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• 1:31 Fill a Heart 4 Kids

  Jr. High worked together to pack over 200 care packages. These packages will help support homeless students who do not have the safety net of school lunches during the winter break. We thank our families for contributing to such a fulfilling opportunity for our students serve others. We are so proud of how our students came together to complete this project.

  Uploaded Dec 17, 2021 by Marianne Sharping
• 1:33 Introducing our hamster Krimpets! Featured

  We recently got a hamster who have named Krimpets as in Butterscotch Krimpets from our novel we read last year Maniac Magee. She is a Syrian long haired hamster and quite large as far as hamsters go. We are really excited about our new classmate!

  Uploaded Jan 21, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:05 Makerspace: Feb. 10-21

  We've been busy in Makerspace! 6th graders in Rm. 109 have been creating unique circuits. Shoutout to Roy who designed a basketball hoop to light-up when a basket was made! 4th graders were designing wind turbines to see firsthand how motion energy can be converted into electrical energy. 6th Graders in Rm. 109 have continued to finalize timed trials on their Vex robots - trying to collect as many "hazardous" (lego) blocks they can collect in under 2 min. The pressure is on! 3rd graders also got a chance to see balanced and unbalanced forces in action by creating their own teeter totter made up rulers, binder clips and paper clips. 5th graders began their coding unit by beginning to assemble Jimu robots. Once built, students will be able to develop a project that will highlight their Jimu. Stay tuned for progress updates!

  Uploaded Feb 20, 2020
• 00:05 Salad Dressing Anyone?

  In this video students are combining the ingredients to make the salad dressing that meets the criteria of being flavorful, having a smooth consistency and texture.

  Uploaded Mar 23, 2019 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:20 Social Studies

  We are talking with our partner about what happens when a product he comes scarce.

  Uploaded Jan 13, 2023
• 1:58 WK5 | Universe of Obligation

  Students discussed and analyzed texts centered around identity and belonging. Our discussions helped us transition into formulating and creating working definitions for the phrase "universe of obligation". Our studies in Social Studies will aim to help students make further connections with their novel study on "Refugee".

  Uploaded Sep 30, 2021 by Marianne Sharping
• 2:51 3rd Grade Personal Project Presentations!

  Here are some of the amazing presentations from last week!
  
  The kids worked so very hard to create posters, books, games, and computer programs!

  Uploaded Jun 07, 2021
• 1:02 4th grade Chicago History Field Trip Featured

  Students went on a field trip to the Chicago History Museum to be a part of their special City on Fire Enhanced Field Trip. Students heard from live actors about two famous Chicagoans, Joseph and Anna Elizabeth Hudlin, who both played pivotal roles in helping Chicago recover from the Chicago Fire. Students also got to meet Chicago comic Victor Dandridge, who showed them how the medium of a simple thing like folded paper can help add layers to a story.

  Uploaded Feb 18, 2023 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:29 Decatur Data Project

  Students in 6th and 7th grade were tasked with tracking "Data" for a set amount of time, and then creating a UNIQUE visualization representing that data in a non-standard way. This was based on the work we studied in the "Dear Data Project"

  Uploaded Dec 17, 2020 by Andrew Brennan
• 00:52 Decatur's Lego League Team's First Meeting: 2022-23

  Dectatur's Lego League After School Program kicked off this past week with a fun community-builder activity where each member wrote a question on a note that would help all members get to know each other better and then placed it inside a balloon that they blew up. The team then went outside on the turf, threw them up in the air for a few minutes, caught a balloon made by another member, and read the notes to each other out back at our new mosaic benches. This helped ensure that each member was able to get to know the names of their teammates, and learn something new about each other. Once back inside in Ms. Mendoza's Maker-Space Room, the team began digging into and discussing some videos that we posted on our Lego League Google Classroom page so that the team members can become acquainted with the overall theme for this year's competition!

  Uploaded Sep 24, 2022 by Gerard Kovach