Students in Modern World History class were visited by Secretary of State Gregg Amore. He offered the students a dynamic presentation centered around voting rights and voter suppression. He spoke about the history of voting rights including suffrage for African-Americans and women. He also distributed pocket constitutions to all students. Everyone left class that day with a renewed appreciation for the right to vote.
Middle school unified basketball is off to a great start. The team played Ponaganset, and although the team didn't walk away with the win this time, there was a lot of excitement and enthusiasm! Students are looking forward to a fun-filled season.
The High School Drama Club gave a great performance at the Rhode Island Drama Festival! The entire cast did an outstanding job. Special congratulations to Bellah Torres, who received an All State Actor Award for her performance, and to Mars Jerenka, who received two awards, The Terry Murray Award for Acting and an All State Actor Award, for their performance. Just an Amazing show all around for Hope Clemence, Charlotte Bellville,Bellah Torres, and Mars Jerenka!
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Students in Physical Science are studying energy, work, and power! They have been collecting data to determine each student's leg power.
On Tuesday 3/18 in Ms. Ferrucci's English 10 class, students finished their poetry unit by creating their own Black Out Poems. Students were able to express their creativity and knowledge of poetic concepts like imagery, figurative language, and rhyme.
In 7th grade social studies, Mr. Dunne's students are writing an essay answering the question: How did the events between 1763 and 1776 transform the Colonists from loyal subjects into patriots ready for revolution?
Part of the revision process involved using AI to give feedback on their essays. Magicschool.AI gives each student grade-appropriate feedback on what they did well, what they can improve on, and feedback on their writing mechanics. Mr. Dunne can't be everywhere at once, but using AI can help students identify writing needs!
Foreign and Regional Foods students have been preparing Mexican cuisine including empanadas and sopapillas. Students did a great job making the dough from scratch!
Mrs. Santiago's students spent time working hard and reviewing math problems together in preparation for RICAS last week!
The Scituate High School Cheerleading Team brought the energy, skill, and spirit to the RIIL Cheerleading State Tournament and had a 3rd place finish!
The squad is excited to announce that they’ve earned their spot at Regionals! They’re ready to hit the mat again, push the limits, and showcase their talent at the next level.
Let’s give them all the love and support as they prepare for their biggest challenge yet!
Congratulations to our middle school students who earned Spartan Shout-outs last week! Amazing work, Spartans!
Students in Early Enrollment Biology wrapped up a unit on cellular respiration this past week. They created game boards showing the stages of the process and then played each others’ games after finishing the project!
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Kindergarten Orientation will be on Thursday, August 21st from 10-11 a.m. at your child's school.
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Congratulations to 6th-grader Elliana Pagliarini who has won the Rhode Island State Spelling Bee for the second year in a row! She will represent Rhode Island at the 100th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 27-29.
https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/pagliarini-wins-second-ri-state-spelling-bee-in-a-row/article_b2d41a38-034a-11f0-9cee-ff5823b18c44.html
Clayville Elementary's second grade students had a fun time last week, thanks to Ms. Forgue and her annual Starbooks Cafe event! Ms. Forgue purchased a variety of book sets from different authors and genres for students to "taste test" and then she took student drink orders and made them specialty drinks while they previewed their book choices.
Hope students in Mrs. Hanson's second grade class loved completing a science experiment to learn about erosions and landslides!
7th grade science students worked with partners to choreograph dance moves that represent molecules’ freedom of movement in each of the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Such a fun activity!
Alongside the Scituate Sustainability Committee, Hope Elementary has implemented a new food waste reduction program! Cafeteria rangers (our Grade 4 and 5 student council representatives) are assisting students with composting and recycling, in order to reduce waste heading to our landfills! Students were also lucky to learn more information to help us compost and recycle through a presentation from the RIRRC.
