Today was the annual taste test day in Ms. Ratigan & Ms. Deffer’s AP Stats classes. Participants (including Dr. Alexander) tried name brand and off brand products like cheese crackers, cola, marshmallows & gummy bears to compare flavors & identify favorites. Tasty data!

It was friction lab week in Mr. Smith’s physics class. Students put the new Smart Cars to use to measure & graph the friction of different surfaces. Such a great way to use technology for accurate measurement.

This week students in AP World History with Mr. Collins worked collaboratively to investigate the social structure, political system, interaction with environment, cultural development, economic system, technology & innovation of Hindu & Buddhist states in Southeast Asia.

Every Tuesday & Thursday Ms. Roberts & Mr. Odle from @bvnwlibrary visit our LIFT classroom to read a story & lead a hands-on activity. Today they read Extra Yarn & students created yarn art. Loving the connections with students through literacy!

Ms. Belcher’s AP Environmental Science classes rolled dice, selected beads, analyzed data & followed an instructional sort of “choose your own adventure” to simulate natural selection. A hands on way to show the change in animals over time!

Even Mr. Aman is cooking & tasting the fried chicken in Ms. Ragland’s culinary arts 2 class this week!

Students in Mrs. Upham’s honors geometry & Mr. Davis’s geometry classes focused on vocabulary to deepen their understanding of new content. Students defined terms, drew examples/non-examples & applied their learning to show their knowledge.

Inaugural lab day for the newly-renovated FACS kitchen! Ms. Springer’s baking & pastry classes baked chocolate chip cookies while Ms. Ragland’s culinary arts 2 class made homemade pizza. Professional equipment ➡️ professional products.

Today students in Mr. Mohn’s honors biology class reviewed for their 1st unit test by playing The Grid. Mr. Mohn created the rules for the game, programmed the digital interface & wrote the questions to gamify concepts for students to competitively check their learning.

Check out world geography, Honors Spanish 4 & U.S. history over the past week -

Here’s a few of the activities from BVNW classrooms over the past week -

While our school nurse, Ms. Murkin, is out on leave we thrilled to welcome Ms. Putthoff & to welcome back Ms. Imlay to care for BVNW.

We welcome David VanRheenen to BVNW as one of our school psychologists. We are so glad to share him with Harmony Middle School this year!

Welcome to Brooke Campbell, our new school psychologist. We are so excited to have her at BVNW!

Week 2 learning included a field biology insect search, pre-lift training in weights, vision board planning in PASS & real-world connections in exploring health professions. So great to see students diving into content!

Busy block days at BVNW! Number challenges in math strategies, vocab games in ESOL, learning styles in Spanish, simulations in AP US history, book finds for ELA & world geography lessons in the library, stadium food safety in culinary arts, & team promos in marketing management.

It’s been a great first two days, @BVNW_Huskies! From hypothesis testing & insurance-Monopoly money simulations to math strategy games & building scavenger hunts, our classrooms have been busy. We love having everyone back at BVNW. Looking forward to next week!

Happy 1st day at BVNW to Ms. Eppler! We are glad to have her in our BVNW Special Education Department.

Happy 1st at BVNW to Ms. Stanfield! We are so glad to have her teaching in our Special Education Department.

Happy Husky 1st day to Mr. Jeffries! We are happy to have him & the LIFT program join BVNW.