Art Challenge - 2018

For our first art challenge, it is pretty open - just create a piece of art! You can submit a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, a craft, etc. It can be as big or as small as you'd like. However, the artwork must be physical, not digital.

Entries will be due Friday, March 9th.

The artwork will be judged on a combination of creativity, style, technique, and overall "wow!" factor. The class will select 5 finalists from all of the submitted works of art.

Then, those 5 finalists will be featured in a blog post with a poll for voting. Voting will be open to students, parents, teachers, and friends. The winning artist will receive a $15 gift certificate to Michael's Arts and Crafts.

Below is a slideshow of a few of the entries from past years.

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I can't wait to see your creativity and artistic talent!

Pumpkin Carving Challenge

Halloween is Tuesday, October 31st. Many people in the United States celebrate the holiday, but not everyone. Whether or not you celebrate Halloween, carving pumpkins in the fall can be a very fun (and slimy) activity.

If you carve a pumpkin (with adult supervision, of course), please consider sending me a picture of your creation (either through Google Drive or email) so we can make a slideshow and post it on our blog.

We will also have an online vote for students who want to enter their carving into an optional contest for best creation! The winner will get to choose from a variety of prizes from Mr. Salsich's treasure trove... (fake mustaches, mustache coasters, Nerf shots, candy corn, an authentic 2018 model paper clip, etc.)

Here is an interesting video to give you different ideas for pumpkin carving:

Have fun carving!

The Hershey Bar Challenge (written by Blake and Sophia)

On Google Classroom, Mr. Salsich gave the class a project to work on. The project was optional, but most people did it because they wanted the Hershey Bar. Whoever answered the question properly, and first, got the giant Hershey Bar.

The question was, where did the Hershey Bar come from?

After submitting one answer, Mr. Salsich gave us more clues to try to get the answer right. To get it right, you had to point out all of the places where the ingredients come from on a Google Slide or on a globe in class. Take a look at the places we had to show Mr. Salsich.

We did this activity to enhance our knowledge of where the ingredients in our food come from. We also did this project to learn persistence and to be able to reflect on the multiple parts of the project.

We learned where the ingredients in the average milk chocolate Hershey Bar come from. By learning where those ingredients come from, we also learned about how the countries farmed those ingredients.

Did we find out where all of the ingredients in the Hershey Bar come from, or is there a secret ingredient that only the workers who make the chocolate know about?

Art Challenge Entries - Vote Here!

Here are the 15 entries in our optional art challenge. View them using the slideshow below, and then vote for your favorite piece of artwork on the poll. (Voting is limited to students with a school Google account.)

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Make your selection Here. Just vote for the one you like the best, regardless of who the artist might be. (You will need to login to your Google account to access the poll.)

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Opinion Essay Challenge - Tie Breaker!

The essay challenge was supposed to have ended yesterday. However, after a total of 73 votes, there was a three-way tie in Mr. Salsich's homeroom!

(*See below for the winning essay in Mrs. McGowan's homeroom.)

Therefore, we are going to have another vote, this time with just the three top essays. This time, voting will also be limited to students within our district.

Below are the three final essays, followed by a new poll for selecting your favorite.

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Vote for your selection here (limited to students)

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In Mrs. McGowan's homeroom, the winning essay was "Help save The Chickens." Congratulations to all of the finalists!

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Opinion Essay Challenge - Vote For Your Favorite!

(Voting will close Monday, March 13 at 2:00 pm)

Our most recent blog post assignment was to write an opinion essay about a topic that interested us.

We needed to write a clear introduction, include three supporting reasons in separate sentences, use transitional phrases to link ideas together, and end with a concluding paragraph.

Mr. Salsich selected five essays from each homeroom as finalists for a challenge to see which essays would earn the writers a tin of controversial putty!

Does this stuff help people think, or just make them crazy?

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Please take a few minutes to read the essays below and then vote for the one you like the best.

These are the finalists from Mrs. McGowan's homeroom:
(If it's easier to read them in a separate tab, click the expand arrow in the right corner.)

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Vote for your favorite essay from Mrs. McGowan's class here: (You'll need to be logged in to your Google account to vote.)

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And these are the finalists from Mr. Salsich's homeroom: (If it's easier to read them in a separate tab, click the expand arrow in the right corner.)

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Vote for your favorite essay from Mr. Salsich's class here: (You'll need to be logged in to your Google account to vote.)

Thanks for your participation!

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Art Challenge! - 2017

For our first art challenge, it is pretty open - just create a piece of art! You can submit a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, a craft, etc. It can be as big or as small as you'd like. However, the artwork must be physical, not digital.

Entries will be due Thursday, March 9th.

The artwork will be judged on a combination of creativity, style, technique, and overall "wow!" factor. The class will select 3 finalists from all of the submitted works of art.

Then, those 3 finalists will be featured in a blog post with a poll for voting. Voting will be open to students, parents, teachers, and friends. The winning artist will receive a $15 gift certificate to Michael's Arts and Crafts.

Below is a slideshow of a few of the entries from past years.

I can't wait to see your creativity and artistic talent!