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2018-2019 8th Graders Leave Mark
The tradition continues. For over 20 years, 8th graders at Blowing Rock School leave their mark on our school with handprints.
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18-19 Student Cleans Butterfly Garden
For her HOSA project, Sacha wanted to “plant some flowers”. Yesterday with the help of Ms. Lovins' and her daughters they cleaned up the butterfly garden and planted some flowers.
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2 B.R. Students Start Business
Hailey Gocke and Laurel Kiker, two Blowing Rock School students, received funding for their new businesses. Hailey's Rose’s Art Boxes will go to hospitals and nursing home patients and Laurel's Iced Up will focus on baking cupcakes and other baked products. Entrepreneurship class sponsored by the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce and Zak Ammar through a community partnership with Blowing Rock School.Each student spent their 8th-grade year at Blowing Rock School learning aspects of building and beginning a business with several of their classmates. Students planned and developed a business plan and ultimately had to pitch their plan in front of a panel of current and previous business owners for an opportunity to receive funding to begin their venture. Both Hailey and Laurel were awarded their start-up business' funding following the pitch. Congratulations!As stated earlier, Laurel will sell baked goods, mainly cupcakes to start, with the focus on her wonderful icing. She spent the entire school year experimenting at home with her icing, to the benefit and sometimes not, of her family's tastebuds. Hailey is going to begin building art boxes to distribute to hospital patients and hopefully develop it further as a non-profit.A special thanks to Zak Anmar for teaching the class with Rob Smith, and to Zak for finding funds to help these students. App State's Erik Schlenker for volunteering in class to help students. Blowing Rock's Chamber of Commerce's Tim Hilton, Jim McDowell, and Charles Hardin for guidance. Additionally, to Precision Printing for donating business carts for all students involved.
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18-19 Third Grade Landforms
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Battle of the Books 18-19
Congrats to Blowing Rock 2018-2019 Elementary Battle of the Books for finishing 1st place!
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18-19 2nd Grade Living Museum
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2018-2019 Look-Alikes
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Math Counts 18-19
These six students attended the competition:Emmit CoffeyGriffin DillmanHailey GockeAndrew JonesOllie RuppSadie SharpeSadie Sharpe finished in 4th place in the individual competition.A team of four (Hailey, Andrew, Ollie, Sadie) finished in 2nd place in the team round competition. This qualifies them to go to the state competition at the school of math and science on March 15th.
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Ellis Island 2018-2019
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18-19 5th Grade Bios
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2018-2019 Regional Science Fair Results
Blowing Rock definitely took our fair share of the awards this year. We've got several projects advancing to the state competition, and I couldn't be more proud of all the kids who competed today.
In the science fair, the following students won awards:Willa Rupp: honorable mention in ChemistryCharlie Langley: 3rd place in EngineeringZoey Zagst: 1st place in PhysicsBrodie Sukow and Mace Hollars: 3rd in TechnologyIn North Carolina Student Academy of Sciences (presentation based competition to a panel of judges), the following students won awards in their categories:1st: Zoey Zagst and Sydney Marsh2nd: Brodie Sukow and Mace HollarsHonorable mention: Oliver Farris and Jake CrosswellThe state competition will be in March at NCSU and the NC School of Science and Math. Any student placing at regional competition automatically goes on to state competition. Honorable mention serves as an alternate.Congrats to everyone! It's a lot of extra work to prepare for competition and it really showed today! -
2018-2019 BR Science Fair Results
Congratulations to all students who participated! Here are the results for this year, including students who will participate in Student Academy of Sciences and those who will go on to regional science fair.
Biology:1st: Natalie Fitch2nd: Owen Tincher3rd: Alixas ClarkChemistry:1st: Elsie Davis and Grace Tachney2nd: Kate Sears3rd: Willa RuppEarth/Environmental Science1st: Chloe Hemsoth2nd: Jayden StirtonEngineering1st: Sydney Marsh2nd: Charlie LangleyTechnology:1st: Brodie Sukow and Mace HollarsPhysics:1st: Kody Auton2nd: Zoey Zagst3rd: Hannah Arrowood and Abby BarrNorth Carolina Student Academy of Sciences (a thesis type presentation to a panel of judges)Biology: Owen TincherChemistry: Elsie Davis and Grace TachneyEarth Science: Chloe HemsothEngineering: Sydney MarshTechnology: Brodie Sukow and Mace HollarsPhysics: Jake Crosswell and Oliver Farris -
Veteran's Day Play Thank You
"The first grade at Blowing Rock School would like to give a big thank you to local community member Julie Anderson for all of her hard work in making our Veterans Day play a success. She spent countless afternoons teaching our first graders lyrics and hand motions to patriotic songs. Each first grader had his or her own speaking part to memorize, as well. Also, thank you to the veterans that were able to view the performance. We appreciate your bravery and sacrifice to our country."Sincerely,First-grade team
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Congrats to the 18-19 Handwriting Contest Winners
The winners are:Sacha FrindethieBrianna AndersonBoaz HendersonNatlie FitchKatie DurhamSidney RickerSidney MarshWilla Rupp -
2018 Spelling Bee Results
4thLouis WingerSophie Parker5thDarla BachmanLucas Hamilton6thKatie Coombes (alternate) winnerMaggie Cheves7thDoriannah Whitehead (runner-up)Lucy Bachman8thAva CutlipGriffin Dillman.And the Blowing Rock School Spelling Bee winner, who will go on to the County-Wide Bee, is:Katie Coombes from Mrs. McFalls' 6th-grade homeroom and our runner-up is...Doriannah Whitehead, from Mrs. Tincher's 7th-grade homeroom! -
Blowing Rock Students Excel at State Science Fair 17-18
We had a great weekend of celebrating student research at the state science competitions on Friday and Saturday! Blowing Rock did exceptionally well and I couldn't be more proud of the research and work that students did to prepare for these competitions; well above and beyond what was required of them for the school fair.Friday's competition was for the North Carolina Student Academy of Sciences at the North Carolina School of Science and Math. This competition is a thesis-like defense, in which students have 10 minutes to present their research via Google Slides, and then five minutes of Q and A with the judges. The results of this competition were:Biotechnology: 1st Sam Nixon for his project Sunscreens: Lotions vs. SprayMathematics: 1st Hayleigh Nunes and Iris Westerman for their project What is the Potential of Solar Panels on Blowing Rock School's Roof2nd Micah Duvall Does the pH Level of Drinking Water Affect the Growth of a Radish PlantPhysics: 1st Thomas Lehman for his project Heat Treating Carbon, Tool, and Stainless Steel by Oil Quench and Air Cool to Increase HardnessFor Saturday's competition at the North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair, we had several students compete. These included: Sam Nixon, Hayleigh Nunes and Iris Westerman, Thomas Lehman, Grant Troyer and Collin Anderson. In this competition, Grant Troyer and Collin Anderson won Honorable Mention for their project How Many Grams of Salt Does it Take for Water Not to Freeze in Freezing Temperatures?This means that every student we sent to state competition won an award at the state level!Thanks to everyone for their support and encouragement! Please congratulate these students.
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Blowing Rock Club Wins 3D Print Competition
Blowing Rock Wins the 3rd Annual Direct Digital Manufacturing Competition sponsored by N.C.C.E.T. in Hickory, NC.
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2nd Grade 17-18 Wax Museum
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Science Fair 17-18 Results
The judges were really impressed with the quality of the projects this year and the work the kids put into them. Students awarded 1st or 2nd will go on to regional science competition in December at ASU. Students nominated for North Carolina Student Academy of Sciences will also go to regionals and will present their research in a paper and presentation format to a panel of judges with time for questions at the end, much like a thesis defense.Please congratulate these students when you see them! They have worked so hard!Students nominated for NCSAS competition:McKinley Robbins and Genevieve Powell: Chemistry of Gluten-Free FloursThomas Lehman: Physics of Steel Forging and Cooling ProcessesMicah Duvall: Bottled Water for Plants: Which pH causes more growth?Abbey Noble: How simulated acid rain affects plant growth and number of leavesSam Nixon: How different brands of sunscreen affect UV sensitive yeastIris Westerman and Hayleigh Nunes: Potential of Solar Energy Output for Hypothetical Solar Panels on Blowing Rock School RoofGrant Troyer and Collin Anderson: How salinity affects the freezing point of waterStudent Awards for Science Fair:Biology A1st Sam Nixon2nd Abbey Noble3rd Bella HoyleBiology B2nd Adam Perez and Jose Miguel Mejia IzaguirrePhysics:1st Iris Westerman and Hayleigh Nunes2nd Thomas LehmanMath:1st Micah DuvallChemistry:1st Collin Anderson and Grant Troyer2nd Doriannah Whitehead and Cloey Hadley3rd Addie ThompsonApplied Technology1st Katie Durham2nd Kayla Graham3rd Lillee MooreEnvironmental and Earth Science1st Charlie Burgess (and Sam Cooke at Parkway)2nd Wyatt Kohout and Ayden Knight3rd Andrew Hill
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6th Grade Service Project 17-18
6th Grade took their biannual trip to Casting Bread to volunteer. Students did work on the grounds, helped stock, produced uplifting cards, and generally helped staff there.
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Congrats Christian Hamilton 2017 BR Spelling Bee Champ
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7th and 1st Grade
7th and 1st Grade students work together to make flags to celebrate and learn about Constitution Day.
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Science Fair
Please congratulate Ava, Emily, and Brianna! They all did a wonderful job with their presentations on Friday, and the competition was stiff! Ava and Emily won 2nd in the chemistry competition for middle grades students.
I'm hoping these ladies, and others will choose to participate in NCSAS again next year! It's a wonderful competition and a great way for them to explore something they're curious about.
Shooting Stars
The following students made it into Shooting Stars 2017. Please congratulate them on this success.The Carolina Snowbells- dance- Ava Cutlip 6thWhat More Do I Need- vocal- Elise Bednar 8thCanon- piano- Wesley Markovich 3rdA Million Years Ago-vocal- Katie Thompson 8thPirates are Coming- violin-Henryk Kosmala 7thCan't Stop This Feeling- clogging- William Greene 3rd2017 Talent Show
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Kinder Service Project
Kindergarten's service project was collecting hats, gloves, and mittens to donate to the hospitality house. We read the book "The Mitten Tree" and created our own "mitten tree" in the classroom. As children brought in their donations, they hung them on our classroom tree. We hope these items will fill a need in our community.
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3-D Print Club Visit Local Business and App State's Solar Car
Blowing Rock's 3-D Middle Grades print club recently visited the Boone based business E.C.R.S. and also visited App State's Solar Car. Images below.
The BR 3-D program was made possible by the Economic Development Committee of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce. We are working in several ways to provide supplemental educational experiences that will promote learning in science, technology, and math, and encourage an entrepreneurial spirit.
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1st Graders Carol at Retirement Home
First grade traveled to Davant Extended Day Center Friday to sing Christmas carols and hand out homemade ornaments to the residents. A jolly time was had by all!
