🏀Basketball! Support our B-ball Teams! Gym Sporting Event Expectations. Junior High Students: No Loitering; Must sit upstairs. All students below the 8th grade and below are required to be accompanied by a paying adult in order to attend home games. Parents are responsible for their own children. Students 8th grade and below not accompanied by a paying adult will not be allowed into home contests. No Exception! All parents and visitors must sit on the appropriate side.🏀
The transportation department would like to advise that we have a temporary change to Route 26. This route will combine between Route 13 and 14. Please check with your student for updated information.
Character Traits! Burciaga's students identified character traits for either Odysseus or Polyphemus. Students were instructed to write words that describe their chosen character alongside with textual evidence to support their traits.
Sam Cooke! Instructor Lee's and Instructor Shed's B Day 7th grade classes were able to visit the Bass Hall on January 20th to watch Sam Cooke perform. Sam Cooke is referred to as "The King of Soul." Our students represent Roy Johnson STEM Academy well.
STEM Robots! Etchison's students are at it again. Using long-exposure photography concepts, students programmed their Sphero robots to create fantastic scenes using the LED matrix on the robots. Students really get to explore many things at Roy Johnson STEM Academy!
8th Grade Science! Instructor Bural's and Instructor Patterson's classes are working on W.I.N.D. stations. Students are looking at the "W" -Water Cycle and Wind Map, "I" - Interactive Convection Currents, "N" - Notice and Sorting, "D" - Describing with CER (Claims Evidence and Reasoning).
STEM Robots! Instructor Etchison puts a different spin on reading. After hearing the story of the tortoise and the hare, students programmed their robots to compete in races to observe the differences in speed vs control. keeps learning fun.
Text Evidence! Instructor Burciaga's students search for text evidence using annotation strategies in order to support their answers. Students are working hard to master this skill. Keep up the great work!
Yearbook! Order your yearbook online. Order forms have been sent home with students.
Advisory teachers passed out the order form . Yearbooks are $30 until 3/15/2025. Order online at www.strawbridge.net Online Code: YB32262
"The time is always right to do what is right." On Monday, January 20th, students and staff have a school holiday on MLK Jr. Day. "Roy Johnson STEM Academy B.A.R.K.s" Newsletter link - https://secure.smore.com/n/4fm2t
Band! Brass instruments are played using breath and changing vibrations from the lips and mouth shape. Our Roy Johnson STEM Academy band is getting ready for their concert coming up in February.
National Thesaurus Day is January 18th! Today's challenge: 1) Use a thesaurus to find the right word in your writing. 2) Challenge friends/family to describe people/places in as many words possible without using a thesaurus. Then ,use a thesaurus to see how descriptions improve
Let's Celebrate Roy Johnson STEM Black History Month Program! Date: Feb. 26, 2025, Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM, Location : Roy Johnson STEM Academy Cafeteria
6th Grade English! Instructor Burciaga's students are completing a scavenger hunt in putting the events in order of Odysseus escape from the cyclops cave!
B-ball Results from last nights games: 7th grade girls A -team WON 88 - 5, 7th grade girls B-team WON 41 - 17, 7th grade boys A-team WON 50 - 23, 7th grade boys B-team WON 27 - 17, 8th grade girls A-team WON 71 - 19, 8th grade girls B-team WON 41 - 2, 8th grade boys A-team WON 29 - 24, 8th grade boys B-team WON 48 - 39. Way to go Bulldog Coaches, Athletes, and Families!
Robots! Instructor Etchison's students programmed their Sphero robots to recite a poem out loud according to its position.
Winter Grade Level Meetings! We covered Attendance, Perfect Attendance Award, B.A.R.K. Schoolwide Expectations, B.A.R.K. Reward Opportunity, Academic Reminders, Chromebooks and Repairs, ID Badges and Replacements, Cell Phone/Headphone Policy, EISD Dress Code, Student Code of Conduct, Safety Protocols, and more.
🏀Basketball! Support our B-ball Teams! Gym Sporting Event Expectations. Junior High Students: No Loitering; Must sit upstairs. All students below the 8th grade and below are required to be accompanied by a paying adult in order to attend home games. Parents are responsible for their own children. Students 8th grade and below not accompanied by a paying adult will not be allowed into home contests. No Exception! All parents and visitors must sit on the appropriate side.🏀
Robots! Students were challenged to create their own obstacle course and navigate their Sphero robots to the finish line. To command their robots, students had to create a program using block code.
6th Grade English! Instructor Burciaga's students are identifying textual evidence of who is the trickier character in “The Cyclops.” Either Odysseus or Polyphemus!
