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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

7th/8th: Week of Apr 27

Math The 7th graders began their last unit over data and statistics this week. They learned the difference between a population and a sample and how to make population inferences based off of sample statistics. Additionally, they learned two measures of center, mean and median. The 8th grade and Algebra students were in review mode. Both were reviewing for upcoming check-ins over statistics and quadratics, respectively. Humanities This week in Humanities class, students combined creativity and critical thinking through activities inspired by space exploration and science fiction. Using hand-picked images from the recent Artemis program missions, students crafted original poems […]

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Middle schoolers use balloons to create project at STEM school in Austin.

5th/6th: Week of Apr 27

General News It’s hard to believe we are so close to the end of the year! We are starting final projects, finishing books, and beginning to brainstorm for POP committees! Check the calendar for important dates about summer unbirthdays, POP, the talent show, and more! ELA We had a lively week of debate in ELA! As we started forming our opinions about the future of colonizing Mars, there were plenty of strong opinions (middle schoolers are known for this 🙂)! Some people think humans have no business leaving Earth – after all it was perfectly designed for us. Others think the

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Middle school students work together at project based school.

3rd/4th: Week of Apr 27

It was a great week in the Gamma room.  Although the rain has been great, we are hoping for a sunny, hot day soon to test our solar ovens.  We look forward to our field trip to Barton Springs on Tuesday!  Thanks for filling out the chaperone/driver survey! Math Gamma twos began learning about ways to organize data including frequency tables, dot plots and stem & leaf plots.  They enjoyed collecting data about the favorite animals of AHB students.  Next week, they will organize their results using a stem and leaf plot. They will be able to create graphs to

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Elementary students work together at micro school.

2nd: Week of Apr 27

Math This week in math the Betas were introduced to multiplication! We learned that it’s repeated addition and can be represented by arrays. By the end of the week, the Betas were ready to hunt for arrays posted around the room and turn them into multiplication number sentences. To solve the trickier problems, we brought out our manipulatives and built our own arrays to help us skip count. ELA In phonics this week we met the diphthong /oo/. We learned that it can have two sounds, as in “cook” and “toon.” Our sight words were: good, room and school. Our

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Elementary student reads to class at school with small classes.

K/1st: Week of Apr 27

My, how we’ve grown since August! Theme: Where in the World?! This week we headed to the great continent of Africa… We learned where it is and what it’s made of- like DESERT! The Sahara is the world’s largest desert; almost all of the United States could fit inside it! Africa has a tropical jungle in the Congo, and grassy plains (not unlike our grassy plains in Texas) called the savannah, it has big coasts, tall mountains and the world’s longest river: the Nile! Alphas mapping out regions and biomes of Africa… When we think of Africa, some of our

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Kindergarten student displays writing at private school in Austin.