A New Math App.

Lots of students are reviewing and refining their math skills using a new app. called TenMarks.  Students engage in Jam Sessions to reinforce skills that have mastered and are assigned new activities to challenge new math concepts.  You can never get too much math practice!  Excellent math work to all of my TAG Time Math kiddos!   :)

New STEM Center Facebook Page

Hello,  Please take some time to check out our new STEM Center Facebook page and "like" our
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Edgerton Elementary STEM Center Facebook!

Middle School Leadership Day

Edgerton Students Attend Middle School Leadership Day

Four 6th grade students attended Middle School Leadership Day at UW-Whitewater on Thursday, Oct. 20th.   These students were entertained by an animated illusionist who sent a positive message about what it means to be a good leader in our society today.  Activities revolved around refining and reviewing effective leadership skills.  These students also received a “bonus” tour of the UW-Whitewater IT Department by Steve Doll, Julia Doll’s father,   The students learned about the depth of technology that is used at the University level to keep all devices running and all users safe from fraud.    

Left to right:   

Steve Doll, UW-Whitewater IT Department, Julia Doll, Sylvia Fox, Jed Jacoby, and Riley Ottman

Support Our New STEM Center!

Now that the STEM Center is filled with children and learning is happening, we would like to continue making sure that our students have quality hands-on learning kits and materials.   I would like to connect to the field of Science and purchase a collection of engaging microscopes that will capture the attention of our young scientists!

If you are interested in supporting our STEM Center, please check out these links:

GoFundMe

Donors.org

Thank you!

Opening Up the World of STEM!

Students from Community and Yahara are visiting the new STEM Center for their Getting to Know the STEM Center lesson.  Students are involved in tangram puzzles, ipad apps., Lego wall designs, magnet creations, gears, gears, and more gears, and the most popular is the 3D printing station!  The students love the sharks, bracelets, and chain links that are coming off the printer plate.    SO, come and visit the new STEM Center soon!  We would love to challenge you with some STEM activities!   The STEM Center is located at Community School!    Hope to see you soon!

Elementary STEM Center: Now Open for Business!

If you build it, they will come!!  The Elementary STEM Center has been built and today third grade classes came!  The learning has started and students are excited to call the STEM Center another place to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!   Over the next two weeks, classes from Community and Yahara will be engaged in a Getting to Know the STEM Center activity that will introduce students to all the expectations, materials, and learning kits the Center has to offer!  Students will get a chance to see what they have to look forward to in future visits to the STEM Center!  It has been built, and they are coming!  So exciting!

Elementary OPEN HOUSE:    Tuesday, August 30th   4:00-6:00

What happened to Computer Lab 51?  

Come and check out the new STEM Center and test your knowledge in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!  

This new learning environment will give all Community and Yahara students an opportunity to dream, design, and develop their ideas in this fast paced, vast world of knowledge!  

Mrs. Fox will be there to discuss the implementation of the STEM Center and also to  update families on TAG Time services for the 2016-2017 school year!  

Elementary STEM Center Coming Soon!

As we speak, the Elementary STEM Center is in the process of being remodeled, rebuilt, and re purposed!   The Chromebooks and iPads have been ordered, the simple machine kits and Lego sets have been labeled and organized, and the workstations are being assembled!  We are weeks away from the opening of the  3D STEM Center, a learning environment where ALL students will challenge themselves in real world scenarios in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!  Students will dream, develop, and design their way to new learning!  Come and visit our new STEM Center this fall!  

EMS iRead Finals!

Thanks to over 160 students and teachers reading 25 great books, over 65 competitions between 47 teams, and memorizing the names of numerous authors, our 2016 Middle School iRead Challenge has come to en end!  The Final Competition took place today between 2 sixth grade teams, The Captain Readers and the team simply called, /read./.

/read./ won the championship and will be added to the EMS iRead Wall of Fame as the 2016 Champions!   Congratulations to Ruby Schieldt, Nadia Kim, Naomi Wescott and Kate Fox Gunderson!

3-4 Books Galore!

3rd and 4th grade Reading Promotion at Community. The promotion is called 3-4 Books Galore. This is the first year of the promotion. We had over 160 students readers and a list of 20 books! Competition started the second week of May and the final competition took place at the EPAC on Tuesday, May 31st with a reading celebration for all 3rd and 4th grade students. 

1st place team: The Reading Brainiacs
In the picture from left to right the first 4 boys:
AJ Johnson, Garrett Kotnour, Tristan Helms, Aiden Quam

2nd place team is the next 4 students: Da Reading Nerdz
Drew Fox Gunderson, Cole Langer, Zack Troeger, Andrew Freund


The students also were challenged to create a unique name that connects to reading for their team. Teachers voted for the Best Team Name and the 
3rd grade Best Team name was: Reading Rainbow Buddies
3/4 Multiage Best Team name was: Ever After Readers
4th grade Best Team Name was: Ultimate Reading Warriors

Community and Yahara Second Grade Book Bowl

Over 80 second grade students at Community and Yahara participated in the 2016 Second Grade Book Bowl. 
Students started reading from a list of 22 books in February and competitions based on the books began the second week of May. The final two teams competed on June 1st at the EPAC with all first and second grade students from Community and Yahara attending and celebrating reading! 

The final two teams are from left to right:
2nd place team: The Super Dog Readers from Yahara-Brett Appel, Charles Miller, Jordan Pacwich, Kincaid Kapke

1st place team: The Freadom 5 from Community: Luke Huber, Sam Huber, Marti Rebman, Mya Roller, and Jake Ciummins


Teams were also challenged to create a unique name for their team. A group of teachers voted for the Best Team Name and the second grade best team name was:
The Rockin Readers:
Eric Collins
Henry Duckwitz
Camren Fischer
Anna Laade

5th Grade Chess Tournament at Community School-Riley Ottman, runner up and Trace Bittner, Champion!

  

EMS Chess Team competes at Oaklawn Academy

On Thursday, May 5th, the Edgerton Middle School Chess Team spent the afternoon at Oaklawn Academy enjoying lunch and several hours of chess competition.    The students from both schools had previously been in chess tournaments or clubs and had earned the honor to compete in this tournament.   After many matches and the exchange of many strategies, the EMS Chess Team retained the "traveling trophy" and great sportsmanship was shown by all.   This continues to be a chess tradition that both teams see as a highlight of their chess matches.   We look forward to next year!

The chess players representing the Edgerton Middle Schoola and Oaklawn Academy are from left to right:
Jonah Doll, Taehun, Gustavo, Noah Conca, Quinlan Dempsey, Sebastian, Grant Swenson, Andrew Hanson, Ignacio, Luis Ignacio, Lee Swenson, Will Hazeltine, Segio, Yeonwoo, and Guillermo

State Writing Champion!

If you know Yahara 5th grader, Jessi Salimes, you know she is smart, creative, hard working, and kind.   But did you also know she is an amazing author and artist?  Jessi recently entered the Delta Kappa Gamma Literary Competition which is offered through our Talented and Gifted programming and she was recognized at the state level with a 1st Place Award for writing and she also earned the Grand Prize at the state level for illustrations!  This year Jessi wrote a sequel to a book that she entered last year that received Honorable Mention that is titled, The Wooden Gate.  This year she put her creative talents on display in the sequel and created a book titled, Beyond the Wooden Gate, which is a pop up book highlighted with incredible art work and color.  Jessi was honored at a reception in Eau Claire, WI for her state award and also honored at Kennedy School in Janesville as a local winner.   We wish Jessi the best of luck in her future and we look forward to reading and enjoying more stories written and illustrated by this talented author and artist!  Congratulations on your awards!

A Published Author!

Sam Huber joined a special writing group today! He is a published author.  Over the past couple of months Sam was involved in the study of whaling communities.   he studied the culture of these community, the traditions, and the livelihood of the people that live in whaling communities,  After he completed the unit he wrote a fiction story about a whaling adventure!   Sam shows that he is an excellent writer and I am very proud of him for completing his book!
Coming soon!    His twin brother, Luke,  is publishing a book too!  

Bradyn Sawall

Congratulations to Bradyn Sawall for earning a 2nd place finish at the 5th-6th Grade Math Meet.  He had the second highest total of points in the entire 5th grade!  WOW!  Great math knowledge Bradyn!

5th-8th Grade Math Meets

Math has been the thing lately and many of our students have worked hard to show off their math talents.   We just finished the Regional Math Meets.    Thank you to these students for being part of these math competitions.  I really appreciate you participating.

7th/8th Grade Math Team:
Back row left to right:  Jacob Anderson, Michael Stockel, Matthew Cornett, Lucas Norland
Front row left to right:  Peyton Fox, Kylee Houfe, Ryen Hazzard, Cole Bavery

5th/6th Grade Math Team:
Back row left to right:  Greta Krehoff, Nadia Kim, Kate Fox-Gunderson, Lee Swenson
Front row kneeling left to right:  Carmen Gresens, Zoe Lien, Will Schuman, Bradyn Sawall

Math 24 Season Has Come and Gone

Congratulations to all the 4th - 7th grade students who challenged their mental math ability and competed at the Regional Math 24 Meets this past month.   Many of these students dedicated many hours solving different equations by adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing whole numbers, decimals, exponents, and even fractions!   These students truly deserve a round of applause!

5th Grade:

Dillon Pachowicz-earned 6th place!     Nick Kleibor-earned 5th place!,   Grady Bachinski,
Xandyr Ruud, Zoe Lien, and Bradey Burbach

6th Grade:

Standing left to right:  Grant Swenson and Lee Swenson
Sitting left to right:  Kate Fox Gunderson, Laurel Feggestad, Layne Hazzard, and Nadia Kim

7th Grade:

Standing in the back left to right:  Jarrett Callmer, Brett Langer, Sawyer Strouse, Jacob Anderson
Front left to right:  Wesley Salimes and Kylee Houfe

National Geographic Geography Bee

This past Friday, Michael Stockel represented  Edgerton Middle School at the State Geography Bee in Madison, WI.   This was Michael's third trip to the Bee.  The first round of questions were very difficult this year so he did not make it to the final round although he should be very proud of himself.  Edgerton has been very lucky to have had Michael represent us the last three years as the EMS Geography Champ!  Thank you Michael for your hard work and dedication to the field of geography!

Math Meet Season

Math Meet Season is upon us and there are many students that will be showing off their math talents in the next month.  Check out the schedule below:

4th Grade Math 24:    Friday, March 11 at Beloit Turner
5th Grade Math 24:    Friday, March 18 at Beloit Turner
6th Grade Math 24:   Tuesday, March 8 at Whitewater
7th Grade Math 24:   Tuesday, March 15 at Whitewater

5th/6th Grade Math Team Meet:  Tuesday, April 5 at Whitewater
7th/8th Grade Math Team Meet:  Tuesday, April 12 at Whitewater

5th Grade Battle of the Books, BOB

After reading over 20 books and working their way through 4 rounds of questions based on all the great books they read, The Bookworms earned the title of the 5th Grade BOB Champions.  They completed the last stage of the reading contest by competing online answering 25 different questions based on the book titles that they read as a team.   Zoe, Gracey, Kylie, and Jenna are the 2016 BOB Champions!  Congratulations girls!   Thank you taking the time to read all of these amazing books!  

EMS Chess Tournament

Friday, February 19th, was the beginning of the Edgerton Middle School Chess Tournament.  43 students in grades 6th - 8th came out to test their skills on the chess board.  The tournament is a double elimination tournament with every particpant guaranteed 2 matches.  With so many students taking part, the tournament will continue on Monday, February 29th.  We hope to crown the EMS Middle School Chess Champion before spring break!

EMS iRead Book Challenge Kick Off

Language. Arts classes were filled with excited readers today as the iRead Book Challenge was introduced to all students in grades 6th-8th.    Each class had a presentation where they were encouraged to form teams of readers and conquer a book list of 25 titles by spring break!  Students were excited to form teams and check out the list of books!    Competitions will take place after spring break when teams will be 'put too the test' to answer questions that relate to the lists of books!   Our hope is that a community of middle school readers will form and we will all be talking about iRead in the middle school hallways!  Ask your child about iRead!   The books are amazing!

1st and 2nd grade Reader's Theater at Yahara

Do you know who Sarah Winnemucca is?   Well a group of 1st and 2nd graders from Yahara do!   Today they presented a Reader's Theater celebrating the life of Sarah Winnemucca who was an Indian Princess who fought for liberty in the late 1880s.  Each reader had a part that connected to the story and the students learned that there is an elementary school in Nevada that is build in honor of Sarah Winnemucca.  She made a difference in the lives of many people!   The readers did an excellent job and showed their interest in the story of this heroine.   Great Job!

The World of Geometry with Kindergarten!

The difference between a square and a rectangle was mastered today as a small group of kindergarteners worked on understanding geometry rules and showing their knowledge by creating a design in a free app.  Called Geoboard.  Great designers!