The future of our community is being written by a generation of teachers and students who are redefining the learning process. It's exciting and inspirational. And it's happening right now.
Giving STEM Programs an "A for Art"
Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps
-
Mike Ariel understands all the excitement around STEM programs these days. But that's old news to the Salem High School art teacher; he's been using these principles in his classes for years.
In the early hours before school begins, these fourth-grade Soule school students are busy problem-solving. The "board" is laid out in the library and animals, obstacles and robots have been constructed from First Lego League kits. Students eagerly type commands into iPads that direct the robots to interact with the board pieces. Today they are trying to collect the "pink pig." "In a competition, students get points by how well their robot interacts with various elements on the board," says Anna Caron, one of several Salem teachers volunteering time to guide the elementary Lego Robotics Clubs. "We're just getting started. Today's challenge is to collect the pink pig without crashing into other objects." Soule fourth-grade students react as their robot just misses collecting the "pink pig." The students take turns determining a course of action, programming the robots, then running the controls. After collaborating on a...
Most of us get our understanding of forensic science from television dramas where crime scene investigators are portrayed closer to super heroes than scientists. But students in Aurora Merry's Forensic Science class know better. ( Read transcript here... )
Salem High School film students brought home three awards in the 2018 New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival -- including first place overall. This is the second straight year SHS has taken home the top award in the festival. This year's winning film -- The Waiter -- was was written by Grace Lumley and produced by Nate Magoon and Briana Demers. The film included contributions from the entire film club over 20 students and several advisers and parents. Two additional SHS films received awards -- 4th place went to God's Acre ; and 5th place went to Worthless . God's Acre is a documentary created entirely by Brenden Nault. Worthless was created by block 3 TV 2 with Autumn-Rose Bogdan, Kaitlyn Willson, Rheannon Rodriguez and Briana Demers.