Seabury Middle School

Smote! A Knight’s Story

tamaraseabury — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:06:44 +0000

Check out our online ad for the most fabulous play of the century!
Thanks to E.M. for the description and A.K.M. for the poster. Make sure you invite a few friends and families to see these actors amaze you with their talent!

http://www.broadwaycenter.org/season/showDetails.asp?key=523

Animated Dragon Created Using Eclipse and Techne

techarts — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:01:43 +0000

This is an animated dragon that Connor P. created using a modeling program and Eclipse Java programmer. The dragon flies around, lands and can walk around using its own independent AI.

Connor used the following programs, and highly recommends them:

Techne (Modeling Program): http://techne.zeux.me/Techne

Eclipse (Java Programmer): http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

GIMP (Photo Editing Software): http://www.gimp.org

Essay Grand Champion!

tamaraseabury — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:26:29 +0000

Congratulations to K.C. for winning the Grand Champion award at the Puyallup Spring Fair for her essay, “Heroes”!

This essay was inspired by our visit to Normandy and our study of WWII last year. We’re so proud of you Katelyn!

Happy Earth Day

tamaraseabury — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:42:16 +0000

Seabury Kids really know how to recycle.

King Lear Insults!

tamaraseabury — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:05:13 +0000

King Lear is much more action packed to read when students get to shout insults at each other. Here, Kent is shouting at Oswald:
“A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave! “

Systems Thinking

tamaraseabury — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:30:28 +0000

Before the break we were fortunate to have a visit from Nalani Linder, a leader in Systems Thinking Education. She introduced this concept to the kids by playing games that got them thinking how to organize their own systems. She then explained the “iceberg model” of understanding a concept and applied it to the students’ understanding of hunger and food insecurity in Pierce County. We look forward to working with Nalani later in the spring and learning more about to apply systems thinking to enhance our understanding of complex topics.

Science Fair

tamaraseabury — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:43:37 +0000

Would you climb K2?

tamaraseabury — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:28:35 +0000

Yesterday, Seabury Middle Schoolers had the chance to hear Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner speak at a National Geographic Live! event at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. She is the first woman to climb all the the world’s 8,000 meter peaks without supplemental oxygen. As, we heard her riveting tale of climbing K2, many of us gripped our chairs and huddled in our warm coats, not sure it would be the kind of adventure we’d want. However, her message of living your dreams and working with your teammates to achieve your goals was something we could all relate to.

After the presentation, we took advantage of the great weather and had lunch at the Seattle Center’s fountain. No one got totally wet, a miracle!

Pi Day!

tamaraseabury — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:40:36 +0000

We celebrated Pi Day by trying Buffon’s Needles experiment- and then eating pi(e)!! Check out the experiment: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BuffonsNeedleProblem.html

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

caitlingwebb — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:38:31 +0000

Click to view slideshow.

It’s been a busy week at the Middle School! We’ve been hard at work on Science Fair Projects, Debate arguments, and our Auction projects. Today we went over to the Lower School for First Friday and celebrated Dr. Seuss’ Birthday with a pajama day, read-in, and Dr. Seuss trivia. Have a great weekend!