Sixth Grade Academy is "hands on"

The Sixth Grade Academy hosted an Ann Arbor Hands On Museum "Math & Science Night" on March 6.

The event was very well attended with 235 parents and pupils, a dozen staff members and 26 high school student volunteers. Naturally, plenty of hands-on activities were on the schedule, including volume- and density-related work, fraction tile creations, measurements and film canister creations.

Principal Hernandez awarded each of the 26 trained high school volunteers with a "certificate of appreciation" for participating in the events.

Other events on the Sixth Grade Academy schedule:

• Spirit Week (March 11-14) included PJ Day (March 11), Hat Day (March 12) and Sports Team Day (March 13).
• T-Shirt Day topped off Spirit Week plus the school's staff vs. students basketball game. Both sides had plenty of fun and the students were very pumped up to face their teachers. At halftime, "Minute To Win It" was played, where selected students were picked to perform a given activity. One part of the halftime game had students putting a gingerbread cookie on their forehead and then trying to work it down to their mouth. Numerous attempts failed -- much to the delight of the crowd -- before a couple of students had success.