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Student Printing on Campus

Student printing is available in a number of locations on campus, including the ground floor of Hupper (the printer is called Library) and the PC lab in Treat (the printer is called Computer Lab). To print directly to these printers … Continue reading

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Grade 7 Latin – Julius Caesar Podcast

During the winter trimester, the 7thgrade Latin students participated in the first-ever NPR Student Podcast Challenge. The challenge was to produce a podcast with the following parameters: students must be between fifth and twelfth grades, podcasts must be between three … Continue reading

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French Intermediate II – 3D Gothic Cathedrals

Many years ago, my husband and I read Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth before we traveled to England. That book gave us an excellent background on gothic architecture and it helped us gain a better understanding and appreciation of … Continue reading

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Grade 6 & 7 Science – 3D Biomes in Sketchup

In grade 6 & 7 Science a recent project was to create biomes in 3D using SketchUp, a 3D modeling tool. The class was split into groups of two and each randomly allocated a different biome, from desert to tundra. … Continue reading

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Conceptual Physics – 3D Car Race Day

For the final part of the Conceptual Physics project based around car design, students had to prep their 3D printed cars for the test ramp and were then given three trials to record their fastest speed down the ramp (recorded with … Continue reading

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Conceptual Physics – 3D Race Car Design

A project that Freshmen complete every year in their Conceptual Physics course is designing and creating cars that are raced down a ramp and measured for speed and distance travelled. Students design their cars completely using Tinkercad to create parts to be printed on the 3D … Continue reading

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Apple Teacher & Everyone Can Create

The focus of this week’s faculty tech training was to take a look at Apple’s recent additions to their professional development offering for teachers. This included the Apple Teacher certification program and the Everyone Can Create curriculum resources. Note that … Continue reading

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Honors Geometry – Scale Models

Honors Geometry students spent the the first part of the spring term working through a unit on Similarity. As an extension of this unit, they recently worked through a project on 2-dimensional scaled floor plans and 3-dimensional models. In groups, … Continue reading

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Humanities History – Ancient Greek Newspaper

A collaborative writing project the Freshmen recently completed last semester in their English and Humanities classes was the creation of an Ancient Greek newspaper. The students were split into groups and each was responsible for one section of the newspaper, from local … Continue reading

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Grade 7 Math – Surveys & Data Analysis Project

Grade 7 Math students spent the past two weeks working on a survey project, with each student picking a topic of interest, creating a survey based around this topic, collecting data from the school community and then analyzing and reporting … Continue reading

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