Blog by Alyssa

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Merry Christmas! Welcome back to my BlogSpot. I’m Alyssa and I’m a seventh grade techspert. Lately, we have been making some changes to the Learning Commons and the lunch room. We went out and got some of their opinions, here’s what they had to say.

Looking at the lunch room, people said “It’s very pretty.” Or “I loved the lights, but they should cover the windows on the ceiling, so that the lights show a little bit more.” Some people said, “You should add a Christmas Tree!” “Maybe decorate it a little more, but it’s very organized.” Also, “It should be a little more festive”. But I agree with every single one of these.

Just recently, we had a book fair in the Learning commons. We got some opinions and here’s what they had to say. “It was really cool.” “I think it needs more decorations because if there was, I couldn’t tell what it was.” Or, “There needs to be a larger book choice because some of those books are easy reads.” Come and visit our next book fair April 22, 2019. Hope to see you ther

Blog by Gracey

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     It’s coming close to the end of 1st semester. We are wanting people to come into the learning commands and want to teach in here more!

    We also wanted to know what kind of technology people wanted if we were to get them next semester or next year. People kept saying Mac book pros. I wanted Mac book pros too. But the thing is I don’t want the school to pay good money for them and then people treat them badly.

    Finally, we also wanted to see what people’s goals were for next semester. Most people said that they wanted to focus on getting better grades but then some people wanted to not get as much tarries as others.

This semester by Grace

     This semester in techsperts has been amazing! We have accomplished and grown so much as a group and I could not be more proud of my hour including Ethan , Kyra , Lily , Mackenzie , Nolan , Olivia , and Rachel . I  could not have accomplished everything I accomplished without their support. They are truly the best and I wouldn’t want anyone else to be in hour. I am extremely thankful for them. Also, I have the best time in this class because of all the support I get from each and everyone of them.

     This semester we have been in charge of decorating the learning commons doors which looked awesome! We also were in charge of many other tasks including helping with the commons winter theme which all hours helped on, and many other tasks. We also make advertisements for the book fairs to get the word out about them. My favorite task we have had so far this year is we got to pick a subject and help those teachers with their classes, This would include finding resources for them to use in their lessons, or even making a lesson for them. Basically we are just helping make sure the teachers are less stressed, this has been a lot of work with the semester coming to an end

Blog by Ethan

Hello everyone I’m back with a new blog and in this blog we are going to talk about all the stuff my group has done. First we have given the comments a total male over it is now a snowman winter land and now with the lights the whole lunchroom looks great thank you Miss Travis and all the techsperts that helped. Also winter break is almost here I bet all of you guys are excited because you will not haft to be at school any longer, I bet that this will be a fun break.

Also We are having spirit week next week and I think that you all will love it. Also we will soon be doing  another fun razed and there will be awesome prizes so be on the lookout for that. I hope you all have a merry Christmas and a good new year and I will see you all when we get back from break.

Book Club Blog by Caroline

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Caroline

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven’t done a blog in awhile. First off I want to explain something to everyone. There is an after school club called book club. I know plenty of people think in book club you are assigned a book and have to finish it by a certain date. Then you have to write a report on it. I’m right aren’t I? Well maybe it’s like that at other schools but not this one! At book club you get a selection of books to choose from. You bring that book home and try to finish reading it by the next meet. Book club meets are on the second Thursday of every month. During book club you talk about books you’ve read and really just anything that pops into mind. I enjoy it at least! Oh if you do try book club here’s something to note; book club gets out at 3:30 pm, 30 minutes before the activity bus arrives. Or at least when it is supposed to arrive. Anyway… I recommend you try book club if you love books and love to talk about them! Oh almost forgot, if you do book club you don’t wait in the cafeteria. Instead go to the learning commons/ library for book club. It confused me the first time too, don’t worry. Anyway I think that’s all… yeah. I’ll try & post more! Other than that… bye!

Techspert Blog by Izzy

Techsperts Blog... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Check out the Learning Commons on your way to lunch. Those snowmen are up to no good! This semester was a great one, and ending it with snowmen and winter is perfect! Christmas is coming up, and everyone is getting into the spirit. Speaking of spirit, this week was winter spirit week. Monday was holiday hats, Tuesday was white-out, where you wear all white, Wednesday was crazy or holiday socks, Thursday is wear your team color(red or green), and Friday is Ugly Sweaters! That’s all for this blog, so have a good winter break and enjoy the snow!

BLOG By: Dylan

At the beginning of the year I was a little nervous for this and I didn’t know what was heading my way. Then I met these amazing people that could be here with me through this journey. Those peoples names were Jocelyn, Deagen,Trent, Mia, and Lundyn. Some of these friends were from last year, some not, but that doesn't matter it was all about hard work and fun.

So now at the end of the year, I had a blast with everyone. It's going to be really hard to say goodbye to everyone and believe me I don’t want to do that. But I am also happy that I get to go out and explore all of the other electives. Now i just want to say goodbye. :)

Blog by Deagen

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By: Deagen

  Hi my name is Deagen and I’m one of the six people that got the chance to be a techspert this semester , but it’s more about the people and how they make life so much better

  Let’s start off here . Well let’s just say my friends that they are like a second family to me . We all look out for each other and help one another if we need it . These people are amazing and they make the techspert life what it is . I couldn’t do this without them .

  Now let’s get down to the people themselves . First let’s start off with Mia , Mia is a fun and heartwarming person that always makes you laugh.

  Next we have Trent , Trent is the musical one he loves to sing and shred on the guitar

  Now lets do Lundyn , Lundyn is happy joyful person who always tells you the truth

  Then we have Jocelyn , Jocelyn is a cool girl who always gets her work done and makes sure we stay on track

   And finally we have Dylan or as we like to call him Dill pickle , Dylan is a hilarious guy who always will put a smile on your face

   Once more I’m Deagen si

Blog by Mia

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          All this semester has been a blast. We had amazing time, i'm really sad to leave but i'm also really happy to start something new in the next. (after winter break of course). I have great friends and amazing people hear.

          Hopefully next year i'm a techpert  and I can have the same people to with me because at first I didn't know who they were but eventually I became  really good friends. So now the semester is almost over and I might see them I might not but I will know that they are my friends.

Techpsert by Lundyn

My teckpert year blog

At the beginning of the year i had no idea what to think but when we had the meet the teacher day it made me feel better. it helped that the people that went to my school before were in my class. the next couple of days i was terrified of mrs.travis but weeks later i was not terrified of her anymore i just learned to not get on her bad side.

A while into the quarter i loved being here i could not wait till the end of the day to come to the class where you can express yourself ,and draw ,speek free of  your ideas, paint, decorating, laughing, and so much more. But don't forget about learning to get the ipads that was hard to learn.

Saying goodbye will be hard because she is so calm and lets us be free and we have fun and get to tryout new stuff. All of the people here are so nice and so is ms.travis. And on thursday it will be really fun having a pizza party.

Blog by Trent

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So lately i’ve been struggling with ELA so i started tutoring and so far it's really fun today. i have to take a little test so i'm a little nervous about that.  i hope that i will get better at spelling and stuff like that.

At home i started guitar lessons for my birthday and that is really fun and i can play a lot of songs. I'm so excited to get better and learn more songs.

In math i’m do serper good and im getting 3 and 4. In since i got dissect an earthworm. That was fun.

What's Happening by Nolan

For a week or so we have been decorating the commons in a winter theme. There are snowflakes, snowmen, pine trees (which I made). So make sure you take a minute to look at it.

For the 17th to the 21st is spirit week. Monday is winter hat. Tuesday is white out. Wednesday is crazy sock day. Thursday is color wars. Friday is ugly sweater. I hope you have fun during spirit week!

Ideas by Abby

Today the techsperts and I went out and got some suggestions from other fellow students. Some of the students that we asked said that maybe we could improve by getting more lights and that maybe we could start decorating a little earlier. One day we should do a book scavenger hunt that means we should read a book get a clue go to a different one and then at the end we should get a prize like candy a free ticket to the next dance and ect. Some kids also think that we should get bigger tables because some people have more than one friend and also the lunch time should be longer because some people don't have enuf time to eat. They also think that in the decorations we should put a christmas tree in it to be more jolly. Also that we should do little things for basketball and volleyball cross country and track we should put up decorations for important things like competitions at our school.

Techsperts by Jaylenn

Suggestions From Students (Blog)

Today the techsperts and I got some suggestions on on

the school. We got lots of suggestions for example, some people said they wanted blinds so when you eat you don’t get blinded from the sun. Some people want bigger tables at lunch, because some people have a lot of different friends they want to sit with. They also wanted longer time for lunch to eat, because when they dismiss us it’s already about three minutes into lunch, and by they time they sit down they only have 10 minutes to eat. One person said that we should get free ice cream Friday’s.

Some people also said things about the decorations for

example, more Christmas lights in the Commons to make it more festive. We have lots of different school sports and they want to decorate for special sports events like basketball, football, track, and volleyball. One person wants a scavenger hunt one day, so you read a book and you get clues for where the prize is. Those are some suggestions we got from fellow classmates.

Techspert by Baili

This school year has gone by so fast. But it has also been a very good

year. I'm in seventh grade so it's not like i just got here anymore. There are a couple of things that I have noticed or other students have noticed. There are a couple of things that have noticed or other students have noticed. There are some problems and solutions that I have thought of and found. I also went out in the other students from different grades to see what kind of technology they would want.

We went around the school to all the different grades to see what they

would want. The most common answers MacBooks or just new iPad in general. People were worried about the cost of these things but we just said if you had the opportunity would you pick. I personally think MacBooks or just a computer that you were able to draw on would be very useful. The reason is they picked days were so they can have different ways of learning and more fun ways of learning. I think we should take students ideas into consideration when ever we picknew things.

We recently had a big test over all the subjects. This stressed students

out  to and some were getting in very weird moods because of the test. The teachers still came up with ways to reward the students for all their hard work. We are having G.A.B parties and different incentives. But I also think it’s important to reward them for their hard work even if they didn’t do that good on the test. But you also need to teach the students how to handle big tests.

I’m so excited about this school year it is almost Christmas break. I’m so

ready to have a new start and new goals for next semester.

Winter is Coming by Ms. Travis

Book Fair number 2 is completed!  The profits were not there this time.  I feel it was too soon after the last one so next year we will only be doing 2....winter and spring!  After talking with our Scholastic Rep., the decision was made.  The fairs take time for me and the Techsperts.  I want to focus our attentions on other things as well as the book fairs.  Before the parent group took over, I only hosted 2 fairs.  The parent group wanted to make more money so they hosted 3.

I am reading articles for my PDP.  I am improving the space plus trying to make the space more critical thinking, problem solving and collaborative.  I will also complete a couple webinars on the subject as well.  I enjoy keeping updated on the ideas that help us improve our space.  Student engagement is a huge part of the ideas that I am researching.  I want items and materials in this space to be relevant and useful.  I want the space to be used and not just sitting here empty.  I love to have students in here using the guitars, vr items, and more.  It means that all the time and effort put into selecting things to enhance the curriculum is worth it.

I think everyone is looking forward to winter break.  We all need to refresh our batteries so we can finish off the year strong.  Everyone enjoy your break and we will see you in the new year!

Techsperts by Haley S.

Lately we have been super busy with multiple activities, such as decorating for the book fair and working on the winter wonderland scene. The book fair decor was a few weeks ago, it was a Disney Princess theme, so my group designed a really interesting Rapinzel tower. We decorate for the book fair to make the library more fun and enjoyable! The winter wonderland scene contains a few snowmen that seem to be enjoying a fun snowy activity, a few are throwing snowballs at each other, others are just hanging out, looking like they are having a blast, and some are sledding down a big snowy hill. All of this is located around the commons area/the cafeteria.

   We also help around the library. We give out the iPads to all the kids that leave the, in school overnight. We clean the back room that all the Techsperts do their projects in. We also make the bookshelves nice and today by making sure they are all in alphabetical order, or level with each other. We also put many books away that multiple kids check back in, we help a lot around the library. We love being a Techspert, it always keeps us on our toes, with the many activities we have to do for Ms. Travis. It is so enjoyable and makes me have fun in the morning.

Blog by Broc

The book fair just ended and the next book fair will be April 18, and it will be spring theme. I
believe that we should replace our old slow iPads with new faster bigger chromebooks. Writing
is easy for use to write essays in a short amount of time. When Mr. Broadbent gives us writing
essays in 2 weeks, it makes it small because the words are so much smaller and a actual
keyboard is way easier.

Have you seen all the new stuff in the Lc? We got new tables, new lights and new decorations.
The brand new table we got have outlet plugs and the have for seats on it and we bought 2. The
new lights we have light up the lc a lot. They have 3 different settings to make it dim or light. The
new decorations are all Christmas theme, and we are working on getting snowflakes up.

Blog by Mason

    Recently,  we’ve been extremely busy in the Learning Commons. We’ve been decorating the Learning Commons and the Commons with a winter theme. We recently just had an end to our Book Fair that lasted nearly 2 weeks. In the Learning Commons we have VR goggles and bloxels that are a learning option to take learning to another step. We also have recently purchased new tables that have a charging station for ipads.

    This year chromebooks have been a good resource for students who can’t use their ipads. I’d prefer we’d get chromebooks for each student to have instead of our slow, old ipads. They would make it easier for students so that they will be able to type on a keyboard. Chromebooks are the next step in technology and compared to ipads they’re similar in price. I believe we should get chromebooks, what do you think?

Dear Blog by Ryley

Dear Blog,

     This year as a techspert we mainly help people, we try and help any and all teachers who need anything, for example, we give the iPads out to the students, and we make sure they all get the right one. Also, we ask any teachers if they need any help with the subjects they are working on. We also help around the library, put books away and check books out. We also organize the bookshelves a lot to make sure they are neat and tidy. We also put together decorations for bookfair and anything going on in our school. We put together decorations to make our book fairs more satisfying and to attract more students towards the learning commons.

   The main project we’ve been working on lately is a winter wonderland scene in our commons areas. It has multiple snowmen and scenes of snowy activities. For our book fair we’ve been working on a Rapunzel Tower, that took us a week or two. We’re really busy in Techsperts, there is always something cool or fun to do! It is enjoyable and brings a lot of fun and activity to the day, to wake all of us up in the morning.

Techsperts by Caydence

Lately, we, Techsperts, have been really busy! The past few days as a Techsperts we girls have been working in a little winter scene with snowmen having a good time. The past week us girls have been working on the Rapunzel tower, decoration for the bookfair, we have been working on that for a long time. Us, Techsperts, are supposed to decorate the library for the bookfairs based off the theme Ms. Travis gives us. This past theme for the bookfair was Disney Princesses, it was really fun to decorate that. 

   We also help around in the library, sorting books, putting books away. Putting the books away give me a mindset of how the library works. We clean the back room a lot, the back room is where the Techsperts hangout and work on their projects. We have painted a couple of signs for a project Ms. Travis wants us to do. We also check out books and give out the iPads the kids use every school day. Being a Techsperts is fun! Very enjoyable and we never have a break, we always have new things to work on!

Book Fair by Tanya

Book Fair by Braylissa

Book Fair by Kyra

December 4th, ( a Tuesday) is Family night for the current book fair. There will be games and food, and it’s a perfect environment for family fun! With all sorts of games, it can entertain guest ranging from toddlers to teens. It starts at B and ends at B, and will be held in the ESMS learning commons. The bookfair will also be open during family night, so you can purchase books without a large class with you. The books for sale also fit a wide spectrum, from adult best sellers to preschool level, and everything in between.

    This bookfair theme is Disney Movies. We have decorated accordingly, with ubulliten boards from beauty and the beast, the little mermaid, Mary poppins, and Moana. We also have rupunzels tower and a tower filled with riches, guarded by a fearsome looking dragon. We made our own floating lights that cover the windows.

  

 All proseeds for the book fair go to All For Books, a charity organization that will take the money we make and use it to purchase books for children and teen who might not have an access to them. But they won’t just stop there. They will also match the money we make so that we can purchase books for the school library! We also had a contest between the  girl and boy techsperts to see who could raise the most money for All For Books, and whoever did so would be crowned prince and princess, to tie into the Disney theme. We raised $B in total, and winners raised $B and $B. These winners are Mackenzie Gooding and Ethan Sams wand will be crowned at family night.

Cinema Smash Book Fair by Grace

Cinema Smash will be back in session starting on Tuesday, November 27 and will run until December 7.  Family Event will be Tuesday, December 4 from 4 until 6:30 in the Learning Commons.  Our theme for this book fair is Disney books turned into movies.  Come out to support our fair and donate to our All For Books to help our classroom teachers' libraries while buying the gift of reading for those you love.

     Some books you can expect at the book fair are “The collector” (Never, ever go near the house in the woods). “screenshot” (an embarrassing post could ruin her life). Also, “Brave New Girl” (What if she is special?). Also, there is still time to vote for the prince and princess candidate you want to win!! So, if you want someone specific to win you better vote for them. Remember 1 penny=1 vote!

Basketball by Mason

Basketball is going well so far. Were in our 3rd week of practice and our first game is Monday,  November 19th. We play against Warrensburg, in Warrensburg @5pm. I hope we can pull out the win and the team would appreciate it if you made the long drive to come see us!

Book Fair by Dalton

We are having a door decorating contest and the best team will win a prize. Phenix is decorating Mrs. Ivan’s door. Hippogriff is decorating Mrs. Allen’s door. The theme is Disney books that got turned into a movie. The profits will go to All for Books for teachers to get books in classrooms.  

by Katie

Basketball Tryouts by Mason co-authored by Chance

Basketball tryouts started yesterday. We had 37 kids come out for 7th and 8th grade combined. Tryouts last until Wednesday October 31(Halloween!!!!!). You’ll find out if you made the team or not Thursday when there are letters in the office with you name on the front of the envelope. You can pick them up during lunch so don’t bug the office ladies about it.

Olivia for Princess by Tanya

Coding by Broc

Today we did hour of code. Hour of code makes use decode and code. It really gets my mind thinking and makes me see things in a different way. I’m thankful to have hour of code because it really helps me code

Coding by Mason

We were doing hour of code today. Hour of Code challenges you with different coding lessons that test your thinking skills and abilities. It is located on code.org.

Learning Commons by Kyra

Learning Commons Appreciation

    Since school has started, the Learning Commons is open for business. Ms. Travis And the Techsperts are so excited for all the fun we’re going to have this year. While most people think of us as just a library, we have so much more! And despite this, we rarely see classes.

     The Learning Commons has thousands of books, and about so many great things. While we do have books in genres such as fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal, we also have a variety of non fiction and how-to books. For example, we have books about computer coding and virtual reality in the zeros, ghost and wizards, mythology in the 200’s, places in the world, learning new languages, space, ancient civilizations, animals, and so much more! We also have books on cooking, sewing, fashion, and drawing, as well as other how-to books. Books are great resources for papers as they give you more sources in the back of the book.

   Every library has books, but at ESMS, we have so much more. We have Spheros you can play with, Virtual Reality, Makey- Makeys ( a circuit maker), Bloxels which helps you make games), digital cameras, and projectors. We even have guitars you can use! (Just be sure to ask Ms. Travis about them so you can make the most of your experience.)   

     We are making lessons for the teachers that use these resources that are here in the Learning Commons as so much can be done with them! Imagine learning about the moon, and then walking on it with virtual reality, or doing virtual experiments we might not normally be able to do. Or learning about what a home looked like in the 1800’s and then touring it! Help students understand electricity by making their own circuits using items around the classroom. Have students predict how long it will take the spherio it is moving at 2 miles per hour to make it down the hallway. Have students take pictures of things and piece them together to make a story with great visual examples.

   The Learning Commons is also just a great environment to learn with huge tv’s, flexible seating, large tables for socratic seminars, and a distraction free environment. So while the year is just starting, the Learning Commons is in full drive and ready to help anyone.

Book Fair by Mackenzie

You better go go go if you want to make it to the book fair on time. The last day for it is October the 5th. So go ahead come and join us, we will be glad to have come and visit us at the book fair. You will love it.

Family Night by Jaylenn

Family Night Blog

Tomorrow on October 2, is family night for the book fair. Its from 4:00 to 6:30. You can come with your family’s and pick out books that you are interested in reading. You don’t just need to get books for yourself, you can also get books for siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, or anybody else. The book fair has several different genres including horror, cooking, informal, and more. There are also gadgets including pens, pencils, cups, Harry Potter items, and more. At the book fair we are also accepting donations. I hope you come and enjoy the book fair.

Book Fair by Broc

The bookfair is running out of time! The book fair ends Friday October 5th and the next one
won’t come back till Christmas. This book fairs theme old fashion movies that turn into book and
it has been a amazing book fair. Family night is Tuesday October 2nd. Hope to see everyone
there.

Book Fair by Mason

Our book fair has just begun and will run until Friday, October 5th. We will have Family Night
Tuesday, October 2nd. The theme for this book Fair is old movies that turned into books. We
hope to see you here!

Book Fair by Caydence

The book fair started Tuesday, and it ends Friday, October 5th. The theme for it is Old Books That Turned Into Movies(Vintage).The book fair includes a whole bunch of toys, pillows, and BOOKS! There is also a family night which occurs October 2nd, this is an awesome thing for families of all ages, you can buy books, have fun, and just hang out! There are so many things happening this month! This book fair is just one of the special highlights.

Book Fair Ad by Braylissa

Book Fair Ad by Tanya

Book Fair Ad by Caroline

  Vintage Book Fair

Hey there everyone! Guess what! There’s a book fair coming! And even more it’s a vintage book fair! Don’t miss out!

Blog by Katie

We had been working hard on the book fair all week and we are excited to work on these projects for the school book fair. We might have a movie playing in the library on family night but it is not final. We also are going to have posters hung up about vintage movies. We hope you come to our book fair! There is also a dance on Friday.

Blog by Ethan

  This is my second log of the year and i’m so glad to be writing. So with that out of the way let get star. So this year will be having 3 book fairs and the first one theme is old movies. Witch is a awesome idea if you ask me because I love movies. We have already finished the door and the cases by it. And I think it looks great together with the cans and the movies and if you have a idea for use don’t be afraid to tell use. We are always up to make the library better. We are really excited for this year and we all hope you guys are to because I know it will be great. Ow I almost forgot that I might have something cool for the school to do every month but we will see. Thanks you for ready my blog and I will have another one out soon. :)

BOOK FAIR by Mackenzie

We are so excited to announce that the book fair is finally arriving. The theme is something we never done before CINEMA SMASH. You may think that your at the movies but no no no you walk in and boom your at are school book fair isn’t that amazing. The dates the book fair are September 24- October 5 make sure you come and check it out.

Blog by Nolan

The first book fair this year is called Cinema Smash. It will display several classics such as the Sandlot , Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and more. Your money that you use to buy books will be used to for more books in your classrooms. I have been working on one of the showcase doors, in front of the learning commons. It is supposed to be like a candy self in a movie theater. This book fair is going to be great

Blog by Olivia

This past month in techsperts has been great we have done so much and got a lot done. We handed out iPads to 6th, 7th, and 8th and helped the tech department. We started and quit a bit of book fair projects and finished almost all of them. Some of them being our showcase, bulletin board, and the door, we have also started to clean up the back room and pick up stuff in the library.

The cinema smash book fair starts September 24th and ends October 5th. We will have a ton of books you can check out, also you can donate to all for books. All for books is where we donate the money to schools that don’t have to many. Next week I plan on getting more done and having everything done before cinema smash begins.

Blog by Grace

 So far this year we have been working on getting ready for the book fair. It will be an classic movies. Also, the theme for the entire year is cinema smash. The book fair will be from September 24th to October 5th. We have been working very hard to get everything set up in time for the book fair. That is what we have been doing so far this year.

   I’m looking forward to doing the next 2 book fairs and seeing how they turn out. Also, I’m super excited to do a bunch of tasks. I’m excited for this stuff because it is a lot of work, but the outcome and how much everybody loves what we do is amazing. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else all year!