From Mrs. Walters…

 

What is “Future City” ?

Future City starts with a question—how can we make the world a better place? To answer it, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue. Past topics include stormwater management, urban agriculture, public spaces, and green energy. The 2017-2018 theme is The Age-Friendly City. Teams will identify an age-related challenge that exists in today’s urban environments and engineer two innovative solutions that allow their future city’s senior citizens to be as active and independent as they want to be.

Participants complete five deliverables: a virtual city design (using SimCity); a 1,500-word city essay; a scale model; a project plan, and a presentation to judges at Regional Competitions in January. Regional winners represent their region at the Finals in Washington, DC in February. After completing Future City, student participants are not only prepared to be citizens of today’s complex and technical world, but also poised to become the drivers of tomorrow.

Engineering and so much more

This flexible, cross-curricular educational program gives students an opportunity to do the things that engineers do—identify problems; brainstorm ideas; design solutions; test, retest and build; and share their results. This process is called the engineering design process. With this at its center, Future City is an engaging way to build students’ 21st century skills. Students participating in Future City:

• Apply math and science concepts to real-world issues
• Develop writing, public speaking, problem solving, and time management skills
• Research and propose solutions to engineering challenges
• Discover different types of engineering and explore careers options
• Learn how their communities work and become better citizens
• Develop strong time management and project management skills

More information can be found at:  https://futurecity.org/about

After weeks of back and forth with the tech folks at EduBlogs… I can access my site once again.  I will post weekly updates and event information during the remainder of the school year!

Principal’s Report   January 17, 2018

 Student Participation 17/18

BPA has a regional competition this week-end in Lewiston – 8 high school students are participating.  Mrs Walters and the middle school “Future City” teams will be in Boise this week-end for their state competitions… between 16 and 18 students will be on hand to show and explain their projects. They looked great in their rehearsal presentations last week and are preparing for this Saturday. The fantasy sports club continues to have great participation

Extra-Curricular

Both High School Basketball teams are in the middle of conference schedules -.Lady Savages are 9 – 3.  Chevelle Shepherd – is out for an undetermined time, with a knee injury… but hopes to be healthy for the girl’s district tournament that begins February 1. Girls State tournament begins February 15.

The boys team is 8 – 4.  Friday, Garden Valley will visit to play both teams – This is also Senior night for Payton Branstetter and Miranda Hofflander. … JV boys begin at 4:30, then 6 for the girls and 7:30 for the Boys. Final home game for the boys team is February 2^nd vs. Cascade.  Boys district starts on February 13, and State on March 1.

Middle school basketball has their first game on February 14^th at home vs Tri-Valley.

Also… Charlie Shepherd was at the game last night… great to see him up and around!

School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies (PBIS)     

The PBIS team will be in Boise next week to begin preparations for phase 2 of implementation at our schools.

Savage Pride!

Tournament Bracket

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XLXlTT9sM8xaVEE1jlDe6UlGJVbtQG5U8F2gojfCdpo/pubhtml

After a great send off (Great Job Miss Hale!!), the Lady Savages are off to the State Play-offs.  Below is the bracket with game times>

Lady Savage Basketball    State Championship Tournament  2016-2017

State Tournament Itinerary

Thursday 9:00 Pep Assembly/Send-Off

9:30 Depart for Nampa (Parade thru town)

12:30 Lunch

2:00 Shoot-Around at NHS

3:30 Check-In @Sleep Inn – Nampa

5:00 To NHS

6:15 Game vs Castleford

TBD Team Dinner and back to Motel

Friday Activities and times To Be Determined.

Saturday TBD

Coach Tucker 630-4997 /ptucker06@hotmail.com

Sleep Inn, Nampa

1315 Industrial Rd, 83687

463-6300

Exit 36, Right on Franklin, Right on, 3rd Ave N, Right on Industrial

Nampa High School

203 Lake Lowell Ave

Exit 35 for Northside Blvd,

As you probably know by now…. Meadows Valley School is having leak issues that have forced the Girls Basketball District games on Tuesday to move to McCall…  Special thanks to McCall for helping out!

Please spread the word, so none of the Savage Faithful show up at MV on Tuesday!!  As for the Tuesday Game… let’s all show up – LOUD and PROUD!!

Tuesday, Feb 7  games will be played in McCall at 6:00 and 7:30.

As of now Meadows is planning on hosting Thursday 9 game.

Our bus will now leave at 4:30.

Savage Pride!!

GBB District Bracket 2016-2017