UPCOMING SCOPE EVENTS:

Calcu-Solve at Duquesne University 

Where: Duquesne University

Who: 5th and 6th grade students who should qualify 

When: Friday, November 21, 2014 

More information will  be sent out via letter or email by Miss Macek within the next week!

Quiz Bowl 

Where: Trinity School District

Who: 5th and 6th grade students

When: Tuesday, November 25, 2014

More information will also be sent out via letter or email by Miss Macek in the near future!

Our Lit Fest Books are in!! Students will be receiving the first two of four Lit Fest selections for the spring competitions. We will begin in depth discussions about these books within the next week!

Blast Off!!!

Last week, to continue with our Rockets Liftoff activities, 4th grade went outside to create and test some of their own rockets.  We split into teams to fill a film canister with different combinations of Alka-Seltzer, corn starch, and water. We hypothesized, then tested which combinations we thought would shoot the rocket highest into the air. After multiple experiments and tests, we concluded that using less of each ingredient would actually make the rocket shoot higher because there was more room for the gases to build up and explode! Successful and fun day!

Let's do this!

Adding our ingredients. How high will it go?!

Our 4th, 5th, and 6th graders competed in the History Bowl at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh on October 29th and 30th. It was a great day exploring the museum and competing against the many other school districts who also attended.  

A special congratulations to our 4th and 5th grade team of Bella, Caitlin, Dylan, and Nick  who took 3rd place in their division!!! We were all very excited!We all had a fun day learning all about Pittsburgh's rich history and culture! So proud of all!

6th Grade 

4th & 5th Grade Teams

A special shout out to Caitlin, Bella, Nick, and Dylan! Our 3rd place winners! Way to go!

Check out our 2nd & 3rd graders who designed amazning K'Nex Rubber Band Powered Cars! Look how awesome all of our cars turned out. We tested our cars in the hallway to see which group could get their car to travel the furthest distance. There are still some groups to complete their trials, so check back for a posting of our results! This should be interesting! 

Addi, Cali, & Alexa

Great racing girls!

Cole & Medha...how far will their car travel?!

Jules had an awesome first run with her car traveling 12 feet! Way to go Julia!

Dawson & Ryan getting ready to have a trial run!