The Free the Children club at Baden Academy is celebrating the We are Love campaign. We Are Love is a kindness campaign for making sure everyone feels the love on Valentine’s Day, no matter who they’re with or how they look. Our Free the Children Club got together to handwrite […]
STEM Video Game Challenge Club as part of Research Fellows Project of Eli and James Every 1st and 3rd Thursday 2:45-4:00 beginning Feb 18! Open to 4th-6th grade Limited to 18 participants- sign up now! Have you ever wanted to make a fun video game? Well in the STEM Video […]
Congratulations to everyone who competed in this year’s Science Fair! The judges commented how hard it was to choose, but some winners emerged! Special Awards: Best Presentation: Grade 4: Aleenia Reich Best Presentation: Grade 5: Ava Valent Best Presentation: Grade 6: Miriam Whitacre Most Creative Board Design: Jayleigh Mangus Most […]
UPDATE: Jan 23 Team Wins Two Awards! Research Fellows Tim B and Tim S. have done a terrific job leading their team to compete this Saturday with hundreds of other middle school students from around the region in the Future City Competition. Future City starts with a question—how can we […]
Penguins, Bold Goals, and Meaningful Projects 6th grade Gavin, working on his third book about penguins, met last month with his mentor Katy Wozniak and several King Penguins at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Katy is the lead aquarist and penguin keeper. Gavin started writing about penguins in 3rd grade. His first […]
Woot! Hour of Code is coming December 7 for the whole week at Baden Academy. Every classroom is coming to visit the media lab for one period of computer coding. Come join the fun and help! We are fortunate at our school. Kids have some great chances to go deeper […]
Free the Children Rafiki Bracelet Sale It’s not too late to get your very own Rafiki bracelet! Help the members of the Free the Children Club raise money for education in Kenya by purchasing one for you or a friend! (Rafiki means friend in Swahili!) Complete and send in the […]
After months of work, the K2k Kids Activity Center Fellows Project has successfully submitted their application for the Verizon Mobile App Challenge. Weeks in the lab were spent preparing the essays, the scripts and screen shots for the video, filming and editing. On behalf of Kamryn and Will, let me […]
Our 6th-grade team has begun to meet and prepare for the January 23 Future City Competition. Do you know an engineer who can help us prepare? The theme this year is Waste Not, Want Not and the kids are challenged to design a city 100 years in the future with […]