Book Club Luncheon and Author visit

This free slideshow made with Smilebox  Fourth Grade students and their mothers, grandmothers, or special friends gathered yesterday in the GLR to eat lunch and discuss the Newberry Award winning novel, The One and Only Ivan.   We enjoyed our lunches and then posed questions about the book.  It was wonderful spending time with family and friends:) Also, author Wendelin Van Draanen spoke to our Lower School students last week about her Sammy Keyes and Shredderman book series.  Mrs. Van Draanen was introduced to the Second grade students by Shredderman fan Ainslee Taylor.

Coffee Talk

Please mark your calendars for this Thursday at 8:15 to hear St. Mary's teachers Dr. Patti Ray and Dr. Carrie Steakley talk about growing brains and creativity.  We will meet in the Moss Hall Library.  See you there:)

Celebrate Earth Day!

Today we stop to focus on our planet and our role in taking care of it for years to come and our St. Mary's second graders will go to Shelby Farms today to fly the kites that they have designed and assembled.  Here is some information about Earth Day and a fun activity that recycles old CD cases (an especially good activity for Mrs. Hendry's Fish class!).

Earth Day information link

CD Fish from Education.com

Recycle an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish! CD fish make bright desk companions, or can be hung to reflect light from any window. Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, with a uniquely designed CD fish.

What You Need:

• Old or scratched CD
• Sharpie marker
• Googly eye
• Glue
• Construction paper
• Foam
• Markers

What You Do:

1. Have your child draw scales all over the entire silver side of the recycled CD using a sharpie marker.
2. Ask your child to choose where the fish face will be on the CD, and have him glue a googly eye in place.
3. Then, have him cut out lips for his fish from the piece of foam. They can be glued on from behind the CD.
4. Have him cut out the top and bottom fins from construction paper and glue them in place.
5. Now he can cut out the center fin, which should be long and thin on one side so it can be put through the center hole and glued in place from behind.
6. He can finish his recycled CD fish by coloring the fins with markers.

By Ellen Dean

STEM Showcase

What a fun Sunday afternoon is was!  Thank you to all of the students, parents, and teachers for spending time sharing some of the fun learning experiences that we have had this year.  Here is a link to a Little Bits website that is recognizing our cool bioluminescent project and Mrs. Schwartz:
3rd Grade Science

STEM Showcase Event

Sunday, April 14

2 until 3:30

Willmott Gym and the Gilmore Lynn Room on the Moss Hall Campus

The Parents Association Auction Derby After Dark raised tens of thousands of dollars for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiatives at St. Mary's. Join us for a fun afternoon on Sunday, April 14 to see the amazing student projects that your support helped to create.

Our STEM Showcase takes place in the Willmott Gym and the Gilmore Lynn Room on the Moss Hall Campus from 2 until 3:30 p.m., and includes such projects as PK and JK Tin Can Robots, SK Kid Town, 1st Lego Cars, 2nd American Girl Villages, 3rd Bioluminescent Animals, 4th Animal Masks, MS Egg Drop, and US Chemical Cars, as well as a special appearance by the TurkeyBot.

Don't miss this chance to see for yourself how your support gives our girls a world of opportunity - and thank you, for all you do for St. Mary's!