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Telling Our Stories
As part of their summer reading assessment on the fictional book Hudu, 6th graders in Ms. Moten and Ms. Reed’s classes recently completed original short stories and comics. These narratives showcased students’ understanding of character development, plot, conflict, climax, and resolution. Student-generated topics included animal fantasies, magic, and mystery. Students in 6th grade have also been exploring narrative with family-generated narratives about students’ lives and childhoods.
Into the Woods
Seniors went into the woods last Friday for a double overnight at Western Maryland 4H Education Center. The two day, two-night event with all senior advisors included team building games, solo written reflections, card games, canoe activities, hikes, and advisory competition.
Along with the recent high school-wide trips to the ropes course at Sandy Springs, this 4H trip allows students time to interact outdoors in nature, build esprit de corps with their grades and advisories, learn to build trust with a wide group of friends, and expand their sense of confidence and community.
Touchdown!
Girls varsity soccer nabbed a big win against DCI 4-0, with two goals scored by Madison Cerkey-McFadden, one by Dami Akinsanya, and one by Layla Axam. Cross country starts also performed beautifully at Thursday’s meet with the girls team finishing second overall. Abby Hawkinson finishing first, Lola Orlove-Rodriguez finishing second, Lily Edwards finishing 8th and Lyla Kramer finishing ninth.
Back to the Garden
Sixth grade science students in Ms. Dobler’s class are finding scientific research in our own backyard. Students have been studying interactions in ecosystems by studying animals and plants in the school garden. This was an opportunity to look for examples of those interactions in the “real world.” In next week’s field trip through the neighborhood and Rock Creek Park, sixth graders will continue to explore their environment, observe trends, changes, and make connections to understand how the plants and animals around them interact.
Afrofuturism project in English 9
English 9 students are hard at work on an Afrofuturism project. After completing the novel Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. The book depicts the experiences of an African student in the future attending an intergalactic college, when her journey is intercepted by attacking aliens who take over the ship. The story has many allegorical elements. For the project, Mr. Baum’s classes chose between a research project in which they write a report on another artist in any discipline who uses afrofuturism, and connecting this to Binti. Another option is to create an original story using futuristic settings and portraying aspects of the African American experience.