Book Sale

Parent volunteers help students pick a book at the recent PTA book sale. Thank you so much, volunteers!

Visit from iRobot

Students in the upper grades had a visit from staff from iRobot. They talked about what is happening in the growing field of robotics.

Career Day

First graders were visited by parents to learn about different types of jobs. Visitors included a nurse, a small business owner, and an artist. Thank you to the teachers and parents for organizing and volunteering to share!

Opinions on the Long Composition

Students were proud and relieved to have finished the ELA part of the MCAS. Here is some information two students in 5th grade collected to share with others about the experience.

ABOUT THE MCAS

By Maya Roldan & Emily Howely

My friend and I did some interviewing with some 4th & 7th graders to find out their opinions on the long composition. Here's one of our conversations with a 4th grader.
Us: How did you enjoy the long composition?
Student: Good. It took me 3 hours to do the rough draft.
Us: Did you think it took too long?
Student: I ended with a little time left.
Us: Did you have a different schedule today?
Student: Yah. We had lunch at 1:00.
Us: Did your teachers prepare you well?
Student: Yes.
Us: Were you nervous at first?
Student: Yah. Because I didn't know what the prompt would be.  

We interviewed a few more 4th graders too. Here's a short one.  
Us: were you nervous at first?
Student: Yes.

Another 4th grader.
Us: So, how was the comp?
Student: Scary!
Us: Did you like the prompt?
Student: Yes. It was interesting.
Us: Were you nervous you wouldn't have enough time?
Student: Yes! Very.

Now here, we decided to ask a teacher a question.  Here's  Miss Garity.
Us: Do you think your students did a good job?
Miss Garity: Yes. I know they worked very hard all day long.

Here's one more 4th grader.
Us: Did you like the prompt?
Student: Yes, I did.
Us: Do you think it took too long?
Student: Yah. My teacher said I could take a break, & then I got back to writing.

Here are our two conversations with 7th graders.
Us: Do you think your teachers prepared you well, and did you enjoy the composition?
Student: Yes, I did.

Us: Did you enjoy the comp?
Student: No.
Us: Do you think your teachers prepared you well?
Student: It's more a personal preference, so there's not really much to teach. I mean, it really depends on the correct spelling and grammar.  

Thanks everyone who we interviewed! I hope this also gave the 3rd graders some background knowledge, because they'll take the long comp next year!  :)  

Dinosaur Museum

Students in second grade researched dinosaurs. They set up a dinosaur museum for 3rd grade students and for parents. With dioramas and presentations, they found different ways to teach us all about what they learned.

Stay and Play

If you stick around after school on any warm day now, you'll see so much activity in Lincoln Park!

Arts at Argenziano Fundraiser

Thanks to Mr. Barringer, Ms. Taremi, parent volunteers, local performers and businesses, we had a great concert and party. The event was to raise money for our musician-in-residence program and our heritage night. Thank you, everyone!

Food Day Taste Test

On Food Day, all students tasted a mix of green and red peppers with a yoghurt based dip. Then they voted on whether or not they would eat the food again. Parents helped by serving food and helping kids vote. 83% of students said they would eat it again! Here are the results:
 http://somervillefarmtoschool.blogspot.com/2015/04/taste-test-veggie-yogurt-dip-argenziano.html

After School Recreation Program

Students in grades K through 3rd are participating in an after school club run by Recreation on Tuesdays in April and May.

Getting Moving

Third graders wore a watch for a week to keep track of how much time they were active and how many steps they took. The kids in the morning BOKS program got an extra 45 minutes of fun active play.