Swanson
Elementary School

Last Thursday, Loralei Ritchie and Jack Sedlacek presented at the Circle of Friends events about the virtual science experiments that they participated in this school year.  Every other week we had local engineers demonstrate a science experiment while the kids followed along and participated at home.

Swanson third graders demonstrate digital drawing using Google Chrome Canvas at the Circle of Friends Fundraiser last week.  Click 'Read More' for more photos.

Over the last few weeks, many Swanson students and families had the opportunity to participate in a Virtual Science Fair. They were able to complete the scientific process at home and report out their findings through a Flipgrid video. We hope you enjoy seeing the experiments!

To view them, please go to https://flipgrid.com/c30d5f2f, then click Enter your guest password at the bottom of the window. The password is Swanson21

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Ms. Schroeder's class meets in small groups on Fridays to enjoy lunch together, chat and play games! Today David was showing us his green phone, so we all got ours out and chatted :)

Students in Ms. Leis & Mrs. Buban's classes picked up 40 bags of trash!  Great job!

Warmest Springtime Wishes from you friends at Swanson!

This year, seven Swanson kids from 1st and 2nd grade formed a DI team - Raising Stars - to participate in Destination Imagination. Together, they solved project-based challenges and created a picture book about a critter who goes on a big adventure. Their work received highly favorable feedback and recognition from Wisconsin tournament appraisers.

The Swanson DI Team received first place in Destination Imagination WI Tournament. The team worked on the engineering challenge Built to Last. The Virtual Team learned about various architecture and visual art styles and made a model of a building using Art Deco and Post Modern Architecture styles as well as Aboriginal and Cubism Visual Art. 

We wish the team good luck as they proceed to the global finals!