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Bu llet i n Boa rd Francis Howell Lights, camera, action! Fifth-grade Spectra students at Warren Elementary and Francis Howell Middle School have won the Show-Me a Movie 2010 Digital Storytelling Contest for Missouri Students. Newsmagazine Sponsored by Cooperating Salesperson:School Districts (CSD) of Greater Proof: St. Louis, ShowMe a Movie is a digital storytelling contest for Missouri students to demonstrate their creativity and digital moviemaking skills. Based on curriculum and with a content focus, the videos will showcase what students know, care about, and are able to do. Francis Howell Middle won the “Show Me a Challenge” category with its video “Dangers of Texting” which was submitted by students Jessie Basler, Gary Rudolph, Rebecca Rodell, Ashley Kang and Molly LaVictoire, Spectra teacher at Francis Howell Middle School. Warren Elementary won the Show Me a Story with their video “Warren’s 10-Year Anniversary” and the Show Me Your Community with their second submission of “Hoops & Jump Rope for Heart” which were submitted by students Adelmann, Mia Brader, Lexi Comparato, Melody Faron, Sam Kaplan, Sabrina McRoberts, Cameryn Miller, Olivia Mitchell, Joey Mueller, Jackson Snell and fifth-grade Spectra
Facilitator, Janet Nordemann. Winning submissions will be screened at a special reception at the St. Charles Convention Center as part of the 2011 Midwest Education Technology Conference to be held Feb. 15.
Date of issue: Litwiller named runner up Client: Megan Litwiller, a fourth-grade stuSize: dent at Warren Elementary, was recently Colors: announced as one of the runners-up of the Pictures: TeenTribune.com and TweenTribune.com writing contest. Logos: The contest was inspired by Benjamin Copy: Franklin, who possessed both a passion for technology and a talent for expressing powerful ideas in remarkably few words. To motivate kids to embrace these two ideals, TeenTribune and TweenTribune gave away 100 “Benjamins” to students who could describe in 100 words or less how technology makes the world a better place. Megan chose to compose her entry in the genre of poetry acknowledging the fact that while technology may be difficult it is also inevitable. Megan was one of five runners-ups in the fourth-grade level of the competition and will receive $100 for her submission. When asked if she was more excited about winning the contest or the money she
simply said, “I don’t know. I really don’t know. I’m excited about them both.”
Robotics teams advance to state Two out of the three robotics teams at Barnwell Middle School will advance to a state competition after competing in the Regional Qualifier at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League (FLL) Challenge last month. The FLL Challenge, titled “Body Forward,” focused on Biomedical Engineering. Students were divided into builders, programmers, and researchers, and as each team built their robotic device, they learned about various technological functions such as nanobots, heart catheters, stints and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Scoring for the FLL is based on the following: technical presentation where students explain their robot’s design and function; research presentation, allowing teams five minutes to explain via skit, video or basic presentation about the basis of the research and the final real-life solution; core values and teamwork; and robot challenge which gives each team three opportunities to run their robot. Mary Johnson, mother of eighth-grade student Eric Johnson, said her son has been a member of the Robotics team for three years, enjoys building and has learned a lot about teamwork. “Eric has always enjoyed building with Lego’s, K’Nex, Lincoln Logs, Mega
Bloks - whatever he could get his hands on,” Johnson said. “Sometimes people see ‘Lego’ and think fun or playtime, but the FLL challenges are so much more. I believe the robotics aspect has taken his building skills to the next level. Learning to work as a team can be challenging, but a necessary skill for life.” The Robotics World Championship will be held at the St. Louis Edward Jones Dome April 27-30. The event is open to the public.
Fort Zumwalt
Kindergarten registration date set Registration for next year’s incoming kindergarten students in the Fort Zumwalt School District will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 3, at all 13 elementary schools. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must have reached the age of 5 before Aug. 1, 2011. A valid birth certificate, proof of residency and immunization records must be presented at the time of registration. At registration, parents will receive a packet of information including a physical examination form, which should be returned on or before the first school day. Three doses of Hepatitis B vaccine are required for all students entering Kindergarten. The Hepatitis B vaccination series requires a six month time span and must be completed, or in progress, before the first day of classes. Students must have
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