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4.13 - 4.24 // Spring Break!
4.30 // MYP Presentations
4.30 // Progress Reports Go Home
5.31 // 8th Grade Graduation @ 6:30pm
Did you know that on the south side of Chicago there are 64 acres of undeveloped land? 7th graders spent a couple weeks researching the area and highlighting some of the problems in Chicago that chould be fixed with the use of this land. Problems included the rising homelessness population and building a homeless shelter or low income housing or the necessity for healthy choices like city parks for families to enjoy or access to fresh vegetables. Then students wrote letters to the owner of the land explaining why there ideas for the land are the most important. Then they build scale models of their plans to show the owner how important their ideas are. Below are some pictures from our class gallery walk showing off all the hard work these 7th graders put into their projects! We're all told to wear sunscreen when it's sunny out....but what's the purpose? What does sunscreen even do? 8th graders designed and carried out their own experiments on whether sunscreen reflects or absorbs harmful UV rays. They used a UV indicator card to detect reflected UV rays and compared the results of a regular moisturizing lotion to SPF 30 sunscreen. If the UV card changed color, that indicated that the UV rays were reflected; if not, they must be absorbed. They will next work on analyzing their results! Santorini Anyone? 6th Grade has begun their exploration of Ancient Greece with reading about different aspects of culture-from theater, philosophy, and art to the very popular Gods and myths. They used these categories to begin investigating a research question they will formulate for their projects. 6th graders were very busy this week analyzing data. They focused on how the mean, median, mode, and range are impacted by just a few values. Students were given 12 bar charts and 12 tables and had to match them together based on the data. It proved to be no easy task as it took all four group members working together to complete the task in time. The Junior High ended the week with a talent show organized by student council! Chris, Frances, Hannah, and Lilly did a great job hosting the event as well as Lydia, Ethan, Mia, Kendall, Kael, and Xavier with the stage management! Shoutout to Noah as well for his help in organizing the event! From singing to dancing and jokes and piano, we saw it all! Way to be risk takers and preform JH students! We are so proud of you!
Looking Ahead...
4.13 - 4.24 // Spring Break! 4.30 // MYP Presentations 4.30 // Progress Reports Go Home 5.31 // 8th Grade Graduation @ 6:30pm
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