GALLERY: Sixth-graders lead adventures in STEM
Community members and Immaculate Conception Elementary School students spread out for the school luau on Monday afternoon.
Nearly 700 students and community members joined Immaculate Conception School for lunch.
Sixth grader Adrian Ibarra and his partner Alex Haus assist a group of third graders in Stephani Barry's class during their student-led balloon rockets activity. Students recorded the speed that balloons traveled along a yarn path.
Lynn Brown's fourth and fifth grade students prepare eggs for an egg drop, led by sixth graders Jeb Wandro and Blake Bill.
Sixth grader Cadyn Crawford measures the height of a handmade structure, created by Staci Holzer's third grade class.
By Kate Hayden, khayden@charlescitypress.com
Nearly 700 people joined Immaculate Conception Elementary School for lunch.
On the first day of Catholic Schools Week, families of students and local supporting businesses celebrated a luau-themed picnic to stave cold Iowa temperatures away.
Following the picnic, sixth grade students jumped into teacher mode to lead kindergarteners through fifth graders in student-planned STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities — from egg drops, Cubelets, tower building and more.
Monday is just the start of the week-long school celebrations — which end Friday with a school birthday party and the first-ever IC Hall of Fame induction.
The induction is open to the public and begins in the IC gym at 9 a.m.
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