Kindergarten experimented in science with Human Bumper Bowling. We read the story How to Win at Bumper Bowling and then did our own experiment in class. The students had to figure out how to work together to knock down the pins. We were all very excited when we reached our goal and all the pins went flying!!
Cotopaxi Early Learning Center has been working on sounds we hear around “our community”. When they heard the sound of a vehicle outside, they made a prediction that it was a school bus. We tested their prediction and went outside and found out it was our local Lone Wolf Trash Disposal truck. Owner Dan Ogden was loading the cardboard into the hopper and said he would come over and show the kids his truck and how it works! Thank you Mr. Ogden! The kids were very excited! Hopefully we’ll see him again when we work on community workers -who are they and what do they do?
Nurse Debbie is now a "traveling nurse" in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In order to reduce the flow of students in hallways and buildings she now goes to wherever she is needed instead of having the students come to her.
Third graders were ready to get back into the grind of school after the holiday break. They started their geometry unit in math by identifying right angles in objects around the classroom, as well as the vertex, and sides of angles. The students have been having fun learning all about right, acute, and obtuse angles and how to use a protractor to measure them.
This week in science, first grade learned about the sun, shadows, and daily patterns. The students used flashlights to answer the question, does a statue's shadow move even if it does not? The students moved the flashlight to create different shadow patterns.
Food Services Update
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*Wednesday Breakfast - Biscuits & Gravy
*Wednesday Lunch - Pizza
*Thursday Breakfast - Egg Patty/Ham Slice
*Thursday Lunch - Soup & Salad
In high school art classes students have begun experimenting with oil pastels as a medium. Students have been using the crayon like pastels to explore different blending and shading techniques.
Our Cotopaxi science classes finished up a productive 1st semester and we looking forward to the New Year. Eighth grade will start with genetics, seventh grade will start with cells, and 6th grade will start with atoms, matter, and the periodic table. Physical science will start a unit on physics, including motion, forces, and waves. Biology will begin with a unit on genetics and heredity.
Sports are back! We are excited to have basketball back on the schedule again. Please check the Athletics section for upcoming games!
Are your teens protected? Talk to your doctor about vaccines. More information can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/by-age/years-11-12.html
Cotopaxi Early Learning Center wishes everyone a Happy New Year! We celebrated our first day back with “blowing in the New Year” and coloring pages!
Back to business...This week students in English III learned about American Romanticism and Transcendentalism. We discussed the elements of each and will be reading passages from Emerson and Thoreau in the next couple of weeks.
Students in Mrs. Schoech's 6th grade Language Arts class participated in an Author's Chair this week to celebrate the culmination of their hard work and creativity during their narrative writing unit.
January 11 , 2021 - Regular School Board Meeting @ 5:00 p.m.
Welcome back! As we start a new year and a new semester, it is a great time to refocus, set goals, and embrace a new beginning! A great place to start when considering goals is with the acronym S.M.A.R.T. S- Is your goal Specific? (Who, what, when, where, why, how?) M- Is your goal Measurable? (How will you know when you are done?) A- Is your goal Attainable? (Is it realistic to accomplish?) R- Is your goal Relevant? (How does it fit into your life now?) T- Time-bound (When will you achieve your goal? What is your deadline?) Happy Goal Setting and best wishes in 2021!!
Kindergarten has been working hard on learning to write their letters the correct way. The students have also learned to write their first, middle and last names by memory. I am very proud of them!!
Mrs. Gasseling's First Grade class has been working hard to improve their writing skills. This week they have created unique creatures to use during their descriptive writing lesson. The students will use descriptive words such as; size, shape, color, and personality traits to write sentences about their unique creatures.
Third grade ended the semester with their forces unit in science. This also tested their measuring and problem-solving skills in math. This introductory unit gave students a new understanding of the invisible pushes and pull that operate in the world around them. They realized that understanding forces will let them do surprising things from building a sturdy bridge from paper to using the pull of a rubber band to send a cardboard “hopper” flying. What students learned in this unit will connect to the world around them, leading them to think about such things as the force of friction as they slide down a playground slide or the invisible force that makes magnets cling to the refrigerator. One of our extension projects was to build foosball tables out of shoeboxes to further their understanding.
Our high school Intro to Chemistry class finished up our last test of the quarter last week. So, for this final week of the quarter, they helped inventory all of the current equipment and supplies in our science lab. They then researched what other science labs around the country have and started to develop a list of new equipment and supplies that our lab will need to support our science curriculum.
Fifth graders designed and created all of our ornaments using recycled art supplies and repurposed items from home!
