Weekly Update: February 7, 2025
Thank you for attending our Wednesday night required family meeting. We’ve already had some summer camp follow-up activity, and anticipate more! Please do complete our brief and important surveys below:
Family Survey using this link.
Summer Survey using this link.
Community Opportunities:
In addition to the free NB Parks and Recreation February break programming, The Mayor's Youth Council has a few openings for its 2025 Leadership Academy for 5th to 8th graders on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during February vacation February 18 - 20. Morning sessions will be filled with skill building activities including leadership qualities, public speaking, time management, decision making and team building. Afternoons will be competitive games, the MYC Amazing Race and more. The program is free and lunch/snack is included daily.
To register: https://bit.ly/4jLpoGT
Whaling Museum Visits Continue:
Students continue their hard work gathering information, digging through primary sources and interviewing people on topics of personal interest. This spring it will all come together in a festive display of learning hosted at the Whaling Museum.
Capstone Project:
The 8th Grade Creative Suite Capstone Project at OSS is a multifaceted academic experience that serves as a culmination of students' middle school journey. This comprehensive and interdisciplinary project empowers students to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired to solve real-world problems, fostering a deeper connection between their learning experiences and the world around them.
Through this capstone, students select Creative Suite skills to advance, focusing on areas they are passionate about or wish to develop further. This intentional choice encourages personalized learning and creative exploration, equipping students with practical skills and the confidence to be changemakers!
Math Extension Sets:
At the beginning of the week, all students were introduced to Extension Sets. Students are given 10 challenging problems, and are required to try 5. Students will receive a new Extension Set every two weeks.
Why Extension Sets?
The extension problems aim to help students think deeply about key concepts in middle school mathematics. The problems are intended to be challenging because productive struggle is part of learning.
HerStory:
In late January, 7th graders completed their HerStory presentations. Each student researched an artist they were inspired by, wrote a biography they then memorized, created an original piece of art inspired by their artist of interest and performed their monologue for peers and family. It was an impressive display of interdisciplinary work weaving arts, humanities and public speaking. We are so proud of our students!
Calendar:
This link to the calendar on our OSS website is a valuable reference tool. Listed below are events you definitely want to keep in mind:
Feb. 10-14 ~ Spirit Week
Feb 13 ~ All School Art Show at Groundworks, 5:00 - 6:30pm
Feb 14 ~Valentines Day; we play it down, not up
Feb 17-21 ~ February Break
Feb 24 ~ Back to school
May we enjoy some snow this weekend,
Ms. Herman and the OSS Team