🎉 Our second graders wowed us tonight with their *math mastery* and *entrepreneurial spirit*! 🧠💡 At their exhibition, students designed creative math games, and became the teachers, guiding families in fun, hands-on learning. 🎲➕ Families played, laughed, and practiced math together. Future innovators in the making! 👏✨ #SLCSproud #MathIsFun #StudentCreators #FamilyLearningNight
Tonight the School Lane enrichment students hosted their research showcase exhibition. The students worked hard over the past few months to complete their projects. Thank you to everyone who came out to support this program and our students!
In the "Leader in Me" framework, "synergize" means to combine efforts and ideas to achieve a result that's greater than what could be achieved individually. The 6th grade students have been learning all about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and were able to share what it means to synergize with Ms. Quinn's class when they worked together on an activity to plan a party. The students had to use their math skills to budget and work together to decide who they wanted to invite and what activities, food, and drinks they wanted to have available. They did a great job working collaboratively, showing that when you synergize and work together effectively, you are able to produce better outcomes than what would be possible alone.
4th graders had a fun field trip to Washington's Crossing where they got to see real life reenactments and experience what life was like during Colonial Times. They are learning all about different Colonial jobs now. You can see more photos from the field trip here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/23VnJMXmgfhGN7jg6
The 6th grade hosted a Greek Mythology Wax Museum exhibition that was a great success! The students researched and created visuals that displayed the name of their mythological figure, a Bio Poem, pictures and descriptions of any symbols or animals associated with their figure, their domain(s), and any special powers or other facts and details that demonstrate why they are unique. The students could dress and act the part in their presentations, and they went all out! The museum visitors had a scavenger hunt to complete by filling out information they learned as they visited the various exhibits and listened to the presentations. Fantastic job everyone! You can see more photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/unizxirE5MgjpKk28
Students in 6th grade I&S hosted an ancient civilization artifact museum for families and younger students to come visit. The students created an ancient artifact and did a fantastic job presenting factual details as well as the history behind it, and why it was important to the ancient civilization. See more photos from the museum here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CVc43MPsDMkgb5Lx6
The School Lane Story Squad competed in the Bucks County Reading Olympics competition last night. Our team of 5th and 6th grade students received a 2nd place ribbon for answering 44 questions correctly during the competition. Congratulations to our Reading Olympics team on a job well done!
Students in 5th grade Science worked in groups to plan, design, and construct a tool they thought would help clean up an “oil spill”. Students were provided with a few materials and they had to create something they thought would help clean up the oil that had “spilled” into the ocean. In this unit they have been learning about environmental issues such as pollution and deforestation, and the importance of our protecting our renewable and nonrenewable resources.
The National Theatre for Children performed Project Energy to teach 2nd and 4th grade students all about energy! Through their interactive and engaging presentation they explained the difference between nonrenewable and renewable energy resources like wind, hydro, and solar power. They also addressed the importance of energy conservation. It was both entertaining and educational!
6th grade students had a wonderful experience spending a day at the IB Campus this week! They took a tour of the buildings, participated in classes,
heard from student leaders about extracurricular activities and opportunities, and learned all about the IB program. There will be an informational session for families Wednesday evening. See details here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YAMUR_FeaQxf-srN83wurpoaiNDSD7EE/view?usp=sharing
The instrumental program held the annual Spring Recital last night! Students chose their own pieces of music to play and practiced on their own to prepare. They did an incredible job!
Starting today, Library is all about building reading stamina for our students in K-5. Mrs. H is teaching students what it means to stay focused on reading after they pick out a book. The classes are competing against each other to see which class can have the most minutes read in their grade during sustained silent reading during Library. First prize is a free VIP tour of the Book Fair when it comes! The pictures are of Kindergarten students from 114 being super focused on their (newly acquired) reading skills!
6th grade students hard at work in I&S as they read a text about two ancient civilizations they are learning about in this unit. They are also recording what they notice about the prompt and the essays to learn more about what makes an exceptional text dependent analysis written response. Each group has a different piece of writing and one group has a rubric, and they will share out to learn from each other.
Yesterday the 6th grade accelerated math students pitched restaurant concepts to a panel of experts. Their job was to persuade the judges that their concept and costs would be sustainable long term and convince them to “invest” in them. The students worked very hard and did an excellent job! Congrats to our winners and their Cozy Critters Café!
A special thanks to our experts:
· Karen Schade—CEO of SLCS
· Mirosya Bauer —Business Manager at SLCS
· Ed Batejan—Chef at Vereiningung Erzgebirge (VE Club)
· Pietro Iovino—Owner of Pistol Pete’s Seafood
See more pictures of the event here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CHgg7rbvwduhauv76
The elementary concert band did a phenomenal job performing our annual winter concert! Congratulations to all students on a great performance!
The 4th grade students presented proposals for a zoo animal exhibit at their exhibition this morning, combining scientific research with creativity. They also used math to determine the exhibit space area and perimeter. The students were persuasive and excited to share with the audience what makes their animal so special and why it should be chosen to be at the zoo. You can see more photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HTH9ZPTuYywhT2A87
Students in grades 3 and 4 got in the holiday spirit this morning attending the Winter Concert Band assembly. Congratulations to Mrs. Windle and the Concert Band for an outstanding performance!
The SLCS Drama Program put on a fantastic performance of The Wizard of Oz on Friday evening. Congratulations to all the cast and crew on a great show! You can see more photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5MvdehTUEtdXG1YF6
Today our 5th grade students completed a service learning project in order to help uphold Human Rights for people within our community. After hosting a school-wide food drive, the students worked together with parent volunteers to package 325 Thanksgiving meals for the Meals on Wheels program through the Caring for Friends Organization. Thanks to all who donated and volunteered to help make this event such a great success!
You can see more photos here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/113Iv1WvRS-YLdDdMDwkenJZUIGYNddr5/view?usp=drive_link
This afternoon our 6th grade students attended an assembly with Mr. Litton from Action Karate. He talked to them about the importance of goal setting and how to take it one step at a time to make a lot of progress in the end. He also talked about how to be an upstander and to stand up for yourself and others in a firm but respectful way. One tip he shared was to have confidence in yourself, ask a question, or use humor to diffuse a situation.
