Spring Break by JV and Keylen

Spring break is almost here and we’re going to ask what some students are doing for spring break. Some people’s spring break is unplanned for now. And some people are going to fun places like disneyland, going out of town, LA, and other fun places. Most people are playing video games for spring break. Spring break is two weeks to enjoy a sweet vacation and have a break from school.
JV is going to San Diego and might go to his friends house for spring break and Keylen is doing basketball and going to his friends house for spring break. We asked some people and here is what some of them said, Ammaar said he is playing fortnite, Hudson said his grandma is coming over to his house, Kloie is going to San diego, Amanda is going to reno and SF, Donevin might go over to Ammaar’s house, and Brody is going to the park. I hope you have a great spring break!!!

Ancient Greece by Ryan

Ancient Greece is our 2nd to last ancient place we’re going to learn about. We have already learned a lot about ancient Greece. The main city states we learned about were Athens and Sparta. Athens was about the arts and trade, and there was not much war, but Sparta was all about war. The most fun thing we have done so far is the God posters. Jeff and I did Ares. Ares is the God of war and one of my favorite Greek Gods. We had many other Gods also. In our class, we had every son and daughter of Cronus. The main ones were Zeus, Athena, Hades, and Poseidon. We also had monsters, Medusa and the Minotaur. We are reading The Adventures of Ulysses and are making a map about the places Ulysses went to. The last thing we did in Core that is related to Ancient Greece is our myth books. We are working on the Murder in Athens mock trial and I think it will be fun!

In Expressions we made Greek urns. We had a paper version and drew pictures of daily life in ancient Greece. I drew a man with a horse. Our main project so far in Expressions was our myth video. I worked with Jeff and Yathin. We did Perseus vs. Medusa. I was Perseus, and Jeff was Medusa. We acted out the myth and got a 25/25. We also got to show our video in front of the class and everyone liked it. Our current project we’re doing right now is our weaving project. I’m almost done and I think it looks well. I am also looking forward to the Greek olympics!

So far ancient Greece is really fun. We did art projects, videos, and maps. I am very happy that we have more to come of ancient Greece. Hopefully everyone else and I learn more about ancient Greece and do well on the test!

End of Trimester Two by Hudson M. and Toby T.

LOOKING BACK: 

So the second trimester was really fun we did lots of projects that were exciting. One of the biggest things we did were the Chinese New Year parade. I think that that was probably the funniest part of the second trimester. Everybody would get a part in the parade and we would make it like a real Chinese parade. For Unit work we started Greek Unit and we already did India and China. The biggest field trip we went on was Marin headlands where we spent two nights in the Marin Headlands near San Francisco. We went to a small town called Locke. It was where we learned about some past Chinese immigrants who lived locally.

LOOKING FORWARD: 

Some exciting things that we are going to do is a Trojan war play where we will be reenacting the Trojan war. We also are going to be finishing our Greece and Greek unit work. Another thing is the end of the year field trip at Scandia. I think one of my favorite things that are coming up is the Greek Olympics. I think that this is going to be one of my favorite things in the third trimester because it will really feel like it is the Greek Olympics. The events we will do in them are Track and Field events.

This was a picture from Locke (Picture credit: Hudson McBee)

History Day by Gage and Dan

On Saturday March 3, 2018, Gage and I competed in History Day at Inderkum High School. Our History Day project was about the Wright brothers and how constructive conflict fueled the invention of the world’s first airplane. We competed in the exhibit category, in the 6-8 grade division.

We were interviewed by 3 judges. No parents were allowed in the interview. They ask us about our project. They asked us for example, “How did you guys come up with this project?” They also asked us how our project went with the History Day theme conflict and compromise. The interview lasted 25 minutes.

Dan: This was a cool experience because this was our first year of doing History Day. I want to do History Day next year and the year after because I know how to do it now. It was kind of scary because it was our first time doing it but it was still fun to learn about something new with a friend.

Gage: The questions we were asked were really good because they made me think more deeply about our topic. The judges were nice and easy to talk to. I would want to do this next year. I am mad at myself for not finishing the model.