Post #16

Blog #16

February 12-16th and February 20-23, 2018

As part of Black History Month, Sista Strings
returned for another wonderful performance.

Four SHS students, Calisssa, Alisha, BJ and Ali,
 from the group, Youth Rising Up, read
stories to our crew for Black History Month. They read
Whoosh:Lonnie Johnson's Sooper-Soaking Stream ofInventions by Chris Barton and Dancing
in the Wings  in the Wings in the Wings by Debbie Allen. Thank you also to
Mr. Nelson Brown from SHS for organizing this for us!
See pics. 

Xyella's art work is part of the Shorewood
District Art Show at the Shorewood Public
Library. 

Auguste's art work is part of the District Art
Show. Please stop in to see their art work
and others through April 3rd.

Here are Masha S. and Masha M. at the
Regional Spelling Bee. Thank you to Mr.
Sizova for adding to the pics. Mr. Nodolsky
was also a judege. See pics. 

Petra and Eliza share their ribbons from the
All School Bee and Classroom Bee. 

Masha and Charlotte show their ribbons
from the All School Bee. 

Geoffrey and Owen M. represented our crew
at the PrinciPal meeting with Mrs. Russick
about Collaboration and Competition.

Levi and Finn help Sam celebrate his
birthday. See pic. 

These students advanced to the next level
in XtraMath. Charlotte

Victor

Henry C. 

Ms. Sakai's Cross-Age Crew creating a
flag. All Cross-age Crews are making a
flag to represent their crew. 

During the All School Crew, the Sudent Council, presented
a check to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
for $4,471.94. Please check out the photos. 

Xyella is dressed as Punky Brewster for
Flashback Friday. Students flashbacked as far
as the 1800s. See pics. 

Eliza and Zoah research African Americans
for Black History month using Pebble Go.
See pics. 

J.P. and Geoffrey share their research about
Michael Jackson and we also enjoyed some
of his music. See pics. 

Henry shares his research about Kadir Nelson,
an author. 

John August, author, visited our schoool.

Finn, Vicvtor, Sam and Henry T. are tewards of self-
discipline and led a crew meeting with a reading, greeting,
initiative and debrief. See pics. 

Owen D., Cassidy, Owen M. and Angela
create a tall tower during the self-discipline
steward's initiatve. See pics. 

Auguste and Petra lead us in pass the clap.

Charlotte and Petra get ready to dance down
the aisle during an ACE ensemble, A
Rare Privilege. See pics. 

Leo, Sam and Levi play Beat the Barrier, a
game about sea lampreys and the kinds of
barriers used to prevent them from entering
the Great Lakes. See pics. 

J.P. leads us in Five Shakes during a Brain
Break. 

Cat and Maria use fraction circles to figure out math problems.
See pics. 

Cleo leads us in Mindfulness. 

Isla, Henry C., Charlotte and Jacoby enjoy
the Valentine party. Since we had so many
crew members absent and so much food left,
we all ate again the next week. Thank you to
all who brought in treats! See pics. 

The Band-O-Rama performance by the 4th-12th graders was amazing! 

Other activities:

Battle of the Books competitions, band and orchestra lunch reheaarsals, review and assess math units, MAP assessment for Rookies, Scholastic News about Jackie Robinson, assessing goals and continuum, working on group project in SS, Mrs. Mallloy reading Traders in Time, cursive, reading responses, students starting to write out the daily note to practice writing with quotations