Feb. 5, 2019 e-Newsletter TAKING ON THE WORLD 8th grader Clare O'Dwyer and robotics teammates qualify for Congratulations to eighth grader Clare O'Dwyer, whose FIRST Tech Challenge group, MOE 365, captured the Inspire Award at the 18-team Diamond State FTC Championship on Jan. 26 at Central Middle School in Dover. As a result, Clare and her high school teammates received an invitation to the FIRST World Championship from April 24-27 in Detroit.
Three additional Independence eighth graders - Ben Jordan, Trisha Srikanth and Gordon Sun - also competed at the high school level for Archmere Robauktics during the state event. ON OUR WEBSITE
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During drop-off and pick-up times, please remember to leave the center turn lane into Meadowdale open so that residents can access the neighborhood when trying to make a left turn in. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding!
REMINDERS
Re-enrollment contracts now available Re-enrollment contracts for the 2019-20 school year were published to your My BackPack account on Feb. 1. Contracts and deposits are due back by Friday, March 1. Please email Donna Sentman, Admission Manager, with any questions. Thank you!
School-wide Food Drive Our food drive to support local federal employees and others affected by the partial government shutdown will run through the evening of FebFest, this Friday, Feb. 8.
We have collection areas throughout the school and will make sure your children know where to drop off your family's contribution. Please click here for the list of suggested items. We hope you can contribute. This Friday, Feb. 8 from 6-8 p.m. Advance "Play All Night" Band sales conclude tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 6.
For FebFest volunteer opportunities, please click here.
Registration is now available for 2019 Summer at Independence!
Please visit www.SummerAtIndependence.org to browse our diverse variety of camp options in one of three easy ways:
You will also find a helpful FAQ, and you can thumb through galleries from every week of camp last year to relive the excitement and memories or simply see all the fun your child can have this year. Don't delay on planning your child's 2019 Summer at Independence! UPCOMING EVENTS
2/4-2/8 - Spirit Week -- click here for more details!
2/8 - FebFest from 6-8 p.m. -- click here for advance "Play All Night" Bands; click here to volunteer
2/12 - View-ahead Day for parents of students in ECII & K from 8:30-9:45 a.m. (Founders' Library and classrooms)
2/14 - Happy Valentine's Day!
2/15 - Presidents' Day Weekend (school closed, Extended Day open)
Click here for the 2018-19 calendar at a glance.
WHAT ENGINEERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT LEARNING: IT STARTS WITH WONDER Director of Academics & Curriculum
Engineers have long utilized a design process that involves a series of steps to come up with a solution to a problem. As in any field, the first try may not always be the best. In fact, their design process is iterative, meaning steps get repeated as many times as necessary to make improvements based on what was discovered through a failure. What a great analogy for learning - at any age, at any stage!
Congratulations to fourth grader Daria Tigan, pictured above, for earning a Top Female Performer (K-6 under 800) trophy at the PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon Tournament during the last weekend in January at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Additionally, second grader Raphael Lombardi, pictured below, won a silver medal in the K-3 Non-rated section. |