Before you commit to a research topic, read and re-read the theme sheet. Highlight important details and mark up the document. If NHD asks you questions in the theme sheet, you can bet they are there for a reason.
Before you commit to a research topic, read and re-read the theme sheet. Highlight important details and mark up the document. If NHD asks you questions in the theme sheet, you can bet they are there for a reason.
The topics for FPS next year are: Treatment of Animals, Disappearing Languages, Recovering from Natural Disaster, and The Global Workplace.
If you are thinking about FPS or Scenario Writing next year, begin research on these topics now!
If you are thinking about FPS or Scenario Writing next year, begin research on these topics now!
Memorization and developing and understanding about topics are important steps in education. However, in PRISM we live in the HOT seat. With higher order thinking skills, you are not only taking in information, but creating something new, analyzing key details, or justifying a claim. How have you changed as a learner over the year? What new skills have you adopted to be more successful? What will you do differently next year?
Each year, Community Middle School seventh graders gather to remember fallen service men and women. This year our PRISM students wrote the script, coordinated the program, and invited guests to help contextualize the true meaning of Memorial Day. We are honored to have PRISM and AMIGOS students hosting the event and music performed by our band, choir, and orchestra. We hope that the ceremony helps our school community have a new understanding of Memorial Day.
We are grateful to have the following community members speaking at the event:
Mr. Guyler Tulp of CMS
Mrs. Wanda Rinker of CMS
Mr. Michael Jackson of CMS
Mr. Michael McMahon of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation
Mayor Hsueh of West Windsor
Deputy Mayor Neil Lewis of Plainsboro
In addition to our invited speakers, we will also have local veterans in attendance who we would like to thank for their service:
John Beglan
Robert Walker
Carmen Petruzzi
Wes Holman
Here are a few resources about Memorial Day and our ceremony.
A great video was shared with us by Ms. Mitchell. It helps us understand the history of Memorial Day.
Mr. Tulp will speak about his namesake, Guyler Tulp, who lost his life in Vietnam.
Mr. McMahon will talk about his role with the NJ Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation. He will highlight the lives of many veterans, including Eleanor Alexander who was the only female causality in Vietnam from NJ.
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| Eleanor Alexander 1940-1967 |
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| Ashley Henderson Huff 1982-2006 |
We hope that we properly remember and honor these heroes.
Dr. Jordan from Rutgers will be here Wednesday and Thursday to teach us more about our Citizen Science Project during 6th grade FLEX.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/tiger-mosquitoes-new-jersey_n_3498973.html
Here are the questions you generated today. Work on finding some of the answers:
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I know how stressful life can be. I'm sharing this opinion piece from the University of Kansas with you to help you understand why we all need to write our own stories.
Murnan: Résumé building discourages sincerity By: Gabrielle Murnan | @GabrielleKansan |
Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015 5:48 pm
Men and women in their early twenties love to talk about their wild Saturday nights, binge-watching addictions and scrupulous résumé building. Résumés have become a thing of casual conversation and to have a perfect résumé has become stuff of dreams. In our society, the perfect résumé equals the perfect job, which equals the perfect life. In order to accomplish perfection, we must first build up on job experiences, volunteer hours, internships, and special skills. But what we should realize is that our résumé is just a piece of paper. A résumé is a representation and a fraud, and I’ll give you two reasons why.
First, completing finely selected activities that pack a lot of punch in 100 characters encourages service and participation for all of the wrong reasons. When people say things like, “I love working with underprivileged children and it looks good on my résumé, too” what I really hear is, “I do things because I know that it looks good, not because it’s the right thing to do.” Résumé building has made it acceptable for a person to participate in an activity solely for the perception and reputation it builds, not for any sort of benevolent intent. Our activities, internships and jobs should be motivated by sincerity rather than falsehoods.
Second, résumé building leaves no time for passion building. While we are off pursuing random extracurriculars, our real dreams and passions are waiting for realization. We spend all of our time building résumés with cookie cutter activities, but we forget about what makes us tick. We forget about what makes us happy and what really drives us. If we forget what motivates us, then we forget our purpose. No employer, colleague, and certainly no friend, desires a person who focuses on the surface, so why should our actions focus on a piece of paper?
Clothes-pinned to an old lamp in my living room is a quote from writer Allen Saunders. In plain, block letters it reads, “Life is what happens while we are making other plans.” Life is also what happens when you are out building your résumé. It’s time to stop caring how our lives and goals look on paper and open ourselves up to the realness of living with purpose.
Forget the résumé and resume your life.
Gabrielle Murnan is a junior from Pittsburg, KS studying environmental studies and political science
Murnan: Résumé building discourages sincerity By: Gabrielle Murnan | @GabrielleKansan |
Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015 5:48 pm
Men and women in their early twenties love to talk about their wild Saturday nights, binge-watching addictions and scrupulous résumé building. Résumés have become a thing of casual conversation and to have a perfect résumé has become stuff of dreams. In our society, the perfect résumé equals the perfect job, which equals the perfect life. In order to accomplish perfection, we must first build up on job experiences, volunteer hours, internships, and special skills. But what we should realize is that our résumé is just a piece of paper. A résumé is a representation and a fraud, and I’ll give you two reasons why.
First, completing finely selected activities that pack a lot of punch in 100 characters encourages service and participation for all of the wrong reasons. When people say things like, “I love working with underprivileged children and it looks good on my résumé, too” what I really hear is, “I do things because I know that it looks good, not because it’s the right thing to do.” Résumé building has made it acceptable for a person to participate in an activity solely for the perception and reputation it builds, not for any sort of benevolent intent. Our activities, internships and jobs should be motivated by sincerity rather than falsehoods.
Second, résumé building leaves no time for passion building. While we are off pursuing random extracurriculars, our real dreams and passions are waiting for realization. We spend all of our time building résumés with cookie cutter activities, but we forget about what makes us tick. We forget about what makes us happy and what really drives us. If we forget what motivates us, then we forget our purpose. No employer, colleague, and certainly no friend, desires a person who focuses on the surface, so why should our actions focus on a piece of paper?
Clothes-pinned to an old lamp in my living room is a quote from writer Allen Saunders. In plain, block letters it reads, “Life is what happens while we are making other plans.” Life is also what happens when you are out building your résumé. It’s time to stop caring how our lives and goals look on paper and open ourselves up to the realness of living with purpose.
Forget the résumé and resume your life.
Gabrielle Murnan is a junior from Pittsburg, KS studying environmental studies and political science
One of my former students will be in the PRISM room tomorrow to talk about following your passions. If you are interested in hearing her story during 8th grade FLEX or from 11-11:40am, please stop by and bring a friend. She is a truly awesome young woman!
Geia Reyes graduated in 2008 from Barnard College of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and concentration in Psychology. She possesses an extensive professional background in National Broadcast Media, propelling her career to become a Media Investment Manager in the Volkswagen of America team at MediaCom USA. Most recently, Geia resigned from her comfortable New York City home and lifestyle to fulfill a personal goal - international volunteer work. She traveled to Tanzania, Africa and devoted her time leading grassroots efforts, teaching English and Music daily to children, while developing an orphanage and the surrounding community. Now, Geia has taken on the role of Chief Operations Officer at Guided Education, an educational startup, while event planning and instructing youth tennis in her spare time.
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Check out the LiveBinder with resources for NHD next year. If you are interested in participating, you will need to attend the NHD Research Day at GMS on May 22. Space is limited, so come get your permission slip today!
Check out the LiveBinder with resources for NHD next year. If you are interested in participating, you will need to attend the NHD Research Day at GMS on May 22. Space is limited, so come get your permission slip today!
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| Get ready to let your research shine! GMS 6:45am-9pm (set-up 6pm in the Media Center) |
On May 13, GMS & CMS Inquiry Project students will be showcasing their research projects at GMS. Like true academicians, these students have spent the year researching a topic of interest to them because of their love of learning and desire to master new material. They will defend their research to a panel of evaluators and discuss how they developed skills as information literate researchers, effective collaborators and communicators, creative and practical problem solvers, and self-directed learners.
Good luck to all of our students at the Inquiry Exposition!
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One of the worst, most profoundly harmful quotes of Vince Lombardi is "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." Gifted students carry an unmanageable burden when this is the voice playing in their head. We want our students to prosper and take risks, but if they are too afraid to fail, we may never see all they can achieve.
For many of our gifted students, local competitions generally result in a win, a trophy, or a certificate of achievement. When they stretch themselves and compete in a larger pond, the ribbon counts diminish significantly. This does not necessarily mean that their research was not exceptional, but learning how to lose gracefully is a hard, humbling, and necessary lesson for all.
Research is a process, not a competition. When we enter the gifted student into a competition, we subtly shift the focus from process to end product. While I understand that it is important for students to have authentic audiences evaluating their work, for many students, the extrinsic motivation of a ribbon or medal can sometimes detract from the learning. It is essential to remember that when students spend time investigating a topic, adults can be the guide keeping them focused on the process. What we say to children can help them combat negative self-talk, anxiety and disappointment. How we say it is even more significant. Kids need to hear that we are proud of their decision to tackle a research project on top of their demanding work load. Children need to know that they are loved no matter the outcome. If we spend too much time focused on winning a medal, a child can equate loss with decreased value. We can learn from our mistakes by failing, finding new alternatives, and learning the pathways that were unsuccessful. As adults, we can honor and empathize with the sadness they feel for not winning, and remind them how many times they fell before they walked.
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