On Friday, March 30th, 2012, Alex Raster, 8th grade gifted student at Barnwell Middle School in the Francis Howell School District competed in the State Level Geography Bee. He tied for 5th place out of 100 qualifying students from all over Missouri. This is the best a Barnwell student has ever done in the past 12 years. Congratulations Alex!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Bondidag Cove Team
My 7th grade students recently attended the Future City regional competition in Chicago, and the Bondidag Cove Team earned first place.
They will be participating in the national competition in DC (all expense paid) Feb. 17-22. I'm attaching pictures...Here is also a link to our blog. http://risetothe-challenge1.blogspot.com/
Bondidag Cove Awards: Peer Award (other teams picked their model as their favorite) and "Integrated Highway Design" sponsored by the Illinois Association of County Engineers (IACE)
Triana
Awards: "Best Essay," "High Rise Award" sponsored by The Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings, "Best Future City Promotion" sponsored by The Society for Marketing Professional Services, and 3rd Place award for the "Go to 2040 Plan Implementation."
Jennifer J. Hawkins
St. Clair RXIII
Gifted Education, Grades 1-8
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