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Summer SAVY, Session 2 Day 1, Playing with Words (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 17, 2024—Good afternoon, SAVY families! Welcome to a new week of SAVY—Playing with Words! Our learning objectives today included: I can understand and use similes; I can name and describe some generalizations about change; I can use context clues to help me understand unfamiliar words; I can use adjectives to describe objects; and I can effectively...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Common and Practical Chemistry (5th – 6th)
Jun. 14, 2024—Dear Parents, On the final day of our exciting practical and common chemistry course, Ms. Omaya and I would like to take a moment to reflect on the incredible journey of discovery and exploration that you children have embarked upon this week. It has been an absolute joy to witness their curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Ancient Roots and Ruins (5th – 6th)
Jun. 14, 2024—Happy Friday! Today was bittersweet because it was the final day of what has been a really fun week with the students! I know I enjoyed every minute, and I hope the students did, too. Today, after learning our final batch of Latin phrases used in the modern day, students had time to finish working...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Industrial Engineering (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 14, 2024—Industrial Engineers and their Families, We’ve had a full last SAVY day! Students spent the day engaged in the Engineering Design Process or in business meetings with their companies improving the designs and planning their collaboration. Our companies included the Engineering Design Team (EDT), Engineering Potato Chips (EPC), and Industrial Engineering Team (IET)! In their...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Cryptology Sect.2 (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 14, 2024—Just when they think they have solved the mystery, there is always more to see. Your child will be coming home with their own copy of The Eleventh Hour today, and I encourage you to talk deeply with them about how they solved the mystery, what clues led to the discovery, and what the “Congratulations”...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Cryptology Sect.1 (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 14, 2024—Wow! Five days went just too fast! I had such a wonderful week working with your young scholars. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did. As we finished our book, The 11th Hour, many were surprised to find out who had stolen the feast. And just when they think they have...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, The Makings of America (3rd – 4th)
Jun. 14, 2024—We began our final day together by reviewing the Exit Ticket for Day 4. The students gave thoughtful insights into what they felt the Continental soldiers would have felt and thought during and after battle. Next, each group presented their historical figure from the Revolution during our “Gallery of the Greats.” I was so impressed...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Intro to Chemical Engineering (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 14, 2024—Hello SAVY Families! It was a bittersweet goodbye for us in the Introduction to Chemical Engineering class today. The students have had so much fun this week, learned a lot, collaborated well, and generated some amazing ideas. We began today with a discussion of the difference between chemical and physical changes. We tied in the...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 5, Encounters with Measurement (1st – 2nd)
Jun. 14, 2024—Dear SAVY Families, I can’t believe we have already completed SAVY Summer 2024 Session One: Encounters with Measurement. This week has been so fun for me as I learned with and from the SAVY mathematicians. I hope your SAVY mathematicians feel the same! Most of our day was spent on completing our final project. For...
Summer SAVY, Session 1 Day 4, Common and Practical Chemistry (5th – 6th)
Jun. 13, 2024—Dear Parents, Welcome to the fourth day of SAVY 2024, Common and Practical Chemistry, where chemistry comes to life in fun and practical ways. Here’s a glimpse of what was uncovered today. We began by reinforcing our class creed, SAVY, which stands for Safety, Accountable, Valued, Yield. This creed continues to help us create a...