❌ Myth: The NGSS are too rigorous for students who have no intention of pursuing science after high school.
✔️FACT: Science is a key factor in students’ ability to think critically and innovate. All students need a strong foundation in science to tackle difficult issues.
Engineering design in Grades 6-8 emphasizes students learning to sharpen the focus of problems by precisely specifying criteria and constraints of successful solutions, taking into account what needs the problem is intended to meet and limits to possible solutions. #NGSS
A story that @WestEd researchers thought encapsulated the excitement and potential benefits around interdisciplinary instruction centered on something unexpected:
A parking lot.
Read it here: https://t.co/wPy60FGP4n
Tentative practice and competition schedules for the Fall season are posted on the athletic website at: https://t.co/g3wGkRT2YK
Schedules are subject to change throughout the season so please sign up for schedule change alerts on the Athletic Website!
Date CORRECTION. The Middle School PTSO Courtyard Dance will be held on Friday, May 17 at 7:00pm. This is a dance for ALL middle school students. The dance is on the published calendar as this week, but this Friday is the 8th grade class trip to Dorney Park.
Following is a SchoolMessenger being sent out at 6pm on Monday, April 1, 2019:
This message is going out to all Middle School students, parents and staff. Any and all students who submitted payment to participate... https://t.co/I9GC0oEkJJ
We hosted our bus drivers this morning for a spring breakfast at OVES! Thank you for all that you do for our students!! We look forward to continuing to build positive relationships in and out of the classroom with our students.