Beth Ingram

Social Studies Teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas High School

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

Asian Culture Club had our last meeting of the year today, 105 students showed up, we passed the leadership from our founding seniors to the juniors. We ate crab rangoon and looked back at all the wonderful things we've learned so far!

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

STA Model UN participated in the Metro Conference at JCCC today. I am so proud of our students, but a special congratulations to: outstanding position paper-Colin Allen; Outstanding position paper-Molly Deschamp; honorable delegation Eva Naab; outstanding delegation-Thomas Kluck

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

Today Honors World History classes paired photos from WWII with their captions while listening to music from the 1940s. @STAsaints

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

Today we celebrated Christmas in our STA by wrapping presents for for the family we adopted! Everyone was happy to help! @STAsaints

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

Today students learned about China during the Early Modern Era, we learned about Jesuit monks learning to write Chinese in an attempt to convert the Chinese so we practiced writing Chinese characters on rice paper with bamboo brushes while listening to traditional Chinese music

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

Honors World Hist students went to the Spencer Research library at KU today. 1) 3,000 year old Egyptian papyrus. 2) 4,000 yr old Mespotamian cuneiform tablets. 3) 1751 map drawn by Peter Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson's dad). 4) Lunch at Kansas Union. @STAsaints

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Honors World History students took their AP test on Monday so today we turned off our screens, checked out books from the library and went outside to read and enjoy the beautiful day! @STAsaints

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

STA Model UN participated in the Metro Model UN Conference today, it was virtual due to Covid. Everyone enjoyed the conference. Thomas Kluck won outstanding delegation for Uruguay and Brandon Haynes won outstanding delegation honorable mention for Belgium. @STAsaints

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@EnglishAquinas I just read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, it was really good! It's British and from 2017.

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

The football field saw some lively competition this afternoon when Mrs. Ingram's 6th hour took on Mrs. DeNegri's 6th hour in a spirited game of kickball. We were all winners in celebrating this beautiful day outdoors - but ok fine, Mrs. DeNegri's team won the game!

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67 students showed up to our Asian Culture Club again today. Kaylien D talked about Vietnamese culture and how her family had to flee Vietnam and Nate T's dad made delicious dumplings. All attendees received red envelopes in celebration of Lunar New Year! @STAsaints

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

67 students showed up today for our 2nd Asian Culture Club meeting. We learned about China and made Chinese Lanterns in celebration of Chinese New Year!

[Beth Ingram @sta_ingram]

Students-your AP scores will be available to you on Thurs., July 16. Log into your college board account to view them! Below are the results for all students who took the exam. I hope to see you all soon!

[Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor]

The 2020 AP World History – Modern scores: 5: 9.2%; 4: 22.8%; 3: 28.2%; 2: 26.1%; 1: 13.7%.

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Learning about digital literacy vs digital fluency at #kcpttech20

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These students won District of National History Day last weekend, next up: State level of NHD on April 18. Go Saints!

Callan Rysavy&Hayley Lisak-Organ Transplant
Eva Naab-The Newsboys Strike of 1899: Breaking the Barrier of Child Labor Abuse
Luke Shaw&Owen Kanakares-Apollo XI

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We studied Matteo Ricci-a Jesuit Missionary-who tried to spread Catholicism to China in the 17th century by learning about China, including their language. We learned some Chinese writing today too with bamboo brushes and rice paper while listening to traditional Chinese music.

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World history students working on their review puzzles while we listen to Christmas music! @STAsaints

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No elf on a shelf in Gov class. We have "Ham" on the lam! #AlexanderHamilton #hamonthelam @STAsaints

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At Spencer Research library - 4000 yr old Mesopotamian cuneiform, Book of Hours (Middle Ages), Egyptian scrolls, Gutenberg bible @STAsaints

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I noticed an undecorated bulletin board in Junior hallway a couple weeks ago. I think the students liked it! @STAsaints