Primary Lit Fest 2015: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Grade

Canon Mac participated in the primary Lit Fest that was held on May 7th at McGuffey School District this year. Students read the following four novels to participate: Sarah, Plain, and Tall, I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, The Cabin Faced West, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle. 

Everyone did an awesome job at the different activities relating to all of the novels. A special shout out to our NSI 1 team of Noah, Medha, Nolan, Anna, Jorma, Corinne, and Jack who took 3rd place at this year's primary Lit Fest! Way to go! Also, another congrats to a 4th place win for NSI 2, a team of, Dawson, Alexa, Ryan, Adelina, Cole, Ishaan, Cali, and Julia. A great day for all!

3rd Place Winners!!

A special shout out for Dawson,
who won first place in the art contest held at Lit Fest
for his drawing related to the book,
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic!
 Way to go, Dawson!

We love books!

Middle School Lit Fest 2015

Our 6th grade students participated in the middle school Lit Fest this year on May 5th at Burgettstown School District. To qualify to compete, students read and discussed four novels throughout the school year. These novels included: The Westing Game, Charles and Emma, Chasing Lincoln's Killers, and Tesla's Attic. It was a fun day all about books! Great work done by all!

Abby, Lincoln (Also known as Charlize), Suyash,
Arya, and Logan. What a team they made!

A special shout out to Charlize,
for winning first place in the art contest
prior to Lit Fest! Congrats!

Science Bowl at the Carnegie Science Center

Check out our exploration of the Carnegie Science Center! Last week, 4th & 5th grade participated in the Science Bowl, a challenge of 4 science themed competitions against other school districts in the Pittsburgh area. 

We had a blast in RoboWorld, where we explored futuristic and past robotics. We were also challenged to build a limitless skyscraper…our only material: index cards! We made a ping pong ball launcher and explored the science behind sports in the SportsWorks! It was a great day for science!

2nd & 3rd Grade Creative Convention

Brain power for brainteasers! Nice work!

Last week, we had the opportunity to participate in the Creative Convention at Trinity East Elementary School. Here, we were challenged to 5 different station activities where we had to work as a group to come up with answers. We had such a fun morning. Take a look at some of our pictures! Also, a special shout out to our yellow and orange teams who took 2nd and 3rd place! Congrats!

Snacks and challenge

Working hard on picture puzzle brainteasers.

Our Orange, 2nd Place Team of Nolan, Noah,
Ryan, Dawson, Cole, and Julia.
Nice job!

Our Yellow, 3rd Place Team, of Medha, Addi, and Cali. Way to go girls!