The 8th grade Family and Consumer Science class took a field trip to the SoCo Creamery store and ice cream factory. The class is finishing the semester with an ice cream unit where students are asked to create their own ice cream flavor and design marketing materials for their creation.
Students in Photography One created sculptural portraits to practice utilizing different methodologies to "capture" a person.
Local artist Judy Fox has an exhibit of her mixed media work at Mount Everett in the Community Gallery Space. The work will be on view until the end of April.
Before the break, students in Ms. Von Ruden's STEM class created "gingerbread" structures. Students were tasked with designing basic structural elements and calculating the building cost based on the materials. Overall square "footage" and cost per square foot were calculated for the house and yard.
Students can vote for their favorite house using the ballots outside of the high school library. The polls will be counted next Wednesday!
Please join us on Thursday, January 18th at 6 p.m. for a community conversation with our Superintendent! Ask questions, and learn more about the work being done by our Transcend Design, Core, and Community teams.
Cavan Brady, Mount Everett class of 2018, is a graduate student at Merrimack College. He also works for the school’s Admissions Office. Today, he did a college informational session about Merrimack with students. He works in Admissions for Tricia Williamson Pineda, class of 1992, who is the Associate Vice President for Program Development and Retention at Merrimack.
Food Prep students made fresh semolina farfalle this week!
Last night we honored Michael Ullrich for reaching 1,000 career points! Congratulations to Michael and his teammates on their 61-35 win last night against Lenox. #rollbirds
The week before school vacation, our students worked together to send our local senior citizens holiday greeting cards!
https://theberkshireedge.com/southern-berkshire-students-spread-holiday-cheer-through-student-led-initiative/
Mount Everett students started their enrichment day with a door-decorating contest. Congratulations to Ms. G's Advisory for putting together the winning door!
This week LEAP students made a Jingle Mix to share with their families over the break. Each student added an ingredient to the mix and then drizzled it with white and milk chocolate and packaged it in cellophane bags. Some students made garlands to share with their families and designed their own gift bags.
Mount Everett students enjoyed a skating session as part of today's festivities.
Middle school musicians (and high school helpers) performed beautifully at last night's Winter Concert.
First win of the season for boys basketball in tonight's game against McCann. Great job, players and cheerleaders!
Mount Everett Band seniors began a group project this year titled “My Band Shirt, My Impact.”
Each student chose an SBRSD staff member who had an impact on them throughout their time at school. Students surprised each teacher with a shirt personalized with the student’s name, graduation year, and instrument. Teachers were presented with a letter and listened to speeches by the student who chose them describing their impact. It was a feel-good day for everyone involved. Ms. English hopes to make this a tradition every year.
Stay tuned for a student-made documentary about the project and a full list of the band seniors and chosen teachers in the new year!
Issue 21 of Educating Our Eagles is available for viewing!
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/68576740/educatingoureagles21
Ms. Brown's 8th grade Genius Hour class has been putting this student-driven project together as a token of their appreciation for SBRSD faculty and staff. Students fundraised to buy all the materials, baked, and prepared them all themselves to show their gratitude for our school community.
On Friday, December 8 UME students and faculty wore their PJs in honor and support of a PreK student who has battled (and won) childhood cancer. The student's favorite color is red; in support of him, the PreK staff at UME wore red cancer ribbon PJ shirts.
Mount Everett Wrestlers had their first match of the season yesterday. The team performed well with individual wins in their respective weight classes from Max, Conner, Diego, Ian, and Yaritza. Great job to all!
Last night we held a meeting for our Transcend Community Team where we focused on exploring the work and different materials that our Core Team and Design Team have been putting together! There were so many wonderful and collaborative discussions that took place.
More information about this incredible community-focused initiative can be found at https://www.sbrsd.org/page/transcend-partnership
