First Hawkins Award Winner

On Oct. 2, former Lindbergh Board member and 46-year Kiwanis member Ted Hawkins passed away.  In addition to his service to the Lindbergh School District, he spent his career helping others as executive director of the YMCA and was a good friend to Builders Club and enjoyed working with them on service projects.

Truman/Sperreng Builders Club wanted to honor his memory by creating the "Hawkins Award".  Each quarter, at both Truman and Sperreng, teachers and staff will  nominate students who have gone out of their way to help someone else, either a fellow student or adult in the building.  Truman's first recipient to the Hawkins Award goes to Abby Juedemann.   

 Congratulations Abby!

Kids Vote

On November 4th Truman students participated in Kids Vote.  Each social studies class came to the library to vote for the items that were on our local ballot.  Students learned the importance of being knowledgable on what is on the ballot so they can make  an educated choice.

8th Grade Bridge Project in Industrial Technology

Students in Mr. Walker’s 8^th grade technology education classes recently completed their bridge projects. This unit was designed to introduce students to the field of engineering and design.  While working in groups, the students were required to build the strongest bridge they could using only paper and tape. The students’ skills were really put to test as they were also working under time and budget constraints. After the testing was complete the winner in first hour was John Courson. His bridge held 13 pounds.   In 6^th hour there was a tie. The winners were Josh Karberg, Tim Borawski and Breaunna Tuter their bridges held 15 pounds.  All the teams did a great job. Could any future engineers come out of these classes? Only time will tell.        

                                     

Spanish Class~Day of the Dead

En la clase de español, los estudiantes del octavo grado celebraron el Día de los Muertos, un día festivo muy importante en el país de México y otros países hispanohablantes normalmente celebrado el dos de noviembre.  Ellos vieron videos cortos para aprender más del significado del día festivo.  También, dibujaron máscaras de calaveras (un símbolo muy importante del Día de los Muertos) mientras gozaban de pan de muerto (pan tradicional sirvado durante el día festivo) y Jarritos (un refresco mexicano).  Por favor, ¡pregunten a los estudiantes de español qué aprendieron durante esta celebración divertida!

Srta. Reimann

In Spanish class, 8th grade students celebrated Day of the Dead,  an important holiday in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries normally celebrated on November 2nd.  They watched short videos to learn more about the significance of the holiday.  Also, they drew skull masks (an important symbol of Day of the Dead) while they enjoyed pan de muerto (bread of the dead: traditional bread served during the holiday) and Jarritos (a Mexican soda).  Please, ask the Spanish students what they learned during this fun celebration!

Ms. Reimann

Café Day in World Cultures