Introducing: Johnson STEAM Team

You supported the DonorsChoose. You celebrated when the project was fully funded. You followed the updates on Facebook and listened to me yak yak yak about this passion project (sorry about all the exclamation points….sort of). And now, finally, you get to see what it’s all about. Last Friday, Johnson’s brand new engineering and maker club, […]

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This Month in Photos: January 2016

January has been one wild month. Robots, dogs, mustaches… we’ve seen it all. I don’t think I can even begin to describe this one well enough… so I’ll let the pictures do all the talking! Hold on tight… It was a warm Fitz-welcome back from winter break with my new name all over the library […]

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Student Spotlight: Angel’s Short Story

Mrs. Garrison and the Red Sox by Angel There once was a Teacher named Mrs Garrison.She loved the Red Sox.She wanted to go to a  Red Sox game but she had to teach.She was sad and her students could see that.Her birthday was coming up and her students wanted to give her a special gift […]

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Luna the Therapy Dog visits Johnson

We had a special four-legged visitor on Thursday, and she had ALL of our tails wagging! Stacy Diaz, teacher at Walker Upper Elementary School, is the owner and handler of some very special dogs – and she shared one of these amazing pooches with us on Thursday morning in a special presentation. Luna and Ms. Diaz […]

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Coming Soon: Johnson STEAM Team!

Fourth grade parents, heads up! This afternoon, STEAM Team flyers will be coming home with your students. The first session will only be open to fourth graders, but the plan is to open the club to younger grades soon. Check out an electronic version of the flyer below for details. Return your completed flyer to […]

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NBC29 visits Johnson’s 2015 Hack-a-Thon

This morning, reporters from NBC29 stopped by the Learning Leopard Library to find out all about our Hack-a-Thon. They crashed a third grade Choose Your Own Adventure Code Party, where third graders get to choose their mission for the day – code your Minecraft characters to build houses? Program your own Flappy Bird game? Write your […]

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Student Book Review: Grace’s review of Matilda, by Roald Dahl

Matilda by Roald Dahl This is a book about a five-year-old girl, who has horrible parents. She learned to talk when she was one, learned to read when she was three, and she was fluent with multiplication by the time she was five. Her parents were not home much, and that’s when Matilda discovered the […]

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