Destination Imagination Meeting

There will be an informational meeting

for elementary and middle school students

and their parents

Wednesday, September 2

at

HCPS Central Office

One Court Square

6:00

Come find out more about this terrific opportunity for fun and engaging challenges solved by teams of students.  Parent are needed for team managers!

Want to find out more?  Visit http://www.destinationimagination.org/

Questions?

Please contact

Gail Collins, Advanced Learning Coordinator

"Destination Imagination"

Reunión informal para estudiantes

de escuela primaria, estudiantes de intermedia

y sus padres el

Miércoles, 2 de septiembre

en

Oficina Central de HCPS

One Court Square

6:00

Ven y obten mas información sobre  una  oportunidad fantástica para divertirse

y completar retos en equipos de estudiantes.

¡Se necesitan padres para ser manejadores de los equipos!  

¿Quíere saber más? Visite http://www.destinationimagination.org/

¿Preguntas?

Por favor comunicarse con

Gail Collins, Coordinador de Aprendizaje Avanzado

Have a great summer!

It's hard to believe another school year has come to a close.  It has been my pleasure to bring advanced learning opportunities to students at Waterman.  I hope everyone has a great summer and I look forward to seeing you again next year!

Summer Enrichment 2015

Summer Enrichment will be held 
July 13-17
for 
Students currently in grades PK-8

Registration and course information is available at
http://tinyurl.com/HCPSSE15

HOUR OF CODE

The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. It is a global movement which has reached over 77,000,000 people in more than 180 countries in the last two weeks alone.

The sites we used are available at this link http://studio.code.org/

Mystery Beads

First grade students have been learning about the sun in their i-STEM unit entitled Mystery Beads.  Students were challenged to design a boat that would protect their mystery bead from the sun's harmful rays.  The boat was required to float.  Students worked together, learned from each other, and were given the chance to problem solve and redesign their boats after testing.

 Dr. Jerri Alexiou, local dermatologist, visits to talk about the importance of protecting your skin from the sun's harmful rays.

Mrs. Copley's class observes an experiment testing sunscreens with different SPFs.

 Mr. Swartz's class tests their boats.

 Success!

Bubbles, Bubbles

Students in Ms. Armstrong's Kindergarten learned about sharing as they tested different solutions to determine which would create bubbles.  One thing they learned was that it is sometimes hard to wait your turn when there is only one bubble wand.  Following the experiment, students designed and created their own bubble wand.

Who Will Help Me?

Kindergarten students in Ms. Nicklas' class learned about the value of helping.  After watching The Little Red Hen, students helped Ms. Nicklas pick up popcorn that had been spilled.  

Students discovered that the task was easier if 
everyone worked together.

Everyone watched the popcorn pop!

"Who will help me eat the popcorn?"

"We will," said the students.

Finally, students wrote about the experience.