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| Merrell Anne and Eileen setting up |
You can't walk into the cafeteria this week without coming into contact with a Science Fair project. The trifold boards, 265 of them to be exact, are on table after table, as seen in the picture below.
Can I just say impressive? The annual event, traditionally held this time of year at HP, continues to grow from year to year, with many projects now spilling onto tables set up in our hallways. All fourth and fifth grade students are required to participate, with many others at K-3 joining in due to their love of science or through the encouragement of their teacher or parent -couldn't do it without 'ya! I
love looking at all of them, but what's really cool to see are the Kinder students making their first attempts at idea development, presentation, and reporting on project outcomes - as seen in two examples below. Today, I also had the privilege of announcing the fourth and fifth grade campus finalists; these students are now
waiting in the wings, projects in hand, ready to give their
oral defense/explanation of their project to a very knowledgable panel of advanced science students from Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park - thanks Vista Ridge! This panel's scoring, along with other scoring criteria, then determine the students who will advance to the city-wide science fair in the spring. All to be announced by end of day. Phew! As you can imagine, we absolutely could not pull this off without the help from some pretty terrific parent volunteers, Susan Hillman chief among them (seen below), as well as some dedicated teachers getting students ready to roll, scoring projects late into the evening, and more. Check out some pictures from this most marvelous event at our school.
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| Julie, Tina, and Susan |
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| Kinder Project |
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| Another Kinder Example |
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| Vista Ridge HS students |
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5th Grade Project on Display
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Finally, check out our hard-working staff and students in a couple of pics below. After school tutoring in content areas is just getting geared up at grades 3-5. Additionally, our second year of Scottie Homework Club, for 2-5 students who need extra support in organization, prioritizing, planning and more, is now taking place a couple of days per week as well. With clubs and fitness and night events and academic supports happening, you can imagine what a busy place we are around here on a daily basis, including the weekends. Thanks to our teachers who tutor and thanks to our HW Club staff Ms. Camarillo and Ms. Bucknall for working on those executive skill supports when and where needed.
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| Ms. O'Donnell helping with math |
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| Ms. Bucknall at HW Club |
