. Actual 3D printing at SACS is limited at present but will pick up again when it is safe to do so. EXAMPLES OF 3D ITEMS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE CREATED
HERE IS THE CAT PLANT HOLDER THAT SIMBA SHOWED STUDENTS HOW TO MAKE. | ||||||||||||||||||
MENU BREAKFAST
LUNCH
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WEATHER TODAY WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT WEEK |
BIRTHDAYS DECEMBER 14TH - 20TH
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NEW LIBRARY BOOKS TO CONSIDER READING. Link to the list of books highlighted in previous announcements. |
