Learning Fair 2015

December 16th, 2015 was the ETA's 7th annual Blackstone Canal Learning Fair. It was a resounding success. The evening opened with three students, Daria Soto, Kyle Monfredo, and Nicole Canizares. They spoke about the project, highlighting the process, stressing the importance of organization, and what the field trips added to the experience. All three students did a great job presenting.

The student speakers

Mr.Garcia opening the night

Mr. Garcia explained the process for documenting the dialogue between participants and guests, with raffle cards. Students and guests autographed each others raffle cards after each interaction, and once a card was filled they entered their card into the raffle box and they could get another one.

Parents and teachers looking around

A view of the canal

Parents and guests then had an opportunity to view the work from all students. The students' models were arranged in the center of the room as a recreation of a possible future for the canal district. Teachers, administrators and other school staff mingled with parents, learning about the engineering process, and the once and future canal. At the end of the learning fair, a student raffle card and a guest raffle card were drawn by a brave volunteer to award a gift certificate to Barnes and Nobles.

The brave volunteer

Students reported the next morning that the night went better than they could've expected and they were eager to receive their extra credit.

The freshmen ETA teachers, who worked just hard as the students.
A big thank you to them!