Stony Point Ambassadors Visit COE

Stony Point High School Ambassadors recently came to visit COE 5th grade students.  They talked about the Academy Program as well as what the IB looks like in high school.  This was one of our activities for Education. Go Get It Week.  Throughout the week, students learned about a variety of colleges and careers as well as the skills and knowledge that are necessary to be successful. The Stony Point students were a high point for our 5th grade.  They talked about what a typical day was like, what they needed to do to be successful in school and how they say their education preparing them for their future.  Students got to ask a lot of really great questions and were excited about the opportunities that lay ahead of them in the next few years!

1st Grade Graphing with Kidspiration

First grade students have been exploring graphing in math as one way to organize and make sense of data.  Students in Ms. Estrada's class used a table of their favorite colors to make a bar graph using Kidspiration. The math view gives students grid paper and simple shapes to work with, so they were able to make a colorful bar graph that matched their table data.  Students worked cooperatively in partners to create their graph, then together added two observations that they could make such as "blue was the favorite color because it got the most votes" and "yellow and purple have the same number of votes."   Pretty awesome!

COE Cheetahs Celebrate International Day of Peace!

COE Cheetahs have been celebrating the International Day of Peace each year. This year in art class, students are making symbols of peace in origami like cranes, butterflies, doves, hearts, homes, and lotus flowers. Students also pledged to take individual actions.  As an IB school, it is so important to all of us that we each do our part to make this world a more peaceful place.  Check out what some of our students have pledged to do in the video below!

Kindergarten Learns Science Safety with SLIME!

Kindergarten students got to put their Science Safety Contract rules and guidelines when they made glitter slime! Students in Mrs. Roger's class use science tools and safety gear to mix and explore their slimy concoctions!

4th Grade Investigates Culture in Who We Are Unit

4th Grade has been inquiring into the central idea "Understanding personal histories, beliefs and values fosters intercultural connectedness." As part of their unit, they invited parents with a variety of backgrounds to come talk about their histories, beliefs and values. Students asked great questions to learn more about what makes each culture unique and also how we are all tied together. Parent volunteers came from Venezuela, India and France- it was a great mix of different cultures and students really learned a lot. We really appreciate all the parents who shared with us and helped foster intercultural connectedness!