January 28, 2011
St. Theresa school staff, students pleased with intersession
Robot builders and competitors match their programming and assembly skills in the ring. The match pictured ended in a tie. Students in grades 4-8 include Sean Grant, Luke Wahl, Kassidy Sumner, Charlie Becker, Laura Wahl, Hayden Rice, Claire Friona and David Deeg. Teacher Nancy Mayer and her assistant, Melissa Schmitt, conducted the popular class at St. Theresa School, Evansville. Mayer received a grant from the Rotary Club to obtain the robot kits, and the students plan to enter competition at USI in April. Click for a larger version.
By PAUL R. LEINGANG (Message editor)
Students who took part in the winter intersession at St. Theresa School in Evansville have enjoyed the hands-on activities organized by the school — the only Catholic school in the diocese on a modified year-round schedule.
“They come bopping into school,” said the principal, Nancy Mills. When it is time to begin, “they are ready to go.”
The Winter Intersession, which wrapped up Jan 14, included robotics, sign language, sculpture and art, baking and tie-dying.
“There is so much more that we can do on a regular basis,” said Mills. Activities are not limited to a 40-minute class.
It has been “an overall great experience,” Mills said.
There were two unhappy children, however. “They cried and cried and cried,” she said. “Because it was over and they didn’t want to leave.”