Everything from auto engines to handicrafts were on display. And since the topics were 100% student-chosen, passion was evident in each one. Arrows point the way to Love of Learning exhibits as Ms. Bailey checks out one student's hand sewn fashion designs and a parent high fives a student who made his own suit of armor. 21st Century learners in action: parents and students make their way through the diverse exhibits on showcase day. Introductory video explaining love of learning http://youtu.be/CIsIEKUuBZU
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Piedmont has a strong relationship with the community, as you can see from these recent visits, we like to learn from community members. Whether it is learning about the Buffalo Soldiers from the Buffalo Troopers or about financial literacy from a CPCC professor, we like to go to the source. Our 6th grade bridge builders were mentored by a real engineering firm, our Science Olympiad team has a UNCC professor who helps coach all the meetings, we have had aerospace classes taught by Discovery place. Of course the most valuable thing to us is our parent involvement and just having parents in our classes and looking at our projects, listening to our poetry slams, and participating in our education with us is the best gift of all. Through our IB community and service projects, we give back to the community that gives so much to us. Thank you, volunteers! Piedmont applies for new North Carolina Designation Long before we were IB, Piedmont was known for student choice, tech infusion, and innovative holistic teaching strategies with a global bent. As part of our Global Ready School Designation, application we at Piedmont are highlighting a few of our activities that fit into the global ready rubric. So what makes us Global-Ready? Our active 21st century IB culturally aware and community based learning like in the sample photos below. The wave of the future is coming and it will not include bored students! The 7th grade Making in Math Scale model projects exceed the scale of our expectations once again!
Below are this year's finished projects on jury day in the media center as well as the criteria and assignments. |
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Author"Celebrating Piedmont" logs only a small fraction of the learning magic the teachers of CMS' Piedmont Middle School, an IB World School. create daily. In that sense, it is authored by all the staff and students of Piedmont. It is curated by Ms. Gurthie who can be reached at the icons above. She'll be happy to brag about Piedmont's teachers and students any chance she gets! Please note this blog has only just begun and we have so much to show off! Come back again soon! |