CHS junior Serenity Cochran, who is also a student at Auburn Career Center in the teaching pathway, recently participated in the state Educators Rising competition for Auburn and together with her partner from Madison High School, placed third in the Researching Learning Challenges on Intellectual Disability category.
Educators Rising National Competition
CHS junior Serenity Cochran, who is also a student at Auburn Career Center in the teaching pathway, recently participated in the state Educators Rising competition for Auburn and together with her partner from Madison High School, placed third in the Researching Learning Challenges on Intellectual Disability category. The award also qualifies Serenity and her partner for the Educator’s Rising National Competition to be held in Dallas, Texas, in June. It marks the second year in a row that one of Cardinal’s students has qualified to attend the Educators Rising national conference.
Indoor Track Success
During the month of March, five athletes competed at the OATCCC (Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches) Indoor State Championships. To qualify, an athlete had to have a mark in the top 24 of Division2/Division 3 from previous indoor meets.
The following had qualifying marks: Kaylee K. in shot and weight throw, Karalyn R. in high jump, Lorelei H. in high jump (although she missed the meet due to being on vacation), and the girls 4×800 team of Camille C., Chloe D., Anna B. and Karalyn R.
Kaylee took eighth place in weight throw with a new school record to achieve ALL-OHIO status, and she took 15th place in shot. Karalyn took 15th in high jump. The girls 4×800 shaved off an impressive 32 seconds from their previous time to set a new school record and claim 17th place.
The meet took place at Spire in Geneva. During the indoor season, new school records were set in the 60m by Anna B.; high jump by both Karalyn R. and Lorelei H.; shot and weight by Kaylee K.; and girls 4×800 by Camille C., Chloe D., Anna B. and Karalyn R.
Candy Makes Science Lesson Sweet
Recently, students in Mrs. Gwen Santoro’s sixth-grade science classes used candy to create an animal cell. Students had to decide what type of candy to use for each organelle and then explain why they chose that candy. Students also had to draw and label a diagram of the cell and explain what the function of each organelle was.
Energy’s Effect On Matter
Third-graders have been studying the states of matter in class and spent some time in the science lab recently seeing for themselves just how energy can change matter. With some help from district science consultant Claire Zurbuch, aka “Professor Z.,” students discovered how light energy’s refraction and reflection changed when the light was pointed at a mirror and through a container of water.
Professor Z. also demonstrated refraction with an inclined plane and weights to represent the colors red and blue. Students watched through special glasses and discovered that red refracts less and blue refracts more. Students also used light energy with the microscopes to look at plants, animals, fibers, building materials and bacteria up close. Other students discovered that magnets are really powerful and fun.
