Two Spanish Language Public Service Announcements

Over the past several weeks, Spanish speaking students at Edison have been working closely with Spanish class students from Kalamazoo College. The goal: to produce Public Service Announcements for the benefit of the Spanish speaking community in the West Michigan region. Edison students were involved in every step of the process, from brainstorming script ideas to shooting video.

The two videos produced cover the topics of Type 2 Diabetes and Pesticides. Check them out here, pass along the link to others, and let us know if you know of someone that could benefit from seeing these.

Congratulations to Ms. Vo, Ms. Alia, and all the Edison students that made this project happen! We are so proud of the bilingual students at our school and the important job they did to get this information in a format that will benefit the Spanish speaking community!

La Diabetes Tipo 2 PSA from Anthony Gettig on Vimeo.

Pesticidas PSA from Anthony Gettig on Vimeo.

2nd Grade Planting Experiment - Week 2

Week two brought some surprises for the second grade students in Mrs. McElroy's class. Watch and see what started growing and where!

2nd Grade Growing Week 2 from Edison Environmental Science Aca on Vimeo.

Baby Chicks at Garden Club

This blog started in the summer of 2008 when we started to chronicle the great things happening in our Garden Camp. The enthusiasm and success of the summer program was carried into the school year and now we are preparing for Garden Camp 2009.

Like all living things, we are growing! Garden Camp this summer will be at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp. We are very excited to be able to partner with the wonderful people there, especially Ms. Woollam. She loves the outdoors, gardening, and most importantly, children! Watch this video and see what we're doing in Garden Club...and get a taste of what Garden Camp will be like!

Baby Chicks at Garden Club from Edison Environmental Science Aca on Vimeo.

2nd Grade Planting Experiment - Week 1

Second grade students are addressing the question "How does economics affect what crops or livestock are produced?" in unit 4 of the new Magnet curriculum. Like all the wonderful teachers at Edison Environmental Science Academy, Mrs. McElroy is leading her students through the inquiry process to find answers to the questions the students created when discussing this.

This is the first video in a series as we track the progress of this exciting scientific inquiry by the amazing second grade students at Edison.

2nd Grade Planting - Week 1 from Edison Environmental Science Aca on Vimeo.

Teacher Appreciation Assembly

On May 5, 2009, the entire school assembled in the gymnasium for a very special award ceremony. Ms. Hillsman, the PTO President, led the students in cheering for their teachers and giving every teacher in the school a certificate of appreciation. Each also received a small potted plant in which were the seeds that had not sprouted yet. Ms. Hillsman said they represent the seeds that the teachers had planted over the years and the seeds they will plant in young people in the years ahead.

Take a moment today to contact your student's teacher and tell them you appreciate them!