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We had a great time kicking off the school year with a fun school-wide STEM Challenge! In keeping with our school’s back-to-school movie premiere theme, students enjoyed an engineering activity called “How Many Minions?” based on the popular Minion Movie that was released this summer. On the first day of school, students were challenged to work with a team of classmates to build a boat that could float freely holding a 50-gram “minion.” When they attended their first STEM specials class of the school year, students tested their designs. If their boat was successful, 1-gram minions were added until the capacity of the boat was determined. Student teams also earned additional points if they completed a successful design that stayed within set time and material constraints. Students showed great thinking and creativity in their designs and great communication skills when working within their teams with new classmates. Congratulations to the following winning teams (pictured):
Kindergarten Winners: Team New Home--Landon Reidling, Grace Hatcher, Jordyn Coile, and Raiden Archer with 296 points; 1st Grade Winners: Team Stewart--Jaymi Davis, Mariaelena Santoyo, and Angelica Turrubiartes with 168 points; 2nd Grade Winners: Team Angels--Shamiah White, Kailey Sosebee, Piper Pennington, and Jonathan Ballentine with 351 points; 3rd Grade Winners: Team Paul--Liz Fitzpatrick, Trey Pace, Jocelyn Maynard, and Haze Whitehead with 310 points; 4th Grade Winners: Captain Kevin--Holly Smith, Logan Strzelec, Harley Little, and Triston Fielding with 346 points; 5th Grade Winners: Team Minion--Rozalyn Williams, Ryan Knudsen, Addy Wheeler, and Hayden Whitley with 672 points; and from Mrs. Grey’s Class: Team Awesome—Owen Shackford and Riley Chaisson with 336 points.
Winning teams enjoyed an after-school Minion Movie party to celebrate their success!
Kindergarten Winners: Team New Home--Landon Reidling, Grace Hatcher, Jordyn Coile, and Raiden Archer with 296 points; 1st Grade Winners: Team Stewart--Jaymi Davis, Mariaelena Santoyo, and Angelica Turrubiartes with 168 points; 2nd Grade Winners: Team Angels--Shamiah White, Kailey Sosebee, Piper Pennington, and Jonathan Ballentine with 351 points; 3rd Grade Winners: Team Paul--Liz Fitzpatrick, Trey Pace, Jocelyn Maynard, and Haze Whitehead with 310 points; 4th Grade Winners: Captain Kevin--Holly Smith, Logan Strzelec, Harley Little, and Triston Fielding with 346 points; 5th Grade Winners: Team Minion--Rozalyn Williams, Ryan Knudsen, Addy Wheeler, and Hayden Whitley with 672 points; and from Mrs. Grey’s Class: Team Awesome—Owen Shackford and Riley Chaisson with 336 points.
Winning teams enjoyed an after-school Minion Movie party to celebrate their success!