May Empower News
Empower 2022-2023
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Light it Up!!!
Expert Session with Mr. Ristori!
This was an amazing event that I hope your child talks about at home. I posted pictures and videos from each session to the 4th grade Schoology accounts! If you have time check them out!
Fresh Inc. Update!
IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH....
Our students took their businesses to the next level. They pitched their products and/or services to a panel of experts in the field. These experts gave them a green flag, support, or red flag, ideas for improvement. The panelists gave feedback in 7 areas and our entrepreneurs went back to the drawing board to perfect their businesses. They had to decide if they wanted to continue in the process by selling their products in a Silent Auction at the Art Show and the BG Best Shop for April.
We raised $285 at the BG Empower Silent Auction!
We raised over 1,000 BG BUCKS in the BG Best Shop!!
I'd call that a HUGE success for our FIRST YEAR of Fresh Inc.!
Tiny House! Tiny House! Tiny House!
Make it to the End! Continues....
Our Kinder and First Grade students build Leprechaun traps in the hopes of catching one OR just helping them along in their journey through the school. We had groups building homes, beds, trampolines, and SO much more to either trap or help the Leprechauns! Our students built inclined plains, levers, pulleys and more trying to build the BEST TRAP EVER!! We didn't catch them this year... but the Leprechaun left inspiring notes where we left our traps!
Our BIG PROJECT this module were our homemade marble runs out of cardboard, paper towel rolls, toilet paper tubes and of course the famous Make Do Cardboard Screws and Screwdrivers! Our kindergarteners and first graders were THRILLED when I said we'd be using some real tools for our project. They handled their tools responsibly and had a blast creating!!
PLEASE check out their Marble Runs on your child's Schoology account!! They either took a picture or a video of their creation! Here are some that I pulled from Schoology (kid pictures!!)!
Michelle Taylor
Empower Teacher
Bell Graham Elementary School
Email: michelle.taylor@d303.org
Website: https://bellgraham.d303.org/academics/empower
Location: 4N505 Fox Mill Boulevard, Campton Hills, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-2100
Twitter: @Empower_BG
Rebecca Soltes
Empower Teacher
Bell Graham Elementary School- Fridays
Munhall Elementary School
Ferson Creek Elementary School
Email: rebecca.soltes@d303.org
Website: https://bellgraham.d303.org/academics/empower
Location: 4N505 Fox Mill Boulevard, Campton Hills, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-2100
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