The school year have come and gone, but throughout the year, our QCMS GEMS have experienced STEAM to the fullest as they worked hard fullfilling its promises.
This last quarter of SY 2014-15, our class focused on two of the STEAM areas: Math and Technology (IT).
MATH:
With our math sessions, we have covered the introduction to Pre-Algebra (simplifying expressions & equations by combining like terms) and Algebra (multiplying monomials and binomials). These sessions explored concepts in 7th grade math and honors math, whichever class they might end up with.
Aside from algebra, we also revisited personal finance and microeconomics, through Gen-I-revolution, a free game-based app that explores personal investing, among others. Each of them have access to this online program and will be able to work on them this summer if they so desire.
Information Technology (IT):
Our gems definitely rock IT, with video game design & development workshop. This quarter, we had a game design challenge using the Game Star Mechanic, a free web-based game development platform where students play, design, publish, and rate video games.
Twenty students submitted their games for everyone to play as part of the challenge. 2 students won the "best game designer award", Ryland Kealey & Genice Rose. Runners up for best male designers are Cole Denham & Jayden Page; while runners up for best female designers are Katherine Hesche & Megan Swan. Congratulations!
Another IT program we explored during this quarter was Coding with HTML & Javascript using Codecademy, another free online HTML tutorial and development platform, where they learned basic coding elements, tags, and attributes. This is a great way to learn and explore web design, whether as a hobby or a career option.
And finally, we tried our hands on the basics of graphic arts design using PIXLR Editor, a free web-based photoshop program, where they navigated through the tools bar and the layer options. They were able to create an animal family photo using only one animal, isolated from its original background, duplicated and manipulated to create different images.
All of these IT treats should keep your tweens busy this summer, if they ran out of things to do under the sun!
It has been a wonderful year of STEAM learning. The gems truly sparkled during the year with all the awarded recognition for their hard work.
I thank all of you, parents, for the support you have extended to me and my program.
We all have a common goal: to make sure that your child gets every opportunity to become the best they can be.
I hope that what their learning experience in STEAM have inspired them to face the future with confidence.
To my gems, congratulations for completing 6th grade and I wish you the best in Junior High.
Always remember to be your best and do the best you can.
This last quarter of SY 2014-15, our class focused on two of the STEAM areas: Math and Technology (IT).
MATH:
With our math sessions, we have covered the introduction to Pre-Algebra (simplifying expressions & equations by combining like terms) and Algebra (multiplying monomials and binomials). These sessions explored concepts in 7th grade math and honors math, whichever class they might end up with.
Aside from algebra, we also revisited personal finance and microeconomics, through Gen-I-revolution, a free game-based app that explores personal investing, among others. Each of them have access to this online program and will be able to work on them this summer if they so desire.
Information Technology (IT):
Our gems definitely rock IT, with video game design & development workshop. This quarter, we had a game design challenge using the Game Star Mechanic, a free web-based game development platform where students play, design, publish, and rate video games.
Twenty students submitted their games for everyone to play as part of the challenge. 2 students won the "best game designer award", Ryland Kealey & Genice Rose. Runners up for best male designers are Cole Denham & Jayden Page; while runners up for best female designers are Katherine Hesche & Megan Swan. Congratulations!
Another IT program we explored during this quarter was Coding with HTML & Javascript using Codecademy, another free online HTML tutorial and development platform, where they learned basic coding elements, tags, and attributes. This is a great way to learn and explore web design, whether as a hobby or a career option.
And finally, we tried our hands on the basics of graphic arts design using PIXLR Editor, a free web-based photoshop program, where they navigated through the tools bar and the layer options. They were able to create an animal family photo using only one animal, isolated from its original background, duplicated and manipulated to create different images.
All of these IT treats should keep your tweens busy this summer, if they ran out of things to do under the sun!
It has been a wonderful year of STEAM learning. The gems truly sparkled during the year with all the awarded recognition for their hard work.
I thank all of you, parents, for the support you have extended to me and my program.
We all have a common goal: to make sure that your child gets every opportunity to become the best they can be.
I hope that what their learning experience in STEAM have inspired them to face the future with confidence.
To my gems, congratulations for completing 6th grade and I wish you the best in Junior High.
Always remember to be your best and do the best you can.
SUMMER LINKS |
YEAR-END AWARDS:
PRINCIPALS LIST:
(4 Quarters) Zach Barrington Mickey Skutnik HONOR ROLL: (4 Quarters) Dakota Rutherford Katherine Hesche Kobe Martin Genice Rose PERFECT ATTENDANCE: Katherine Hesche |
SPECIAL CLASS AWARDS:
ARTISTS OF THE YEAR:
Taylor Anderson Mickey Skutnik BEST PRESENTATION: Carys Gad BEST IN ENGINEER: Zach Barrington BEST GAME DESIGNERS: Ryland Kealey Genice Rose Cole Denham Jayden Page Katherine Hesche Megan Swan |
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