Cleopatra & King Tut
Principal Jaime Frost and Assistant Principal Mr. Huber visited the the Egypt table at International Night dressed up as Cleopatra and King Tut!
Look below to hear & see more about International Night...
Spotlight on Heather Kolbe
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International Night
What an amazing night! Our Annual International Night was huge success...again! We enjoyed the tables representing various countries as well tables of interest. Some families chose to talk about "what makes a family" and the American Constitution. At one of the tables you could get a henna, while at another you could make your own sushi! Making your own cannoli was pretty amazing, too!
Upper Elementary Students are in Production!
4th and 5th graders are creating library tour videos to introduce the sections of the library and the new catalog system to students, teachers and parents. One more week of filming then onto the editing process! Look for these amazing videos on our website next month.
Reminder!
STEAM-based "Making" is Coming
Did you hear? We are thrilled to announce that we have received grant funding to begin a STEAM-based maker program here at Tobin. What is "making" you may wonder? It can be broadly defined as using your hands, heart, and mind to create or improve things. Over the next month and a half we will be preparing to kick off our new maker program which will be available to all classrooms after winter break. In preparation for this concept of making with our students, many of our teachers visited the STEAM Lab at Lesley University to try out "making" and be inspired by the activities they can bring back to their classrooms.
Here's how you can help:
–> We need your recyclables!
Please send in the following early and often:
Shoe boxes; Tissue boxes (not ripped); Toilet paper rolls (no paper attached); Paper towel rolls (no paper attached); Tape rolls (no tape); Clean egg cartons
There are collection boxes in the lobby for these items.
–> Parent volunteers needed!!!
Please help us kick off our long waited "Montessori Makers STEAM Program" here at Tobin. During national "Hour of Code" week, all Tobin students will have a chance to visit the maker space with their classrooms to try out some of the activities that will be available after winter break. In order to make this happen, we need parents to help staff each of the four activities.
We need parents on the following dates:
–Monday, December 5 - between 10AM and 2PM
–Thursday, December 8 - between 8AM and 2PM
–Friday, December 9 - between 8AM and 2PM
Stay for an hour or stay for the whole day, whatever you can do! Contact [email protected].
A Turnip Tale
Room 283 students are acting out the famous folk tale, The Tale of the Enormous Turnip. The characters vary from the turnip (Victor) and the old man (Kabir) to the little cat (Maddy) and the little mouse (Adriana). We have modified Storytelling Story Acting approach according to the needs of the children. Now, Storytelling Story Acting has become one of the favorite classroom activities.
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