Innovative Girls and America's Got Talent...what is St. Cat's connection?

Remember seeing this on America's Got Talent a few years ago?  The group iLuminate made it to the finals, and they will perform at St. Catherine's this Friday, October 9, as part of the Girls Innovate Day, which is being held on our campus. Their main focus is on the fusion of technology and dance which they have performed all over the world.  The bad news?  This program is for the older girls; however, the good news is that we will be introducing this cool group to our classes, as well as participating in Girls Innovate in our own special way.  Last week we celebrated our 125th anniversary as a school, and this week we are going to make Miss Jennie proud with our ever evolving curriculum.  On Friday, the middle and the upper school will be hosting 200 students from area schools, so that they can hear international experts, such as Reshma Saujani speak on coding.  As well, the middle school girls will be working with Little Bits, which are electronic modules that can be used to create all kinds of things...things we can't even imagine, but our girls certainly can.  The Fourthies also will hear Danielle Feinberg speak.  She is a  Director of Photography specializing in Lighting and Pixar Animation Studios, so we will all have much to learn.  Our girls are not directly involved with Girls Innovate, but they will have a "Gallery Walk". This way they can see what is going on, and they can also ask questions.

This is a wonderful opportunity for our Fourthies, as we will soon begin our own Cubelet collaborative project with kindergarten.  There will be more information about this at a later date.

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Math News

We just completed our Geometry Unit, and what great learning took place!  It's an ambitious unit because there is so much new vocabulary. The main focus is on helping the girls learn how to classify geometric figures. As you know, they constructed triangles, quadrangles, concentric circles,  and even the Star of David, but what was most gratifying to see, was the connection they made between their study of lines and rays to our initial work with the 3D Printer project. I was amazed when many of the girls were so excited to tell me that their geometry unit had helped them to understand this new technology. The girls, I think, are truly energized by their  exposure to some quite fascinating  educational modules! Check out our Fourthie Website, and you can see what your daughter is doing.

Friday, October 9   Girls Innovate  -   All divisions, including the Lower School, may wear jeans or comfortable clothes and tennis shoes!

Thursday, October 8  Tech Night  (completely optional)  6:30.  Those who have signed up should bring a copy of their daughter's passwords.  The passwords are located at the back of their Planner.  They can show you.

...and more technology news

Our ultimate goal is for your fourth grade daughters to become competent on Google Drive and be able to effortlessly utilize many of our highly useful and interactive websites; however, there is so much fantastic opportunity on our Fourthie Website that we are gradually introducing these sites.  For example, our class is using GoAnimate at the moment.  I confess that it is one of my favorite sites, and the possibilities for usage are endless.  Some of your girls experienced difficulty logging into Google Drive, but I was proud of them because they still completed their assignment on paper.  That is showing RESPONSIBILITY! This morning we worked on the glitches they encountered, so I think that things will be better tonight.  One of the problems is that the girls need to process the passwords and username correctly, and that takes practice for all us.....and I stress all of us, even me!
Passwords rule our lives, and we have many to remember!

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