From the desk of Celia Tucker, Academic Counselor, It was an honor to accompany 91猫先生 students ranked in the top 10 academically to Tyler Junior College this week as they were honored for their outstanding academic achievements. Sitting with them and watching and listening as they talked with TJC Administrators about the prestigious colleges […]
Students in AP Physics 2 are currently exploring how the distance between a light sources and a lens creates different types of images. This lab specifically focuses on virtual images, an optical illusion where your eye tricks itself into thinking that an image forms in front of a lens. Using a light source, a lab […]
I spy with my little eye, a book, a horse, a plane way up high. Can you find all these things? Come and give it a try! Mrs. Dahn鈥檚 and Mrs. Smith鈥檚 first grade classes spent time in the Museum on Wednesday learning some of the basics about the American Freedom Museum. They learned about […]
A weather balloon popped and parachuted down to the 91猫先生 campus just in time for 6th graders to see an example of what they have been studying.聽 Brian Nelson rescued it from the parking lot and shared it with Mrs. Wallace鈥檚 class on Thursday morning.聽 Students had just learned that weather balloons travel up […]
Mrs. Bell’s and Mrs. Chesley’s PreK classes聽had a week of learning about dinosaurs and the letter “P”!聽Students聽enjoyed dinosaur centers of dinosaur crayon rubs, looking at dinosaur books, playing in a dinosaur cave, drawing a picture of what their pet dinosaur would look like and describing it and playing dinosaur Lego’s. Students also聽had a dinosaur disco […]
To understand thermal energy, 6th grade students did a rotation lab where they took the temperature of water in different types of cups 鈥� plastic, Styrofoam and glass.聽 Students touched the outside of the cups to observe the amount of conduction.聽 Then students found the temperature of different places in the classroom to observe how […]
The American Freedom Museum traveled to Judy Bunn鈥檚 8th grade Humanities classes on Tuesday to trace the life of the first Chinese immigrant to Texas from the 鈥淕old Rush鈥�.聽 Chinese immigrant, Sam MarDock, at age 13, made his way from China, to San Francisco, and then to El Paso, in search of gold. He 聽heard […]
Do you know which animals hibernate during the winter months? 聽Just ask one of聽our kindergarten聽students. After researching, creating posters, presenting information to classmates, and even pretending to hibernate in a cave, students are quite the experts!聽 Here are just a few examples of the interesting research projects.
Are you taller than an Emperor Penguin?聽 Mrs. Dahn’s first graders found out that聽these penguins聽can reach 48 inches tall!聽 Some of our first graders were in fact taller than an emperor penguin, but most were not! After comparing聽heights, students also tried to be penguins.聽 We learned that God made them better suited for the cold, […]
Third grade Spanish students made bilingual Valentine cards for KVNE鈥檚 Valentines for Kids & Seniors Campaign.聽 The Valentines will be given to children and seniors in local hospitals and nursing homes/assisted living centers for Valentine’s Day. What a great way for our students to not only practice their Spanish, but give back to our community! […]
7th grade Humanities visited the American Freedom Museum to continue their study of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas! Students worked as a group to answer questions, and enjoyed seeing real artifacts from the Texas Revolution in the exhibit.
4th graders visited the Ross Perot Museum of Nature and Science on Thursday this week. Students had the opportunity to explore the mysteries of our world and interact with inventions. Our students particularly聽liked the dinosaur and the engineering sections where they got to see fossils and build robots and test a variety of machines. It […]