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One Man's
Trash is Another Man's Treasure
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in March, students in Mr. Onativia and Mrs. Wagner’s
classes videoconferenced with Andy Fowler, a parent
at Cottage Lane, who was on assignment in Haiti. As
an engineer for NBC, he was covering the earthquake
disaster. The ability to communicate directly with
the media gave students firsthand knowledge of the
devastation.
“When Mr. Fowler told us that 90% of the schools
were destroyed, it made me want to do more,”
stated Mathew Russell.
Since then Mrs. McBride has been in contact with
Mission of Hope, a school in Haiti. Students decided
to collect unwanted school supplies before school
was let out. From gently used notebooks to unwanted
markers, the donations came pouring in. The staff at
Cottage Lane generously donated the cost of
shipping. The ability to help those less fortunate
was a great way to end the school year.
WordMasters
The WordMasters
Challenge is a fun, mind-stretching
competition for highly capable Language Arts
students. It is a national competition for
students in grades 3-8 which encourages
growth in vocabulary and verbal reasoning.
Over 4,200 school teams, from 50 states,
participated last year.
Classes participated in the blue division
and additional students came before school
to participate in the gold division. All
students learned a new appreciation for the
wonderful diversity of English words and
they were encouraged to think more
logically, carefully, and critically as the
year progressed.
Three timed contests, starting in November,
were given during the school year to
increase student interest and healthy
competition. Here are the final results:
| |
5th Grade Gold |
5th Grade Blue |
|
1st Place |
Sam G. |
Jack S. |
|
2nd Place |
David L. |
Ean W. |
|
3rd Place |
Alex G. |
Jane C. & Brianna V. |
| |
4th Grade Gold |
4th Grade Blue |
|
1st Place |
Juliana M. |
Kaylee L. |
|
2nd Place |
William H. |
Sofia T. |
|
3rd Place |
Victor T. |
Vilnis P. & Nishan T. |
Congratulations
to all WordMaster participants. Remember to read,
read, read this summer to develop your vocabulary!
Cottage
Lane Recognizes Math Olympiad Students
Congratulations to Cottage Lane’s 4th and
5th grade mathletes who were among the
nearly 150,000 students worldwide to
participate this year in the Math Olympiad
program. They participated in a series of
five monthly contests from November to
March, and weekly practice sessions during
the course of the year.
Nine of these mathletes have won a national
award for excellence within the Elementary
School Division. The following students
earned an embroidered felt patch for being
in the top 50th percentile of the
competition: Matthew R.and Victor T., Chris
C., Brendan H., Ean W., Russell J., Alex S.,
Daeseob L., and David L.. The silver pin was
awarded to David L. for placing in the 90th
to 97th percentiles. Trophies were awarded
to Victor T. and David L. for receiving the
highest score on their grade level team.
Congratulations to these students and all
Math Olympiad participants!
CLE
Valentine Challenge
2/14/2010
The following math problem was posed to
students in the fourth grade: I bought a box of candy for myself
last week. However, by the time I got home I had eaten ¼ of the candies.
As I was putting the groceries away, I ate ½ of what was left. There
were 6 chocolates left in the box.
How many chocolates were in the box to begin with? The correct answer:
16 candies. Over forty students participated in the challenge by solving
the problem, writing an explanation and creating a three-dimensional
representation.
Congratulations to Brenna, Ilana and Luke. They received Valentine
prizes for the most accurate representation and detailed explanation.
