TAF@Saghalie Wolves
December Shout Outs Edition
EXHIBITION #1 IS IN THE BOOKS! GREAT JOB WOLVES!
6th Grade Exhibition Highlights
Project Description: Since the beginning of human history, people have struggled to ensure that they have access to healthy food on a daily basis.
1 in 6 children in the US and 40 million Americans total are food insecure everyday. Globally 2 billion people are food insecure. As a result, many experience poor nutrition, poor health, and in some cases death.
Students will explore how food insecurity influences food production and art.
6th Grade Scholars also wrote books with Food Insecurity as the theme. Brooklyn did a great job! Here's just a little of her amazing story.
"Mama, I'm hungry! When are you going to go get food?"
"I'm sorry baby, I couldn't catch anything last night, but I will try harder tonight..." replied the mother owl.
Then Chip realized that the next day was Thanksgiving! So he decided to hop on some more trees to find out how many animals are going to be hungry on Thanksgiving. There were so many animals that didn't have food... and that was when Chip realized that he himself now had a duty, a duty to get food to all of the hungry animals in Explorer Forest!...
7th Grade Exhibition Highlights
Our students had to design a space and system that could meet the needs of the community with the context of an area's threat of death and destruction by natural disaster.
Here's a great example by one of our 7th Grade teams; Faith, Amanuel, Jeaneth and Ryan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=233YYnkoFu4&feature=youtu.be
Technology Access Foundation Spotlight
Victoria Thompson
Hi everyone! My name is Victoria Thompson and I am the new STEM Integration Transformation Coach at TAF@Saghalie. At the school, I support students and teachers with PBL initiatives, using educational technology to support student growth and learning in the PBL process, and guidance through the STEMbyTAF framework. With this combination of skills that I help teach and advocate for, students become directors and managers of their learning process, guided and mentored by the skilled teachers at our school.
This connects to our community and our goals by virtue of collaboration and student growth. PBL blends meaningful work, authentic learning experiences, and academic content mastery to create powerful experiences for our students, and it couldn't be done without the help and support of you all working alongside people like myself to make it a reality. I am proud to work at TAF@Saghalie!
8th Grade Exhibition Highlights
TAF@Saghalie - Level One King County Green School
High School Exhibition Highlights
Scholars will investigate the feasibility of a nuclear power plant for a given region worldwide, selected by the scholar. They will investigate the environmental impact, technological feasibility, and societal impact of their preferred location using a trade-off model though the lens of equity
Scholars will also propose a site for a new nuclear power plant to the department of energy. The proposal will include an investigation into the environmental impact, community impact (both economical and societal), and reasonableness of location based on physical and technological access
Shout outs to our 9/10 group of Matt Blakefield, Achilles Phirama and Caleb Howard! Great example of group work. They communicated with each other which effectively split the work and allowed them to deliver an awesome presentation!
Shout outs to our 11/12 group of Aiden Blanco, Ashwal Chand and Erik Peterson. Even though the three of them chose their own site, they came together at the end to critically analyze which of the three sites would be best. Great evaluation!
TAF@Saghalie Speech Club Update
We're always looking for new members! If interest, please contact Ms. Alex Mikler, amikler@fwps.org.
Contact Us
Email: jciotta@fwps.org
Website: https://www.fwps.org/Domain/1360
Location: 33914 19th Ave SW, Federal Way, WA, USA
Phone: 253-945-5000
Twitter: @tafatsaghalie