WHES Students Display Marine Life Projects
Weddington Hills
Elementary School students
revealed their projects
about endangered marine
animals throughout the
school on Thursday,
March 15th. The halls and
walls were adorned with
approximately 220 recycled
plastic jellyfish, 41 paper
Mache sea turtles and 90
endangered animal posters.
This display stems from
the new Global Inquiry
and Design class at
Weddington Hills. The
focus of the class for the
last several months has
been endangered marine
animals. Students created
projects to raise awareness
about endangered animals’
struggle for survival and
what community
members can do to
make a difference.
Kindergarten and
first grade students
created public
service awareness
posters in the style of
illustrator Eric Carle.
The posters included
animals whose
status is considered
endangered and
threatened. For
example, some of
the animals featured
on the posters were
leatherback sea
turtles, polar bears,
marine iguanas, and
blue whales. Second
and third grade students created three-dimensional jellyfish made
from recycled plastic. These students wanted to inform viewers about
the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans. Fourth and fifth grade
students made paper Mache sea turtles and painted them to resemble
the five species of sea turtles that nest on the North Carolina beaches.
All five of these species of sea turtles are labeled as threatened or
endangered.
Students hope to display their collaborative artwork through the
community in the next several months to share their knowledge with
others. They believe that students and community members can daily
take small steps that will make big differences in our oceans and for
marine life!
Students Attend Hispanic Educational Summit
Ten CCS high school students were nominated to attend the
annual Hispanic Educational Summit held in Raleigh on Friday,
March 23rd. The Hispanic Educational Summit is an initiative of
the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals (NCSHP) to
promote and disseminate information on the benefits of formal
and higher education among the Hispanic youth of North Carolina.
Students had the opportunity to attend a variety of educational
sessions throughout the day in addition to listening to two keynote
speakers. During the exhibit, students also picked up additional
information
about local
colleges,
financial
aid and
scholarships
and concluded
their trip
by touring
N.C. State
University’s
campus.
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