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Student Life · March, 2010
March 26th, 2010
Girls’ Night Out Benefit Concert
This is your LAST CHANCE to support Village School’s effort to help the homeless in Charlottesville. Tickets are now available for the benefit concert, Girls’ Night Out, that Village School is sponsoring for The Haven at First and Market. All are invited to an evening of music by singer/songwriters Jan Smith, Carleigh Nesbit, and Genna Matthew as well as some Village School musicians. Proceeds go to The Haven. So come one, come all to a fantastic night of great music and community support. Contact the Village School office at 984-4404 or info@villageschool.us for tickets.
To hear music by Jan Smith, Carleigh Nesbit, and Genna Matthew, go to their respective websites:
Jan Smith
Carleigh Nesbit
Genna Matthew
March 26th, 2010
Jambalaya Ten Year Celebration
On May 8–9, Village School is hosting a series of events to celebrate ten years of Jambalaya, our publication by, for, and about middle school girls. We are planning a full weekend of festive events in honor of our award-winning magazine and the girls who have contributed to it throughout the years.
Saturday, May 8, 8:00 a.m.–Jambalaya Two-Mile Fun Run (click link below for registration form)
Saturday, May 8, 5:30-7:00 p.m.–Jambalaya Family Feast at Christ Episcopal Church
Saturday, May 8, 7:00-8:30 p.m.–Family Square Dance at Christ Episcopal Church
Sunday, May 9, 1:00 p.m.–”Footsteps in the Fog” reading and awards ceremony at Village School
We hope you can attend this celebration for Jambalaya, which for a decade, has provided a forum for girls to dare, to dream, to create. Proceeds from the weekend events will help fund the publication of a commemorative issue containing ten years of winning entries from the annual short story contest.
March 26th, 2010
8th Grade Bridge Project Completed!
At long last, the 8th grade’s bridge is completed! We worked two weekends in a row, first to prefabricate the many components of our design and then to assemble them on the Rivanna Trail. The girls got a lot of practice with drills and other hand tools, post hole diggers and shovels, precise measurement, drawing lines squarely across a board, and (especially) with nailing. On installation day, we had absolutely perfect weather and a huge turnout of moms, dads, students, and canines (well one HUGE canine). Work began in the early morning and was completed by lunch time. Many, many thanks are due–to each parent who lent a hand with construction or drove their daughter out to the barn or to the trail in the midst of a busy weekend. And, in particular, thank you to the 8th grade class, who can sit back and relish a job done well and joyously! Many hands make light work.
Click on the picture above to watch a video of bridge construction and installation.
March 26th, 2010
Speeding Around the Sun
The 6th grade science class explored the relationship between the length of time it takes a planet to go around the sun and its distance from the sun.
Click on the picture above to watch the 6th graders performing their experiment.
March 19th, 2010
Pi Day: 3.14
In celebration of Pi Day (March 14), the girls learned about the history of pi, read pi stories, sang pi music, experimented with different ways of calculating pi, made pi jewelry, and completed pi puzzles. The highlight of the day was the Pi Recitation Contest where the winner memorized and recited 62 digits of pi! The activities ended with the ceremonial eating of pie.
Click on the top picture above to see more photos from Pi Day. Click on the bottom picture above to see the pi recitation.
March 19th, 2010
“Pi” Poetry
What Is Pi? by Molly Bocock
What is Pi?
Please,
tell me what it is.
Is it the stuff that tastes sweet and sticks to you fingers?
Or is it a bunch of numbers that float around you head?
What is Pi?
Please,
tell me what it is.
Three Tired People by Rachel Birkholz
Three tired people
pointed at the mattress store
for they wanted to take a nap.
One said, “Let’s go inside.”
Five minutes later, they were asleep.
“Nein,” said the manager. “You can’t sleep here.”
Two weary eyes from all three looked at him.
Six feet trudged out of the store.
Five minutes later, they were back.
Spring by Claire Keeler
Chirping birds
sing
flowers blooming
green
warm weather and wind
the clouds disappear and sun takes over
spring time
Piku by Kellyn Kusyk
My stomach feels bad
And that is why I don’t want
To have any pie.
If Pi is so great
Then why do we have to bust
Brain cells to find it?
Why is Pi the best
Repeating decimal, huh?
Why not just make one?
March 19th, 2010
Atom Models
The 5th graders built models of atoms using various types of candy to represent the sub-atomic particles. Paper templates were used to represent the nucleus and the different shells of electrons. The girls modeled various elements by placing the appropriate number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and distributing the electrons in the shells.
Click in the picture above to watch a video of the 5th graders building atoms.