Dear Saint John’s School Families,
The Philosophy Statement in our Saint John’s School Handbook states that Saint John’s School strives to: Help each child develop critical thinking and independent learning skills. Our middle school SCIENCE FAIR is an excellent example of the showcasing of each students’ project which culminates one specific experience of learning how to think and problem solve.
These critical lifelong skills each one of us needs to use each day of our lives. Sometimes these skills are needed on simple day to day matters, other times our life challenges can be most complicated.
Integrated as part of the science and mathematics curriculums, the science fair has assisted our students in developing these important skills. Learning first to identify and state the question or problem to be solved, learning just what is a hypothesis, followed by the procedure, analysis and background information, conclusion and gathering all of this in his/her Project Data Book were requirements for this assignment. Hopefully, these skills will transfer and may assist a child to some degree in approaching any problem that she/he might encounter.
What an excellent display of Science Fair Project is found in our gym hallways! The questions and problems truly pertain to real life encounters and needs. Could it be that science fair experiences such as these spawn future inventions and an improved way of life for us all? The Science Fair was visited by all of our Saint John’s Students this week. The projects will continue to be displayed throughout this weekend. While coming to this weekend’s Ebenezer’s Christmas Carol play this weekend, please do take time to view the projects. You will be delighted.
A special “thank you” to Mr. Estergard and Mrs. Rottinghaus, parents and judges for your guidance and investment in teaching our young people to problem solve.
Shalom,
Lois Schmitt
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