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“Beat It” by Michael Jackson, “Zombie” by the Cranberries, and “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King were just some of the rock classics Mr. Guess’ CAST Rock Band performed at their rock concert! There were also several keyboard ensembles and solos! We are blinded by all the talent at CAST!
We are so proud of our 8th grade Musical Theater students; they did an amazing job at their last CAST performance! Their skits and monologues were led by Mr. Rahming. We will miss them!
Fourth grade students in Mrs. Denman and Mrs. Tyler’s class took the initiative to clean up CAST’s campus instead of having recess. They decided to dedicate every Tuesday to picking up trash around our school. They also used recycled containers to plant seeds!
Fifth graders in Ms. Broderick & Mrs. Church’s class researched what companies can do to help the environment, wrote about what they can do at home and at school, and then brainstormed what they think the Earth will look like in 30 years to celebrate Earth Day!
Third grade students made junk-bots! They used materials they were going to recycle at home and then up-cycled them to build creative robots. They designed their plan, wrote out their steps, and named their creations!
Kindergarten, first & second grade students participated in a variety of creative Earth Day projects. All students brainstormed many ways they could take care of our Earth and make it a better place!
Middle School Visual Arts students collaborated with the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, St. Lucie Environmental Resources Department and Oxbow Eco-Center to create up-cycling sculptures for the St. Lucie Earth Day Festival. Students learned facts about recyclable materials and being good stewards of our natural resources and environment. Students were provided recyclable items by the St. Lucie Environmental Resources Department and created their up-cycled sculptures by integrating objects like metal clothes hangers, plastic water and soda bottles, bottle caps, plastic beads, foam, textiles, and paper products to help create their animal forms. Students also used stones to create different pieces of … Read More
Sixth grade students at CAST used recycled materials, like the used pages of their consumable science book, to create posters to raise awareness about Earth Day!
St. Lucie Public Schools hosted their 30th Annual History Day district fair on February 21-25. National History Day is a historical research project that allows for a creative display of research, based on the theme of Debate and Diplomacy. 8th grader Kaleel Dennis was selected to move on to the Florida National History Day competition. Kaleel submitted a paper on “The Politics of the Reconstruction Era”.
The CAST Media Arts Department helped us celebrate and recognize our wonderful assistant principal, Mrs. Gavoni, during Assistant Principal Week. We love you Mrs. Gavoni, thank you for everything you do for CAST! https://youtu.be/0hwaozoAwZQ
Kindergarten, first and second-grade students went on a field trip to the 4H Farm! They learned about various farm animals, gardening, and Florida agriculture! We had a blast!
Students at CAST have been implementing principles of the Leader in Me program by assisting around the school. They were paired with a teacher to mentor them and enhance their leadership skills. Students help in their class by buddy reading, playing with younger students on the playground, and delivering packages from the front office. We are so proud of our CAST leaders!
Congratulations to CAST sixth-grader, Emily Tourjee, for winning the annual “Drop Savers” Poster contest! April is Water Conservation Month and Port St. Lucie Utilities Systems invited St. Lucie County K-12 students to participate in the 6th annual 2022 Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest. Mrs. Grasso offered the contest to her middle school Graphic Arts classes as it aligns with Graphic Design principles – combining words and images. The purpose of the contest is to raise awareness as well as educate young people on the importance of saving water. There were 199 entries and a single winner was selected for each … Read More
Kindergarten learned about health and nutrition from our friends at the University of Florida’s Family Nutrition Program. We have learned about healthy habits such as washing hands and what healthy food to eat.
Kindergarten students at CAST hunted for their sight words! Once they found their sight words, they could enjoy their treats! Student leaders helped our little friends find their sight words. Practicing out sight words helps us become ‘egg-traordinary’ readers.
Our first graders have been having so much fun learning about the sun, moon, and different things we can see during the day and night sky! After reading many stories about the sun and moon, we wrote important key details that we learned on our fun craft!
Kindergarteners at CAST learned about the Medal of Honor and discussed all the ways we can be good citizens at school and at home. Students read a variety of literature stories and responded to these texts. We promise to be super citizens!
Elementary music students learned about Evelyn Glinney, a deaf percussionist who composed music and would take her shoes off to feel the vibrations of her songs. Students played drums to feel vibrations. Middle School visual art students studied works of art by Helen Frakenthaler who was famous for using non-traditional tools in her paintings. Students then explored different techniques to express themselves in this abstract way. Middle school dance students dedicated several dances in their spring show to renowned artist, Janet Jackson.
Students at CAST celebrated Read Across America Day! Kindergartners did an author study on Eric Carle; they are hungry for reading! First graders recognized the amazing diversity in stories and wrote about what makes them special. Third graders went for a reading picnic and read outside.
Seventh grade students at CAST read poems from different female poets such as Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou and discussed their meaning. They chose words from the poem that stood out to them and then created their own blackout poems using these words.