Team Couloir Open Classroom and Breakfast and The Great Backyard Bird Count

Thank you Team Couloir families for the contributions towards our team breakfast and for the tremendous support. The students always love sharing their progress(and eating :)) with you.

Thank you also to Lupe Sears and Justin Molson for lending a hand with our Great Backyard Bird Count.

Mills River Fun

The new snow left Mills River in prime condition for our outdoor adventure today. Fun was had by all!

 ...and earlier in the day we had some awesome 7th and 8th grade students lead CPR. Great community and team building throughout the day.

Following the Engineering Design Process to Clean Up an Oil Spill

Our Earth Systems Unit culminated this week with students following the 'Engineering Design Process' to engineer a solution to 'cleaning up an oil spill'. Students connected what they have learned about ecosystems, materials and tools to help them design a process to clean an oil spill so that it had the least impact on an ecosystem.

...and a few pictures from a Friday Theme/Team time in late January. Beautiful bluebird day to play 'Stones'.

Ecosystem Web

Building our ecosystem web.

mindful breathing

Be sure to ask your child tonight about the mindful breathing activity they were taught by Ms. Stoner and some of their classmates today.

Rubik's Cube Fun

Today, we watched a great video called 'How the Inventor of the Rubix Cube Cracked His Own Code'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_-QxnzK4gM

The inventor emphasized the importance of 'never giving up'. Students worked to crack the code themselves. Be sure to ask your child about playtime with the Rubik's Cube.

Guest Speaker from Smuggler's Notch

Today, Dan Maxon who is responsible for permits and energy use at Smuggler's Notch came in to talk to us about water use and the snowmaking process. Be sure to ask your child how many gallons of water Smugg's uses in one year fro snowmaking.