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Reflecting on Life through Six Word Memoirs

6/7/2017

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Submitted by Katie Schmidt 
5th Grade Teacher, Rodgers Forge Elementary
Fifth graders at Rodgers Forge Elementary have come to the end of their elementary school journey, and they are ready to take on the new excitements and challenges that middle school will bring.  They took time to reflect upon their life so far, and they wrote and filmed “six word memoirs” using a FlipCam to capture an important idea in their lives.  Check them out!
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WMMS Students are "Making" History in World Cultures

6/4/2017

 
Submitted by Niamh McQuillan 
S.T.A.T. Teacher, 
Windsor Mill Middle
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The Roman Empire is falling again and again in Ms. McGuire’s 6th grade World Cultures classes. Working in the Lighthouse Makerspace room, Students are designing and creating their own board games that capture the crucial components of the decline and fall of the empire. Students must include political, economic and social factors along with environmental factors such as geography and weather. Feather boas, strips of plastic, and are being re-purposed and refashioned into Uno and Pokémon Gladiator cards. An excited student explained, that “In our Pokémon game the goal is to get everyone else’s cards. We are learning that good weapons and shields, and lots of practice made the armies strong. When the Romans didn’t have any of those things any more, that’s when the empire started to fall.” 
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STEM Night Provides Authentic Learning for WMMS Families

6/4/2017

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Submitted by Niamh McQuillan 
S.T.A.T. Teacher, 
Windsor Mill Middle
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STEM Night at Windsor Mill Middle School was a resounding success this year. Just like every other year. Organized by Science Department Chair, Anu Bajpai, and 6th Grade Science Teacher and Team Leader, Katie Dell, the evening offered students and families an abundance of science and math related activities. Guests could make ice cream in the science lab, personalized ‘zines in the makerspace room, or living seed necklaces. The WMMS greater community also played a huge role in the evening. The gymnasium was a future scientist’s dream. Students and parents tested their driving skills with the P13 Robots and UMBC’s Baja race cars, or their flying skills with WMMS drones. And the pièce de resistance? An inflatable planetarium hosted by Dr. Storrs courtesy of Towson University.  Eighth-grade Science Teacher, Josh Foorhogue, said the WMMS STEM Fair “allows students to interact with professionals who are currently working in STEM careers and high-school students who are pursuing STEM careers. Students can see that a career in STEM is a real possibility.” 
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