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THE SIUSLAW NEWS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ❚ November 2017 ❚ 3 SIUSLAW ARTIST OF THE MONTH Cassidy Moore — Advanced Art B Y A UDREY L OWDER Siuslaw High School Student C assidy Moore was selected by Mrs. Kim Pickell as the December Artist of the Month. She is the daughter of Dustin and Jeniffer Moore and is cur- rently a senior at Siuslaw High School. Cassidy has Mrs. Pick- ell for two periods of the day: third period as a teacher’s as- sistant and sixth period for Ad- vanced Placement Art. PHOTO BY CAROL JOLLEY The last painting she did for A.P. Art was “a purple, red and me tips and helps me form my blue watercolor around this girl own art.” Her favorite things to do in that I drew with a rose” and is addition to painting are read- currently her favorite work. Cassidy is currently the only ing and writing. After high school, Cassidy student in A.P. Art but hopes there “will be at least two or plans to “start out in commu- nity college and maybe go to a three people next year.” She describes the atmo- liberal arts college.” She plans to be “an artist, sphere of her class as “a nice whether that be writing, paint- place to just relax and draw.” The class has helped increase ing or drawing,” after college. Cassidy said she especially her creativity by allowing her to not be restricted by guidelines. enjoys painting landscapes and Cassidy says her “favorite thing drawing people, so make sure about [Mrs. Pickell] is that she you keep your eye out for her lets me do what I want and gives work. “Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no fl owers grow on it.” —Vincent Van Gogh SUBMISSIONS WELCOME COURTESY PHOTOS 7th-graders C explore trail, woods indi Ramsey teaches Siuslaw Middle School seventh-grade Science and Stream Team, and combined Lego Robotics for sixth- through eighth-grades. Th e Stream Team took a fi eld trip on Oct. 30, to the PAWN Trail. “We learned about old growth forests and their unique habitat,” said. Ramsey. On Nov. 1, the Stream Team visited the Rankin Woodlands, owned by Dave and Dianne Rankin. Both of them are retired Siuslaw School District teachers — and both taught Ramsey when she attended school there. “Our class learned about many diff erent types of forests, the riparian zone and habitats for both plants/trees and animals,” Ramsey said. Thankful third-graders Be a part of School Zone, a monthly newsletter for students in the Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts. Deadline for submissions is the 15th of every month. 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Greene’s third-grade class wrote Thanksgiving poems to share with their families. The project had students using the fi ve senses to express their ideas. Together, as a class, they also composed a collaborative poem and created artwork to illustrate their knowledge of healthy foods. This project corresponds with the new elementary school emphasis on healthy eating habits and physical exercise through the CATCH program. Sixth-Grade Stream Team visits Siltcoos I n October, the Siuslaw Middle School Sixth- Grade Stream Team went on the fi rst fi eld- based research trip to Siltcoos Outlet. Th ey were in groups, decided on their interests and collected data to answer a question they had developed in class in the days leading up to the fi eld trip. Th ere were groups focusing on Forests, with volunteers Jim Grano and Matt Smith with the U.S. Forest Service, Water Quality with Siuslaw Watershed Council’s Kyle Terry, Mammals with local hunter Rick Mumpower, Marine Debris with expert Mary Goff , Birds with retired sixth-grade teacher Ty Perry, and Macroinvertebrates with the Stream Team teacher, Mrs. Perry. Hello Community Members, Are you interested in working with students? Do you have a back- ground in science? Are you pas- sionate about the outdoors? I am looking to get in touch with commu- nity members willing to volunteer occasionally with my sixth-grade Stream Team (an elective course fo- cusing on watershed stewardship) classes on fi eld trips. On these fi eld trips, students will be conducting fi eld based research based on their own questions, re- search and fi ndings. What I need is a variety of people with different expertise to come along on fi eld trips to assist students Look for A huge thank you to all the volunteers who joined us. Each group spent fi ve hours exploring the envi- ronment and collecting data and preparing for the presentation they would give back in class. Th e day was beautiful. Th e mammal group took trail camera pictures of six diff erent mammals native to the area, the macroinvertebrate group gathered 15 diff erent species between the out- let and the lagoon and the marine debris group collected garbage on the beach while also collect- ing data, leaving the area better than they found it. — Photos and story submitted by McKenzie Perry in small groups of about fi ve to de- fi ne questions that can be answered with data they will collect, and or- ganize that data so that it can be reported back to their peers in a gal- lery walk format. In order to join us in this venture, I need your contact information, your areas of expertise or passion and, last but not least, I need you to be cleared with a background check in order to volunteer in the schools Our fi eld trips take place once per quarter (4 times each school year) at the Siltcoos Outlet/Lake trail area. Students will be guided to ask questions that can be answered with data or observations from that area specifi cally, so I am looking for people interested in teaching about forests, water quality, dunes, beaches, rivers, native and invasive species, as well as our watershed as a whole. Students will also need help tak- ing and organizing their data in a way that communicates their ques- tion and fi ndings. If you are interested, please email me at mperry@siuslaw.k12.or.us with your information, and/or any questions you may have. Thank you so much for your time. Respectfully, McKenzie Perry, Sixth-Grade Science & Stream Team KID SCOOP Kid Scoop runs every Wednesday during the school year in the Siuslaw News and features educational sto- ries and fun activities for families. The activity page is part of the Siuslaw News’ Newspapers In Education program, in which teach- ers from Siuslaw and Mapleton school districts may request copies of the local paper to use as curriculum in their classroom. Call 541-997-3441 for more info.