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The sixth-grade students at Highland Elementary all completed their truss bridges with great results. There were several exceptional structures built including six that held more than 150 lbs and two holding over 200 lbs. Naomi Olson and Madison Halland’s bridge held 205 lbs. while Maddie Harbott and Jezebel Vega built a bridge that held 300.8
Polk County Public Health’s Sarah Reese and Kristin Fagerlund are teaching students at Highland Elementary and Cathedral school to be safe when near or crossing the road. Reese said a number of organizations created the four-part curriculum called Walk!Bike!Fun! “Walk, Bike Fun, was developed by the Minnesota Bicycle Association, along with MnDOT, the Minnesota Department
Highland School students have been working on their engineering skills this week and several records were broken. The bridge in the video below, designed by Maddie Harbott and Jezabel Vega, broke at 300.8 lbs, which shattered the old record of 155 pounds. [yotuwp type=”videos” id=”ontHgwfShfQ” ]
Highland Elementary Sixth Graders began testing their truss bridges Monday in the class. Mr. Halland’s class began testing their bridges on Monday. Mrs. Scholler’s and Mrs. Stegman’s classes will test their bridges on Wednesday and Friday. Sixth-graders have been learning about engineering and need to design their bridges to hold at least five pounds of
The Highland 5th & 6th-grade music classes put on their Band, Choir and Orchestra concert Thursday afternoon at Highland. They will have another concert tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Students from Crookston’s Highland Elementary, Our Savior’s and Cathedral schools attended safety day today. The students moved from station to station learning about different types of safety capped off with a demonstration of what happens in an accident if you don’t wear your seatbelt.
