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Summer 21st Century
Institute
During the School District of DeSoto
Summer 21st Century Institute students from each elementary
school have been broken into several groups with reading in the
morning and math in the afternoons. During math enrichment two
high school volunteers came to assist in the Math Olympics. The
two young ladies (Lindsey Hawkins, and Sarah Roberts) set up
tape measures provided by the maintenance department. When the
small groups would come to the class they would assist the
students with a discs (paper plate) throw, javelin (straw)
throw, and shot put (cotton ball) throw.
The first and second graders had a great
time in each event attempting to figure out how to make these
items go the farthest. Once the students attempted these events
they had to tell the volunteers how far they threw the items in
feet and inches to show their math skills. The students were so
competitive that they never acknowledged the simple fact that
they were helping us in the education of measurements. The
students were well rewarded with simple bracelets and treats at
the end of the class.
The fun was for the staff staying up with
these little ones in the events. It is a joy to try and work in
a game with the knowledge building skills for the students and
extracurricular activities that are taking place this summer.
The volunteers had a hot and tedious job
helping all the children, but showed great efforts and have
offered to return to assist in more activities until summer
session is over.
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