Briarhill ISS Downlink t-shirts will go on sale January 8. The cost of the shirt is $7.00. I love the t-shirt design.
For the past couple of weeks students have been asking me for Student Ambassador applications. Student Ambassadors will be responsible for greeting and hosting our downlink VIPS. Applications will be made available starting Monday, December 18. It makes me smile to see students excited about something.
Mrs. Wiersema's Bulldog Bytes students have been documenting the happenings around the school. A couple of the BB students are taking pictures and making a video that will be shown during the downlink. One of the students, Ryan N., is creating the music for the video in GarageBand. I got to hear a snip it and it sounds FANTASTIC. He stopped by the library earlier today to write a post about how he creates his own music. Click here to access the document.
Mrs. Green's Mars Habitation Creation students have submitted their creations. We are crossing our fingers that we will hear something positive in the spring.
The Lone Star Challenge will kick off January 22. Students are challenged to read 4 books from the Texas Lone Star Reading List. Students who complete the challenge will qualify for a field trip in May. The field trip destination will be announced the beginning of April.
Mr. Bleemel and I are starting to plan this year's world tour. We will "depart" at 4:00pm CST on May 9 and will "return" at 4:00pm CST on May 10. Mark you calendars for Friday, January 19. That is when we will have our information meeting and you can pick up your application after the meeting. We have started contacting people and already have a commitment from a business in Scotland. I am confident that we will have a full schedule by the middle of January.
Not only are we busy getting ready for the downlink with the ISS but Mrs. Mickle just found out that she is Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow contest winner for the state of Texas. YAHOO!! Samsung is sending a technology package worth $25,000 to Briarhill. The next step in the contest is for the students to develop a reusable, smart container system. Mrs. Mickle had her initial meeting this morning and approximately 20 students have shown an interest in helping with this project. Students will be working in either a Marketing, Tech Programming, Design, or Video groups. These students will have about 6 weeks to create a prototype and a video. The deadline for submitting the video is February 13. I will have students periodically post their progress.
As you can see the January and February are going to be CRAZY, but fun.
Mrs. Weesner
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