We just finished our chapter on Imperialism and its effects on the world. We specifically discussed the motives of Europeans as they went out and conquered South America, Africa, and Asia. Many of the students began to make connections between the present and the past, when they realized that the reason many of them speak the languages they do today are because of imperialism, (Puerto Ricans speaking Spanish or Brazilians speaking Portuguese). To finish this section we watched a movie called Last Samurai, the students were very excited by this. The movie illustrated the period in which traditional Japan met modern Japan and the conflict it created for the Japanese feudal society. We move onto Indian Independence next.
Mr. Fowler
Our Middle School Boys had a phenomenal basketball season coming in both 2nd place during the regular season, as well as second place overall. The amount of growth and maturity that each player has developed throughout the season can be attributed to their hard work, determination, and attitude. This year I have been blessed with two amazing coaches, Mr. Peter Garcia & Mr. Gary Garcia. They have spent countless hours practicing, mentoring, and developing their athlete’s abilities and skills, all in an effort not only to get their athletes to be able to play High School Basketball, but for them to become better individuals. Congratulations Middle School Eagles on a great season.
Middle School Team: Jonathan Guzman, Joseph Nadal, Larry Dos Santos, Xavier Grier, Eli Morales, Tysheem McCaskie, Jason Cherry, Wesley Bryant, Raylee Cuadrado, Sam Garcia, Daneil Byrne, Carl Roberts Jr, and Christopher Reyes.
We just finished reading the novel, ” The Boxcar Children” written by, Gertrude Chandler. Over Spring break many children wrote a book report about their favorite part, illustrated it and came back ready to share!
Mrs. Calma
Spring is in the Air! Let’s go Fly a Kite!
1C made an incredible collage of kites welcoming spring! On each kite each child wrote a sentence about how they know spring is approaching!!
Mrs. Calma
Have you ever thought what it would have been like to live 100 or 200 years ago? Well………1C discussed how it might have been, fun for a while, but soon we would miss all the things we have now. Sending messages to a friend or learning about the world was done so differently many years ago. We learned that instead of picking up the telephone or sending an e-mail or even writing a letter, people sent smoke signals, used stage coaches to carry mail or heard local news from the town crier. We all agree that it is faster to send a message for us, than it was for the Indians!!!
Mrs. Calma
KV is also excited that they finished learning every letter of the alphabet! We are looking forward to learning more in phonics. Next week we are going to learn about the long vowel sounds, and use them in new words for our short stories.
Miss Velez
This Month K-V is getting ready for spring! In science we are learning about the life stages of different animals. K-V was especially excited to learn about the life stages of the butterfly. They cannot wait for their caterpillars to come in the mail so they can watch them evolve into beautiful butterflies!
Miss Velez
Students have been working on Corporate Bonds, annual interest, yield and rates. This class continues to prepare them for real life situations.
Mrs. Racoma
Students have been working on inequalities and this month they continue with compound inequalities as well as graphing.
Mrs. Racoma
Students learned about percents through a “Shoppers Challenge.” Students had to create a store with products that they sold and discounted. They also had to purchase products from other students and they had to figure out what their final cost would be after a percentage was taken off. It has been a great learning experience.
Mrs. Racoma