ROLAND-STORY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
FEBRUARY, 2014
EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 13 - Mr. Jeff Staker
The eighth graders are currently working on problem solving in science. They will put their work on display during the annual Science Fair Open House on February 13, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Students started the process, at the beginning of January,
by selecting a topic to investigate. They are currently researching information and conducting experiments. The culmination of this six
week long project is to showcase their work in a display to be presented during the open house.
Projects are evaluated in three major categories; they are the scientific method, creativity and relevance to issues in today’s
society. All students are responsible for completing an individual project; however, there is also the possibility of 2-4 students working
in collaboration to solve a problem. Team projects will be in addition to their individual projects.
If you are employed in a scientific field and would be interested in assisting one of our fine young eighth graders, please give
me a call. An example of assistance might be to answer questions posed by the student, in reference to your specific area of expertise.
Hopefully that will help ensure the student develops an appropriate hypothesis, correctly sets up the experimental design, or simply
gives them more background information. I encourage “assistance” from parents and/or professional scientists. Perhaps your excitement of studying science will generate an enthusiasm for our students to enjoy a career someday in science. Please keep in mind these
are 8th grade students, I expect an 8th grade finished product.
If you enjoy science or just want to take in some awesome work from today’s youth please stop in at the middle school on
February 13th for our annual Science Fair Open House.
2014-2015 COURSE REGISTRATION for HIGH SCHOOL
Registration night for the 8th graders was January 13th. Their requests were due to Mrs. Hemphill January 24.
For 9-11 graders, their registration took place during advisement on January 23rd and finalized on January 28th.
Parents, you were to have signed their registration form so please contact Ms. Heisterkamp at
[email protected] if you did