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Pi Day
Each year, Ms. Scrimenti holds Pi Day challenges in her classroom. One of the challenges this year was to memorize Pi to the furthest digit. Both Ms. Scrimenti and Mrs. Bongiovanni's homerooms have been working hard and practicing their Pi reciting. In the end, Michael Boylan came in first place memorizing Pi to 264 digits! Unbelieveable! Congratualations to Michael on a job well done! Another activity challenged each homeroom to put the first 52 digits of Pi in order. They were given the Pi sheets to follow; however the students had to do this activity in complete silence. Here is Mrs. … [Read more...] about Pi Day
Read Across America Day
Pierrepont School students celebrated Read Across America Day by dressing up as their favorite literary characters or by wearing Dr. Seuss inspired clothes. … [Read more...] about Read Across America Day
Greek Mythology
The ELA students from Mrs. Bongiovanni and Ms. Scrimenti's homerooms have taught their classmates about different characters in Greek mythology. They each researched a character and created their own myths explaining how their character created a structure or place, such as the Grand Canyon, Niagra Falls, or the Terracotta Army. They played the part in class and educated one another about various characters. … [Read more...] about Greek Mythology
Newton’s Cars in 6th Grade STEM
6th grade students in the STEM elective at Pierrepont demonstrate their knowledge of Newton's Laws of Motion, Forces and Energy concepts as well as their engineering design skills to design, test, and improve cars made from of recycled materials. The goal is for the car to travel at least 8 ft within 1 meter width using a potential energy source (balloon powered, rubber band or mouse trap car). … [Read more...] about Newton’s Cars in 6th Grade STEM