What's New In The Classroom
Spring at Upland
Getting Serious About Conservation and Recycling
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Nancy Fromnick, Chester County Recycling Coordinator for the Chester County Solid Waste Authority uses student volunteers to help demonstrate which types of plastics are really recyclable.
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The Upland Community celebrated Earth Day by welcoming Nancy Fromnick, Chester County Recycling Coordinator for the Chester County Solid Waste Authority, who presented a lively and informative assembly on recycling. Students learned that all plastic containers with recycling emblems are not created equal! Only those stamped with a 1 or a 2 can actually be recycled.
In order to keep the spirit of earth day 2008 going, the Upland Science Department wanted to list some websites resources with information on how to effectively reduce, reuse, and recycle.
There are hundreds of other excellent sites with information about what we can do to help conserve the limited resources we have. In addition, Dr. Brigman has posted an Energy Conservation Guide to Personal Computer Use on the technology page of the website. Check it out at http://www.uplandcds.org/parents_technology.php
Creating small goals that can be met and built upon each week, month and year is the key.
Whole Foods Stores are now using compostable plastic containers for all of their cold to-go food. These containers are similar to the cups and containers our fourth grade used when providing popcorn at the Power up Gambia Event at the Hagley Museum just weeks ago. The desire to be responsible seems to be coinciding with the economics of new products that meet the needs of the public
Conservation of resources now should help us avoid the complete loss of resources later.
Thanks in advance for your effort and dedication to the environment from everyone at Upland.
Ninth Grade Girls Make Presentation of Trip to Finland--In Spanish!!
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Last Friday at assembly, four ninth grade students presented a slide show
featuring highlights of their trip to Finland. But this presentation had
a twist. The presentation was in Spanish and English! Spanish teacher
Sylvia Barreiro encouraged the girls with the project and even found an
online diary of a Spanish girl who visited many of the same places in
Finland that our 8th and 9th grade girls did. Reading the Spanish diary
helped inspire the girls to develop their project.
NBC10 Weatherman Dave Warren Visits Lower School
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| NBC10 Weatherman Dave Warren |
NBC10 Weatherman Dave Warren presented a special weather workshop to
students in kindergarten through third grade. The meteorologist presented
a slide show on clouds and weather instruments. He also spoke with
students about how TV news and weather programs are taped and produced.
Both students and teachers had many questions about all the information
Dave Warren presented, resulting in a lively hour which everyone
thoroughly enjoyed.
By the end of his presentation Weatherman Dave Warren had a whole new set of fans!
State Representative Chris Ross Visits 4th Grade
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 The focus of 4th grade history is the study of Pennsylvania history and
government and the class's yearly field trip to visit the State Capitol in
Harrisburg to see the state government at work is always eagerly
anticipated. In preparation for next week's trip, State Representative
Chris Ross visited the class to talk about the history of Pennsylvania's
State Government and how the House of Representatives and the State Senate
work separately and together on state legislation.
Representative Ross has been a good friend to Upland over the years,
visiting many classes to talk about state politics and delivering
proclamations for various anniversaries
Headmaster for a Day
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Do you know this student who was Upland's Headmaster for a Day on April
10, which coincidentally was his birthday? Our Jr. Headmaster came by the
opportunity through his parents who won the privilege at the Upland
Auction in February. He spent the day learning about the various
administrative duties associated with running Upland and was able wield
his influence to extend recess an extra 10 minutes. Our Jr. Headmaster
enjoyed his day, but conceded that "It is really hard work to have so many
things to think about!"
8th Grade World Studies Class
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offers a Rich Slate
of Guest Speakers Each year, eighth grade World
Studies teacher April Woods puts together a rich
offering of guest speakers from a variety of
cultures who come to offer students a glimpse of
history and culture from all parts of the world.
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| 8th Grade World Studies teacher April Woods and guest speaker Chétana Jois |
As part of the study of the Middle East, Samia
and Farah Rishi, mother and teenage sister of
seventh grader Shaz Rishi, spoke about Islam.
Samia Rishi returned to speak with the class
about family life in her native country of
Pakistan. Samia brought photos of her own family
and of a traditional wedding, examples of
traditional clothing and even a yummy treat! In
addition, Merhdad Mehdizadeh, husband of fourth
grade teacher Marcy Mehdizadeh, who presented a
slide show about his home country of Iran and the
Islamic Revolution in that country in 1979.
As part of the work the School is doing this year
related to Power Up Gambia and the sub-Saharan
Africa unit, Homa Tavangar and her teenage
daughters Layla and Anisa spoke to the class
about the three months that they spent living in
the Gambia. The third and fifth grades attended
this presentation as well. In addition, Doug
Hayes, Executive Director of Covenant Mercies,
spoke to the class. Covenant Mercies is a
non-profit child sponsorship program doing relief
work in Uganda, Ethiopia and Zambia. Doug shared
some of his observations after five years of
regularly traveling to Africa several times per
year, as well as describing the impact of the
AIDS crisis and other health concerns that have
helped to bring about the crisis of orphaned
children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Chétana Jois visited the class and described her
experiences growing up Hindu, explained various
Indian customs and showed students articles of
Indian clothing, art and photos. Students shared
their own research related to contemporary Indian
culture, and Chétana elaborated on and responded
to their research.
This spring, as the class studies east Asian and
South American cultures, they will continue to
welcome speakers who help to bring the cultures
to life.
Musher Sue Thompson of Howling Huskies Sled Dog Adventures brought
her team of sled dogs for a Q & A and demonstration with Third Grade
as a culmination of their annual study of the Iditarod. Ms. Thompson
showed slides and discussed the sport of mushing with the students
who, through their study, came well-informed and armed with a variety
of interesting questions. Of course, the best part for the children
was getting to meet the dogs and see Ms. Thompson put them through
their paces. In fact, word spread about the demonstration and a
number of classes took a break to check it out!
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Musher Sue Thompson puts a
Harness on Carmel. |
Happy dogs, happy kids! |
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Sue Thompson outs the team through its paces. |
Alum Peter Beck '94 stopped by
to meet the team. |
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Students enjoyed seeing the sleds up close. |
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last updated on: May 5, 2008
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