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Hour Of Code
Students at Moore and Elroy Elementary Schools in Brentwood participated in the Hour of Code
as part of Computer Science Education Week, joining the tens of millions of people around the world
taking part in the largest learning event in history. Over 100 million students worldwide have already
tried an Hour of Code. Thanks to the Hour of Code, computer science was on homepages of Google,
MSN, Yahoo! and Disney. President Obama, Shakira and Ashton Kutcher all kicked off the Hour of Code
with videos. Over 100 partners came together to support this movement.
Brentwood chose to launch an elementary-wide Hour of Code event to expose its students to
computer science. Coordinated by Kate Smeltz, Technology Teacher, and Maureen Anderson, Gifted Teacher, more than 200 students from
grades 2-5 did at least one Hour of Code. Special guest and Brentwood parent, Dan Foley, donated his time and expertise to educate
the students on the fact that coding is everywhere! Students were excited and ready to learn. Ryan Handlovich, a third grader at Elroy
enjoys coding because “it’s entertaining and fun, and once I learn how to do everything on the program I will be able to program my
own website.” Students will continue to learn and work with code after the event. Students will also discuss how computer science has
changed and transformed their lives and debate what possibilities the future may bring.
Visit smeltztechclass.weebly.com to view even more photos of the event!

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Congratulations to 5th grader Nathan Barker who will represent Moore School at the Scripps National Spelling Bee Regional
Competition on March 12th at Robert Morris University! Congratulations also to fifth grader Brianna Folino who was the runner-up in the
spelling bee.
After competing in classroom level spelling bees, 11 students competed in the school level competition:
David Keller, Katelyn Handa, Karissa Palmer, Myranda Mackoff, Aguek Deng, Kamrin Christopher, Emily Johnson, Leyna Ho, Nolan Tallat,
Nathan Barker, Brianna Folino. Congratulations to all students who participated for the hard work!
The Moore Spelling Bee is coordinated by 5th grade teachers Rebecca Hagerty and Lynne Zietak.

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