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Open Enrollment for 2017-2018 School Year to Begin May 1st!

The Cardinal Local School District would like to announce that the open enrollment period for the 2017-18 school year will run from May 1st – August 1st, 2017. Open enrollment is for students who live outside of the Cardinal Local School District and do not currently attend one of our schools. Applications will be available in the Board Office located at 15982 East High Street, beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, May 1st. As a reminder, enrollment is done on a first come, first served basis and is dependent upon class size.

If you have additional questions, please contact the Board Office at 440-632- 0261.

Third Grade Reading Projects

Mrs. Melissa Cardinal’s 3rd graders LOVE their reading projects! Students are at it again, this time working together in groups to create a project on a book they read and then present their project to the class. This time around students created scenes from “Friendship According to Humphrey” “A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning,” “Snow Treasure,” and “The Boxcar Children, Book 1.”

 

Stotts Plastic

In 7th grade Science, students in Ms. Stotts’s classes are investigating the difference between mixtures and compounds. They combined hot milk with vinegar and created casein plastic. Casein plastic is a polymer made from the protein molecules in milk. Students determined that the plastic formed is a compound, since a chemical change took place and the plastic is unlike the original ingredients of milk and vinegar.

Three Teachers Receive Grants

The Cardinal Local School District is excited to share that three of our teachers have received grants to be used to incorporate various materials into their classroom lessons. Ms. Sharon Stotts, 7th grade science teacher, has received a $180 grant from the Geauga County Retired Teachers Association. The money will be used to purchase a compost tumbler to help students observe and study the process of composting organic waste.

The Partners in Science group has approved a $750 dollar grant for 8th grade science teacher Mr. Dave Bronson. Mr. Bronson will use the money to fund supplies and transportation as his students test water samples found within the Geauga Park District. Students will then test the samples for pH and various metallic ions such as copper, iron, and lead in addition to polyatomic ions like phosphate and sulfates.

Results will be written up in a lab report and then shared back with the park district over a period of a few years.

And finally, district Speech Therapist, Melissa Butler has received a $15,148 grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation to purchase My Reading Coach software licenses. The software will help assess reading comprehension and be used with students in grades 3-8.

CMS Paw Pride

Congratulations to the CMS Paw PRIDE winners for the week ending April 13, 2017! 5th grade: Hanna H. & Jazlyn S.; 6th grade: Ray K. & Jeremy R.; 7th grade: Chase S. & Olivia W.; 8th grade: Arianna L. & Daisy Y. Keep it up! Way to go everyone – keep up; the great work!

Pictured In Photos

  • Pictured In Left Photo: A 7th grade student in Ms. Sharon Stotts’s class holds up her casein plastic after completing an experiment on mixtures and compounds.
  • Pictured In Top Photo: These 3rd graders dressed the part for their presentation on “Snow Treasure” in Mrs. Melissa Cardinal’s reading class.
  • Pictured In Bottom Photo: 3rd grade students in Mrs. Melissa Cardinal’s class stand with their reading project on the “A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning” book.

 

Geauga News
Author: Geauga News