Students in Mrs. Moore’s third grade AMP class are exploring their conceptual understanding of division and its properties. They read the book, The Doorbell Rang, by Pat Hutchins, and then explored equally dividing cookies into equal groups. Division is always more fun when food is involved! #MSEshinesBright  

Ms. Mellion’s class created Leprechaun Traps for STEAM challenge. They used their critical thinking skills to figure out the best way to catch a leprechaun. The class voted for their top three favorites and they received a prize. All students received Gator Bucks (PBIS) for participation. Can’t wait to see how many leprechauns are caught over break!  

Lawnwood Leopards were recognized during the monthly Leopard of the Month Assembly. These students were selected because they demonstrate ACCOUNTABILITY in their classroom. Lawnwood students are accountable for their learning, their choices, and their behavior. Together we are building a better future, one student at a time.

St. Lucie County’s Oxbow Eco-Center 2019 Summer Camps were full of adventure. Children ages 8-12 participated in a Lego Robotics and Coding Camp. Using Lego Mindstorm EV-Three and We-Do kits, children worked in teams to complete animal and nature themed science experiments with robotics and coding. Some campers recognized similar problem solving experiments in STEM and Odyssey of the Mind courses.

Monday, December 1st, Legacy High School held their first annual Shop with a Lion. This past month, they have been raising money to purchase gifts for elementary students for Christmas. The Legacy Lion Ambassadors took 11 Oak Hammock students, grades 1 to 5, Christmas shopping at Target. After, they wrapped them so they would have plenty of gifts to open Christmas morning. To finish off the day, they had a pizza luncheon back at Oak Hammock.  

St. Lucie West K-8’s Middle School Math teacher, Mr. Eric Moran, created an activity using Minecraft Education Edition which allowed his 8th-grade Algebra students to practice solving systems of equations. The activity was set up as a scavenger hunt of sorts. In solving the first problem, the solution is a location in their Minecraft world. The students then travel to that location and dig down. Doing so reveals a small room that has the next problem, whose solution is the next location, and so on. The locations were spread out over a fair distance. To submit their work, each student … Read More

Elijah Bailey from Weatherbee’s VPK recently attended the Learning Lunch with his teacher Norma Miller and had a chance to speak with Ms. Yost!

Ms. Strunk’s 2nd grade class drew clock faces on their desks with white board markers.   The students used licorice hands to show the times that Ms.Strunk wrote on the board. The students had so much fun!

At Morningside Elementary, learning has a delicious reward! Students in Ms. Moore’s third-grade AMP math classroom worked quickly to build their own pizza 🍕. They correctly answered a certain number of questions in order to”buy”  the toppings to make their pizza everything they wanted it to be! Extra cheese? Yes, please! That’ll be another three answers. 😂 Then, Morningside’s amazing cafeteria manager, Ms. Fran, took students on a “behind the scenes” tour of the kitchen so they could bake their tasty snack. Students enjoyed learning and found that it is good to “do the work” in class.

Mr. Adler’s class at Port St. Lucie High School enjoyed a fantastic, impromptu “field trip” right in our own parking lot today! This incredible opportunity arose when two kind members of the Waste Pro refuse collection crew stopped by and generously offered to demonstrate their equipment and share insights into their profession. We want to extend a huge thank you to the team for taking the time out of their busy schedule to connect with our students. The demonstration of the large, green truck and its mechanical operations was, predictably, a major highlight. Students were fascinated by the hydraulic systems … Read More

Oak Hammock K-8 middle school students in Ms. Savanello Mcquay’s Science class, were engaged in learning how water flows from state to state throughout the earth, known as the water cycle. Through kinesthetic learning, students learned about the water cycle by creating a model that emulated the water cycle process. For the duration of the unit, each day during science, students observed their model for changes and discuss the changes as a class. Being able to learn hands-on is especially important for the students because they were able to explore and experiment with the water cycle, by gaining a rewarding … Read More

Sixth-grade science students at CAST recently brought geology to life through a creative and engaging classroom project that modeled the layers of the Earth. Led by their science teacher, Ms. Jill Albers, students used everyday materials to construct a tactile representation of Earth’s internal structure, deepening their understanding of one of science’s most fundamental concepts. To build their models, students used a marble to represent the inner core, Play-Doh in two colors to symbolize the outer core and mantle, and wrapped the entire model in foil to depict the crust. This hands-on approach allowed students to visualize and physically explore … Read More