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Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “Wired Up! Electronics in Action” (5th/6th)
Oct. 27, 2025—Today in Wired Up, we began by exploring the “hidden world” inside everyday devices. Students learned about the difference between AC (alternating) and DC (direct) electricity—and why the devices we use every day rely on steady, controlled DC power. We talked about how analog signals can vary smoothly (like how loud music can get louder...
Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “The Call: Heroism and Transformation of Percy Jackson” (5th/6th)
Oct. 27, 2025—SAVY Parents, It was wonderful meeting your student today. We began our day getting to know each other by sharing about ourselves and playing a fun game of “Would You Rather.” This helped students build relationships and trust by sharing their ideas on fun and funny topics like “Would you rather fight a Minotaur or...
Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “Observing the Cosmos” (5th/6th)
Oct. 27, 2025—SAVY Parents- We started the day with an icebreaker titled “What Dwarf Planet Are You?” With questions like “What’s your favorite thing to do with friends?”, “Pick your favorite school subject!” and “What’s your dream adventure?” It was a great way to get the kids talking and learning a little about one another. The activity sparked...
Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “Science of the Senses” (3rd/4th)
Oct. 27, 2025—What a fantastic start to our SAVY adventure! This week, our young scholars launched into a journey of discovery by using their five senses to explore the world of matter. Their curiosity was sparked as they began thinking like designers—imagining, creating, and asking thoughtful questions. We built on our understanding of matter by diving into...
Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “If Walls Could Talk…” (3rd/4th)
Oct. 27, 2025—Savy Parents- Well, it’s extremely difficult to breeze through the entirety of the history of Architecture, but we did it! Okay, almost! We started the day by doing an exercise to allow students to realize that they know MUCH more about architecture than they realize. The activity is simply called ABC brainstorming, where the students...
Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “Spatial Smarts with Ms. Slick” (1st/2nd)
Oct. 27, 2025—Dear SAVY Families, We had an exciting and energetic first day in Spatial Smarts yesterday! Our young mathematicians began the day by building a strong classroom community. We shared our names, grades, schools, and something we love—this helped us connect and learn more about each other. Ask your child what one of their classmates enjoys...
Saturday, SAVY Day 1 “Spatial Smarts with Ms. Gruchot” (1st/2nd)
Oct. 27, 2025—Dear SAVY Families, We had a wonderful first day of Fall SAVY 2025: Spatial Smarts. We started our day in a morning meeting discussing what it means to have spatial awareness and spatial reasoning skills. We defined spatial awareness as “the ability to know the points and objects in space around us, and to recognize...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, “The Great Debate” (5th-6th)
Jul. 25, 2025—Good afternoon, families and great debaters! I can’t believe that this week has flown by so fast! I am so sad to see y’all go, but so proud of everyone and what you all have accomplished. I know we couldn’t get through everything we wanted to this week, but I hope y’all had a great...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, “Greek Mythology 2.0” (5th-6th)
Jul. 25, 2025—Happy Friday, everyone! I had such a fun week with the students, and I hope they enjoyed diving deeper into the mythology canon this week, as well! Our Trojan War competition ended in a tie yesterday, so we began this morning with a tie-breaking competition game of Taboo: Trojan War Edition! It was a tight...
Summer SAVY, Session 6 Day 5, “Astronomy Tricks of the Trade” (5th-6th)
Jul. 25, 2025—It is hard to believe the week is already over, but we tackled a couple of fun projects today that I hope left the kids wanting to learn more! As we have done the past few days, we began our morning with an observation of the Sun using a current image from the orbiting Solar...