STEM Meets Staff at Berlin Memorial School

Members of the Berlin-Boylston STEM Advisory Board presented at the Berlin staff meeting today.  The team of engineers brought their expertise to the table as they shared science kits they created with the group.  The STEM Advisory Board meets monthly at Tahanto Middle/High School and includes parents, community members, staff and administrators.  

Author Greg Mone Works with Fifth Graders on Persuasive Writing

Should the United States explore travel to Mars?  Why or why not?  If we do decide to make the journey, what would we need to take with us?  If we don't support Mars exploration, what are the factors that impact our decision?

This is the challenge question that fifth graders at Berlin Memorial School and Boylston Elementary School wrestled with as they prepared to write persuasive letters to NASA defending their position.

Author Greg Mone led the brainstorming discussion that merged facts with imagination to build a model draft from which students could launch their own writing piece.

Mr. Mone will return to both schools on January 21st to follow up with a revision session and culmination of the writing process.

Greg Mone Speaks to Grades 3-5 at Berlin

NY Times best-selling author Greg Mine speaks to students at Berlin about his journey to becoming a published author.  Mr. Mone shared a copy of his first book, complete with illustrations, that he recorded in a speckled

composition notebook that his mother had saved for him.  Mr. Mone told the children that he didn't always plan to be an author but wanted to be an NBA basketball player like his older, and much taller, brother.