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Family Science Night
Family Science Night brings together the school community at the Magnet School for an evening of fun to explorer, fist-hand, a wide variety of science related activities. Events like Family Science Night highlight the magnet school’s commitment to working together with families and the community to make the school a positive place for students.
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Hammonassett
Student Newsletters:
5th graders created their own newsletter about the trip and their findings.
Fifth grade students at the Magnet School are involved in a log-term study of Long Island Sound. Students, classroom teachers and subject specialists and administrators travel to Hammonassett Beach each fall and spring in an attempt to find an answers to their own questions about the animal life and beach environment of the inter-tidal zone. Students also continue a longitudinal study to document the Japanese Shore Crab (Grapsid Crab) population and to learn more about this invasive species. Scientific data is shared with scientists around the globe and follow-up experiments take place back in the school science lab.
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Take Apart Lab
Take Apart labs give students a chance to hypothesize, observe, and record the inner-workings of computers, toasters, blenders, remote controls, sewing machines, telephones and a wide variety of household items.Parents, grandparent, and community volunteers come to EHGEMS over the course of three weeks to help students complete their study.
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Weather Team
Second graders produce a weather report that is posted daily on the school weather bulletin board.Fifth grade meteorologists report the daily weather to www.ctweather.com which is viewed by people world-wide.
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Pond Exploration
The pond exploration field experience provides students an authentic leaning opportunity to observe, classify, record and analyze data and collection actiual specimens. Trips to the pond often integrate science, math, reading, writing, and the arts.
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Shin Nen Kai
Our annual Japanese New Year Celebration has been enjoyed by many Magnet families thanks to the efforts of parents, teachers and students. We are very fortunate to have such great support from the PTO and the whole community. ShinNenKai is a fun day, which provides valuable hands-on experience to people of all ages so that they may learn more about Japanese traditions and culture. Activities include Origami, brush calligraphy, traditional Japanese games, rice ball making, shrine and fortune telling, sales of authentic Japanese food.
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Nengajo Contest
Nengajo is a Japanese New Year greeting card. Japanese New Year is January 1st and in Japan nengajo are to be delivered in the first two weeks of January. Nengajo contest is sponsored by the NCJLT (National Council of Japanese Language Teacher) and there are three categories: most original, most comical and most artistic. At the Magnet school, all the students in 4th and 5th grade participate in this contest. They vote to choose the class winners and then the school winners.
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Japanese School Day
Magnet School teachers created Japanese School Days eight years ago and it has become one of the students’ favorite activities. The day begins with an all-school outdoor assembly. This includes the Radio Exercises, Singing of Friends song and the “Magnet School March”. In Japan, lunch is eaten in the classroom and served by the students, so we will have lunch in the classrooms with our teachers. In Japan, schools are concerned with fire safety, but they also practice being ready for earthquakes. We will have a “surprise” earthquake drill as a part of Japanese School Day. In Japan, students are responsible for keeping their classroom and school clean. We will have an all school clean up period. Special guests, including native Japanese speakers, are invited to come to the school to help the students with origami and calligraphy. Students are encouraged to wear white tops and blue pants to mimic traditional Japanese school uniforms.
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Native American Project
4th graders studied about Native Americans. Each student focused on researching about a specific tribe. He/she created a website to share the findings.
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NASA Explorer School
We are proud to be one of only 25 schools throughout the nation to be selected in 2007 as a NASA Explorer School. This prestigious designation gives our staff and students access to NASA resources, personnel, and special projects that enrich teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Magical Mailbox
Magical Mailbox is a program through which students at EHGEMS are able to have their writing published. Students submit their work to the Magnet Editorial Board (MEB) by placing it in the “Magical Mailbox”. The MEB is a committee of 5th graders and two faculty advisors who review each piece and may provide recommendations for improvement. When a piece is ready for publication, it is posted on the Word Wall bulletin board or on the EHGEMS website. The MEB chooses one piece each week to be “Writer of the Week”.
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