The story begins in a dimly-lit room with nighttime sounds to create the atmosphere of being outside in a forest. A tent and mock campfire are in the room to enhance the experience. Eighth grade students searched for clues, and worked brain-puzzles in teams to solve...

Students in every grade are now participating in enrichment opportunities that they would not ordinarily have an opportunity to do during regular classes. Grisham has been fortunate to receive an innovation grant allowing the purchase of several STEM (science,...

Sixth graders have been studying energy sources this week. Groups of students collaborated on Google Slides to produce a mini knowledge bank of facts, pros and cons of various energy sources. Students provided feedback to each other using the comment feature and could...

What started as a blank little tree in the iStudio (Innovation Studio) has turned into a festive holiday tree. Students volunteered to create original 3D printed ornaments to adorn the tech tree. A nice incentive of 50 house points may have influenced some. This is...

The eighth grade students have finished reading a book "My Brother Sam is Dead" in their English Language Arts classes. It is a historical fiction story that takes place during the American Revolution. As the places in the book are real, students used Google My Maps...

Recently, Mr. Reynold's CTE classes were having boat races in gutters turned race lanes. Students used the design cycle to plan, create, test, and re-engineer their boats. The boats were 'hot cut' by the students from foam pieces in the shop area. Mr. Reynolds...