Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO)

Join the Burns Park Team!!!

• Burns Park Students in Grades 2 through 5 can participate in Science Olympiad.
• The Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO) is Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Skyline High School.
• Burns Park Team practices begin the week of Feb. 2, 2009 and end with WESO, May 16th. The Burns Park Science Olympiad is March 23-29 at practices.
• Students may be part of the Burns Park Team and practice for any events even if they do not wish to compete in WESO.
• Students may practice for as many different events as they like!
• Sign up to participate by Friday, January 30th.

The Special Interest Fair is an annual event held in the spring in which students of all grades have the opportunity to create projects on topics of their choice and display their work for other students and families to view. Topics are wide-ranging, dependent on student interest and experience, and have included the following in recent years: Tornadoes, Geysers, Biography of Duke Basketball’s Coach K, Great Apes, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Mexico, Works of Shakespeare, Volcanic Eruptions, Balloons, Ballet, Plant Growth Experiments, Dolphins, Dinosaurs, and many more.

Mark your calendars! The Special Interest Fair is Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Registration form attached below.

For those of you not familiar with the fair, it is similar to a science fair, but almost anything goes. The purpose of the fair is to encourage students to pursue a topic of their interest and provide a showcase for their efforts. This year, we are encouraging students to make projects that relate to our multicultural focus on Treasures and Wonders of the Arab World (Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria).

To help our students get started with research on Africa for the Special Interest Fair, we’ve developed a list of books and other resources in conjunction with the PTO’s Multicultural Committee. These books are available from the Burns Park school library (media center), and the call numbers are listed at the left of each item. Check it out!

Walk & Talk is a special Burns Park activity developed to complement our annual Burns Park Run. Interested students in grades 1-5 have the opportunity, three days a week during the fall and spring, to walk or run around the school’s adjacent field for fun and physical activity. Parent volunteers supervise students and keep track of miles walked/ran. Volunteers are needed weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, during lunch recess (11:48 am – 1:20 pm) from late September to early November and again during March and April.