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Lately, walking into the middle school pod has been even louder for visitors. Pyramids and tents abound; students screaming just as loudly when a robot doesn’t perform the planned mission (at the high decibel readings only middle schoolers can make) as if it had successfully completed the mission.

Students going by names like Alaska Sol and Jeremy Finders from the early 1900s writing in their journals about the trials and tribulations of being thirsty in the desert, complaining about a colleague’s snoring at night, or being exhausted from days of digging and digging to no avail. Palm trees are swaying above the tents that archeologists have built and working in.

Hearing students discussing and laboring over strange looking artifacts they have just uncovered (with their 2012 robots), sketching, researching without a computer, and writing to sponsors who want to know where their money is going is part of everyday life in sixth grade. Studying Egypt in this manner is called integrated or interdisciplinary studies. Combining important skills from several subject areas into a common theme is an effective and rewarding experience for both teacher and students.

Come on up to the middle school pod and watch sixth graders in a rich simulation. Maybe you’ll even see them engineering a different way to solve a problem! (Click on the headline to see photos.)

 

CCDS Basketball Team are the champs! The final score of the championship game was CCDS 53 - Old Trail 29! In celebration of our Independent School League Championship win there will be a pep rally this afternoon at 2:45 pm. Parents are invited to attend. Go Cougars!!!

Thanks once again to our CCDS families for their generous donations to our grade level baskets. The baskets are beautiful and photos don't do them justice. Come out and see for yourself and purchase some raffle tickets! Tickets are on sale each morning from 8 to 8:30 am and are $1 each. Will you be the lucky winner of one of these delightful baskets? (Click on the headline to see all photos.)

The CCDS Preschool is studying farms. The middle school art elective (about 11 students) led by art teacher, Cory Sampliner painted a beautiful farm mural for the preschool. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Rand are really proud of this mural. Mrs. Anderson said the children in her class pronounced the mural "awesome", and indeed it is!  Click on the title to view the photos.

Why CCDS?  Because we challenge our student's imagination in every subject, even in the way we do our book reports! Our 8th grade Language Arts class created cereal boxes for their independent reading project. Each student needed to cover a cereal box with all the literary elements pertaining to their book and studied in class (Theme, Plot, Setting, Point of View, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution, Conflict, Tone, Mood, Antagonist, Protagonist, Flashback, Foreshadowing and Figurative Language). For Figurative Language, students were required to give examples from their books of simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, assonance and hyperbole. Each cereal box needed to have the book title, the author and the student's name. Here are a few photos of these unique boxes, click on the title to view all the photos.   Ask your student about his/her project.

 

Canton Country Day's Kindergarten did a presentation on "Caring" for the Monday Assembly. Students created individual posters of what caring meant to them. The class poster (with hearts and hand prints spelling out the word "caring") will hang in the school. This is all a part of the Character Education program, which is being focused throughout our school this year. Below is a photo of the kindergarten class with their poster. They did a great job!

Please plan to attend the ArtsinStark Family Arts Festival on Saturday, March 3, 2012, from 10 am to 3 pm.   Free admission and free parking.  It's a full day of theater, dance, visual arts, and singing!  Canton Country Day School's Choir will be performing, so please plan to attend. Mark your calendars!