Our @vanmeterschools students made over 110 tie blankets for the children at Blank Children’s hospital during #STEAM class in December. They were delivered yesterday. ❤️
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Our @vanmeterschools preschool, TK and kindergarten students loved using the @quivervision and #augmentedreality to bring snow globes, gingerbread people and Christmas trees to life. They had so much fun learning about and using this technology. ⛄️🌲🎅🏼
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Our @vanmeterschools high school students came to read Santa's letters to our kindergarten and 1st grade students this week. 🎅🏼
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The @vanmeterschools 1st graders in Mrs. Bertman’s class had so much fun creating gingerbread houses and towns in @buncee today. What a fun way to celebrate the holiday with a little technology and creativity. 🏠🌲🎅🏼
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The @vanmeterschools 11th grade Life Skills students worked on a @breakoutedu trying to crack the code for laundry and stain removal. 🔒
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What a special visit we had with one of our favorite @capstonepub authors @fmanushkin with our 2nd graders today. ❤️
The @vanmeterschools high school art students helped our first graders in #STEAM with Ms. Algreen create scratch off ornaments, Chinese New Year Lanterns, and Pinatas for Los Posados to celebrate Holidays Around the World! 🐉 🪅🌲
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Our @vanmeterschools 2nd graders in Mrs. Ferguson’s class created virtual gingerbread houses using @tinkercad 🏠
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Van Meter will dismiss at 1:30PM on Wednesday, December 15th due to the forcasted sustained winds of over 50mph and the danger it poses to high profile vehicles like buses. There will be no PM preschool.
The @vanmeterschools 2nd graders in Mrs. Warwick’s class did gingerbread project. The kids came up with their own version of the story with a decorated gingerbread house to go with it! 🏠🌲
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The @vanmeterschools 2nd graders in Mrs. Hetland’s class are coding the @sphero Indy robots in Christmas shapes - candy canes, presents, wreaths and trees. 🤖🌲
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Lots of collaborating and creating going on in the @vanmeterschools #STEAM room with @bysticktogether 🎉🎉🎉
Our kids all ❤️ working together to create these amazing mosaic pictures. 🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪
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All of the @vanmeterschools 3rd graders celebrated #CSEdWeek and #HourofCode coding stories and games in @scratchteam this week. 💻
They can’t wait to share their creations. 🎉🎉🎉
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Our 1st graders in Mrs. Curran’s class are so excited to do another virtual @byStickTogether poster together. They love seeing the image come to life. 🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪
Another fun way to celebrate @CSEdWeek 🎉
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Our @vanmeterschools 2nd graders loved exploring places around the world with the @playshifu Orboot Globes this week. 🌎
Here are Mrs, Braun’s kids. 😊
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Our @vanmeterschools 4th graders are having so much fun celebrating #CSEdWeek by creating their Gingerbread Houses and Communities in @tinkercad 💻
They’ve definitely become experts in #Tinkercad 🎉🎉🎉
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Our @vanmeterschools 3rd graders are celebrating #HourofCode and @CSEdWeek learning anout block coding and creating in @scratchteam 🎉
They’ll be sharing their coded projects soon. 💻
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The @vanmeterschools 2nd graders in Mrs. Braun’s are celebrating #HourofCode and #CSEdWeek with @ozobot this week. 🤖
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Today, Ms. Megan Algreen, Mrs. Shannon Miller and several students traveled to the Iowa Capital Building to meet with Governor Reynolds as she signed a proclamation stating it was Computer Science Education Week in the state of Iowa.
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We kicked off the Mystery State @buncee Project with the @vanmeterschools 3rd graders from Mrs. McCombs room in #socialstudies today. Another great #csedweek project. 🎉🎉🎉
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