November 16-20 is American Education Week! There are some fun dress-up days planned! The first list is for WLC, Jefferson, and the Middle School. The second list is for the High School.
All students and staff are invited to participate as we celebrate learning, schools, and all that makes them work. #NUEaglePride 🦅

Ms. Ali’s ECFE Tiny Trekkers class was a big hit this fall! These 2-5 year olds and their parents hiked a total of over 4 miles throughout our 6 week class. We learned about bird nests, bat houses, deer trails and beds, Goldenrod gall balls, logs, maps, and so much more. We watched the trees gradually change colors week after week. 🍂These Trekkers practiced team work, problem solving, executive functioning skills, social skills, fine and gross motor skills, and built up their hiking stamina to easily handle a one mile hike.

Mr. Bute's college psychology classes participated in a sensation and perception adaptation lab where they performed numerous tasks with limited or altered vision to see how their senses adapted to the new sensory input. 👁️ 👂 🖐

🇺🇸 Today, New Ulm Middle School came together to honor the brave men and women who have served our country.

A special thank you to our student speakers, Mattie W. for her beautiful performance of the National Anthem, the New Ulm Color Guard for presenting the colors, and Lieutenant E. Patrick Haley, U.S. Navy, NUMS school counselor and veteran, for sharing his perspective with our students.

We are proud of our students for helping make today's assembly meaningful and memorable.

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have served! 🇺🇸

Pictured: Back row (left to right): Niels R., Monte F., Weston K., Chase W., and Lieutenant E. Patrick Haley. Front row (left to right): Mattie W., Jacob H., Nolan H., Cooper B., Addisyn M., Penelope B., and Simone M.
Not pictured: Emma G.

Congratulations to Sawyer O. and Luke L. of the Husky House who each mastered 200 math iXL levels. Their prize? They were allowed to shave Mr. Johnson's head and beard into any design they wanted! Way to work hard, boys!

When it's 70 degrees in late October, we can take creativity to the woods. 5th graders explored a section of our school forest to create a scene with collected items. They had about 20 minutes to collect, and 15 to create. 🍂 🖼️

Students in the Personal Finance and Internship Experience classes participated in SouthPoint Budget City, a hands-on financial literacy simulation. Students received a career, income, credit score, and family financial responsibilities, which challenged them to make real-world decisions about housing, transportation, food, clothing, and other expenses while managing a monthly budget. This was a great opportunity for the students to make "real-life" financial decisions. 💵
Thanks to SouthPoint for partnering with us; the students enjoyed the experience!

8th grade Local STEM students dug into goldenrod galls from different locations to see which parasites were inside.The class ended with apple cider made from the apples they juiced earlier in the week. A little gross and a little sweet! 🪰 🍎

Last Friday the Middle School was a little spooky. Students and staff alike dressed up in their best costumes. 👻 🦇 🎃

The last session of the Middle School pickleball club was a wet one but the students didn't seem to mind one bit!

6th grade STEM brought big creativity to the "Not a Box" design challenge. They were given only one full class period to build. They evaluated each others designs with a matrix that included craftsmanship, sturdiness, appropriate materials (no tape!), and at least 3 new cardboard joining techniques that they had learned earlier.

🦌 Many different kinds of animals enjoyed using our middle school forest the last couple of months. There was even a banana in there during a homecoming dress up day. 😆

The 5th graders had so much fun at HistoryFest that we couldn't fit all the pictures into one post. Here's some more photos of the fun.

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🪴🌻 Third Grade STEM Students in Mrs. Kloeckl's class had the opportunity to harvest some sunflowers and apples from the Jefferson Garden. They picked the biggest sunflowers to harvest seeds for next fall. They were able to harvest four gallon buckets full of apples to taste test as well. The 🍏 apples won the taste test by far!

And look! We also found a toad, thanks to all the rain!

Things got a little SPOOKY in Mrs. Broderius’s 8th Grade Language Arts classroom!

Our 8th graders had a GLOWING good time bringing Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” to life with some Glow-in-the-Dark Annotating!

Who knew literary analysis could be so BRIGHT… and a little FRIGHTENING?!

💡⚡️ Third Grade STEM Students in Ms. Nelson's class brushed up on their Snap Circuit skills, reading plans from electrical engineers and then designing a circuit themselves. They loved learning about creating circuit designs and then building from their own drawings!

7th grade STEM students timed 5th graders as they put together their customized cube puzzles. Many isometric sketches and prototypes went into designing these; they practiced with their names along the way.

The HS Commercial Cooking class kicked off their Culinary Foundations Unit by practicing their knife skills! 🔪 They practiced by working with carrots and prepping items for salsa! 🍅