Springer News
May 3, 2021
Lower School Green Team students enjoyed a video presentation of Dragons Love Tacos by the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati. Then they made their own "fire-breathing" dragons (and tacos) from construction paper and crepe paper streamers.
April 28, 2021
In an activity associated wtih the Museum Center's program, Middle School students made their own ice cream in baggies, then enjoyed the product with chocolate syrup and sprinkles.
April 28, 2021
Middle School students participated in a hands-on program from the Cincinnati Museum Center. As one team explored physics by building a bridge, the other learned about forensic science through simulations of actual cases. The teams switched locations so all students could experience both programs.
April 28, 2021
Springer Eagles participated in a track meet at Bishop Fenwick High School in April.
April 23, 2021
Wet weather kept Springer's Earth Day assembly inside and on Zoom. Classes joined Student Council Advisors in the library, and Mr. Allen led the students in a competition to see which class could best distinguish recyclable items from trash. Plants on the tables were raffled off among the winning classes, and the assembly was wrapped up by Mr. Phelps, who announced the members of this spring's Track Team.
April 14, 2021
In their study of earth science, Middle School students explored the nature of glaciers and landslides using models. "Glaciers" made by freezing water with stones and sand in the bottom were scraped over clay "land" to simulate deposition and grooving of the underlying rock. The effect of vegetation on the occurrence of landslides was observed by measuring the angle at which "land" began to slide with and without rooted trees.
April 13, 2021
Lower School Green Team students learned about nocturnal animals in an exciting way. With lights off in the library, Media Specialist Amanda Forbes read by flashlight from a book titled After Dark: Poems about Nocturnal Animals by David L. Harrison. The students located pictures of the animals in the poems by flashlight. Then Ms. Forbes led the students through creating acrostic poems about some of the animals in the book, and each student chose an animal about which to write their own acrostic poem.
