Medusa and her shadow with Aphrodite before the performance

3^rd grade students from Miss Voges’ and Miss DeRosa’s classes participated in the Myths & Legends videoconference in April. Before meeting via videoconference the classes wrote an original legend or myth and shared it with a partner class. During the videoconference the classes performed their interpretation of the story written by their partner class and shared comments and questions about the productions. Our students enjoyed seeing their words come alive and discussing their ideas and choices with their partner classes at Tobias and Negley. Thank you to all the teachers and students for their hard work!

Apollo and Zeus saved the day!

Mrs. Everette's class did a wonderful job of performing our story about tsunamis.

The spider from the legend written by Mrs. Everette's class

Our hero and the spider lillies

SHES students loved learning about bluebonnets.

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Grim and Mrs. Chitta’s classes participated in a videoconference about our state flower provided by students in Ms. Hoke’s class at Lehman High School. The LHS students are participating in the Kids Creating Community Content (KC3) contest and used the VC with our Kindergarten Suns as practice. Our students had a blast learning about the bluebonnet, including the parts and history of the flower. After the presentation the students used materials sent from Lehman to create their own bluebonnet and show what they learned. Be on the look out for bluebonnets in your neighborhood!

Kindergarten Students in Ms. Moore’s class collaborated virtually with another kinder class from Elmira Heights SD in New York. Throughout the week students and Mr. Puga read the book Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting and discussed the earth’s seasons, hibernation, and diet patterns of bears. Students then brainstormed ideas of what they would miss during the winter months if they had to hibernate like bears. Each student wrote and illustrated a scene of what they would miss the most during the hibernation period. We then met virtually with Ms. Beach’s Kindergarten class and shared their projects. Both classes were excited to meet and additionally discussed some of the differences between New York and Texas.

7th Grade DMS students watched a live heart bypass!

7th grade students at DMS had a wonderful opportunity to connect with the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and interact with doctors and nurses as they performed a LIVE open heart triple bypass surgery. 

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Mr. White's students observe a painting and gather details for a discussion

The BVES 5th grade students had the opportunity to participate in a videoconference about the Lewis & Clark expedition last week as part of their Social Studies instruction. The students connected with Ms. Bradfield, SHES campus technologist,and other 5th grade classes across the district to become familiar with this important topic of American history. Special thanks goes out to Mrs. Giambattista & Mrs. Odom, the 5th grade Social Studies teachers, for registering their classes for this distance learning event.