Happenings
MCAA SPSU Video Gaming Collaboration, April 29 11Alive Weather Visits MCAA, April 25  MCAA March of Dimes Fund Drive, April 22  MCAA KSU Sustainable Keyhole Garden, April 21   PhotosMCAA Celebrates Math Fluency, April 17  MCAA Joins Governor Georgia STEM Day Proclamation, April 10  MCAA Tests Adaptive Devices, April 1  MCAA Guest Speaker - Holocaust Survivor, March 18  PhotosMCAA-SPSU Game Design Partnership, Feb. 28  PhotosMCAA Fundraiser Aids Social Work Fund, Feb. 11  MCAA Students Learn Study Skills, Feb. 27  Photos |
MCAA Celebrates National Engineering Week, Feb. 25 MCAA Sun & Rain, Feb. 11  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) fourth grade science teachers, Susie Throop and Brandon Chason, recently dressed as the sun and rain to teach students about the water cycle. MCAA Virtual Artist Visit, Jan. 31  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) fifth graders experienced technology integration recently during a virtual visit with artist Julianne Chadwick via FaceTime. Chadwick’s pottery pieces tell part of her life story and were the inspiration for the students’ family tree MCAA Celebrates Day 100, Jan. 22  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) teachers and staff recently celebrated the 100th day of school by wearing costumes to look like they were one hundred years old. Other activities included a special breakfast for students that have been present all 100 days, student drawing self-portraits of what they’d look like at 100 years of age, and a student fashion show featuring shirts with 100 things on them. MCAA Spelling Bee Winners, Jan. 18  Congratulations to Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) Spelling Bee winners! Akshat placed first and Aayush placed second. Akshat won the MCAA Spelling Bee last year and in 3rd grade he won the 3rd grade Bee. His winning word this year was “hibiscus.” MCAA Jazz Age Celebration, Dec. 21  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) fifth graders recently enjoyed “A Jazzy Good Time”. The students engaged in a variety of activities exploring poetry, art, food, and games of the era. They also learned the dance steps to The Charleston and participated in a grade-level dance and dance-off competition. PhotosMCAA Explorers, Dec. 18  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) fourth graders participated in Winter in the Colonies as the culminating activity to their Explorers unit of study. The students spent the day experiencing the life of a typical child living in colonial times by making homemade applesauce and butter, playing traditional colonial games, making tin art, weaving and using a feather pen for calligraphy writing. MCAA Mentors Sparkle & Skate, Dec. 18  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) staff mentors and students recently visited Sparkles Skating Rink. Staff members enjoyed an evening skating, playing laser tag and having dinner with their students. MCAA Heart Art Project, Nov. 30  The EnviroDesign Club at Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) is one of five finalists in the LaLa Love Global Community Service Project. Children from around the world have created HeartArt to help raise money for ten children in Kenya to have life saving heart surgery. MCAA students used plastic bottle tops to create beautiful hearts. Sharing their hearts to heal hearts, the members of the EnviroDesign club hope you are moved by their artwork and will donate to help save the lives of children in Kenya. MCAA Hosts Annual Family Engineering Night, Nov. 12  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics families recently visited the school for the second annual Family Engineering Night. Third grade families designed and tested cotton ball launchers, fourth grade families built slow rollercoasters and fifth grade families constructed working hot chocolate machines. Homeroom classes competed for the coveted engineering trophy. Community partners from Tech Matters, Kennesaw State University and the American Society of Civil Engineers were on hand for judging. |
Singapore Chinese Girls School Visits MCAA, Oct. 24 A five member team from the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School recently visited Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) to learn about technology integration at MCAA and the innovative teaching practices in STEM education. The two schools plan on future student collaborations. MCAA Make A Difference Day, Oct. 24  Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation employees recently volunteered to paint one of the science lab classrooms at Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA). As a valued Partner in Education, Lockheed Martin is refurbishing a lab at MCAA that will be dedicated and named in their honor. PhotosMCAA Make A Difference Day, Oct. 24 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation employees recently volunteered to paint one of the science lab classrooms at Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA). As a valued Partner in Education, Lockheed Martin is refurbishing a lab at MCAA that will be dedicated and named in their honor. PhotosMCAA Selected Stop - 2012 Georgia Partnership 20th Annual Statewide Bus Trip, Oct. 29  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) is one of ten schools statewide selected for the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (GPEE) 2012 annual Bus Trip Across Georgia.The GPEE bus recently made a stop at MCAA to recognize the school’s use of technology to enhance learning, increase access, and to create opportunities to build the professional development of students and teachers alike. The 2012 Bus Trip theme is "Georgia's Public Schools: Using Technology, Creating Pathways for Student Success." More» PhotosMCAA Honors Public Safety Heroes, Oct. 1 – 7   Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) students recently celebrated Public Safety Week by presenting hand-made thank you cards and a banner to the Marietta Police Department and Marietta Fire Department Station 52. MCAA Skype Virtual Visit SPSU, Sept. 27  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) 3rd and 4th graders recently Skyped with Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) architecture student Felicia Blake and Professor Adeel Khalid of the Aerodynamic Lab. Students took a virtual tour of engineering labs, learned about 3D printing, and viewed a section of a Space Shuttle heat shield. Dr. Hussein Abaza, SPSU Department of Construction Management was on site at MCAA to facilitate the visit and field student questions. MCAA Junior Achievement Day, Sept. 21  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics recently hosted Junior Achievement (JA) Day. Representatives from UPS visited the school and talked to students about entrepreneurship and work-readiness for the global marketplace of the future. On their next visit, UPS representatives will work with MCAA 4th graders in the Packaging Engineering class. MCAA Ice Cream Chemical Reactions, Aug. 14  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) students recently explored chemical reactions while making homemade ice cream. Susie Throop’s class participated in an IBM learning module to support a grant funding initiative for the school’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs. MCAA Welcomes Students Back to School, Aug. 9  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) students received a warm welcome from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation volunteers and school staff on the first day of school. Volunteers greeted students, helped serve breakfast and assisted students with locating their classrooms. MCAA 2012 Summer Community Mural Project  Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA) Partners in Education, Doggie Bag Studios and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation, recently collaborated on a mural project that now graces the hallways at the school. Photos |
