nventors and Inventions” was the
theme of this year’s Elementary Gifted
Expo, which was held at the Bethel
Park Community Center, with 42 students
participating.
Students were asked to select a specific
inventor and an invention, conduct
research on the past, present and future
of the invention; prepare a tri-fold board
showing their research and be prepared to
present their findings to the attendees at
this year’s Expo.
Some of the inventions highlighted at
this year’s Expo included the light bulb,
Memorial second grader Ryan
William Penn fourth grader Stefi
DPrampero talked about Barbie at Tierney was one of several
students who chose the Model T
this year’s Expo.
as their invention.
telephone, airplane, Barbie, Model T,
computer, vacines, television, shark cage
and the guitar.
Gifted Coordinator Michelle McClellan
was extremely impressed with the
students’ research and the quality of their
presentations.
The television was the topic of
Lincoln fourth grader Mallory
Franklin fourth grader Katerina
Davey researched the history of
the Teddy Bear for her Gifted Expo Velisaris’ presentation.
project.
Ava Layman adds ingredients to her bag of trail mix.
Washington fourth grader Tory
Krapp followed her interest in
Sports and was prepared to share
her research at the Gifted Expo.
Olivia Kitchen writes a note of thanks to American servicemen.
WASHINGTON FIRST GRADERS MAKE TRAIL MIX FOR SOLDIERS
W
ashington Elementary School First Graders participated
in a service project where they made trail mix and wrote
notes of thanks to American soldiers who are currently
stationed in Afghanistan.
The students sent their treats and notes to United States Air
Force Tech Sergeant Rory Haplin, who is stationed in Afghanistan,
for distribution to the soldiers in his unit. Tech Sgt. Haplin is a
friend of Washington Reading Specialist Nikol Galentine.
The students had a great time making the trail mix and writing
notes to accompany their treats. Some of the messages on the
notes to the soldiers included, “Thank you for protecting us,” “I
hope you are safe,” “You’re doing a great job,” and “You are very
brave.” They also had an opportunity to use their writing skills to
tell the soldiers a little bit about themselves as well.
It was a great learning opportunity for the students and a nice
thing to do to support the troops.
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