Saturday, October 31, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Directions For Advisory Election
Students of Ashville Middle School have received/will receive Advisory Council Team Election ballots. Following are some common questions and answers regarding the Advisory Council Team (ACT):
Q: How are individuals nominated for the ACT?
A: Write the names of up to 6 people that you would like to nominate on the ballot and have your child return the ballot to his/her homeroom teacher or to the office. The names of the six people receiving the highest number of votes will be submitted to the St. Clair County Board of Education. The board will then appoint three members to serve 2-year terms.
Q: Who may serve on the ACT?
A: Any competent and reliable person of mature age nominated by patrons of said school.
Q: Who may vote on the ACT?
A: Only parents/guardians of students of AMS.
Q: How long does the ACT member serve?
A: Two consecutive years.
Q: What are the duties of the ACT?
A: They serve as liaisons between the school and community. They are given the opportunity to offer input to school operations such as budgets.
If you have additional questions you may contact Mr. Johnson at 594-7044.
Q: How are individuals nominated for the ACT?
A: Write the names of up to 6 people that you would like to nominate on the ballot and have your child return the ballot to his/her homeroom teacher or to the office. The names of the six people receiving the highest number of votes will be submitted to the St. Clair County Board of Education. The board will then appoint three members to serve 2-year terms.
Q: Who may serve on the ACT?
A: Any competent and reliable person of mature age nominated by patrons of said school.
Q: Who may vote on the ACT?
A: Only parents/guardians of students of AMS.
Q: How long does the ACT member serve?
A: Two consecutive years.
Q: What are the duties of the ACT?
A: They serve as liaisons between the school and community. They are given the opportunity to offer input to school operations such as budgets.
If you have additional questions you may contact Mr. Johnson at 594-7044.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Congratulations Turtle Creek Design Winners!
Congratulations to Crimson and Julia for the Overall Winner of the Turtle Creek Design Challenge! They ended the challenge with the greatest "net worth" based upon work order activities, race results, and popularity vote. Great job girls!
Congratulations Popularity Winners!
Congratulations to Blake and Charlie! Their car was selected as the most popular car. Good job!
Congratulations Race Winners!
Congratulations to William and Cody! Their care was the fastest overall for the two races. Good job guys!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thanks Education Foundation
An official “thank you shout out” goes to the St. Clair Education Foundation for providing the grant for the Turtle Creek Design Challenge. During this first round the students did a fantastic job. They learned and I learned.
A huge ‘thanks’ is extended to Ellen North and Russ Donaho from the education foundation for their visit to Ashville Middle. They took time out of their busy schedules to watch the kids race their cars, offer words of encouragement and take a picture with the students.
A huge ‘thanks’ is extended to Ellen North and Russ Donaho from the education foundation for their visit to Ashville Middle. They took time out of their busy schedules to watch the kids race their cars, offer words of encouragement and take a picture with the students.
The Track
This is a four lane custom built track. It drops from 5 feet over a track distance of 12 feet. The racing bed is stained orange and the lane dividers are yellow. The track is 32 feet long with 30 feet of actual racing distance. Scale speeds of over 200 mph have been achieved on this track! It has a lever operated staring mechanism that activates a computer timing system. The photo detectors in each lane allows for accurate timing to the millisecond or thousandths of a second!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Turtle Creek Design Challenge
Attention Students of Ms. Nugher’s 2nd period Exploratory class:
Congratulations! You have been chosen to participate in the Turtle Creek Design Challenge. This will be no small feat. Your task for the immediate future is to research, design, produce, and race a car in the Turtle Creek Pinecar Race. Additionally, your car will be judged by your peers based upon the uniqueness, “buyability”, style, and functionality of your car. Throughout the challenge you will encounter opportunities to acquire funds. The winner of the Turtle Creek Design Challenge will be the person or team who has acquired the greatest net worth at the end of the challenge. The net worth will be based upon the final value of the car and the money in your account.
The Turtle Creek Design Challenge will address three main objectives: You will identify, develop, and solve real world problems associated with tangible, relevant goals. You will understand and use math as a means to an end rather than treating math as a subject of isolation. You will be exposed to research based strategies that include reinforcement of effort, cooperative learning and generating hypothesis of experiential learning. Sounds like deep concepts for 7th graders? I have faith that you can accomplish this feat and have a great time. If you are willing, then let’s get started
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