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WeatherBug
Built to withstand all kinds of weather, the WeatherBug Tracking Station sits on the Pine Grove School roof, where it records 27 different real-time weather measurements. Its live weather data is fed into an online educational program, the WeatherBug A+chieve Classroom. WeatherBug cameras bring the data gathered from our Tracking Station live into the classrooms and our Technology Media Center, thereby introducing hundreds of learning possibilities with visual footage of weather systems, cloud formations, sun and moon positions, and more.
Our students are actively engaged throughout the school year studying their town and the habitats of nearby wildlife. The introduction of the Weather Bug System will enhance the study of weather and climate, and their impact on local environments and habitats, which is incorporated into our curriculum in many grades.
All students (K-6) use WeatherBug data to create short and long range graphs and charts, uncover new ways to log and record long-term data, better understand analysis of data, and promote a basic understanding of meteorology.
The WeatherBug A+chieve System supports the overall goals of our school science curriculum standards as well as promoting student achievement in math, geography and technology.
…and much, much more
PGS ARTS! …Invent, Create, Collaborate was RPEF’s 2007-2008 theme. The PGS ARTS! Committee brought together RPEF and PTO working collaboratively with faculty and staff to build a solid, vibrant foundation for the long-term support and growth of the Creative Arts at Pine Grove School.
RPEF developed and funded new creative arts programs and tools, along with shaping up old spaces including:
- New guitars and piano keyboards to replace all the ones that were broken
- The Tools & Materials for:
- Image Making – Grades 1-3
- Walls That Teach – A Painting on Canvas Program – Grade 4
- Animation/Claymation Program– Grade 5 <NEW!>
- Photography Program– Grade 6 <NEW!>
- The singing of the Yale Spizzwinks, the internationally-renown, all-male a cappella group, was heard by the entire school and our entire 4th, 5th & 6th grade chorus had the opportunity to work with them.
- Additional faucets were added to the Art Room sink so there’s more time to be creating art and much less time standing in line waiting to wash up
- The Art Room is sporting new tools: its first whiteboard and a large drying rack
- Hip Hop and Theatre Workshops
- Freshly-painted walls in the Art Room!
