Learning Circle Students I*EARN Computer Chronicles, Middle School (iearn.ccm1), May, 1997
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Student Surveys
Alden Place Elementary School PO Box AA, Alden Place Millbrook, New York 12545 Teacher: David Grott Grade: 6th Students favourites: Foods: Pizza, French Fries, Candy, Ice Cream School Subjects: Gym, Math, Lunch, Recess, Spelling Video Games: Sonic, Taz, Earthworm, Doom, NBA Jam TV Shows: Home Improvement, Taz [Tasmanian Devil], Seinfield, Rug Rats Sports: Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Skiing, Jet Skiing Brand Name Clothing: Nike, Air Walk, Wilson, Calvin Klein, Adidas Music Groups: Oasis, Green Day, Alanis Morisette, Tom Petty, Doctor Dre Authors: R.L. Stine, Cynthia DeFelice, Jean Craighead George, Matt Christopher, Beverly Cleary Alden Place Elementary School has 28 teachers and 386 students. Our mascot is an Ape. It comes from our motto which is "Achievement plus pride equals excellence" (A.P.E.). Our school day starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. The school was made in 1964. The third grade wing was made in 1972 and the fifth and six grade new wing was built in 1992. There are lots of stores to shop in around our area, like those in the Poughkeepsie Galleria Mall. Also, we are in the Hudson river valley with lots of old and big mansions on the side of the Hudson river. For Colleges we have the Dutchess Community College, SUNY College, New Plate, Vassar College, Marist College, Bard College. We have famous people here like Marry Tyler More. We will be working with N.A.S.A. on the Live from Mars Project. We are the only class doing this. Our teacher sometimes works for NASA. Millbrook is 16 miles from the Hudson River, and 16 miles from Connecticut. We are halfway between New York City and Albany. If you go up the Hudson River from New York City and find Poughkeepsie on the map, we are 16 miles due east of Poughkeepsie.
George M. Verity Middle School 2800 Kansas Street Ashland, KY 41101 USA Teacher: Kenna Beam Grade: 8th Class favorites: Music groups: Bush, Spice Girls, Pink Floyd, No Doubt, Metallica, Nirvana Authors: Stephen King, R. L. Stine, Lois Lowry, Judy Blume, E.B. White, Ann Martin Television programs: Friends, Rugrats, Seinfeld, Singled Out, Real World Food: pizza, spaghetti, steak, hambugers, peanutbutter and jelly, Doritos School subjects: gym, U.S. History, Kentucky History, Health, English, Learning Circles. Sports: basketball, football, soccer, baseball, cheerleading, gymnastics, tennis Video games: Donkey Kong, Mortal Combat, Tetris, Twisted Metal, Crusin' USA, NBA Jam There are 29 students in the class and approximately 600 in the school. The school colors are red, white, and blue. Our mascot is a patriot. There are about 100 computers in our school. Most are IBM or clones. A couple in the library are Apples. The school has been open about 13 years. It is on the sight of a former junior high named Putnam. The old building was gutted and Verity was built using part of the old walls and foundation. It is the only middle school in town, it contains only 7th and 8th grades. Both our girl's and boy's basketball teams are outstanding. Our high school program that is fed from our program will be going to the state tournament this year.
"Alexandru Papiu Ilarian" Highschool - Dej Piata Lupeni, nr. 2 4650 Dej, jud. Cluj Romania Teacher: Cornelia Platon Grade: 8th Students' favourites: Music groups: Nirvana, The Prodigy, The Fugees, White Zomby, Tic Tac Toe, Peter Andre, No Doubt, Pearl Jam Authors: Mihail Sadoveanu, Mihai Eminescu, Ion Creanga, Charles Dickens Jack London, Mark Twain TV programs: PRO Tv, MTV, VIVA, Cartoon Network Foods: chips, steak, chicken, pizza, icecream, chocolate, fruit salad School subjects: English, Maths, Informatics Sports: Basketball, tennis, athletics, swimming Video game: WarCraft II School Our home page on the web: http://lcjdap.soroscj.ro Our school has over 800 students and about 25 classes. The emblem of our school is LAPI and the colours are red, blue and white. We are the only one school connected to full Internet in our town and the only I*EARN school in the county. Our school girls basketball team is one of the best in the country. Community Dej is a little town in the centre of Transylvania, having an area of about 8 square kilometers and a population of approximately 50000 inhabitants. People should visit our area because it has beautiful surroundings, hospitable people and the food is very good.
St. Patrick's High School 75 Maisonneuve Ave Quebec City, P.Q. G1R 2C4 Teacher: Michelle Corriveau Grade: 7th Students' favourites: Music groups: Smashing Pumpkins, Alanis Morrisette, NAS, Celine Dion, 2 Pac Authors: Stephen King, Michael Chricton, Diane Hoh, R.L.Stine TV programs: Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends, Home Improvement, Beevis & Butthead Foods: Fast Food, Italian Pasta, Pizza, Chicken, Kraft, Dinner or BBQ Steak School subjects: English, Gym, Art, Spanish, Geography Sports: basketball, bowling, football, swimming, soccer Video game: Mortal Kombat, Mario, NBA Jam, Poker, Wrestle Mania School Our school has 240 students from grade 7 to 11. Our colours are green and white, we also have a coat-of -arms. St. Patrick's is 154 years old, founded by the Christian Brothers in 1853. Community Quebec City is located on the shores of the St. Lawrence River. It has a population of 550 thousand people. It is the oldest city in North America.Every winter we have the Carnival de Quebec. Near out town there are unusual land formation like: Montmorency Falls, St. Lawrence River, Laurentian Mountains with ski slopes.
St. Croix Falls Middle School 740 Maple Drive St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 Teacher: Mary Drinkwine Students' favourites: Music groups: No Doubt & Nirvana. Favorite Authors: Gary Paulsen & Stephen King Favorite T.V. programs: Seinfeld & Friends Favorite foods: ice cream and pizza. Favorite sports: soccer, gymnastics, football, basketball. School The number of students in the district is 1050 and the number of students in M.S. is 355. The colours of our school are blue & white. The SCF school district is a consolidated district made up of several small communities. We have an k-3 building in Dresser, and k-3 building in Cushing, and a k-4 building in SCF in addition to the middle-high school building. Our school provides many activities such as: forensics, student council, peer tutors, band, chorus, Dramarama, school play, field trips, and sports teams to participate in. All students in 7th & 8th grades must take science, English, social studies, reading and math. They may also take electives such as: art, tech ed, foreign language, speech, computer and consumer ed. We have an 8 period day plus an advisory group. Our advisory begins at 8:05 and the day is over at 3:20 P.M. We have a 30 minute lunch break. Community St. Croix Falls is located on the western border of Wisconsin onthe St. Croix River. We are about 40 miles north and east of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. If you look on a map of Wisconsin, we are located under the "nose". We have Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the north, Lake Michigan to the east and Illinois to the south of us. Most of our TV, radio and newspapers come out of Minneapolis and St. Paul. We do not get much Wisconsin news unless we belong to cable. SCF is a rural community. We were once a largely agricultural society but now people live here and commute to jobs in Minneapolis and St. Paul. In the summer, we have many lakes and rivers that are used for canoeing, swimming, fishing, and camping. At Trollhaugen, there is a monster truck track and they hold races and mud rallies. At Wild Mountain, we have water slides, alpine slides, and go-carts. Trollhaugen and Wild Mountain are used for downhill skiing in the winter. We have Interstate Park which is used year round for recreation. In the summer, you can picnic, hike, camp, fish, swim, rock climb and canoe. In the winter, there is cross-country ski trails and snowshoeing. We have a local movie theater that has five screens.
Mill Creek Middle School 7305 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd. Dexter, MI. 48130, USA Teacher: Stacy Erickson Grade: 8th Students' favourites: Music groups: No Doubt, Tupac, Korn, Pantera, Bush Authors: Stephen King, Michael Crighton, Dean Koontz TV programs: Simpsons, Home Improvement, Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill Foods: pizza, McDonald's, ice cream, pasta, submarines School subjects: science, gym, English, social studies Sports: basketball, hockey, soccer, baseball, football Video game: Quake, Mortal Kombat, many don't play School There are 415 students in the entire seventh and eighth grade. Our school is a brand new school, one year old and it has very large carpeted classrooms, big cafeteria and gymnasium, large media center and advanced technology lab. The colours of our school are: maroon and gold and the mascot is Mariner. Community Dexter is situated 40 miles southwest of Detroit, 8 miles outside of Ann Arbor. The area of our community is 85 square miles and the population is approximately 20000 people. Dexter Cider Mill is the oldest mill still operating in Michigan.
J.V.Humphries School, Box 577, Kaslo, B.C., Canada, VOG1MO Teacher: Rod Dunnett Grade: 7th Students' favourites: Music groups: Metallica, Beattles, Soundtracks, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath Authors: Roald Dahl, Dr. Suess, James R. Ullman, Paul Zindel, Stephen King TV programs: Simpsons, Home Improvement, Beavis & Butthead, Ricki Lake, Friends. Foods: Pizza, Tacos, Fries, Steak, Chicken School subjects: P.E., Recess, Science, Art, Math. Sports: Soccer, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Badminton Video game: Mario64, Doom, Sonic, Shadows of the Empire, Mortal Kombat Movies: The Rock, Jaws, Star Wars, A Time to Kill, Losing Iasiah. Brand Names: Nike, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Airwalk. School Our school has 420 students. They are bussed in from Meadow Creek and Argenta in the north and Ainsworth in the south. The school is small, we are a kindergarden to grade 12 school and it has more advantages than disadvantages. Our mascot is an Eagle and the colours of our school are red and black. J.V.Humphries was the longest serving principal. This is the fourth Kaslo School in our hundred year history and was just opened three years ago. It is modern, well equipped and light and airy. The hallways are called streets and lanes using local geographic places. For example, our hallway is called Purcell Lane, which is the mountain range we see from our play area. Community Kaslo, B.C. is situated on the west shore of Kootenay Lake and the nearest big centres are Vancouver in the west, a ten hour drive, Calgary to the east, an eight hour drive, and Spokane, Washington, five hours to the south. The most interesting land formations in our area are: High Mountains (up to 10000 feet), Hot Springs, 90 mile long lake, Kokanee Glacier Park.
Escuela Secundaria Numero 10 "Profesor Moises Saenz Garza" Aramberri y Venustiano Carranza Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico C.P. 64000 Teacher: Martha Patricia Garza Martínez Grade: 8th and 9th There are 1769 students in this secondary school, the largest in the state. The school is divided in 38 groups of 7th, 8th and 9th grades. The colours of our school are blue and red and the mascot is an eagle called "Moi" from Moises, the name of the school. This school "Profesor Moises Saenz Garza" was opened in 1962. The actual Principal is the Professor Mr. Leonel Alcazar Alvarado. Moises Saenz was educator, and he was a secondary school promotor pioneer in 1926. He was born in a village near to Monterrey, in 1888. He studied in the Teacher's School (Normal para maestros) and The University of Jefferson in Washington D.C. and also at The Sorbona of Paris, to get his Doctor Degree in Philosophy. He died when he was 53 years old in Lima Peru. Our school is a vanguardist center in teaching programs in all country, because it is one of the few that has formal computer teaching program trough all the state. This means that the students take this class until 10th grade normally. Monterrey City is named the industrial capital of Mexico bacause of its company emporium of steel, glass, paper and beer factories. Monterrey was founded in 1596 for a group of Spanish people with their families. Monterrey is situaded at the northeast of Mexico and it is the capital of Nuevo Leon. But Monterrey has on of the largest Museum of the Contemporary Art (MARCO) and one of the most famous University of Latin-America, The Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. It also has the Latin-American largest exposition center, this structure having an area of 18000 sq metters. Our State is known for its traditional food. the visitors always ask for roast kid goat "cabrito" and "machacado" (dried cow meet mix with egg, chili and tomatoes).
Wilson Bruce Evans Middle School 5600 E. Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20019 Teacher: Patricia Copelin Grade: 7th and 8th Students' favourites: Music Groups: New Edition, 112, Wu-Tang, Fugees, Boyz II Men, Kirk Franklin and the Family (gospel) Authors: R. L.Stine, Eloise Greenfield, Judy Blume, Shakespeare TV Programs: (Most from Fox TV) Moesha, Malcolm & Eddie, Jamie Foxx, Family Matters, New York Undercover, Clueless Foods: Pizza, steak & cheese, eggplant parmesian, ice cream, potatoes (mashed, french fries, sweet potatoes) School subjects: P.E., English, Science, Media Tech., Geography Sports: Basketball, football, hockey, skiing Video game: Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mario All Stars, Street Fighter School Our school has 478 students and our colours are purple and gold. The mascot of our school is a Soaring Eagle. Our school was named after Wilson Bruce Evans, an African-American educator who believed that students should be taught to work with their hands. He is credited with establishing the first vocational school in DC. He served as principal at several schools including the Armstrong Technical High School. Community We are located on the northeast coast of the United States of America. Washington, DC is divided into 4 quadrants - NE, SE, NW, SW. We live in the far NE quadrant near the Maryland line. Our national city is home to the President of the United States. Washington lies on the east bank of the Potomac River at the head of navigation and at its confluence with the Anacostia River. The city was authorized by an act of Congress, and the site was selected by President George Washington in 1790. The city is rich in political history of the nation, from the inauguration of Jefferson to the assassination of Lincoln, the burial of Kennedy and the resignation of Nixon. The name of the city derives from George Washington, 1st President of the U.S.