Creative Minds with a Heart to Serve! Putting the BGSA Motto to work with our ELA/SS lesson! Narrative story of Berlin Airlift focused on creative and caring gifts of the Chocolate Pilot. Parachute build and drop was so fun! Candy drop success! #bgrocks Ball Ground STEM Academy

BGSA Drama Club cast and crew were stars this weekend in Madagascar Jr. the Musical! So proud of their hard work! #bgrocks

Sharpening our summarizing and public speaking skills as news anchors. Back to you, Mrs. Freeman! #bgrocks

Career Day at BGSA was a hit! The students enjoyed our guests! They were prepared to ask questions after completing their own career research! It was a good full circle experience! #bgrocks

Signed, sealed, delivered! We followed the Problem Solving Process to write and mail our letters to 5th Graders across the USA! Even have a special tie to a couple of 5th Graders in TX! Ball Ground STEM Academy

Great day of STEM in ELA! Nothing beats a story, STEM challenge, and sweets! We followed the PSP loop and used the 4 C’s as we applied narrative concepts and built our parachutes! The Chocolate Pilot inspired us to have a creative mind with a heart to serve! Ball Ground STEM Academy #BGrocks

Enjoying the PSP in ELA! Students collaborating to pitch their Biography Documentary pick to Netflix! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

Readers Theater is a hit in ELA! Students’ personalities shine as they enjoy reading and acting out their scripts! Collaborating groups then work to summarize the script by capturing all the plot highlights! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

What did you do this weekend? BGSA News correspondents report on their weekend in 3rd person POV. From Super Bowl parties to the Father Daughter Dance, our journalists covered the 5 W’s of a good summary news story! Back to you in the studio, Mrs. Freeman! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

Enjoying Narrative Biographies together! Getting to know historical figures while making cool connections is always fun! Seeing how important people started out just like you and me is inspiring. Those positive character traits make dreams come true! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

Canva put the T in STEM as students published their Bios in the PSP! Students explored options to share their info., discovered ways to add interest for their audience, collaborated to make marketing decisions, and helped each other navigate new ideas! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

Valentine’s Day fun along with writing about our special someones! Students enjoy Photo Booth, cards, and treats along with planning their narrative biographies! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

Using our summarizing and information gathering strategies to report on Winter Break fun! After interviewing each other, students wrote reports for their WBGSA Winter Breaking News broadcast. Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

The 4 Cs at work as students work together to think about the contributions of historical figures! They are getting so skilled at finding text evidence to support their claims and love sharing what they learn with each other! I even learned a few things too! Ball Ground STEM Academy #lovebgstem

Career Day was a great success! The student were so excited to hear about so many awesome careers! Thanks to everyone for their time and support for our kiddos! Ball Ground STEM Academy

Career Day at BGSA! Students learned about amazing careers and saw the 4Cs and STEM in action! Students got in on the action too with their career goals! Ball Ground STEM Academy

It wasn’t hard to find good things to share about our amazing students! Thanks, Mr. Jones for the prizes!