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Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Environmental Explorations for Rising 1st/2nd Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: Our final day in Environmental Explorations was busy and full of excitement! Thank you for allowing us to spend the week with your children. I hope they are able to use the knowledge they gained this week in school, and beyond, as they consider their impact on the environment. Today we focused on presentations and...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 5 – Mythology for Rising 1st/2nd Grade
Jul. 18, 2022—Friday: Just like the Olympian gods and goddesses (ancient and modern) we have studied, we have finished well today! We have learned that the ancient Olympic games were training activities and competitions for improving warriors by developing quieted minds and endurance for completing the race and overcoming the challenges (even the painful ones). What were the...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Exploring Anthropology for Rising 7th/8th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: Our SAVY anthropologists closed out the session by presenting their short films in the First Inaugural SAVY Anthropology Film Festival. We were joined by the SAVY poets from the Writing with Fire class. Each SAVY anthropologist prepared a five-minute film that explored the question “what is culture?” They all defined culture in distinct ways and...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Writing with Fire for Rising 7th/8th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: What a whirlwind day as we wrapped up the July session of Writing With Fire! Today, students shared their final projects together with Dr. Banks’ Anthropology class, showing off a small sample of what we’ve been working on together this week. Our class’s final projects consist of verse memoirs—the story of students’ lives told in...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Theory, Criticism, and the Force for Rising 5th/6th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: My dear Padawans, What a wonderful week! I just want to start off by saying what an honor it has been to teach you with Mr David this week. Watching you all learn, and grow has been amazing, and I really do think some of these terms will stick with you as you continue...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Microbiology for Rising 5th/6th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: Farewell Friday!!! I can’t believe the week is already over. It feels like Monday was yesterday. Well, this last day of SAVY was packed full of experiments and results. To start off with, our corn GMO data is in. It appears that there was a slight increase of non-GMO corn being eaten with 46.8%...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Programming and Robotics for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: We were in full programming mode on our last day! These programmers know how to use their new vocabulary, so not only can they walk the walk, but they can also talk the talk. They put together all of the skills they acquired this week and developed a fun program in the sprite lab. It...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Chemical Spill for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: Good evening SAVY students and parents! The day began with a fun-filled opener of revealing to the students the unknown substances in each of the thirteen testing stations. Many students were surprised to discover the number of household items that were very acidic and/or contained a high dose of alkaline. The data results were analyzed...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Circuitry, System, and Design for Rising 3rd/4th Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: What a powerful final day in our course work! Everything came together for our students to display their learning, presentation styles, as well as support one another with constructive critiques and suggestions for future growth. In small teams, students presented their prepared two-dimensional Electrical Grid Systems Models featuring boundaries, elements, inputs, outputs, and complex interactions...
Summer SAVY 2022/Session 4 – Witty Wordplay for Rising 1st/2nd Grade
Jul. 11, 2022—Friday: We wrapped up a wonderful week in Witty Wordplay! Thank you for giving your child the opportunity to learn more about language and writing. I hope the skills they honed will help them in the coming school year. I also hope it inspires them to write stories, poems, and songs for the fun of writing!...