Fright Film Festival

A Message from Ms. Patterson and our Junior NAACP Club:

In celebration of Halloween, the Junior NAACP Club is working to organize its Fright Film Festival. The movie screening will take place this Friday, October 31st, after school from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm in rooms 404A & 404B. This is  a fundraiser to support the club in taking trips, purchasing supplies and organizing more student events and initiatives in school. Our club goals are centered on building a sense of community within the school through fun, inclusive activities, as well as encouraging awareness and commitment to issues concerning social justice and equity.

Tickets are being sold for $2 by Ms. Patterson and club members (including Jamilla, Raven and Malaysia) and there will be a concession stand with refreshments available for purchase. Please encourage middle-schoolers (if asked) to take a permission slip outside of room 405D.

We appreciate any support that you can offer. Donating to or purchasing from our concession stand, as well as volunteering to help supervise the expected group would be amazing.

If there are any questions regarding this event, please email me at: lpatterson@ewsis.org.

Thank you for your support.

Who Has Spirit

Written by Student Body President, Ramanjot Singh

Spirit Week, five days of diversity.  Days to express one’s personality in unique ways, and get everyone involved. Teachers, students, staff members and administrators all got engaged in Spirit Week.  The core of the school was bound closer together as everyone competed to be the most unique.  Everyone did an amazing job.  Our teachers were the hallmark of the Spirit Week, which is what makes East-West an extraordinary school.

Musical Monday:

Twin Tuesday:

Wacky Wednesday:

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month, our East-West staff showed their support by wearing PINK.

Culture Day:

Cartoon-Super Hero Day:

 

Thanks to all who participated in this Student Government led event and showed their school spirit.  Our hallways and classrooms were filled with a lot of personality.

Video Game Night

By Nafees Rahman, 11th Grader

The video game tournament has been an ongoing staple at East-West every year where students get to enjoy themselves, settling “grudges” in certain games and allows for inter-grade relationships to strengthen with a more free interaction.

Who wants to go first?

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Students may look forward to it as an excuse to merely hangout or subsequently brag or in this case, challenge a teacher!

Click here to view photos from this event.

Free Turkeys and Fixings from PTA

Video Game Event

Video Game Event.

Cap and Gown Fitting for Class of 2015

Information Session About China Trip 2015

For anyone who would like more information about the China Trip next year, Ms. Chang will be conducting an information session in Room 405 C on the following dates:

Friday, November 7th from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

and

Monday, November 10th from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Please contact Ms. Chang at mchang@ewsis.org if you are interested in attending one of the information sessions.

Color War At East-West

Written by Nafees Rahman, 11th Grader

The Color War was an event that took place on September 18th, a day during which all students at East-West, both the middle school and high school students and faculty, spent a day outside in a football field at Kissena Park.

All students were gathered into the auditorium at Muster for an Olympic-style Opening Ceremony and were cheered on by all grades.

Students participated in physical activities that started off with students in each grade holding hands and moving a hoop la hoop from one person to the next.

Although there was a spirit of competition, the Color War helped to bring staff and students and students of different grades together.

Although the Seniors won, many grades mingled with one another and the purpose of the Color War which was to bring the school together, had become a success!

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Mathematical Connections and Practice

The student from Mr. Deihl’s “Mathematical Connections and Practice” Class have been using mathematical methods to make scale models.  They took apart a cereal box, tissue box, or other common household item by carefully unfolding it to get a “net” or two-dimensional surface of the original three-dimensional box.

Then, using an architect’s scale, they accurately measured in inches the shape of the net, and translated it using a scale of 1” = 3/8”, or another scale such as 3/16” to diminish the original size.

One student began with a small box and expanded it by 1.5 times.

These are all examples of dilation, a geometric transformation in scale between similar shapes, which have all angles congruent to the original pre-image, but whose sides are in proportion to it; in most cases = D_3/8.

This exercise has many applications including making scale-models for architects, movie sets, and urban planning.  Students then critiqued each others’ work, using a rubric in three categories:  accuracy, neatness, and imagination.

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Bike-A-Thon: Postponed to Spring 2015

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Bike-A-Thon on Saturday, October 18th, to raise money for breast cancer research has been postponed until the spring.  I know that our students and families were looking forward to riding bicycles together, but for reasons of safety, it had to be postponed.

We hope you will still make a generous donation to support breast cancer research by clicking on the following link: http://fundraise.nbcf.org/ewsis.  As always, East-West students are encouraged to ride their bicycles to school each day.  They may store their bikes in the art room.

Thank you for your understanding.