MOST RECENT VIDEOS

• 00:29 Gearing Up to Explore Science!

  This short slideshow shows some images of how the world of Science exploration is all around us. The pics of the bees were taken by Mr. K at Chicago Botanic Gardens, an ant colony living in a tree brach out on the playground discovered by some students and photo was taken by Mr. M, and of course, our nonhuman specimens in our classroom pond ecosystem with baby fish caught from Lake Michigan, crayfish, and our lovable bearded dragon Curtiss, who likes to hang out with students, and from the picture I mean literally:)

  Uploaded Aug 27, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:29 Gearing Up to Explore Science!

  This short slideshow shows some images of how the world of Science is all around us. The pics of the bees were taken by Mr. K at Chicago Botanic Gardens, an ant colony living in a tree brach out on the playground discovered by some students and photo was taken by Mr. M, and of course, our nonhuman specimens in our classroom pond ecosystem with baby fish (small crayfish, a small-mouth bass, 2 rock bass, and a beautifully-colored sunfish all caught from Lake Michigan), and our lovable bearded dragon, Curtiss, who likes to hang out with students, and from the picture I mean literally:)

  Uploaded Aug 27, 2022
• 1:41 Week 1 of 2022-23: Grade 7 & 8 Science Classes

  For the 1st week back to school, in science class students participated in some community building team challenges to welcome everyone back, welcome our new classmates who are new to Decatur, and set the stage for working in cooperative groups in Science class this year! Each student also completed an Interest Inventory/Survey so that Mr. K can get to know each of them better as unique and valuable members of our Science class learning community! Please ask your child all about it and thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Aug 27, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 3:57 Week 1 of 2022-23: Grades 5 & 6 Science Classes

  For the 1st week back to school, in science class students participated in some community building team challenges to welcome everyone back, welcome our new classmates who are new to Decatur, and set the stage for working in cooperative groups in Science class this year! Each student also completed an Interest Inventory/Survey so that Mr. K can get to know each of them as unique and valuable members of our Science class learning community! Please ask your child all about it and thank you for checking in with us this week:)

  Uploaded Aug 27, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:18 3rd Grade First week Dot Game Featured

  Each student was given a dot on their forehead of different colors and had to work together with their classmates in order to find out what color they had and get themselves organized into different color groups.

  Uploaded Aug 26, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 00:20 4th grade Tic Tac Toe Summer Mixer Featured

  Students talked with other students to learn about what fun things they were up to this summer.

  Uploaded Aug 26, 2022 by Ryan Cherry
• 1:52 June 6-10: 7th Grade Guest Speaker

  A special thank you to Decatur parent, Ms. Karen Bucher, who visited our 7th grade Science class to present on her exciting STEAM career, which happens to coincide with our 7th grade class' exploration of biological sciences this year, and recent Bullfrog Dissection Project. Ms. Bucher shared with our class her passion and background for both Art and STEM, which led her to her career as a medical illustrator for the Journal of The American Medical Association, as well as Professor of surgical illustration at UIC's Biomedical Visualization Graduate Program!

  Uploaded Jun 11, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 4:53 June 6-10, 2022 6th Grade Energy Fair: Room 103

  This slideshow highlights our 6th grade class from Room 103 presenting their Energy Fair Projects at our First Ever Decatur Classical Energy Fair! Students worked in cooperative groups to showcase their research and models on various forms of energy and how we can use renewable energy sources to meet all of our energy needs and make our world more sustainable for the future! A special thank you to Decatur Parent, Ms. Megan Zack, Associate Partner and Director of Sustainability for Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, which specializes in innovative green building technologies, and also Ms. Liz Wimmer, Program Manager for Illinois Green Alliance, who took time out of their days to also present at our Decatur Energy Fair!

  Uploaded Jun 11, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 2:48 June 6-10, 2022 6th Grade Energy Fair: Room 114

  This slideshow highlights our 6th grade class from Room 114 presenting their Energy Fair Projects at our First Ever Decatur Classical Energy Fair! Students worked in cooperative groups to showcase their research and models on various forms of energy and how we can use renewable energy sources to meet all of our energy needs and make our world more sustainable for the future! A special thank you to Decatur Parent, Ms. Megan Zack, Associate Partner and Director of Sustainability for Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, which specializes in innovative green building technologies, and also Ms. Liz Wimmer, Program Manager for Illinois Green Alliance, who took time out of their days to also present at our Decatur Energy Fair!

  Uploaded Jun 11, 2022 by Gerard Kovach
• 00:08 Forces in our Playground

  Students observed evidence of forces in our playground such as : friction, gravity, motion...etc

  Uploaded Jun 10, 2022 by LeiAnna Carrasco