Saturday, February 28, 2015

Lena Seyfarth Presents at National History Day

The University Wisconsin campus was the place to be today, especially if you have a love of history.  Lena Seyfarth, a 6th grade student, studied the life of Joan of Arc over the past few months and is putting her knowledge and research on display today along with hundreds of other middle school and high school students from all over Wisconsin.   Lena's Fact Board demonstrates the importance of Joan of Arc's claim to fame and displays the bravery and heroism that was evident in the life of Joan of Arc.  Lena Represents Edgerton Middle School very well and I sm very proud of the effort and endurance she displayed to be part of the exciting event.  

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Edgerton Students are Math 24 Masters!

Students in grades 4th-7th are showing their math talents by particpiating in Math 24 District Competitions.  4th grade students are challenged in single digit combinations while 5th grade students try the double digit cards.  Exponents and integers tease the brains of our 6th grade students with the decimals and fractions being the goal of the 7th graders.  Regional competitions will take place in March with 6 students from each grade level traveling to Beloit Turner or Whitewater.   A BIG thank you to the high school students who served as table leaders and a GREAT JOB to all the students who have shown great effort in this math competition!





Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Second Grade Readers are Book Bowl Bound!

Over 60 second graders at Community and Yahara are particpating in the 2015 Second Grade Book Bowl.  Students have formed teams and their goal is to read all 22 books on the Book Bowl List in preparation for the Book Bowl Competition which will start in April.  Students gather once a week to discuss books, ask questions, and check out new books to read the following week.   It is exciting and encouraging to sit in a room with so many second graders experiencing the LOVE of reading!


Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Building to Survive the Elements!

A group of 6th grade students, that are involved in STEM activities, are learning to plan a structure that will withstand the elements of a given location.  These locations range from the heat of the desert to the frigid cold of an arctic tundra.  Students have been offered materials they may use for their constructions and soon
their buildings will be "tested" to see if they can withstand the weather.  Stay tuned!


Carter Friend earns 5th Grade Geography Bee Championship Title!



Programming a Human Robot?

STEM students at Yahara created some amazing commands to program human robots to follow a predetermined path through different obstacles.  Thinking of video games, students 'programmed' their robots to follow a path from a starting point to an endd destination.  I was impressed with their 'out of box' thinking and the students took the role of being a computer programmer very seriously!