Fairytale Frenzy

Students and Teachers are feeling the craziness of the week before POL night! It is encouraging to see students so excited about their upcoming performances. Many students are doing an excellent job of memorizing their lines, gathering props, and creating their costumes. I can tell that they are proud of the work they are doing and are thrilled at the idea of performing it in front of a real audience. We are all looking forward to seeing the finished product!

In the midst of preparation for the big night, we are also attempting to continue with our other curriculum! Students continue to show enthusiasm for our Science unit on Extreme Environments. Last week we had a very interesting discussion about things like black holes, the lifespan of our sun, and the true immensity of our universe. It was great to see students so interested and amazed by the things they learned about. We are currently focusing on some of the technology we use in space, such as the Hubble telescope, the International Space Station, and the Canadarm. The NASA website has all sorts of excellent videos from the Space Station that we watched in class.

In LA, we are reading an excellent book called The Cay. It is the story of a 12-year old boy who is involved in a shipwreck and finds himself on a small raft in the middle of the sea with a strange man. The book provides interesting insight into what it would be like to survive on a raft, and then on a small island, with very few supplies or provisions. The major themes of this book tie into the themes we discuss in our Exploration of Extreme Environments unit.