This week in Mr. Rarig’s 8th grade Advanced STEM class, students constructed dowel rod towers to hold weight. Later in the week, they made a trip to the weight room to test how much weight their tower could support.
Contributor: Allyson Griscavage, High School Journalism Student
Eighth grade students have been taking part in a six-week-long STEM project in Science class where they collaborate in teams to design sustainable, energy-efficient buildings. Each team has a $20 million budget and must decide on the best ways to meet the desired goals of the potential building owner. Along the way, they perform a variety of experiments to learn about renewable resources and sustainable construction practices. The experiments include exploring the benefits of a green roof system, studying how wind flows around buildings of various shapes, measuring how sunlight reflects off various buildings and onto the surrounding highways, testing how the position of a solar panel affects its ability to generate electricity, and investigating how blade angle affects the efficiency of a wind turbine. Once the design process and exploration are completed, students will create deliverable items to showcase their building designs. These items include a blueprint, a scale model, a site plan of the property, and a breakdown of energy and water costs and savings. Each team will use these items to "pitch" their designs to a panel of real engineers who will join us as judges. In the end, one design team will be chosen by the engineers as the winning company.
Agriculture Awareness Day will take place on Saturday, April 2, at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. Please see the flyer for additional details.
After learning about wood frogs in class, Mr. Roth's 7th grade science class went to the vernal pools of our very own nature trail to get up close and personal with these awesome amphibians!
Mr. Venna and the fifth grade team showing off his new attire after winning the flamingo fundraiser event sponsored by SMART.
Kindness Club will be meeting Thursday 3/18 in room 130. Middle school members will be working on special projects to spread kindness. Look for the Kindness Club table at lunch during the last week of March, take the kindness pledge, and get a "Be Kind" sticker. Thank you to the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way for providing free bumper stickers, laptop stickers and yard signs. Please check out their website for more information or to submit a kindness challenge nomination! Kindness Campaign — Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way (gsvuw.org)
Contributor: Kate Waltman
Yearbooks for all schools will be sent out for printing at the end of this week. Delivery is scheduled for May. Don't miss out on our coverage of the '21-'22 school year. Order your book today at the link provided.
https://www.jostens.com/yearbooks/students-and-parents/about-yearbooks
Last evening the National Junior Honor Society inducted 12 new members. The National Junior Honor Society officers are Morgan Waugh, Lexi Leshinski, Grace Jones, Todd Brosius, and Saira Sodergren.
Under the guidance of Mr. Rarig, 6th Grade STEM students were challenged to build towers with limited supplies of spaghetti, tape and marshmallows in this learning exercise .
Order your Middle School Yearbook by visiting jostensyearbooks.com today!
Reminder: No School on Monday 2/21/22
Don’t forget if you plan to order SCA Girls Soccer State Championship Gear the store will close at midnight tomorrow 2/11/2022.
Pre-registration is now available for Kindergarten in the 2022-2023 school year. Click HERE for the Pre-registration Form.
By filling out this brief questionnaire, you will be the first to know about all the exciting happenings for the SCA Class of 2035! Pre-registering will allow you to be notified of the opening of online registration, as well as booking your in-person registration appointment before this information is released to the general public.
Please be aware that registration for the 2022-23 school year is not currently open online. The available online registration is only for the current school year. If you fill out this registration for the 2022-23 school year, it will be deleted, and you will have to begin again, so pre-register today and watch your inbox for exciting Kindergarten news!
On Tuesday January 25th all Middle School Students will be participating in an assembly today going over the dangers of Social Media. The assembly is being put on by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
Algebra Keystone Testing begins on Monday December 6th. Good Luck!
