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9/29/2017

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 New club Receives Grant for SMoothie Nutrition

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Club founders pose with the menu students developed in conjunction with Mr. Cherry and Nurse Mallay's nutrition lessons.
Thanks to a Donors Choose grant and your community support , the new Piedmont Healthy Living club is offering a special Friday perk. Starting today, the club now serves delicious and healthy smoothies to staff. The club was founded by Health Teacher Garrison Cherry in conjunction with School Nurse Gina Mallay.

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Students came up with recipes, tested them out during clubs, researched the nutritional benefits, and run the whole operation."

Thank you so much to Mr Cherry and Nurse Mallay for your passion for keeping Piedmont healthy and teaching students good nutrition in a fun way! Students, we are so proud of you and appreciative! 

The project will continue to develop throughout the year and donations are accepted. #piedmontyouknow #cltfoodie #clthealth #schoolhealth #healthybreakfast #smoothie #drinkyourgreens💚 #nced @cmsschools
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"Happiest day of my life" - Ms Tapia and Ms Hanson enjoy the 1st smoothies prepared by the new #PiedmontIB Healthy Living Club!
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National Young Innovators Project Comes to Piedmont

3/9/2016

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A photo posted by Lisa Gurthie (@earthiegurthie) on Dec 14, 2015 at 1:08pm PST

Piedmont's Media Specialist Lisa Newburger was chosen by  Syracuse University as one of only 10 school librarians nationwide for the  Young Innovators Project's Mentoring Group.

Because of Mrs. Newburger's outstanding qualifications and vison, the students of Piedmont will have an opportunity to participate in this mentoring program. 

The Young Innovators Project  selected only those librarians who had:

A photo posted by Lisa Gurthie (@earthiegurthie) on Dec 9, 2015 at 2:35am PST

  •  "the greatest range and depth of programs and resources"
  • "created innovative spaces within their libraries" and
  • who had already "been working with students to develop their inquiry and innovation skills" 

□❤️□all the new seating options thx to @LisaNewburger. Throw pillow designed & sewn right here by a 6th grader!□□ pic.twitter.com/I3tgaaqlNr

— Lisa Gurthie (@LisGurthie) February 3, 2016
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Congratulations to Mrs. Newburger for her inclusion in this elite group and for her tireless dedication to keeping Piedmont at the forefront of innovative educational programs.

More information about the Syracuse Young Innovators Project:
http://news.syr.edu/ischool-faculty-receive-grant-for-promoting-childrens-creative-thinking-71622/_

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Media Specialist Wins Award for Technology Innovation
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/mrs-newburger-takes-her-show-on-the-road
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Media Specialist Wins Award for Technology Innovation

3/9/2016

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http://ncties.org/conference/recognitions/media/On March 4th in Raleigh North Carolina, Piedmont's own Lisa Newburger was awarded the 2016 NCTIES Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award.

Mrs. Newburger’s innovativeMakerSpace supports and enhances the 7th grade’s STEAM-based projects at Piedmont Middle School, including Ms. Gorman and Ms. Palgut's innovative “Scale Model Project” and “Design a Game Board” projects. For example, with the media center’s purchase of the MakerBot Replicator 2, Mrs. Gorman’s students were able to use Computer Assisted Design programs and 3D printing technology to create game pieces giving the projects a 21st century upgrade.

The student-created products are not only used within the 7th grade math curriculum they also provide inspiration for every Piedmont student to design and create something spectacular because they’re showcased year round in the media center.  By regularly providing project workspace, jury and exhibition space, tech and craft materials and research support in her Media Center MakerSpace, Mrs. Newburger advances STEAM education schoolwide.


The award came with a $1,000 check for Piedmont's Media Center, but, of course we know that Mrs. Newburger, Gorman, Palgut and Peterson are all priceless to Piedmont. We appreciate their contributions to our student's learning everyday.

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Mrs. Newburger helps students at the stop motion center and duct tape centers of the makerspace. She created these centers herself and even met with the inventor of the stop motion capture device.
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Mrs. Palgut and Gorman show examples of their scale model mathematics projects supported by the media center.
During her acceptance speech, Mrs Newburger received a standing ovation from her fellow media specialists for advocating for librarians tech leaders around the state.  She will be innovating on a national stage next year as part of the Syracuse University Young innovators project mentoring group. 

Librarians are "the backbone of #edtech education" @LisaNewburger's #ncties16 award acceptance□□□□□□ #tlchat pic.twitter.com/bmoDCdUxpn

— Lisa Gurthie (@LisGurthie) March 8, 2016

A video posted by Lisa Gurthie (@earthiegurthie) on Apr 10, 2014 at 8:34am PDT

Students can use the Piedmont MakerSpace's 3D printer for.   Above a student transports his STK file to the build plate for printing. Students have used the printer to CAD in art, to design game pieces in math and to create items for the Love of Learning Genius hour.
More about the NCTIES Innovative Media Specialist Award:
http://ncties.org/conference/recognitions/media/

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http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/mrs-newburger-takes-her-show-on-the-road
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/scale-model-projects
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Having a ball in medIa MakerSpace

12/10/2015

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Students are having a ball in Piedmont's Media Center MakerSpace lately, and not just because of our new stop motion studio.

I mean they've literally been having a ball-bouncing and levitating due to new yoga ball bouncy seats and as an additional Mindflex levitating ball game.
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students watch as their friend in stripes levitates a ball through an obstacle course they built. It's not magic, the ball is lifted by a fan run by the power of her brainwaves.
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A prospective Piedmont student makes himself at home using our new yoga ball as an ottoman while he reads during Open House.
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Minecraft is always better if you can bounce when something exciting happens!

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http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/news-and-thoughts/big-hero-6-and-the-maker-movement (more about Mindflex)
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/piedmont-pd/intro-to-makerspace
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/stop-motion-studio-makes-a-splash
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/celebrating-piedmont/mrs-newburger-takes-her-show-on-the-road​
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