![]() The academic program concluded Thursday while the athletic program is ongoing. “We get to do a lot of building with Legos and other items, There are lot of activities to do,” he said, Mason Pagano, 10, fifth grade, said he liked the STEAM programs. Topics have focused on multicultural themes. In addition to creating, the students focus on academic subjects. McVay said he likes the different activities in the STEAM classes with different teachers. “It’s a fun and there is a different lesson each week,” McVay said. He said each student starts with cardboard and other materials and then designs that project for that week, over three days. I like doing hands-on activities,” McVay said. “We get to build things like food trucks. Sixth-grader Jaxson McVay, 11, who participated last year, said he wanted to return again this summer. Sophia said when selecting classes to attend, she wanted to be in the art programs and also a basketball camp.Įach week involved building something with the first week a food truck, the second a game board and the third a rollercoaster. “I like art and want to be an artist or cartoonist when I grow up,” she said. “We felt this is a way to used those funds and give it back to the students and families,” Ware said.įifth-grader Sophia Cimino, 9, is marking her first year in the program. Ware said pandemic relief funds helped to cover some of the costs. She said materials such as plastic water bottles, jugs and cardboard were dropped off by the staff, the community and families in May to prepare for the program. Ware said 20 building staff instruct the different classes and programs. Projects included making board games and food trucks. Ware said problem-based learning is a student-centered approached to learning that involves groups of students working together to gain knowledge and skills through research, discussion, planning, designing and building. Some students are here all three weeks,” she said. “The students have a different theme and problem each week. The problem-based learning is held for three hours in the mornings and then a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) program offered to students in the afternoons for three hours. Ware said there is a huge percentage of students taking part in some of the summer learning programs. This program allows us to do this because there is time available,” Ware said. “The teachers are so busy during the school year focusing on the standards that they would love to have more time to explore and do project-based learning like this. Have a safe and enjoyable Independence Day weekend.She said “real-life” activities are created in which students try to solve problems in different ways, succeeding and failing, and trying something new. You can mark your calendars for Saturday, July 15, for the next Homesteaders Swap Meet, more details next week. If you get to it before Saturday when this goes to print, thank you and my apologies. ![]() I've been hoping to shame the Boone County Road crew into mowing the head-high roadside brush on Creel Road to no avail. The utility works continues on Highway 392 through Capps so be mindful of workers by the roadside. We're hoping for another quiet 4th of July weekend so please use wisdom when using fireworks as the conditions are very dry right now. The Capps Batavia Fire Department held their monthly training last Monday night at the Capps Firehouse. ![]() (I can hear Terri, my editor, chuckling in the background.) Thanks to all the avid readers who stopped by Diversified to wish me well, and offer employment in several cases! If my buddy, Chris, of Capps, is reading this, know that we're praying for a quick recovery from your back injury. Well, I'm officially unemployed, except for my high paying gig with the Harrison Daily Times. ![]()
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