Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Overall evaluation? Excellent day today in Zoology!
Sixth graders are ready to start the 4th quarter off strong! They will be using their reading and writing skills to prepare for the upcoming IAR assessments.
In landscaping class, the students have planted seeds, now have seedlings growing. A major task accomplished was to have the students label their flats with plant name and variety.
The physics students spent several days designing and testing balsa wood bridges. The winning bridge held 131 lbs and weighed only 0.12 lbs when constructed.
Student Council is selling popcorn to raise funds for 2019 Homecoming activities. Orders and money due 03/15. See a PHS StuCo member to order!
Plt4m training in High School Physical Enhancement Classes. This is a way to integrate technology into the weight lifting classes to hopefully increase students knowledge on lifelong fitness.
English III is learning about Transcendentalism. We wrote our own poems last week and submitted them to a poetry contest. Good luck to all the students who entered!
Physical Enhancement Classes using PLT4M technology in the classroom. We have also used several new ideas in our physical education classrooms: Norwegian Longball, Switch, and Pacer Test Relays. These ideas came from the PE workshop we attended a few weeks ago.
Los estudiantes de español uno están aprendiendo sobre la cultura española con información sobre "La fiesta brava"
Freshmen are finishing reading Romeo and Juliet- projects are coming soon (due Friday, March 15)!
Comp 2 "Lucy" Project
Today's Driver Education classes were amazed to see how complex driving can be in urban settings like the Streets of San Francisco.
PHS Zoology & Botany Class will be doing some dissecting this week! Focus is on the Phylum Mollusca!
In Consumer Education Class we have been working on the student's portfolios by creating Resumes, Letter of Applications and Thank you letters that they will be able to use for future use.
Thank you Dr. Beyers for visiting our Introduction to Business class on Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics related to running a business.
Julius Caesar vs. Marcus Brutus...It looks like a Pro-Caesar year!
The book fair for students at Lincoln Elementary will be held during the school day 3/7 and 3/8.
Health JAM 2019 was completed on Wednesday February 27 with a full day of Career Day. All 5th grade students completed the 6 week challenge of "Walking Across Illinois." Students were paired in groups and challenged by wearing fitbits to have enough steps to walk across Illinois.
Students researched and created an animal slide project on GoogleSlides.
Students made some awesome landform models out of salt dough.
