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Woodland Park School District Newsletter
November 6, 2009 |
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Summit Elementary Celebrates Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31. Communities and schools across the
nation are encouraged to participate in Red Ribbon activities to present a
unified and visible commitment towards drug-free youth. The showpiece
of the campaign is the "red ribbon".
SUMMIT ELEMENTARY offered a poster contest about the dangers of tobacco,
drugs, or alcohol for grades K -5. Each grade level had a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place winner - and a few students that tied.
The students shown in the photo are (not in order): Colton McCormack, Harley
Marcengil, Josh Albretsen, Bella LeCompte, Chloe Coulter, Carly Daniels, Zoey Hinton, Cole Hobbs, Tyler Keefer, Rainna Sohn,
Kayetlyn Bauer,Isabelle Haderlie, Jackson Hammond, Claire Coulter, Brandon Daniels, Jaydon Jones,
Kailin Hedrick, Natalie Graber, Dempsey Battin and Tyler Baker
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Columbine Elementary Pottery Firing
The Columbine Pottery Firing on the playground was a very successful event, building community through art!
American Indian pottery has long been admired for its craftsmanship and beauty. After examining the patterns and details on real Native American pottery, students created a drawing of a pot using ideas inspired by their observations. They then created pottery using traditional tools and techniques, including coil building, scraffito carving, and natural materials of clay, slip, yucca brushes and pine needles. Students were active participants in Native American firing techniques discovered thousands of years ago.
Students, families, and staff collected all the materials necessary to fire nearly 400 pieces of pottery ...at least one from each student at Columbine and some made by staff members.
Firing occurred on the Columbine playground on Wednesday, October 14th. We built the primitive kiln on Tuesday, ceremonial lighting with Native American Dancers on Wednesday, and removal of the pots on Thursday.
Thank you to the Columbine PTO and the Pikes Peak Historical Society for helping sponsor this event!
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WPSD Teachie of the Month
teachie or teachy Informal
Noun
a teacher who is skilled in the use of implementing classroom technology in a cool and innovative manner
Noun
a techie who is skilled in using technology in the classroom to improve learning
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WPSD Teachie of the Month
Greg Spalding - MS Teacher
Students at the Middle School are becoming advertising professionals, thanks in part to the use of a simple, yet remarkably effective, technological implementation. Greg Spalding teaches the Middle School Gifted and Talented program's Thinking Skills class. In this class, 6th grade students spend a majority of the first quarter working on an advertising project. The ultimate product consists of four advertisements using different mediums (billboard, magazine, radio and television). But these ads have a historical twist.
Each team of students is required to pick a product (a list is provided) that would have been popular in ancient Egypt. Each team is required to research the product and ancient Egypt. Once each team has acquired enough information, the real creative process begins. Although the billboard and magazine advertisements are impressive, it's through the use of technology where the radio and television ads truly shine.
Dressed in ancient Egyptian attire, teams record commercials using a FLIP Camera (more information can be found at http://www.theflip.com/en-us/). The raw commercials are then edited using free, built-in editing software in Windows XP called Movie Maker. Students are required to edit the commercial so it fits within a specified time window. Students are also able to add introductions or ending credits using this software. Using a collaborative approach, teams are able to generate an end product that is truly impressive.
This project is a great example of technology integration that is happening in the classroom. Mr. Spalding has very easily embedded this particular technology into his curriculum which has tremendous value, impact and engages students in the process.
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 WPHS ACTIVITIES & ATHLETICS
Brian Gustafson
Greetings, Panther fans! Now that November is upon us it is time for Winter Sports and Activities. Please take a moment to congratulate competitors and coaches from the Fall Sports as Woodland Park High School had a very competitive and successful Fall season.
The last of the Fall Sports to wrap-up are Cross Country and Football. As of this publication, Football has one game to play at home against Pueblo East on November 6th and will try to solidify a 4-1 home record. Due to snow, the State Cross Country Championships were moved from October 31st to November 7th. Wish the Boys Cross Country team good luck as they compete at the State Meet. The WPHS Volleyball squad experienced another successful season and put up a tough fight before being eliminated by the defending state champs from the District Tournament. A 16-6 record is certainly quite admirable, nice job ladies! Competition results would be incomplete without a mention of the WPHS Marching Band that made Finals at the State Competition and ended up with a 4th place 3A finish. All of that time and effort since August definitely paid off! Again, congratulations to all of the dedicated participants, sponsors and coaches who devoted so much time and effort to their respective Fall activities. Practices for Winter Sports will commence on November 12th and competition begins December 1st! Boys' Basketball will open the season with a home game against Florence. The Girls open the same night at Pueblo County and Wrestling will face the Palmer Terrors on December 2nd. Be loud and proud and support the Panthers! If you're looking for theatrical and musical entertainment, be sure to catch a performance of this fall's musical at the High School in November. Anything Goes opens November 19th and wraps on November 21st. Don't miss it! Good luck to all of our participants in November. If schedule information is ever needed, be sure to go to www.highschoolsports.net. As always, GO GREEN! 
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Woodland Park, Colorado 80866
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