Ms. Adley's and Ms. Linsin's fourth grade students studied local history and culture with the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach. After drawing floor plans, assembling house kits, designing landscapes and creating real estate ads, each student finished their study of Florida architecture by creating a dream home. This interdisciplinary program incorporated vocabulary, reading, math, science, history, art and more.

The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic, architectural, and cultural heritage of Palm Beach, Florida. Through advocacy initiatives, educational programs, architectural resources, and cultural events, the Foundation's goal is to encourage the community to learn about and save the historic buildings that truly make Palm Beach special. 

Seven eighth grade students participated in Math Counts, an all-day competition among private and public schools in Palm Beach County on Saturday, February 9.  Rosarian placed in the top ten and received the Most Improved School Award. Congratulations to Paige Adams, Finn Kennedy, Victoria LePore, Jake Lewis, Guy Quattlebaum, Will Randolph, and Nick Signori.  A big note of thanks to Mrs. Jan Wallace, middle school math teacher, who prepared them well for this event.

In Mr. Hansen's 7th and 8th grade literature classes, students participate in discussions on the class wiki.  Wikispaces provide an online space that allow students to share ideas and collaborate on projects outside of class.  In a recent autobiography unit, 8th grade students interpreted and debated the meaning of passages, discussed personal connections to the life experiences of authors, and posed meaningful questions to peers all online.  Online discussions are beneficial because students can take time to read other students' perspectives and carefully craft responses.  For students who are visual learners or experience social anxiety in traditional classroom discussions, online discussions are especially advantageous as they allow for a greater degree of active participation.

In 8th grade science, students are calculating work, power and the mechanical advantage of simple machines. The students have been studying forces in physics since January. These basic forces are what govern motion and how objects interact: cars/skateboards roll, boats float and planes fly. The universal forces of gravity, electricity, magnetism and nuclear have been explored. The physics unit will culminate in the application and exploration of these forces when the 8th grade takes a trip to Seaworld to explore the Kraken and the Manta, as well as the amazing sea life on March 15th.

The 8th grade teachers choose a student to be honored each month at a luncheon at The Chesterfield Hotel sponsored by The Kiwanis Club of Palm Beach.  The students are chosen based on academics, character, service, participation and excellence in extra-curricular activities, etc.  Each student is allowed to bring two guests and a teacher of his or her choosing.  He/she writes a short speech about themselves and receives a check for $100. The students selected so far this year include Paige Adams (October), Logan Russell (November), Julia Raymond (December), Nicholas Signori (January), and Finn Kennedy (February). Click here to read Finn's speech.

The Scholastic Book Fair was a great success and our library program earned approximately $3,500 for new books and technology. Thank you to all parents and grandparents for your support.

On Saturday, February 23^rd, the Middle School National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) teamed up with 800 other members of the community to make 150,624 meals to distribute to local public schools' crisis food pantries.  The non-profit group Feeding Children Everywhere organized the event which was held at Palm Beach Atlantic University.  Their innovative meal design was featured in Time magazine as a "game changer" for ending hunger.  Each meal costs only 25 cents to produce, but is scientifically formulated to provide enough nutrients to sustain health. 

What's more FUN than an afternoon full of rides, slides, bounce houses, sno-cones, popcorn, rock climbing and bungee jumping? Family Fun Day, put on by RAFA on February 24, proved to be a day of all smiles for Rosarian families and friends. Click here to view the Family Fun Day photo album.

Would you like to be more involved at Rosarian? Consider volunteering for 4-8 hours each week as an Alumni Coordinator!  Help RA reach out to our Alumni, keep them informed, collect their information and receive feedback. Learn the Alumni CONNECT Database, help schedule tours and reunions.  This position is open to current parents, alumni or alumni parents!  For more information, please e-mail sheena@rosarian.org.