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Third and fourth grade Barton scientists had a chance to show off their experiments and their knowledge in the annual science fair held in the Commons in December.
Each student began with a testable question, and then designed a procedure to test a hypothesis.
More pictures here.
The reading kids in room 203 challenged themselves to read 150 books in two days. We agreed upon a ‘standard’ book so students had to read many short books to count as one book, but a chapter book would count as more than one book. By the end of class on the first day the kids had read over 60 books. By the end of class on the second day they were up to 147.5 books. So close!! A few very dedicated readers used their recess on the second day to push the number to our final 159 books!! The kids were very dedicated, and learned strategies on how to keep reading for a long period of time. Some read on the stationary bike for a while, some on the balance board, some moved positions and some took breaks to walk around the school and come back to read again. The kids (and their teacher) are very proud, and have every right to be. Thanks to parent organizers Lisa Ceelen and Sue Johnson, and to the generous donations from this great community, these readers were able to raise $124.15 for Barton.
Thank you, sincerely, Samantha Johnson, Deborah Honore, Hussein Hussein, Sydney Ceelen, Lou Olson, Ezra Knight, Tiba Navab, Naomi Osunkoya-Clark, Mohamed Roble, Walker Renz, Walker Arp, Philip Gates and Karin Emerson.
The Commons and gymnasium were full last week for this year's Raffle, Auction and Marketplace event. Music filled the rooms as Barton families bid on auction items, browsed through all kinds of items made by Barton kids in the Marketplace, and waited with bated breath as the winning raffle ticket was drawn. See details and a list of some of the people who made it happen in this week's Bugle. 
Don't forget to arrive early this Thursday evening, December 9, to check out the fantastic creations of Barton students in the Marketplace, and to have plenty of time to find a bargain or two in the Silent Auction. 5-7:00 PM Marketplace open and Silent Auction bidding in the Gym 7-7:15 PM Quilt Raffle Drawing in the Commons 7:15-8 PM Live Auction in the Commons
This beautiful rug will be one of the items available in the live auction portion of this week's raffle and auction event. Click on the rug for a larger view!
New updates available:
Time and place: Doors open at 5 pm on Thursday, December 9.
Correction: The private concert by the Fizz will be part of the silent auction, not the live auction. The lists are being changed to reflect this.
There will be another late start day next week, on Thursday, December 9. School will start at 9:30 AM and with all morning bus time pushed back exactly two hours.
Fourteen teachers from Ingunnarskóli, a school in Reykjavik, Iceland, visited us on Tuesday, November 2. They were interested in learning about the philosophy of open education for a new school they were going to be moving into soon. They were viewing the key components of open education as individualized learning, multi-age teaching and project based teaching. They met with grade level teams of Barton teachers throughout the day, visited classrooms and asked a lot questions about how teachers plan and organize their work, how they teach to multi-grades and how student work is evaluated. They posted these pictures from their visit to Barton.
A list of all silent auction items is available for download. Check back for updates in the right-hand column of this site, under "Auction Updates!"
Reminder: There are also lists of live auction items and activity sign-ups.
Don't forget to mark the evening of Thursday, December 9th for the Quilt Raffle and Silent Auction event.
Volunteers are needed to separate ticket stubs and count money for the quilt raffle. If you’re able to help for two hours or more on Monday Dec. 6 (9:30 to 2:00) or Tuesday, Dec. 7 (8:00 to 2:00), please call Anne Sterner at 926-2473 for more details.
