Academics

Juniors and Seniors Head to Stratford

    On May 9^th at 8:00 a.m., the seniors and juniors of Mrs. Baughman’s English classes set out for Stratford, Ontario in Canada. For about a month prior to this trip, the students studied Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In many classrooms, studying works by Shakespeare is a large and difficult task to take on. However, Sarah Baughman a newcomer to CAB, had a different way of teaching her students Shakespeare. “Shakespeare wrote his plays to be watched, not read,” says Mrs. Baughman, and that is what her students did. “In class we would read a scene and then act it out, and I found it very beneficial,” said senior Briana McGlinchey.

 At the beginning of the year Mrs. Baughman told her students about the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and shortly after, students began fundraising. After the long hard months of raising the funds to go to the Stratford Festival the students finally were able to get into there groups and begin the seven hour drive to Stratford.

    Once the students finally arrived in Stratford, they had a little while to get ready to go and see Hamlet preformed on stage. The Stratford Theater is considered one of North America's leading classical theaters. The play on a scale of one to ten was rated a 9.5 by Kelsey Smith, senior at CAB. “I loved it, and it was so amazing,” said Kelsey. Junior Andrea Birdsall added, “I thought it was amazing, and the actors all played the parts really well.” Overall, both girls thought the trip went very well and if asked again would go on the trip in a heart beat. There was one thing, however, that a few students agreed upon that should be changed on the trip. “I did not like how little time we had there,” said Kelsey. Andrea said, “I did not like how everything was so on schedule and how we did not have time to see all the sights of Stratford.” Over all the trip was a big success and Mrs. Baughman did a very good job organizing it. -Briana McGlinchey (12)

CAB Third Graders Celebrate Pioneer Spirit

    After the 3rd grade class at Concord Academy Boyne finished reading The Farmer Boy by Laura Wilder, they participated in authentic pioneer activities. Students made ice cream, butter, tin lanterns, and apple pie as they would have been made in the 1800’s.
    The students dressed up as pioneers. The students also learned needlepoint and braiding. Participating in these activities introduced the children to how the pioneers lived, stored their food, made their food, as well as games and activities popular among pioneer children. This pioneer simulation was made possible by the volunteer efforts of Mrs. Jody Adgate, Mr. Harv Crozier, Mrs. Shirley Crozier, Mrs. Deborah Bobo, and Mrs. Cindy Banner. “My Dad used to use this ice cream freezer back when I was a kid so it has to be over 100 years old,” proudly declared Mr. Harv Crozier showing off his ice cream freezer that he brought to make ice cream for the kids. Mr. Crozier is the father of third grade teacher Mrs. Cinda Shumaker.

Sam Zeilinski (9), Student Contributor

Great Lakes Sailing Trip

On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, CAB secondary science students participated in the Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) Schoolship Program aboard the tall ship Inland Seas on Grand Traverse Bay.
The award-winning curriculum taught aboard Inland Seas is based on the Michigan Curriculum Framework for the teaching of science in Michigan schools. The students participated in such activities as taking water samples, steering the boat, and looking for plankton under a microscope. Past evaluations have shown the Program provides students with a direct connection with the world beyond the classroom. The Schoolship Program featured unique, hands-on educational experiences that couldn't have been taught in the classroom.
"The trip was interesting and I would like to do it again in the future." Commented Jenie Douglas.
The Inland Seas Education Association was established in 1989 as a floating classroom to provide experiential environmental and heritage education for students of all ages. Classes are conducted aboard the schooner Inland Seas by trained volunteer instructors. Through the organization’s programs, over 61,500 students have studied the ecology, history, geology, geography, and meteorology of the great Lakes in an exciting tall ship environment.
"I think that the trip was an amazing, awesome experience that I would love to go again every single year," declared Mrs. Adrianne Sidell.

Toshiba Recognizes CAB Science Team

CAB students Andrea Birdsall (9), Taylor Crandell (9), Ashley Moyer (9), and Sam Zielinski(9) were recently recogized by Toshiba for their work in the Exploravision competition. Exploravision is a competition for K-12 students in the United States and Canada. The purpose of Exploravision is to "encourage students to combine their imaginations with the tools of science to create and explore a vision of a future technology." Working in groups, students select an aspect of technology relevent to their lives and research how it works and its history. For the competition, the students must envision how the technology could evolve over the next twenty years. Entrants must submit a detailed description of their vision along with five team-designed web pages.
Of the thousands of participating students, the team of Birdsall, Crandell, Moyer, and Zielinski received Honorable Mention for their "Micro Vital Chip" project. Congratulations to these students and their science instructor, Mrs. Adrianne Sidell.