Hopewell – Beaver County Educational Trust

Jan82020 by webadminNo Comments

Viking Wellness WORX

Our project is focused on providing Opportunities/Exposure/Engagement of our teenagers here at Hopewell High School. We strongly feel that our students need of exposure to innovative methods to address overall health, wellness and nutrition. Implementing these initiatives will counter the effects of screen time and sedentary lifestyles of many of our teenagers. Our goal is to provide opportunities that will inspire and empower our teens to develop a healthy lifestyle that will jettison them into their future. According to Stephen Ritz, “it is easier to raise healthy children then to fix broken men”. Needs: We need to have our wellness facility open throughout all class periods encouraging student engagement during free time and study halls; We need to have our garden area open and accessible to all students, especially those…

May252017 by webadminNo Comments

Hopewell – Exploration Station @ the Library

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Mini-grant funds were used to create a student exploration station and resource center in the Hopewell High School library. Students now have centralized access to supplemental learning materials from the following categories: technology, learning games, and the arts. Students visit the Exploration Station during their study halls and lunch periods. While the materials are housed in portable storage containers that can be checked out for in-classroom use, most use occurs in-library by independent learners. Of the items purchased, students use the Sphero robots and Snap Circuits most often. Students who had never previously visited the library for its traditional resources are now frequent Exploration Station patrons.

May222017 by webadminNo Comments

Hopewell Mini-Grant Aeroponics Tower Garden

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Hopewell teacher, Michele Grandovic, was able to give her students firsthand experience in growing their own produce. Over the last few weeks the students built and maintained an aeroponics garden tower in the classroom. "Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics). The word "aeroponic" is derived from the Greek meanings of aer (ἀήρ, "air") and ponos (πόνος, "labour"). Aeroponic culture differs from both conventional hydroponics, aquaponics, and in-vitro (plant tissue culture) growing. Unlike hydroponics, which uses a liquid nutrient solution as a growing medium and essential minerals to sustain plant growth; or aquaponics which uses water and fish waste, aeroponics is conducted without a growing medium. It is sometimes considered a type of…