Exhibits included both elementary, high school projects
The elementary and high school students at Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) held their second-annual Student Expo on Thursday, May 19, highlighting Science, Social Studies, Spanish, Art, Photography and Writing projects.
Expo displays included:
+ Sycamore (Pre-Kindergarten) – Oceans.
+ Sycamore (Kindergarten) – Aviary.
+ Acacia (Grades 1 and 2) – Animal Habitats.
+ Cedar (Grades 5 and 6) – Life Cycle and Wax Museum.
+ Oak (Grades 3 and 4) – States’ Exhibits.
+ High School – Artwork, Photography and Writing.
+ Additional projects on display – Weather Science and Science, Geography and Spanish.
Elementary exhibits were in the gymnasium, while high school displays of photography and artwork were set up in the lunch room and lounge area. Other projects were found in the Science Room and in the high school hallway.
In addition, a Reader’s Theater, featuring Oak (Grades 3 and 4) on “Scrambled States,” and Spoken Word Poetry presentations, by freshmen and sophomores, were shared in the Music Room.
A photo gallery from the Expo follows:
THE OAK (GRADES 3 and 4) students of Nordis Olson presented a Readers’ Theater on the “Scrambled States” – a group reading shuffling the location of the states that comprise the United States. From left, Bailey Meyer, Alexis Nickel, Monroe James, Meghan Johnson, Jacey Klassen, Lydia Rete, Tyler Dick, Daniel Smith, Zach Klassen, William Berg, Ethan Schroeder, Sam Petersen and Luke Moller.
IN THE AVIARY, images of Mareena Onken’s meadowlark is found – along with a photo of Mareena herself.
WILLIAM BERG’S STATE researched for his project was this nation’s 50th state – Hawaii. Hawaii state’s nickname is the “Aloha State,” because the word “Aloha” is one of the most commonly used words in the Hawaiian language. Based on the context, Aloha can mean “hello,” “welcome,” “love,” “best wishes” or even “goodbye.”
JACEY KLASSEN SELECTED Maryland as her state project because she has visited the “Old Line State.” She also offered up a crab salad treat as blue crabs are Maryland’s culinary specialty. And, if you look really close at Jacey’s board over her shoulder, there is a photograph of the young lady – and one of those decapod crustaceans.
ONE OF THE displays in the Cedar (Grades 5 and 6) Wax Museum was Mary Todd Lincoln (Miriam Rete). Each of the characters in the Wax Museum werer eager to tell visitors all about themselves. Miriam especially liked the fact that Mary Todd Lincoln liked to wear flowers in her hair.
OF COURSE, MARY Todd Lincoln’s famous husband – Abraham Lincoln (or, Aiden Penner) – was represented in the Wax Museum. Remarkable resemblance between the “wax figure” and the photograph of Lincoln himself.
THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson (Drayton Klassen) explains how he lost his arm during the Civil War. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. The general survived but lost left arm to amputation. He died of complications from pneumonia eight days later.
CAPTURING THE GRUESOMENESS of war – in particular the Civil War – was photographer Mathew Brady (Kate Janzen) Brady was one of the first American photographers. He studied under inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America.
ONE OF THE presenters during Spoken Word Poetry readings by the freshman and sophomore classes, was Cheyanne Courts. The focus of her writing was on pit bulls. Kim Friesen is the students’ instructor.
BRYCE ADRIAN AND Abraham Stoesz prepared this board on the planet Jupiter as part of a Science project for instructor Brandon Pearson.
RACHEL SAJBAN WITH a broad display of her artwork. Intro to Art is taught to grades 8-10 by Holly Penner. This year’s projects included a pencil drawing, a colored pencil still life, a coil basket, a paper collage, a watercolor work and an acrylic painting.
EMILY SCHROEDER’S PAGE collage bird.
AN ARRAY OF the photography work of senior Melissa Lohrenz. For her efforts, Lohrenz received a pair of first-place trophies at the Southwest West Central Service Cooperative’s (SWWC) Student Digital Photography competition held Tuesday, March 1, at the cooperative’s location in Marshall. She placed first in the Nature category (the winding paved mountain road in the photo at back), as well as for her Perspectives on People (front photo).
