This week has been declared “Misophonia Awareness Week” at MJHS and on Thursday 8th graders were lucky enough to learn more about this rare disorder. Lots of thank you’s go out to everyone who helped shed more light on Misophonia this week! Supporting our students in the best ways we know how isn’t just a teacher’s way, it’s the Manhattan way! 💙💙
A reminder for those who make the cheerleading and basketball teams in the next week- all student athletes and a parent/guardian are expected to attend the Athletic Expectations Night on Wednesday, October 19th at MJHS. We’ll see you then, Demons! 🏀📣
Over the last two class periods, third graders explored the concept of automation! They were challenged to write a program so that their robot would physically sort animals into their correct habitats (represented by quadrilaterals to tie back to our previous lessons). This sounds like a simple task, but when you consider the amount of knowledge needed to do so, it’s really quite impressive!
When writing the program, students needed to:
Understand the science concept of a habitat and correctly identify the habitats of 5 given animals
Understand the coding concept of an Event (an action performed by the human that signals a computer to respond in a certain way) and recognize that their program would need 4 separate events (one for each habitat)
Understand the coding concept of Sequences (commands in the correct order) and correctly assemble 4 separate sequences, connecting each to an Event
Understand how to use directional commands (drive forward, backward, turn left, turn right) and how to customize the distance driven or degrees turned
When running the program, students needed to…
Be able to READ code in order to decide which sequence would take the selected animal to its habitat, and which event would begin that sequence
As well as how to work as a member of a team, tackle a problem full of ambiguity, and persevere through small failures in order to reach a goal.
Take a minute to watch this in action and consider what an amazing thing this is for a third grader to be able to do!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rLdstrlhUqsKOIdKe7hfKpTAtB-mx9c2
This week the MJHS P.E. department closed out their badminton unit with a bracketed tournament! The grade level winners then got to face the staff in a match! Congratulations to our champs and a big thank you to Mrs. Carroll, Mr. Spesia, and Mr. Turek for “hosting”! Way to go Demons!
Main Event had everything for our 8th-graders on their Rewards Trip, from bowling and billiards to laser tag and ropes-course! Thanks to our amazing staff for planning and supervising!
MJHS 7th graders enjoyed the 1st quarter reward trip today. Bowling at Laraway Lanes
Today, MJHS kicked off Misophonia Awareness Week with sharing information about misophonia as well as starting table trivia during lunch. Come out to the Home Girls’ Basketball this Thursday dressed in your Demon Blue to support Misophonia Awareness!
Congratulations to all of our MJHS Cross Country runners for a wonderful season and a great Sectional today! Our girls team advances onto State next weekend as well as Sectional Champ, Hunter Spee! Go Demons!
Perfect weather for our mid trimester activity day. Kids played jumbo soccer, sharks & minnows, and 2 different obstacle course inflatables. A big thank you to our PTO for providing the funds to bring stuff like this to the kids. Have a great weekend Anna Mac!
Our mid trimester day of activities ended with The Sounds of Brazil assembly .
Mild October temperatures mean first grade gets to bring PE with Mrs. Book outdoors to work on agility and speed! #wilsoncreeklearns #msd114
Mighty mathematicians are hard at work at Wilson Creek! They have been busy working on applying math vocabulary and strategies while explaining their thinking to their classmates! #wilsoncreeklearns #msd114
Our STREAM classes are doing some amazing things. Learning to be innovative, learning how to fail and persevere, learning how to collaborate, and so on. This has been a great addition to our curriculum @ The Mac!
MJHS Cheerleading and Boys’ Basketball tryouts begin soon! Visit our athletics website for more information! https://sites.google.com/manhattan114.org/manhattan-demons-athletics/home
This week is bring your parents to PE in second grade! Our second graders are putting their parents to the test by challenging them and teaching them some of the favorite games they have learned! #wilsoncreeklearns #msd114
Nice win for the MJHS 6th Grade Girl’s Basketball team tonight!
36-20 Demons!
Sending a huge thank you to our custodial staff for all you do to prepare our schools each day so that they are safe and in working order for students and staff!
Our schools sparkle because of you ✨ #msd114
Congrats to our ten MJHS Students of the Month for September, who all exhibited preparedness! Great job, Demons!
When life gives you lemons, learn about your sense of taste 🍋 Kindergarten has been learning about 5 senses and completed a taste testing! #wilsoncreeklearns #msd114
Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sure glad to have a friend like you! Preschool made friendship handprints by combining primary colors to reveal a friendly surprise 🎨 #wilsoncreeklearns #msd114
