Come learn about St. Mary's best kept secret Nov. 20 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the banquet room. Hear from teachers, parents, alumni…
Aim High Junior High
Come learn about St. Mary’s best kept secret Nov. 20 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the banquet room. Hear from teachers, parents, alumni and former students about their junior high experience.
Learn about the challenging courses, extracurricular activities and opportunities available to students in grades six to eight.
Event is for students and parents.
For more information, contact Maureen Intihar at 440-286-3590 or mintihar@gmail.com.
Egg Drop Science Challenge
Cries of, “This one’s going to be a goner!” and “It’s alive!” came streaming from Mrs. Amber Yeager’s sixth-grade science class this week. It would be unsettling if it weren’t part of her latest STEM challenge to the students working on the technology building process. The students were challenged to build a prototype device protecting an egg when dropped from high in the air. The device was to be both light and durable.
Students worked in pairs with materials brought from home to sketch and create their designs. Upon completion, devices were weighed and then loaded with a raw egg and dropped from the same height by Mrs. Yeager. Devices included parachutes, bungee mini trampolines, and even a jar of peanut butter.
Student Nathan Lah said he learned that, “parachutes catch the air and leave some drag for the egg,” and all agreed parachutes were the most helpful.
Winning pairs had the lightest weight device and helped their egg survive the drop.
Student, Grayce Young, said she learned that, “just because something is light doesn’t mean it can’t be sturdy, too.”
The buzz created by the experiment was electric and the students continued to debate possible materials and devices well after its end.
Elsa Visits St. Mary’s
Elsa paid a visit to the St. Mary School Early Childhood Expo event this week. The event included activity stations facilitated by the early childhood teachers including art, music, Spanish, library and technology. Student ambassadors gave classroom tours to parents and talked with them about the school.
