whitfield school | Congratulations to Lai Jeon Williams! The junior was the second place winner in the 2022 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Youth of the Year competition, receiving a $3,500 scholarship. Lai Jeon and three other finalists were honored Oct. 26 at the nonprofit’s Great Futures Gala. She was recognized for her dedication and service to the Mathews-Dickey Boys & Girls Club and her academic achievement at Whitfield.
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For Hispanic Heritage month, students learned about the ingredients and spices used in Latin cooking by making salsa. At the end of the unit, students held a party, bringing in various ingredients and preparing different types of salsa. A panel of judges, including superintendent Dr. David Ulrich, judged the five salsa varieties prepared. The class also presented a mural they created with the saying “Todo el mundo sonrie en el mismo idioma,” which translates to “Everybody smiles in the same language.”
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Fourth-grader Nevaan Singh received the Global Award 2022 from Climato Reformers, a nonprofit dedicated to educating people about the effects of climate change. The award recognizes students between the ages of 5 and 15 who help raise climate change awareness. Nevaan was honored for creating educational videos on the subject that were shared on social media and YouTube.
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Students in the lower school got into the autumn spirit with pumpkins. The cross-curricular activities included reading activities, pumpkin carving and investigations into how many seeds pumpkins of varying sizes have inside. Pumpkin Week wrapped up with a science demonstration, where teachers demonstrated the force needed to pop a pumpkin with rubber bands, used a chemical reaction to create a jack-o-lantern face and made a pumpkin erupt with “elephant toothpaste” (a mix of hydrogen peroxide and dish soap).
