Monday, November 2nd, 2020—Let the gourd times roll with Ms. Harnett’s Kindergarten class, as the students carved out the answers to the case of the Great Pumpkin Investigation. During this activity, Atoms became sleuths and determined not only how many seeds were in pumpkins but the seed size and shape, as well as, the height of a pumpkin. It was determined that the amount of seeds in each pumpkin varied but the overall pumpkin height on average was around 16 cubes! Great work, Atoms!

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Tuesday, October 27th, 2020—Happy Fall y’all from our Elementary Atoms! To celebrate the beauty of the fall the Monday and Tuesday hybrid learning students participated in a Fall Festival. Complete with a dress down day, and fun fall activities such as: pumpkin painting, building an apple tower, creating a fall tree and constructing an apple volcano! It certainly was a gourd time for all. To view more pictures of the Fall Festival, please visit our Facebook page.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020—Color us excited as we share that one of our talented Kindergarten Atoms artwork was featured in Artsonia’s weekly contest, Artist of the Week. The Artist of the Week contest inspires students and promotes the sharing of art with its weekly Artist of the Week campaign. Please click here to vote for Gwen1168. Voting ends on Saturday, November 7th. You can vote daily!

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020—It’s hard to believe that we are already in the month of November, and Syracuse Academy of Science Elementary school recently hosted its October Student of the Month ceremony. Each month, students are recognized for their hard work and for demonstrating the month’s character trait. For the month of October the character trait was trustworthiness. Please click here to view October’s Student of the Month ceremony. Keep up the great work, Atoms!

Monday, November 2nd, 2020—It’s Election Day at Syracuse Academy of Science Elementary school. That is, a Classroom Representative Council election to elect this year’s ‘Class Rep’ to represent the 3rd and 4th grade hybrid cohort. Each classroom casted their ballots to elect one representative for their Class Rep. Their Class Rep will be responsible for meeting bi-weekly with Mrs. Wittchen, our school counselor, and will work together to find creative ways to instill SANY’s core values into everyday life.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020—Kindergarten Atoms received a special Zoom visit from one of our favorite librarians, Ms. Quinn. Students learn about the community library, its vast resources and what it is like to be a librarian. Ms. Quinn also read to the Atoms one of her favorite stories. Thank you, Ms. Quinn for sharing your time with the students!

Friday, October 16th, 2020—To say that our teachers have gone above and beyond the call of duty is an understatement. It’s their continuous hard work, positive attitude, dedication, creativity and so much more that they do not only for their students but for the Syracuse Academy of Science family. Today, we give our thanks and appreciation for all your continued hard work and dedication. It has been you that have kept us ‘a float’ for the past five plus weeks. We hope you enjoyed your tasty treat as a token of our appreciation and gratitude. For more pictures, please visit our Facebook page.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020—It's not every day that you have the opportunity to virtually meet a musician let alone a composer. As you can imagine, we are going to toot our own horns when we share with excitement that Maryland based composer, Adrian Sims took the time out of his busy schedule to Zoom with the high school band and choir students.

Syracuse Academy of Science high school band is currently working on a piece that was composed by Sims. The piece titled, “Champions Rising,” resonates well with the year 2020. In the piece there are unexpected twists and turns, as well as a section that is about working through challenges. 

During the Zoom meeting, Sims shared with the students the importance of exploring and engaging in all musical opportunities you have in high school. In addition to being open minded about the music you listen to and play. Thank you, Adrian for taking the time to speak with us and for answering our questions.

Friday, October 9th, 2020—Kindergarten Atoms get creative with their ‘Show Me Another Way’ math lesson. Keeping health, safety and social distancing in mind Atoms were able to not only show us their solution to their math problem to solve their equation but to use technology, as well. Students were able to use an iPad that interacted with their Smart Board to solve their equation and find a solution to their math problem. The iPad was sanitized after each student use. Great work, Atoms!

Monday, October 5th, 2020—“Books are the best way to entertain, inspire, and excite all kinds of kids,” said Syracuse Academy of Science middle school ELA teacher, Ms. Hutchinson, recent recipient of at $500 grant. It is with books students are able to explore different cultures, languages, learn about history, get in touch with their creative side, and so much more. Books should be made more readily available to students both inside the classroom and at home. Ms. Hutchinson will be using her grant money to build up her classroom library, as well as, to get more books in the homes of students. Congratulations, Ms. Hutchinson, we are very excited for you and are grateful to have an incredible educator like yourself on our team!