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Raymond students show hands-on science projects; district reports therapy-dog visits and enrollment uptick
Summary
At the Feb. 17 meeting, middle-school teacher Miss Melek presented student projects on solar-system scaling, erosion models and electromagnets; administrators reported therapy-dog visits, a small enrollment increase to 395 total students, and upcoming referendum Q&A sessions.
Middle school students at Raymond #14 presented hands-on science projects during the board’s monthly school showcase on Feb. 17, demonstrating scaled solar-system models, erosion-control experiments, candy layers to illustrate rock types, pine-cone moisture response and electromagnets.
Teacher Miss Melek introduced the projects and students described methods and findings in their own words: "we tried to make a live scale of the solar systems ... so you can actually see it on Earth," a student said, while others explained erosion models using rocks and popsicle sticks and electromagnet coil experiments.
Administrators also reported a modest enrollment increase: 310 resident students and 85 nonresident students for a total of 395. The district described using those counts to build its budget forecast.
Student-activities highlights included a kindness week, a financial-literacy project with Community State Bank volunteers and plans for therapy-dog visits twice a week from a certified, insured organization; administrators emphasized the dogs are certified and insured and that parents should not bring pets to school without coordination.
The district also publicized referendum Q&A sessions and other community-engagement events planned in March ahead of the April 1 referendum.
