Ms. Burke’s student’s completed some amazing articles. Check them out below (will update as they are received, so keep checking back)! ???? ??????? ???????? Spirit Week article by Alexia Perz Grand Champion – Does it Still Exist? by Josh Price Wall Riding Wonders by Lucas Homco Sports at HAST by Evette Ojeda Louder Than a Read More »
Yesterday the 7th grade students did the HAST version of a traditional Obon festival. Japanese Obon is very similar to the Day of the Dead. ??? ???? ????? They believe that the spirits of their ancestors come back to our world for three days. It is a happy time full of dancing and other festivities. Read More »
Congratulations to the winners of our 2013 6th Grade Invention Convention! Most eccentric/wacky: The Wedgie Preventer Evan Manley, Katherine Moreta, Juan Frias, Mariah Barber Most likely to be invented: The Balloon Bracelet Michelle Lopez, Lilly Musgraves, Johncarlo Perez, Everardo Gallardo Read More »
The campaign project for Ms. Projovic’s government class was a great way to step into the shoes of the political parties of the United States. The students each had to assume the responsibilities of a member of a campaign party for a minority political party to win HAST Grand Champion. ???? ????????? ??? ????? Read More »
HAST made it debut at Calumet Regional Science Fair this weekend. ????? ???? ????? Representing HAST were 7th Graders Destiny Smith and Anthony Rogers. bet 365 Destiny’s Experiment: How does the number of eggs in a brownie recipe effect the brownie’s outcome? ??? ???? (Findings….stick with the one egg) She received a gold medal; Read More »
1st Place (overall): C1 Immortal Portal Jeremiah, Josue & Luiscarlos 405.5 pts 2nd Place (overall): A2 Sweet Tooth Marieli, A’Mya & Zion 381.5 pts 3rd Place (overall): A4 Candy City Georgina, Melissa & Jasmin 374 pts B7 The Game Room Christina, Faith & Carolina 374 pts C5 The Bee Hive KeiJuan, Jermaine Read More »
Recently in Mr. Smith’s Global Studies class and Ms. Burke’s English class, students were sent back in time to the Middle Ages to learn what life was like. ??? ??? They were assigned several tasks to complete before they could return to modern times. ???? ????? ????? The first task was to create a persona Read More »
The 7th Grade Science classes recently took part in Operation Montserrat. Sean Dykstra, 7th grader, shared his perspective on the project, “The Volcano team was tracking the ashfall levels in certain towns and the Evac. team used the information from the Hurricane team and Volcano team to evacuate as many people as possible.” As the Read More »
With a grant from Taltree Arboretum to plant trees to beautify downtown Hammond, Mrs. ????? ????????? Projovic and Ms. Burke took the sixth grades classes to explore trees in our area. Students measured DBH (diameter at breast height) and named trees based on their location and appearance. ???? ???? ?????? Today was the beginning of Read More »
[weaver_youtube id=eqQuwtiHcS8] An important part of comprehension within a text requires that students understand the use of figurative language. Last week, we started discussing idioms. As a culminating activity, each student dressed up as a given idiom. ???? ????? ???? The students randomly chose two idioms in class, and had to choose the one that Read More »