Feb.27

    This was the last week of winter elective classes.  The Exploring Our World class learned about circuits and electric circuit theory. Students pretended they were electrons moving through a wire.  They learned about conductors and insulators. The students then made mason jar lamps and got to connect the wires on their sockets. They can fill the jars with whatever they'd like. 
     Delicious aromas wafted through the hallways from the Cooking Class.  They made rice, beef stew, carrot salad, and desert crepes.
     The Amateur Radio Class learned how to set up the equipment and how to use it to talk to people.  They talked to people that were located in England, Georgia (state), and Ohio.
     The Drawing Class learned how to draw models.

FLL Robotics Championship

On Saturday the 22nd, the Robotics Team competed at the Hudson Valley First Lego League championship in Poughkeepsie, NY.  They did a great job competing against all the other sectional winners. 

Feb.20

Feb.20th was the 4th week of the 5 week winter session of electives. The Exploring Your World class learned about the science of snow and ski jumping. Then they went outside to learn about and try cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and bobsledding.  The drawing class, cooking class and ham radio class also met for their 4th week and continued with their scheduled instruction.  Perhaps a participant of those classes can provide further information about what they have been learning.

The Rube Goldberg group did not meet this week. The Robotics team practiced for their competition which was Saturday the 22nd.

Business Meeting

The February business meeting was held on the 13.

Rube Goldberg

The Rube Goldberg competition team has met twice. They learned about simple machines and decided on a theme. Members are designing the components of the machine at home. An original Rube Goldberg cartoon is shown below.

Robotics

On Saturday, Feb. 22, the robotics team is going to DCC to compete in the FLL championship after winning second place at RPI in December. They have been practicing.

Winter Classes

For the past 3 weeks we have been having winter elective classes.

In the Exploring Our World class we have learned about hydraulics and made a hydraulic box.
We made art projects. Mrs. Liz Boolukos taught us how to decorate cakes with frosting tips and we helped make fondant.

Mr. Roy Brinker is teaching a drawing class about learning how to draw quick sketches and use shading

Harrison Kyle is teaching a ham radio class.

The cooking class is learning advanced cooking skills from chef Marjorie Antoniou of the Latitude 44 Bistro.