Wacky Snack Wednesday
Wacky Snack Wednesday was a delicious treat for students in Mrs. Kate Pike’s first-grade classroom. In March, students spent a week learning about Dr. Seuss and every day brought a different theme with it. On Wednesday, students dressed up in their wackiest outfits and used pretzels, Twizzlers, marshmallows and Laffy Taffy candies to create their wackiest snack. Students came up with all kinds of great delicacies, including magic wands, cars and people.
Other activities during the week included comparing and contrasting the movie and the book “The Cat in the Hat,” pajama day while reading “Sleep Book,” making a class book and having students guess what “wocket is hiding in another’s pocket.” It was a fun and tasty week in first grade.
Third-Grade Science
Mr. Claire Zurbuch, Cardinal’s “Science Guy,” recently came to help Miss Barb Tropf’s third-grade science classes continue their study of the properties of matter. He came to help them find the volume of irregular shaped items.
By using Archimedes’ method of finding the volume, or the amount of space matter takes up, students submerged objects into a container filled with water. They measured the displaced water with graduate cylinders to find the volume of various objects, including a softball, pop can, brick, rock and a piece of wood. They found that mass does not determine volume, but size does.
Mr. Z. finished up the experiment by measuring a rectangular prism. The third-graders used their multiplication skills learned in Mrs. Christine Hiller’s math class to find the volume of the prism. Then, they used the same displacement method to prove their math was correct.
PHOTO 1 (Softball): Third-grade teacher Barb Tropf helps students find the volume of a softball by using water and the Archimedes’ method.
PHOTO 2 (Rock): Third-grade students partner together to find the volume of a rock using water and the Archimedes’ method.
Q3 Dedicated Dozen
Congratulations to the CMS sixth-graders who were selected as the Q3 Dedicated Dozen: Skylar E., Paxton M., Cassie N., Andrew T., Sophia S., Paul G., Caden G., Sheryl M., Troy D., Ethan D., Hennessy M., Brooke T., Hennessy M. and Cassie N. They displayed great PRIDE behaviors throughout the third grading period. All members are selected by teachers and are treated to a special breakfast prepared by Chef Mr. Mike Whipple.
Donor Thank Yous
The Cardinal Local Schools Board of Education gratefully acknowledges the many donations towards the pay-to-participate fees for spring sports from the following businesses and friends of the Huskies:
Cardinal Music Boosters, First United Methodist Church, Berkshire Hathaway, First Quality Power Place, Junction Auto Family, Karl’s Jewelry, Lechene Trucking, McIntosh Insurance Agency, MD Realty, Mercury Plastics, Siracki Realty, Watson’s 87 Furniture, Bridgette Wasil & Family, Peggy Karg, Lee Selby, Lukas family, Luke Kruse, Ben Garlich, Anonymous, Heckman family, PJF, Eric Szcepinski, Jason Smith, Rick and Debbie Klepper, Jason Passek, Shelly Novotny, Jason Driscoll, Kevin Pollari, Alex Stanton, Anissa Fehring, Jason Dulka, Mike Dolezal, Patrick Harper and Mike Dietrich.
CMS Paw Pride
Congratulations to the CMS students on being selected as Paw Pride winners for the week ending March 24: fifth-graders Austin A. and Emma K.; sixth-graders Gavin B. and Miranda R.; seventh-graders Alison P. and Maclain R.; and eighth-graders Alissa H. and Braylon R.