We turned our classroom into an apple orchard today! Their STEAM mission was to create an apple trapper using paper, scissors and tape only! From a distance, students had to use their invention to hold as many paper apples as possible Samantha Watson #happeningathowell Mystery Science

Hard working researchers! 🤩

The students were so happy to show their gratitude— the teachers certainly felt the love! 🥰

I love that they always persevere and find a way!

Super proud of our hard working 6th graders! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Mrs. Pettas

Friday messages left by one of our sweet students AJ! Such a nice way to start our week 🤗🥰💕📚 Samantha Watson #happeningathowell

Spent our afternoon exploring Tynker ! Our students are loving it 👏🏼👾💻🎮 #happeningathowell Samantha Watson

Snow days are great days to practice math skills with IXL Learning! Our smart sixth graders keep reaching all their goals! 🤩 Mrs. Pettas

This informative zoom session also provided students with the opportunity to have their personal questions answered. ❤️ We cannot thank Mrs. Reyes enough for taking the time out of her busy schedule to share her knowledge with our sixth graders! #HappeningAtHowell

It may be winter break, but our students are still using Tynker to work on their coding skills! 🎉 Here is one student's achievements from this week! 💻👾 Mrs. Pettas #HappeningAtHowell

That feeling when it’s the last day of math test prep before tomorrow’s state test! #happeningathowell Samantha Watson

Celebrating our graduating seniors every Friday by wearing our Class of ‘21 t-shirts! 💚💛🎓 Samantha Watson

Our first Sixth Grade Graduate 👩🏽‍🎓 in the ✨ Spotlight ✨ is Kayla! She chose to share a meaningful quote as part of her reflection project 📚💬🎓Samantha Watson #Classof2021 #happeningathowell

Christopher is our first sixth grader to have the spotlight in June, our graduation month! Christopher shared a famous quote all about greatness and guess what, we think he’s a pretty great graduate 🎓! #Classof2021 #happeningathowell Samantha Watson

Today in the 6th Grade Spotlight is Eddy, known by many and loved by all! He is truly our social butterfly🦋! He shares feelings of gratitude for our school psychologist, Ms. Nasir, who has helped him deal with challenges this year Samantha Watson #Classof2021 #happeningathowell

We are ready for an awesome year ahead! Samantha Watson #happeningathowell

Our first Howell Owl winner of the year, Olivia! 🦉🏆💚 #happeningathowell Samantha Watson

Today we celebrated #InternationalWomensDay by wearing purple! 💜 #HappeningAtHowell

Our 6th grader's (last) first day at Howell was a success.💚🦉Inside-outside circles & a "Find somebody who" activity in order to get to know one another, ensure collaboration & discourse among all and foster new friendships! The best year has just begun! 🎉📚 #HappeningAtHowell

Inspired by #RainbowWeaver and a visit from author Linda Marshall, sixth grade students wrote haiku poems related to recycling and repurposing! Our poe-tree 🌳🌈 is in full bloom 🌸🌼 #happeningathowell Samantha Watson Jackie Schimmenti Lisa Ellis