A Science Affair to Remember

Tonight Room 503 hosted the very first TPJA Science Fair.

For those of you in attendance, I think you will agree that our Sixth Graders provided a terrific showcase of the wide range of creativity, depth of inquiry, sense of wonder, and honest-to-goodness hard work that goes on within our classroom.

Big kudos and many thanks to Dana Desonie who kick-started this whole shebang. She was instrumental in encouraging Mrs. Veenstra and I to implement the science projects into our curriculum and she put in a great deal of time and effort into working with our students as well. Dana also arranged for our guest astronomers to come be a part of tonight's Science Fair (unfortunately, our sky was not quite so cooperative).

Thank you to all who attended in support of your own student and Room 503 as a whole. It was wonderful to hear so many of you asking the students questions and discussing their projects with them.

Big appreciation to all who brought treats and drinks for the event, and many thanks as well to those who gave constructive feedback. This will help greatly next year.

If anyone has any further thoughts or comments on the Science Fair/Projects, please email me. Mrs. Veenstra and I value your opinion, and since TPJA and Room 503are works in progress, the more feedback we get, the better!

Cheers,
Ms. Pitman