Benjamin Martinez (Class of 2013) shared with the 7-12 students how the choices he made at Holyoke JR/SR High School made him into the person he is today, an engineer for Precision Measurement Systems. You don't have to be the smartest to work hard and succeed. #STEM
Students worked at the Fractiono Pizza Cafe and completed orders. They made pizzas and then compared fractions of toppings on each pizza!
English 7 Honors students showcased their argumentation skills before spring break with a formal debate. Students worked in teams of 4-5 to develop a claim, reasons, counterclaims, and rebuttals on whether or not students should be required to participate in sports.
Congratulations to Tomas Estrada. He was able to carry Pi out to 41 digits during the STEM week challenge. 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971 #STEMweek
Congratulations to Johan Quintana for solving the Rubik's Cube the fastest last week. #STEMweek
We loved all the students who stepped up and showed us that science is like magic but real last week. #STEMweek
Last week the Youth Connections students continued handing out the shirts they created and ordered as a way to thank all the adults in the school district.
Last week we had a successful SCAP review. Over 30 professional educators came and evaluated our school. To read learn more about the process click here. https://www.hcosd.org/article/1469737
The teachers beat the best student team during a brain bowl STEM competition on Thursday morning. There was a lot of fun activities during the assembly. Check out the highlights during Spring Break. #STEMweek
Biology students tested “blood” samples to find out what blood type fictional people had. #STEMweek
Elementary Youth Connection students presented shirts to the School Board last night.
Mrs. Bencomo uses nontraditional seating options to help her students feel comfortable in her classroom. This is an essential element to Social Emotional Learning.
Mrs. Gordon's 6th grade math students are graphing on both paper and their Chromebooks using the math Waggle program.
5th graders in Mrs. Gordon's math class are using fractions to solve multi-step problems.
4th graders in Mrs. Kinnie's reading group shared the FANTASY stories they wrote using Book Creator.
Kindergarten students are learning about 3 dimensional shapes in math: Monday spheres and Tuesday cubes.
These 6 graders are presenting their country projects last week
Even the teachers go to school. Last Friday was spend learning about how to keep students safe and reviewing the curriculum.
One-hundred, cien, 100. That is how many days the Elementary students have been in school. There were all kinds of fun happening here today to celebrate.
We are grateful for our internship students! They make learning fun for students!! We thank you ladies for your professionalism and compassion towards our students!
