Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Alder’s 7th Grade Humanities classes joined together for a Tall Texan Tuesday in the American Freedom Museum this past week to combine their knowledge of both history and English. Students were instructed to choose a Texas hero, event, or artifact within the museum and then read about it, answering a […]
4th Grade students put their creativity to the test this week! “Go Fizzy or Go Home” was just one of the campaign slogans that students came up with to advertise their juice creation in front of 4th and 5th-grade peers this week at lunch. Each group collaborated to creatively present a poster and “commercial” […]
Maps in hand and instructions to move around the museum in search of Middle Eastern countries, each 6th grader practiced their map reading skills in tandem with their studies on 9/11 this past week. After watching a historical documentary about the 9/11 attacks, students talked through which countries made up the Middle East and […]
JELLYBEANS, ICE CREAM CONES, AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WERE ALL A PART OF TODAY’S STEM ACTIVITIES IN KINDERGARTEN. Students wrapped up their week of learning with hands-on activities and exploration. Students have been studying the letters I, J and K this week so teachers used items like jellybeans to conduct a science experiment that looked at […]
6th-grade computer science students visited the American Freedom Museum this week to explore the history of communication through a hands-on learning moment. Each student paired up with a classmate and had the opportunity to learn about how signs and flags have been used throughout history to communicate without using words. Students used flags to […]
Mr. Travis’ senior English class read through the classic American novel, “The Things They Carried” by author Tim O’Brien. In an effort to understand the context of what the platoon of American soldiers might have felt in the Vietnam war, the class took a trip to the American Freedom Museum where museum historian and […]
“A SHORT PENCIL IS BETTER THAN A LONG MEMORY” – COACH JACK LENGYEL During the first day of Mrs. King’s classes, students learned the importance of note-taking and the Cornell method of taking notes. Mrs. Mize from the Academic Center for Excellence explained the importance of note-taking to Mrs. King’s classes. Students learned that […]
From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor: Did you know that the word worry comes from an Old English word that means 鈥渢o strangle鈥�? When I read that new tidbit of information it made so much sense to me because I am a professional worrier. I think I do it better than anyone […]
In the lab this week, Anatomy & Physiology students interacted with anatomical models to get a broader picture of the systems that make up the human body. Seeing inside the human body in their lab this week allowed our students in A&P to orient themselves to the various systems they will be studying in […]
8th grade science students visited the American Freedom Museum this week to experience the intersection of history and science. After learning about the scientific method in science class, students have been challenged to use it in the museum to answer a question and follow the steps to arrive at a conclusion. Some of the […]
This week our Pre-K classes have been learning all about the letter “o” through their five senses. To wrap the week up each class had the opportunity to experience an octopus in their classroom! From the suction cups to the slippery, squishy feel and sounds, the students asked questions and got to experience the […]
Today, the physics classes participated in the 鈥淧hysics 500鈥�. Students worked with their teams to measure distance and time for a variety of different 鈥渞aces鈥� (hopping on one leg, walking backward, heel-to-toe, skipping, etc.). Students then identified which races could be repeated over a longer distance with maximum consistency, and performed these races as […]