A huge THANK YOU to all of the @JSMelementary staff who have worked tirelessly this week to make sure that students first few days of school was filled with smiles, wonderment and excitement! pic.twitter.com/rFAMp1K75X

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) September 4, 2020

Make your home a mini-makerspace!

 To all our students and families,

Please continue to check the CBE website for updates on COVID- 19 and CBE procedures.

All the students at JSM have used the Makerspace at JSM with Mr.Patry this year.  We have made sock puppets, Lego and K'nex to build and learn.  You may have Lego which is great and you can build really awesome things.  

Take a look at this Lego Challenge Calendar and see if you can complete the 31 day challenge.

Another wonderful building tool that you may have at home is CARDBOARD!  Cardboard can be used for all sorts of maker projects.  Have you ever heard of Caine's Arcade?  Watch the video about Caine and what he made with cardboard.  After, challenge yourself to make a plan and build your game out of cardboard.  When it's done, play with a family member!  Brainstorm super fun ideas, make sketches, build and test creations. You can use anything you have at home to make a marble mazes in pizza boxes and a whack-a-mole game to robots, or space stations!  What will you make?

Take a picture of your game so you can share it with Mr. Patry when you see each other again.

No Sew Sock Doll success! Students have been busy building and making their creations! #mightylearners #MakerEd #earylearning #makerspace #wearwcbe pic.twitter.com/HoYdDerOJr

— James Short Memorial (@JSMelementary) February 3, 2020

Students have been eager to finish working on their no-sew sock stuffy creations. We are looking to finish these up in the next couple weeks. Students have been working for the design process and providing informal feedback to each other to make their creations even better. Once the stuffy is complete, it will be needed for another task in the makerspace!