Park Hill Elementary

Park Hill Elementary School is located in Midway Independent School District.

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Mrs. Johnston’s class has been studying the life cycle of a chicken. We have waited patiently for 21 days as we candled eggs, created the different stages and watch our chicks grow. Our chicks have hatched and we couldn’t be more “egg”cited!

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What do you do after a month full of tests? You touch grass! Fourth and 5th graders harvested carrots in the school garden for a much needed nature break!

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Mrs. Phillips’ class created animal ears in STEM class today. They have been researching animal traits this month.

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The STEAM club is having fun learning about the contributions of Black American scientists, engineers, and inventors this month. Students built space shuttles and invented their own products. Stayed tuned for more Black History Month STEAM fun!

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Thank you NASA! This week in STEM class, we enjoyed coding solar systems and adding musical notes to our orbiting planets on your free coding platform. STEM is more fun when we partner with great organizations like NASA!

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STEM students had fun creating reindeer habitats this week!

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Did you know Park Hill students represent around 30 different cultures from around the world? Students learned about these cultures during our Winter STEM unit. From Lunar New Year to Diwali and beyond, students shared their stories as they completed fun STEM challenges!

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Ewwww! Mrs. Parson’s class visited the pumpkin graveyard during STEM class. Park Hill scientists will be observing how microbes and fungi help pumpkins decompose in the Nature Nook—our outdoor classroom!

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STEAM Club is off to a great beginning this Fall! We have had fun with team building activities, we made exploding “pumpkins”, made straw rockets, and had fun with pumpkin slime! Our club has doubled this year and three volunteers have joined us!

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Kindergartners are exploring light energy by creating shadow art in STEM class this week.

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Thank you Park Hill Family! Your donations to the STEM program have helped all of our engineers execute their ideas! Check out this Pokémon themed roller coaster being engineered by our 4th graders! #reuserecycle #leadersinstem #girlsinstem

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First grade is having fun exploring properties of matter with pumpkin slime in STEM class! #spookystem

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Mrs. Pearsons class explored chemical reactions and states of matter in STEM class. The created dancing corn! #SpookySTEM

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Park Hill has so many fun learning environments! STEM students work hard on their scientific writing on the balcony! #WritingWIG

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Fourth graders built cars in STEM class and then “drove” them with the push and pull forces of magnets.🚙🧲

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Literacy can happen anywhere—even in STEM!

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Mrs. Phillips’s and Mrs. Sharp’s classes worked hard to bring our Nature Nook back to life💚! #pheleads

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When it’s garden day in STEM, and rain arrives…we pivot!

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STEM classes worked in the Nature Nook this week to get our garden ready for fall planting🪻🪴🫛!

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Mrs. Sharp’s engineers built wonderful bridges today in STEM class!