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Happy Chili Day!
What a crazy day! But then again, when it is not? :) I hope everyone gets to celebrate chili day today, OR it's also National Toast Day,...
Mrs. Stalheim
Feb 27, 20202 min read
Pistachio Pride
Do you love those little green nuts? Then today is your lucky day. Happy Pistachio Day! During Science today, Blue and Red groups got...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 27, 20202 min read
Happy National Pancake Day!
YOU GUYS, MRS. STALHEIM IS BACK. In Math we continued with Lesson 8 covering constant speed with Blue and Red rotations today. We learned...
annedrier
Feb 25, 20201 min read
Mighty Monday
How weird to be returning to class after only a two day weekend! Hopefully you enjoyed the sunshine on Saturday. It looks like clouds...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 24, 20201 min read
Friday Fun-day!
We started off the day with Fun Friday. This is a tradition at our school where all 6th, 7th, and 8th graders get together and have fun...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Happy Love Your Pet Day
Our Human Impact Project work is underway. Student groups are beginning to check things off their created to-do lists, meet with...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 20, 20202 min read
STEM focus: Solar Cars
Thank you Mr. Daane, Mr. Buck and Mrs. Lavagnino for coming in and working with solar car teams today. We really appreciate you sharing...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 19, 20201 min read
Happy Discovery Day Pluto!
Yellow and Blue rotations continued their reading of A Wrinkle in Time focusing on finding significant passages from the book and...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 18, 20202 min read
Happy early Valentine's Day
Today Blue and Red had a turn with the gears and motors. Lots of "A Ha" moments. It was fun to watch them figure things outs. Look for...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 13, 20202 min read
Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln
In Humanities, students in the Red and Green rotations read and discussed chapters 10-13 in The City of Ember. Students discussed...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 12, 20202 min read
Phase 2 Human Impact begins
Today we started working on phase 2 of the Human Impact project. 4 solutions were voted for last week: Composting, Alternative to...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 11, 20202 min read
There's the sunshine!
It was nice to see some streams of light coming in from our windows today. Great timing, too since today saw the launch of our next...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 10, 20202 min read
Presentating...
Today was full of, what the kids like to call, presentating! The morning was packed with students pitching their ideas for our human...
Mr. More
Feb 7, 20201 min read
Happy National FroYo Day
Humani-Science classes spent the day working on their pitches for the solution they wish to see implemented at Odyssey. These will...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 6, 20201 min read
Rain Rain Go Away
Curiosity Cruise presentations start tomorrow afternoon! Please encourage your Gryphon to practice at least once for you tonight. Dress...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 6, 20201 min read
It's Thank a Mail Carrier Day
One of the requirements of our current Curiosity Cruise is asking a professional for an interview. While many of these are sent via...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Surprise! Late Start
Well that caught us as a surprise, but we are happy to have made it in. During Science with Green and Blue we had a guest speaker, Ellen...
Mrs. Motsinger
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Phew!
What a full day we had today. We presented for 5th graders from Prune Hill, Grass Valley, Helen Baller and Lacamas. Look for pics on...
Mrs. Motsinger
Jan 31, 20201 min read
5th Grade Visits: Day One
Today was our first opportunity to showcase Odyssey to the next generation of students as we welcomed 5th graders from Woodburn and...
Mr. More
Jan 30, 20201 min read
Happy National Corn Chip Day!
A few notes of the day and an important message at the bottom (which should be in your email by now): In ELA students participated in a...
Mrs. Stalheim
Jan 29, 20202 min read
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