The first graders worked on their reading program this week using their personal Success Maker computer program. "We've been working with the Success Maker for a full two months and the level of reading and math has progressed so beautifully as well as the children's confidence and interest in learning," said Mrs. Turk. 

Mrs. Feder experimented with the fourth graders last week as they used the scientific method to explore how a flood forms. Pouring water into a pot of soil, the students simulated three days of rain and discovered what happens to the soil each day. "The pot and the soil were flooded out from the water," said Mendel Cohen.

The sixth graders were modeling how a lung works. They used a bottle and a balloon to recreate the movement of a lung. The students had to act like scientists, making observations and using the scientific method. "They also recorded their own breathing rates. It was a way of teaching them to draw conclusions," said Ms. Ulett.