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SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Space Academy (3rd-4th)
Jan. 26, 2025—What an exciting first day of Space Academy: A Study in Exploration! SAVY Space Cadets were eager to learn about everything from daily routines in space to the challenges and physics of space travel. Our key learning today was about the Scientific Method. Throughout the day, we applied the scientific method during two experiments. Our...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Cryptology (3rd-4th)
Jan. 26, 2025—Welcome to Cryptology, where we are finding and deciphering codes all around us! It was an exciting first day as we got to know each other and built some of our classroom routines, including playing “A Game of Red Herrings” and greeting each other daily in a morning meeting. Building a community of learners where...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Matter Mysteries, Hayes (1st-2nd)
Jan. 26, 2025—What an exciting first day we’ve had! Our students embarked on a fascinating journey into the world of matter, exploring its omnipresence and learning to think like scientists. We delved into the concept of change, experimented with the three states of matter, and even indulged in some delicious hands-on learning by making ice cream. Here’s...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Matter Mysteries, Elliott (1st-2nd)
Jan. 26, 2025—What an exciting first day we’ve had! Our students embarked on a fascinating journey into the world of matter, exploring its omnipresence and learning to think like scientists. We delved into the concept of change, experimented with the three states of matter, and even indulged in some delicious hands-on learning by making ice cream. Here’s...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Animal Adaptations (1st-2nd)
Jan. 26, 2025—Hello SAVY Families! The scientist in your family had an engaging, informative first day of Spring SAVY 2025: Animal Adaptations. Today, your scientists learned more about their role for this week. We started our class by positioning ourselves as scientists and discussing what it means to be a scientist. We talked about the steps we...
SAVY Saturday, Week 1, Beyond the Pyramids (K)
Jan. 26, 2025—Welcome to the first day of our exciting journey into Ancient Egypt! Our class kicked off with a fantastic start as we took some time to get to know our new friends and dive into the wonders of Ancient Egypt. We began by sharing what we already knew about this fascinating civilization and brainstormed a...
Career Connections at SAVY, Week 3, Evidence on Trial (7th-8th)
Nov. 11, 2024—Dear persuasive people and their families, What a fantastic last class where students were able to experience a true mock trial and apply what they’ve been learning the last couple of weeks! We began our morning by reviewing the persuasive rhetorical devices introduced by Aristotle that make up the foundation of persuasive practices. We revisited...
Career Connections at SAVY, Week 3, Engineering the Human Body (7th-8th)
Nov. 11, 2024—Final Day Recap: Unveiling the Mysteries of Disease! 🧬💉 Our final day of Engineering the Human Body was all about tying everything together and putting our learning into action. We completed our journey through the heart and circulatory system, and then students took center stage to deliver their final presentations on four fascinating diseases. Each group did an incredible job bringing...
Saturday SAVY, Week 3, Coding and Robotics (5th-6th)
Nov. 11, 2024—Engaging Collaboration and Coding with Mars Rovers: Session 3 of SAVY-Coding and Robotics Welcome to Session 3 of our exciting journey into the world of robotics! Over the last few Saturdays, we’ve witnessed an impressive display of creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork from our enthusiastic young robotics engineers. Today, the campers explored movement and sensor programming...
Saturday SAVY, Week 3, Harry Potter and Psychology (5th-6th)
Nov. 11, 2024—Today was quite bittersweet as we wrapped up this chapter of our story. It has been such a joy and pleasure to get to know each one of these amazing wizards and witches, and getting to show them how one of their favorite book/movie series connects to the study of psychology. Each student has contributed...