Numa (pictured above): Jerrilynn Nall's and Kristina McFadden's classes enjoyed a presentation by Jaime Schroeder and her two therapy dogs, Fozzy Bear and Ernie. The teachers wanted to bring Schroeder in to help their classes meet general targets touched on throughout the year, such as self-management, relationship skills, and focusing on calming and self-regulation skills. It also worked hand in hand with their social studies unit on careers/jobs because Schroeder explained to the classes how she got into the dog therapy field and what it takes for the dog and handler to get certified. “I am not sure anything can quite beat getting doggy kisses while learning,” Nall said.
NELC (below): February is Black History Month, and Octavia Merritt’s class is gearing up and excited for what they will learn about a few great African Americans in History. Students have already discussed the great music Michael Jackson created and learned about Ruby Bridges, the first African American to be allowed to integrate into school. Students will learn about Maya Angelou, Former President Obama, and many other African American figures this month. When they learned about Michael Jackson and listened to the ABC 123 song, the students danced and followed some of his dance moves.
ECB (below): School counselor Janell Seuss takes classes each week for guidance lessons. She works with students on making good choices, team building, relationship building, and working on ECB’s 4 B's: Be kind, Be safe, Be responsible, Be respectful. Last week, she worked with students in Monica Mayfield’s class by having them participate in an activity where they had to focus on teamwork. The activity was a mission in which teams of students worked to get three containers across a molten lava river. They had a rope and a piece of material, and they could use a sweatshirt or a shoe if they wanted, but nothing could touch the river
LES (below): Students in Crystal Cabral’s class learned about the groundhog whistle (their habit of making high-pitched whistling sounds), interviewed each other to collect data, and created a class prediction graph on whether Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow. Nine students and Cabal predicted that the groundhog would see his shadow. The other ten students predicted he would not see his shadow, and we would have an early spring. As they watched Phil give his live prediction, some of them let out big sighs, and some cheered with joy. This year, we should be welcoming an early spring.
CCHS (below): Last Friday, the Student Council surprised students with an impromptu pep rally in the quad. NJROTC Instructor Chief Bryska offered up his sound system, and just before lunch, the students were dismissed to the quad, where Student Body President Brody Allen and Senior Class Officer Hannah Benjamin were in the bed of a truck, ready to pump up the students. Allen encouraged all the students who gathered around to go support the CCHS athletes at the Wrestling Tournament at the Rafter 3C and the CCHS basketball games in the gym. The students responded to a few cheers, got some fresh air, and then headed to lunch.
CCMS (not pictured): Zoey Brown had her students work in groups where each group received a different question. They had to work through it together using their notes and then teach it to the class. “If they can teach it, then they truly know it. It helps them build their confidence in their knowledge and make them realize they are learning and retaining information,” Brown said. The first group of students taught the entire class how to solve for slope and y-intercept only using two coordinate points, then write it out in the slope-intercept form equation. “I am so proud of them. They did such an awesome job,” Brown said.
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