Wellness speaker visits Silver Lake

Guest from Mary Lanning

Felicia Aguirre | Thursday, November 1, 2012

Health Guest Speaker Amanda Schroeder from Mary Lanning Hospital talked to the 9th grade students about wellness. What is wellness? It is a balance between career, social, financial, physical and community well being. Sixty-six percent of the population thrive in only one area of wellness. The only thing that can get . . . read more

"Egg Catchers"

October 19, 2012

Silver Lake students take a "crack" at not "cracking" their eggs. The Biology and Life Science students took part in an Egg Drop Lab this past week. The Egg Drop lab was where students had to invent a catcher, then place it . . . read more

Hissing Creatures from Madagascar invade Silver Lake

October 19, 2012

The science classes have been working with Madagascar hissing cockroaches. They can live from 2 to 5 years in the wild and are not pests. They do not bite or carry diseases so they become a great animal to have in the . . . read more

9th Graders learn about NORS

Kila Timm & Mrs. Mahoney | September 24, 2012

Nebraska Organ Recovery System speaker Andrea Eischen came from Omaha Tuesday morning to speak to the 9th grade Health class. NORS was established in 1977 as a non-profit organization. Currently 115,400 Americans and 500 . . . read more

Jr. High goes to the Zoo

Mrs. Mahoney | September 24, 2012

Silver Lake 7th and 8th grade students visited the zoo in Kansas City. On Thursday, September 20th, Mrs. Mahoney’s Jr. High Science classes visited the Lee Richardson Zoo in Kansas City by means of distance learning. The lesson presented . . . read more

Olympic Sized Experiments

Science Students Bring Home Their Own Gold

August 21, 2012

Last week Mrs. Mahoney's seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grade science classes brought home the gold as they studied the scientific method. Generating labs to tie into the Olympic games that concluded August 12th, students used . . . read more