Fourth Annual Venturer Native American Artifact Museum

The Venturer students held their fourth annual Native American artifact museum exhibition on Friday, October 22nd.  Students shared their archeology finds with the museum curators, Mrs. Cook and Mr. McEwen.  The displays were very impressive!  The best ever!  Your behavior was excellent, and we appreciate how hard you all worked to create a great visual display.  Enjoy some of the pictures of the event!  We even are fortunate to have a video of two visiting German archeologists from the Bavarian Alps.  It seems as if they have made a Pueblo finding in the desert of Arizona and a controversy is brewing between the United States and German governments over who owns this precious artifact.  When you listen to the video, turn your volume way up!  The camera man was an amateur.

Dr. Lola Sherbert evaluates exhibits from the museum

A Great Clay Pot!

Evaluating ancient Pueblo hieroglyphics

These two archeologists are posing by their Iroquois game exhibit.  A great display!

We are ending the nine weeks on a very positive note.  Every one had their artifact on time!  Impressive!

Our next product created in social studies will be an explorer treasure chest.  More information will be coming in the next few weeks.

Student Led Conferences

A Venturer student happily sharing successes with mom!

Student led conferences were held on Thursday afternoon, October 21.  We appreciate all of the parents who came to learn of your child's successes this nine weeks, and focus areas for the next nine weeks.  If you'd like to meet with the Venturer teachers, please call the school's guidance office to schedule an appointment.

Victory is Near

Victory Awaits!

Wow.  What a difference a couple of days can make in the world of plastic.  My favorite part of the day today was seeing the look on the 8th grade boys' faces when they saw the gigantic amount of plastic that was collected.  Remember, these 8th grade boys have Mrs. Cook for ASE, so of course, we made sure that we shared with her (and her class) the amount of plastic collected by our class.

Keep up the good work.



 Next week we will have the unveiling of our Native American Artifact Museum.  I will make sure that I will get pictures of the event.  If you are in Mr. McEwen's ASE class, please make sure you bring your artifact in recyclable plastic.  :-)











A Good Afternoon, Yes Indeed!

What a wonderful afternoon it has been.  I was at a social studies meeting for the first part of the afternoon, and found out I needed to complete some online paperwork.  I finished that, then began to get ready for our next unit on explorers.  Mrs. Cook came into my room to ask me a question about DC, and I heard this most blood-curdling scream.  I was bent over a desk, organizing papers to get run off.  I looked up, and she was still screaming, pointing over to our plastic recycling area.  Wow...I never noticed the huge amount of plastic that was brought in.  I think this was from one of my wonderful CREW students, and I think I know who it is.  Thank you for keeping my tradition alive!

Working On Our Artifact Museum




Dr. Candice O'Hansen and Miss Lillian Arnolds

 



Sixth grade students are busy at work, preparing for their Native American artifact museum.  Today 10.11.10, we went to the computer lab to do research.

Dr. Candice O'Hansen and Lillian Arnolds from prestigious Oxford University in England are busy at work putting their findings into print.  They plan a fabulous exhibit for the Venturer/Robious Middle Native American Artifact Museum.  

Dr. O'Hansen and Miss Arnolds traveled to Arizona to do further research on the Native Americans of the Southwest, the Pueblos.  We are fortunate to have them here in Midlothian sharing their expertise and findings with the students in the CBG program.