Earth Day posters 2022

Earth Day posters 2022

April 25… a bit of delay to avoid the ferocious winds on the 22nd! Our students in grades 3-8 created their individual posters during the week of Earth Day.  They’re passionate about the environment, rightly so. They put a lot of thought and work into...
Animals, more animals, and ice cream

Animals, more animals, and ice cream

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April 21st, 2022: We just finished 3 half-days of the Iowa Assessment tests, so it was time for a break – a trip to Landmark Mercantile in Mesquite.  What’s there? For one, a lot of interesting animals, goats, an ostrich, three emus, a pot-bellied pig,...

Marble mazes by young students

April 1, 2022. Engineering club for grades 1 & 2: students made marble mazes out of Legos, in clever designs.  Here two students navigate theirs with a marble. Shades of the 1950s! Thanks to our engineer club volunteers Elizabeth Brasher, Jessica Houston, Erin...
Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo

Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo

March 19, 2022. Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo!  Morgan and Alex, 5th-graders. took the  competitive exam on Saturday, March 19th, on the NMSU campus. This is an international competition, and an event aimed at fun in solving math puzzles of high order.  In...
Beautiful cursive

Beautiful cursive

March 15, 2022. Our students have been learning cursive writing for years.  Today that gives them a bit of a superpower.  They can take notes faster than by printing.  They can read many historic documents. They’ll be able to write checks and read them.  Then,...