Salisbury Middle School
Salisbury, MD
By scheduling parent-teacher conferences, a family dinner, and a science expo back-to-back-to-back, the school’s Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) pulled off a mega-event that was, by all accounts, stellar. Student-constructed displays of galaxies and the planets of the solar system constellated the walls of the school’s classrooms, hallways, and lobby, while parents spent the first 60 to 90 minutes meeting with their children’s teachers. More...
Tara A. Elliott, RELA Teacher Extraordinaire
410-726-7247 telliot@wcboe.org
Type 6 | Middle Grades | Science
George Ross Elementary School
Lancaster, PA
To make better use of dads’ more adventurous spirits, the ATP enlisted their help for its first Dangerous Dads Math and Science Night this fall. Not only did the team want to encourage students’ fathers and father-figures to attend a school event, but also to give them an opportunity to take a leadership role in one. The Dangerous Dads manned booths where, with a host of related activities, attendees were able to learn more about the school’s science and math curricula. More...
Camille Hopkins, Principal
717-291-6268 cahopkins@lancaster.k12.pa.us
Type 4 | Elementary | Science
Highland Park Elementary
Saint Paul, MN
Even the scientific method starts out with a problem. At Highland Park Elementary, the problem itself was science—specifically, the need to improve a 37% proficiency rate among 5th graders on the science portion of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment II (MCA-II). Organizers of the school’s first-ever Family Science Night hypothesized that they could, with one well-planned event, simultaneously address a number of school improvement objectives. More...
Eileen Cotter, Science Specialist
612-309-1708 eileen.cotter@spps.org
Type 4 | Elementary | Science
McIntosh Elementary School
Newport News, VA
To drum up excitement for science education, the Parent Involvement Team at McIntosh Elementary partnered with a nearby museum to bring added expertise and resources directly to students and their family members. This year, when educators from Nauticus—a nautical and science museum in Norfolk—set up shop in the school’s gym for the annual Science Night, the resulting thrills for students were quite literally hair-raising. More...
Leslie Wilson, Parent Involvement Specialist
757-886-7767 leslie.wilson@nn.k12.va.us
Type 6 | Elementary | Science
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion School
St. Paul, MN
In their English language arts class one day, 2nd graders at L’Étoile du Nord—a French immersion school—read an article in the local newspaper about a trumpeter swan being treated at the nearby Wildlife Rehabilitation Center after it swallowed a lead bullet in the Mississippi River. Immediately, the students wanted to know more about the swans. Where in Minnesota did they live? Why were they falling ill? And—most important—what could they do to help the local swan population? More...
Christi Schmitt, English Language Learner Teacher
651-221-1480 Christi.schmitt@spps.org
Type 6 | Elementary | Science