School news
9th Grade Community Building Afternoon
Last Friday, the ninth grade students took an afternoon away from academics to build community. The afternoon started in the gym with an assembly, in which we introduced the leadership team, and the health and support staff. Students got to see images of their teachers when they were ninth graders, and got to learn interesting facts about their teachers through fun trivia.
They then transitioned outside, where they were greeted with nine different team building stations including balloon relays, sponge races, paper airplane contests, and a song-identifying game. We finished off with popsicles, recognitions of exceptional team spirit and collaboration, and a group photo. It was a wonderful afternoon for everyone.
Government Students Meet Local Lawmaker
State Senator Becca White spoke with about 40 juniors (and two seniors) in two government classes on Monday, September 30. Senator White answered student questions about legislation related to climate change, affordable housing, school funding, taxes on primary homes and secondary homes, guns, phones in schools, and the "lemon law" related to car buying. White has represented Windsor 1 district since 2022.
Calculus Students in Motion
Mr. Bremel's AP Calculus AB class is studying average rates of change of vehicles that drove past the school on Route 4. A vehicle that was accelerating, decelerating, and maintaining a constant speed were measured. Students were then asked to consider the paradox of motion at a single instant in time. If there is no change in distance and no change in time how can there be motion?
Computer Science & Robotics in Room 26
All students started the year looking for patterns in Binary. Here's what Ruth S (9th) and Satori R (10th) discovered in Game Design class:
We've currently got three sections of Robotics classes running in Room 26, where Roman P (7th) and David T (7th) are starting to build components for a ClawBot.
Addison B (9th) already figured out how to connect up power and motors to create our first driving bot of the year.
Students in AP Computer Science Principles are starting to code in Python:
AP US History
AP US History students work together to craft thesis statements and write essays about Christopher Columbus’ legacy using textual evidence from varying points of view.