Angles in Our Names!

Did you know that your name is full of angles? 
Well, you can try this activity as my 6th graders. While we were studying about measuring and types of angles I asked my students to draw their own name, then measure the angles using their protractors and classify them. Finally, students sat in groups of 4 members each and compared angles found in their names (number, type).

Students learned that angles are found in almost everything around us. They also learned to measure and classify angles in a very funny and innovative way.  
I bet you are all trying to find angles in your own names. 

What is Respect?!

This month all KSPS students are learning about a new value “Respect”.

What is respect? And why it is important for us to be respectful? To answer these questions 6^th graders did some investigations; they browsed the net and asked their parents and teachers about the meaning of respect. Now it’s time to translate their understandings into actions, every student wrote a different experience they faced where they disrespected their parents, siblings, friends…

Every student shared his/her experience in front of the whole class, then we selected a 6^th grader story and acted it out.

Script by: Ahmad Imad

Mother: jana Al Ghaly
Dad: Jalal Hijazi
Son: Mohammad Al Masri

Finally, we used “Wordle” a web 2.0 tool to write synonyms of respect that we learned in this activity.

 

 

Am I a trustworthy person?

Taking a part in the character building program, KSPS six graders were exposed to different activities that revealed the true meaning of September value "Trustworthiness". They watched youtube videos that denfined trustworthiness, and did several cooperative activities that reflected the importance of being a trustworthy person in our community. Finally, they used the web 2.0 tool "Answer Garden" to define trustworthiness in their own words.

 
Check Rasha, KSPS 6 grader, proving for others that she is a trustworthy person.

You may post your answers in the above Answer Garden!

Science Fair Winners!

I’m elated to announce that KSPS students won 3 prizes at the Makassed Science Fair. This amazing result was achieved due to the hard work and the effort of our young scientists. Let’s all congratulate and salute our winners:

                    First Prize: Ali Ahmad- Tiny Dancers

      Second Prize: Saffiya Sherif- Rainbow Color Wheel

               Third Prize: Youssef Halabi- Coloring Robot

"Wonders of Water" Science fair

On Wednesday April 22, KSPS organized its first annual science fair entitled "Wonders of Water"; WOW.
 KSPS little scientists from grades 1 till 6 did amazing and unique experiments related to water in front of their parents, teachers, mates, and our guests from the US embassy; Mr. Banches and Ms. Edith Bitar.
 All of our guests were impressed by the work of our little scientists, they showed deep understanding of different science concepts related to water and high self confidence.
Stay tuned to tell you more details about our scientists' experiments. 

Our guests became scientists too!

Thank you Ms. Gassia for your help

We gave our guests the water cycle bracelet that represents the stages of the water cycle

                                          

Mr. Splash was there too!

        We put our plegdes to save and protect our water resources

                   Thank you Mrs. Iman for this creative piece of art

Thank you parents for your support

A field trip to Damour river

KSPS students are participating in an international collaborative activity with different schools around the world. The aim of this activity is to study the impact of human behaviour on river health in several countries. Students need to participate in river excursions with "hands-on" water analysis. For this reason, our students visited “Damour River” located in Mount-Lebanon and took a sample of water from it. They also did several tests on the river’s water; measured the water’s temperature and its PH. KSPS students will share their findings with our partner schools participating in this activity. Simultaneously, our partner schools will send us their findings too.

Our friends in Bengladesh shared their findings

It's Zero Discrimination Day at KSPS

Zero Discrimination Day is an annual worldwide event to celebrate diversity and reject discrimination.

 Since KSPS is a learning community that rejects discrimination, its young clovers decided to celebrate “zero discrimination day” in a funny and unique way.

They said no for discrimination and yes for equity. Yes we are all equal; we all have the same rights and responsibilities regardless our nationality.

Students of different nationalities at KSPS wore their mother country traditional costumes , presented power point presentations about their countries, and prepared delicious traditional food from their mother country.

                     Shaed, Karen, Isam and Moataz are Palestinians  

 

 

                          Nesray and Maya came from Philippines   

 

 

                                            Karen is from Egypt

                                                                     

 

                                             Lilas was born in China

                      The butterfly is the symbol of Zero Discrimination Day

We shared our school’s photos on zero discrimination day Facebook page

                           

             We had the chance to taste different international food

 

 

Our parents celebrated the zero discrimination day with us too