Project Linus - Service Project

If you've been a Cannon parent for very long, you know that each year our scholars participate in a service project to help those in our community (or world) that are less fortunate than ourselves. We have even purchased goats and honey bees through Heifer International!  This year we are participating in Project Linus. This organization provides homemade blankets to children who are sick or in need.  We had great fun making these fleece blankets.  Thanks to all of you who donated fleece to help us with this project.

Magnet Challenges

How are magnets used in the real world? We brainstormed ideas that ranged from refrigerator magnets to giant magnets that can pick up cars in a junkyard.  Students then worked in groups to solve challenges that included a broken necklace, a name badge that won't stay on your shirt, a folder of important papers that won't stay closed and hair pins that are rolling around in the dresser drawer.

Check out some of our solutions:

Hour of Code

Tuesday we were excited to have students from the Grapevine Middle School STEM program to teach us more about computer coding. We did a fun activity by writing code to help our "robot" (also known as our partner) to stack cups.  Ask your child to write a simple code for you!