SIGSBEE SCOOP

April 20-April 24, 2020

respect, responsibility, resilience

Wednesday, April 22
EARTH DAY
11:00 AM: Visit with Nurse Sweeney

6:30 PM:  Counselor Zoom Meeting for Elementary Parents

Thursday, April 24

PAJAMA DAY -school appropriate please

Wear your comfy pajamas to class- costume categories

• Most comfy 
• Best bed head
• Best accessories

11:00 AM: Visit with Nurse Sweeney

6:30 PM: Counselor Zoom Meeting for Middle School Parents

Friday, April 25

Week 4 out the door...

ZOOM IN WITH THE COUNSELING STAFF (and Mrs. Jannes)

Our counseling team will be hosting a Zoom meeting for parents next week, to answer questions and provide some guidance with things that are on your mind.  Please answer this short survey so that the agenda reflects your interests.  Your responses will be kept confidential.  

CLICK HERE FOR SHORT SURVEY

Zoom Links to the meetings will be posted in the teachers' secure platform.

A SIGSBEE TRIBUTE TO DR. NORRIS

Each homeroom class selected a Sigsbee connected frontline worker to honor this week.  The third grade Snooks and Groupers, with the help of their teacher Ms. McCauley, created a beautiful tribute to Dr. Norris.

CRAZY HAT DAY

Congratulations to our Crazy Hat Day Winners.  There were so many creative and unique designs.  Great job!  We are looking forward to Pajama Day this week.

Winners will receive their recognitions in the mail.

FACULTY FIELD TRIP

The staff went on a virtual field trip to model some healthy choices for keeping yourself active and well.  Our teachers highly recommend: working out, taking a walk through the neighborhood, swimming, paddleboarding, bike riding, centering yourself through yoga and then making a healthy salad!

VISIT WITH NURSE SWEENEY

Zoom Meeting Link will be posted in SeeSaw (K-2) or Google Classroom (3-8)

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR Florida State Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) COMPETITORS

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Hannah “Neslo” Atilla, 13

Grade, School: 7, Sigsbee Charter School

Project: Testing how “maglev” (magnetic levitation) train speeds are affected by different objects placed on the track. Maglev trains use magnets that repel each other on the bottom of the train car and the track, making the trains essentially float. They can travel up to 375 miles per hour.

Why it will change the world: This would change American public transportation for the better. The main obstacle to building maglev trains in America is lack of funding, because we don’t know enough about how maglev trains work. With my experiment to test how different objects affected the speed of a maglev train, we would learn more and be able to build one with more confidence sometime in the near future.

How do you feel? When I learned I was advancing, I felt surprised but also really happy. I advanced to the regional STEM fair last year and didn’t place at all, so I was expecting the same thing this year. When they called out my name, it was kind of surreal.

William Stolze, 14 and Edward Strunk, 14

Grade, School: 8, Sigsbee
Charter School

Project: Design the Attachable Biometric Interface System for an Internal Locking ISO Shipping Container, a more secure way to lock seagoing shipping containers (from the inside). Using a biometric fingerprint interface to unlock an internal locking mechanism, the redesign better ensures security of cargo and prevents the illegal introduction of illicit narcotics or other contraband materials once shipping containers have been inventoried, sealed, and begun their international movement.

Why it will change the world:

William: This invention can help prevent intrusion into shipping containers, stop the theft of goods and materials from within these containers, and limit the introduction of illicit goods into otherwise legitimate cargo movements. This, in turn, will reduce costs associated with customs inspections, law enforcement activity and insurance claims at the same time it helps stem the flow of dangerous contraband into and through the United States and other countries around the globe.

Edward: Our design offers an efficient, cost-effective solution to boosting the security of the shipping industry. It prevents tampering with seagoing shipping containers, effectively not letting criminals steal trade goods and use commercial containers as a means to transport illicit materials. This can replace other, much more expensive security measures used by shipping companies, increasing both profit and safety.

How do you feel?

William: It’s an achievement and a privilege to be able to compete in this highly in tellectual and interactive event. Since last year’s competition, my research partner and I worked many long days on this project hoping we could match the level of talent we saw last year and make ourselves more competitive than we were during our first experience. We were looking forward to standing in front of the judges once again, explaining the significance of our new project.

Edward: When Will and I learned that we were going on to state, we were elated! It is always such a good feeling to know that your hours and hours of hard work finally paid off, and that you are one step closer to solving a world problem. Will and I were equally disappointed when we heard that it had been canceled, but we knew that it was probably for the best, because the decision was made for the well-being of our community.