Saturday, May 20, 2017
WILD WEEKENDS at Petting Farm continues through Sunday, May 22
The Wild Weekends program, featuring exotic animals and much more, continues at the Heritage Park Petting Farm on Sunday, May 22. The fun begins at 11 a.m. and runs until 4 p.m. General admission is $5.
Here's Melanie Shihideh of the Petting Farm talking about the event:
Here's Melanie Shihideh of the Petting Farm talking about the event:
KINYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts successful color run
The
Second Annual Kinyon Elementary School Color Run was a huge success!
A
huge “thank you” to Mrs. Thomas, who ran the event. All proceeds went to student
activities such as fields trip transportation, treats, and assemblies.
Kinyon
ROCKS!
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Students honored
Each
week in the library at McDowell Elementary School two "doing their
best" students are picked from every class to go in to the all school
"Red Hot Reader" raffle. Everyone always waits expectantly to
see if they are the winner. Look at this week's smiling faces, after they were
picked!
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Look out below!
Mrs.
VanDerworp at McDowell Elementary School had this to say about a recent
discovery in her class:
“My
third graders were engineers. Their task? They had to work with a
team to design and create a ‘helmet’ for an egg. The egg had to withstand
a drop from the ceiling of our hallway without becoming damaged in any way. Some
teams were successful, and others had to go back to the drawing board.”
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students travel to A2
Here
are some McDowell Elementary School pictures from Mrs. VanDerworp's field trip
to the Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor.
These
third graders learned that dinosaurs have something in common with birds.
Birds and some dinosaurs swallowed stones to grind up their food to make it easy
to digest.
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL features Capt. Sorefeet
Ms.
Hutchison (aka Captain Sorefeet) at McDowell Elementary School had some very
fun adventures for her group as they looked for booty and learned all about
pirates. You should have heard them practicing to talk like a pirate!
HOLLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students accept special delivery
Mrs.
Nichols third and forth grade Holland Elementary School students took delivery
of some very special dirt recently, shipped all the way from Arkansas. The
students mined through the earth to discover crystals that they were able to
clean and keep!
HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL girls attend STEM workshop
In
May five of Hoover Middle School’s seventh-grade girls had an opportunity to
attend the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) workshop
hosted by the American Association of University of Women (AAUW).
The
purpose of this program is to provide middle school girls with interactive
workshops featuring dynamic women scientists, engineers and health care
specialists, and showcase opportunities for women in scientific careers.
The
five students, along with Ms. Hicks, had a fantastic day learning about careers
in these fields. The students were able to choose three workshops that they
were interested attending for the day including topics such as
meteorology, robotics in nursing, and forensic art. The keynote and closing
speakers focused on encouraging young women to pursue their interests in the
sciences.
MCDOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students learn about habitats
McDowell
Elementary School kindergartens learned about habitats on their trip to
the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The children studied a pond and
forest habitat. What a fun way to learn!
RANDALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL council runs store
Once
a month Randall Elementary School's student council runs a school store in the
library before school. Students may purchase school supplies such as erasers,
pencils, folders, or sharpeners from 25 cents to $1. A big “thank you” to
the council for all they do for the Mustangs!
HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL holds mini relay
Hoover
Middle School participated in a mini Relay for Life on May 11. Cancer has
touched many lives and the students found in their hearts to give to the cause.
Fun was had by all who participated.