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at CASS?
Daily Connect Competition
During the second to last week of the quarter, Student Council hosted a friendly competition among the Daily Connect groups at CASS. Each group could pick from a menu of activities to earn points throughout the week. Activities ranged from doing the wave, creating a logo for the group, and even creating a Daily Connect band.
Congratulations to the following Daily Connects for completing most or all of the activities:
"The Goofy People" (Ludwig's DC)
"The Rainbow Birds" (Collis' DC)
"The Rockers - AC/DC" (Cornelius/Atchison's DC)
"Animal Squad" (Goebel's DC)
Some highlights from the competition:
Classroom Updates
English 9/10
Students in English 9/10 have been getting creative while examining missing perspectives in art. In their last unit summative of the quarter, they analyzed a favorite piece of literary, performance, or visual art, and created their own interpretation, highlighting missing perspectives and missing information. Ask your student about their work and about what they learned through this process!
Katie Corrigan, English Teacher
AVID
In the 7/8 AVID class, students planned their post-secondary adventure. Some students decided to use an art form to represent their adventures including modern dance, visual art, and even a fashion show.
In the 9/10 AVID class, students interviewed teachers to find out about their post-secondary plans in high school and how they might have changed over time. Students created their own rubric for the assignment and demonstrated creativity in how they presented their summaries.
In the 11/12 AVID class students finished the quarter by creating their "ideal colleges" based on their research of colleges and universities throughout the quarter. They also had to decide their "top 5 colleges" to apply to.
Arielle Goebel, AVID Teacher
Physical Science
In Physical Science students have started learning about chemistry. We have been talking a lot about food; why our body needs it. We learned about nixtamalization of corn and Pozole soup. We even had a mukbang where Mr. Winberg noisily slurped his soup!
Ross Winberg, Science Teacher
Reading Strategies
Students in Reading Strategies class have been working on their descriptive writing this quarter. Because we are in distance learning, and don't get to see each other in person, I asked staff to share pictures of themselves doing something that they enjoy. In class, students got to choose pictures to describe. Aliyah Lendway, a 6th grader, chose to write about a picture that Ms. Collis shared with us.
Brooke Derrickson, Reading Strategies Teacher
Percussion
Our Beginning Percussion Class learned how to identify and construct three different beats in quarter three. These beats included a Rock/Pop beat, a Latin/Afro beat, and a Trap beat using Garageband on their iPads. They were able to identify the similarities and differences between each beat, including specific bass and snare patterns.
Here are some examples of their work:
Ben Gualtieri, Music Teacher
6th Grade Art
6th graders are learning how to draw the human figure. We started by learning about gesture drawing. Finding where the joints and limbs pivot as well as how the spine is curved are important parts to make bodies look real. Here are some excellent examples! Enjoy!
Randy Schutt, Art Teacher
Activism through Arts
Students designed signs to persuade their neighbors to either stop littering or to pick up their dog's poop.
Monica Hynds, Social Studies Teacher
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