Miriam unveiled it's plans for a new gymnasium on Thursday, February 4. Thanks to a generous donation by Mary Ann Lee, Miriam School will be enjoying activities in a our new gym by the spring of 2011. The students and faculty are very exciting about the many opportunities the new gym will allow.
Details of the project can be found in the Kirkwood/Webster Times article chronicling the event.
Room 3 is wrapping up their collection drive for the Children's Home Society. The students have brought in quite a collection of gently used coats, books, toys and clothing. They should be very proud of their generosity.
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Miriam students are busy preparing for the upcoming 100th day of school to commemorate the 100 Year Anniversary of the Miriam Foundation. There are several projects happening throughout the school. Room 1 students are roaming the school and taking pictures of objects to illustrate numbers 1-100. This is quite an ambitious project and they are well on their way to completing it. You can see the results of this project on their classroom wiki page. Rooms 1-3 are also working on a 100 project that has each student bringing in 100 items from home to be displayed in the south hallway outside of their classrooms. Room 5A also has a photo display of the special things they've done in the first 100 days of school and a piece of work from each student along with their personal 100 collections. Room 6 has taken the time to study 100 famous people. They began with presidents and have continued with inventors, Miriam staff members and are currently learning about famous artists. What can see this great learning tool in action outside of Room 6.
Room 7 took a break from the routine to produce a weather update for us. The students took roles as anchors, cameramen, analysts and producers. We hope you enjoy!
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