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In the Schools: Canton's May 23 Edition
An art show, a robotics award and a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
Annual Art Show and Open Studios
The Canton Public Schools Annual Spring K-12 Art Show will be held Monday – Thursday evenings from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Featuring all students and all schools, there will be exhibits as well as art activities in the gymnasium. Photograms, clay creations, abstract painting, computer art and face painting every night, for all ages.
JFK Fundraiser Nets $22,000
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The “Evening for Education” fundraiser at theraised $22,000 on May 13. Funds raised from ticket sales and raffles will be used to support educational programming at the school. Incoming Principal Kim Sefrino was in attendance and met many parents during the evening.
BHR Robotics Club Takes “Guts and Glory” Award
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The Department of Engineering and Robotics Club recently competed in the MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education) 2011 New England Regional Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) competition at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne. Eighteen teams from as far away as New Jersey competed in the all-day event. Teams were judged on four criteria: a written technical report, a descriptive poster display, an evaluation of a group oral engineering presentation and in-pool performance of multi-underwater missions with the ROV.
team, coached by Dr. Michael Meyers and Mr. Dan Hamill, finished third overall, and was given the “Guts and Glory” Award for overcoming adversity and still performing well during the mission portion of the competition. The team experienced an unexpected problem with one of the three video cameras and had to drive partially blind during the mission.
JFK Assesses Student Fitness
physical education teacher Martin Sasin recently notified parents of a physical fitness assessment tool in use at the school. MicroFit HealthStar, a student assessment and class management software program purchased by CAPT for the Kennedy Physical Education Department, has, according to Sasin, “greatly improved my ability to give (parents) information about the health and fitness of (their children.)”
Each year all students are tested in five areas of physical fitness (flexibility, abdominal strength, upper-body strength, speed and agility, and cardiovascular endurance.) The MicroFit program is customized to match student results with national standards. From these five test results, the program averages a “Total Fitness Score” for each child, rating each student as “Needs Improvement,” “Fair,” “Fit” or “Excellent” in each category. Sasin cautioned that the report is not meant to upset the child, but rather to raise awareness and encourage improvement.
“Many students have trouble with some aspect of fitness and it is difficult to achieve at a high level in all of the tests,” Sasin said.
Get the Luce Scoop Online
The latest issue of the student newspaper, the Luce School Scoop, is available online. Get the Scoop here.
Galvin Middle School Hosts Memorial Day Remembrance
The will sponsor a Memorial Day Remembrance and Revolutionary War Re-enactment on Wednesday from 12:30 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. at the school. All are welcome to attend. Rain dates (and let’s face it, with the weather we’ve had, they might need both) are on Thursday and Friday.
The Circus is Coming to Hansen
“Larry the Incredible” will be in residence at the this week. He will be working with all grades during their regularly scheduled gym classes. In addition, the fourth grade will perform on Friday, May 27.
