May 17, 2013

InvestWrite Competition Winner

Congratulations to Ella W, who was selected as the Vermont Winner for the InvestWrite Competition. Students who participated in the Stock Market Game were encouraged to write an essay that asked them to analyze one of the stocks in their portfolio that they either bought and kept, or bough and sold.  Students needed to analyze their decisions as well as think about how their portfolio would have been different if they had made the opposite choices.  Art Woolf from the University of Vermont will present this award to Ella during the Middle School Awards Ceremony.  Congratulations, Ella!

Astronomy Unit

All students in Swift House have been researching and creating presentations on a topic of their choice related to astronomy.  We have been very impressed with the level of presentations as well as the different modes of presentations.  Students have been creating books, Scratch programs, Prezis, Powerpoints, Models, and more.  These will finish up early next week.

Washington, DC Projects and "Home Team" Projects

Students are working on finalizing their drafts for the DC trip and putting together their visual representation for our open house in June.  After they return, they will have a couple days to add to both using the information learned from the trip.

Students not going to DC are now called the "Home Team".  They will be here with Ms. Skapof and Ms. Longchamp.  Students have selected a project to do related to a science or SS class they had during the second half of the school year.  Students have a project deadline list and we will be working with them over the next few weeks.  While students are in DC, we will be working on these projects and completing an engineering task requiring students to design wind turbines that create the most energy.  We would love to have a trip to the wind tunnel in Williston, and sent an email to them this week.  If any parent has a contact, please let us know.   Ms. Skapof and Ms. Longchamp will be finalizing our trips during the DC week next week, so stay tuned!

Teacher Appreciation Week

Thanks so much for the special desserts this week!  We are very fortunate to have you all as partners and it is a privilege to work with your children.  Teaching is a wonderfully rewarding profession!

Williston Observer

Students involved with "Annie" as well as Swiftie Eva Rocheleau are featured in this week's Williston Observer!  Congratulations to all of you!


Pictures from Annie

Many of our students were involved  in "ANNIE" last week.  Here are just a couple of photos. 

Zach and Caroline backstage.

The entire cast and crew of Annie.  Seven of the fifteen crew members were Swifties!