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!