To better understand the concept of acceleration, force and motion, the freshman physical science class built mousetrap powered cars. A wide variety of materials and concepts were used by the students to construct the best cars they could to test both speed and distance. This year’s winner was Allison Westendorf after winning the double elimination and going undefeated in five head to head races against her classmates.
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For the past few years, we have read The Wild Robot chapter book in third grade. The students have loved that book so much and are always ready to read the next one in the series. When the news came out last spring that the book was getting turned into a movie, the halls were buzzing and there were many students begging to go to the movie. So when the school year began, we met as a group and decided to pursue this opportunity to go to the movie as a large group. We held a pizza feed and a silent auction with various donated items from families and community members. The fundraisers were a huge success and we exceeded our goal! We gathered together to summarize the book in illustrations on a white t-shirt and wore that t-shirt proudly to the Odyssey Theater in Mitchell for a special showing on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The students loved the movie, but the conversations that came later were so rewarding. All the differences between the book and movie were pointed out and discussed to finalize the project. This was such a wonderful opportunity, and we are so grateful to all who helped out in any way to turn this endeavor into a reality. Our adventure does not end there though. We are gathering as a group to determine what we can do with the leftover money from the fundraiser. Let’s see what great things the students will dream up!
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By Danielle Kohlmeyer, OI Coach
Last week, the Oral Interp team competed in the first meet of the year in Arlington. With over half the team being brand new members, they did phenomenal for their first competition!
Results were as follows: Andie Aughenbaugh – Superior in Serious, Emilie Lindgren – Superior Plus in Humorous, McKenzie Baruth – Superior Plus in Duet, Jalyn Grassel – Superior in Serious, Kaitlyn Aldrich – Excellent in Storytelling, Excellent in Readers Theater, Superior in Duet, Oscar Anderson – Superior Plus in Duet; front row: Sara Overson – Excellent in Readers Theater, Valerie Button – Excellent in Readers Theater, Superior in Duet, Superior in Serious, Skylar Kluth – Superior in Oratory, Excellent in Readers Theater, and Ivy Knudson – Excellent in Readers Theater. The next meet will be in Woonsocket on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 9 a.m. The meet is open to visitors.
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