Carver Science Fair

Philadelphia Region Grades 7-12 Carver Science Fair Award Winners from McCall:

Sandy Li– Multitasking: Beneficial or Not? – Honorable Mention in Behavior and Social Science
Isabella Ortiz– How Racial Bias Changes with Age – Honorable Mention in Behavior and Social Science
Nina Gao – Power Jello – Honorable Mention in Biochemistry
Jayson Wang – Effects of Temperature on Reaction time – Honorable Mention in Chemistry
Yinglin Huang – Newsflash: Some Materials Can Block a WiFi Signal! – Honorable Mention in Computer Science
Sikai Zheng – Produce-ing Enegy – Honorable Mention in Environmental Science
Jason Liu – Tessellating Spidrons: The Art of Symmetry – Third Place in Mathematics
Stephen Piner – Ready…Aim…Fire! The Fungus Army – Pilobolus – Third Place in Microbiology
Tristan Travis – Silver Nanoparticles vs Germs – The Battle for survival – Second Place in Microbiology
Joe Ni – Static Electricity, High or Low? – Third Place in Physics

McCall Science Fair

Congratulations to all the students that participated in the McCall Science Fair!

Here are the projects arranged within the 13 categories with links to a folder with each of the boards.

Award winners per category were:

Behavior/Social Science –

Honorable Mention: Phoebe You – Memorization, Which Physical Activity Helps the Most?
Third Place: Yuxin Chen – Can You Trust Your Eye?
Second Place: Remy Milroy – Eyewitness Testimony. Trustworthy or Not?
First Place: Isabella Ortiz – Racial Bias – Young vs. Old
Biochemistry
Honorable Mention: Tamiah Daprile– Leave Your Chemical Out of This!
Third Place: Fanny Zheng – Butter Formation
Second Place: Tiffany Mei – Which Particle Size Reacts the Fastest?
First Place: Nina Gao – Power Jello
Botany
Honorable Mention: Sherly Wang – The Effect of Caffeine on Plant Growth
Third Place: Brian Wang – Growth of a Potato
Second Place: Kiara Randall – Aquaponics Systems vs Using Soil
First Place: Ella Travis – Have a Blast with Nitrogen  and Your Plants
Chemistry
Honorable Mention: Andy Wang – Use Baking Soda and Vinegar to Build a Rocket
Third Place: Benny Liu – Acid and Base Indicators
Second Place: Xiangyi Li – Candy Chromatography
First Place: Jayson Wang – The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Time
Computer Science
Honorable Mention: Joseph Zammuto – Will it Hit
Third Place: Makel Finch – Sweating the Score
Second Place: Ishtar El – Do People Prefer Virtual Reality Headsets over 2D Pictures?
First Place: Yingling Huang – Newsflash: What Materials Can Block a WiFi Signal?
Earth & Space Science
Honorable Mention: Noor Shabazz – The Moon, Phases, and Tides
Third Place: Ofry Sakal– X-ray Vision Seeing Into Space
Second Place: Tina Yang – Crystal Candy Mystery
First Place: Andre Charpentier – Does Altitude Affect Background Radiation?
Engineering
Honorable Mention: Michelle Zeng – Does Spagetti Withhold Pennies
Third Place: Louis Dong – Building a MouseTrap Car to Show Kinetic Energy
Second Place: Kevin Lin – Capable Bridge
First Place: Sunny Liu – Eggs Easy to Crack – Think Again
Environmental Science
Honorable Mention: Matthew Becker – Are Organic Cleaning Supplies as Effective as Chemical Cleaning Products?
Third Place: Ada Mac – Colored SODIS
Second Place: Sikai Zheng – Produce-ing Energy Veggie vs. Fruit Power
First Place: Emily Maiorano – How Does the pH level of Soil and Water Vary When Fertilizer is Added?
Mathematics
First Place: Jason Liu – Tiling with Spidrons
Medicine/Health
Honorable Mention: Cheyenne Massey – Is Exercising Affecting My Blood Sugars?
Third Place: Jessie Wang – How to Stop too Much Blood From Flowing
Second Place: Qing Wu – Peripheral Vision and Age Difference.
First Place: Joyce Chen – Can Your Body Temperature Tell the Time of Day? Find Out with Human Circadian Cycles.
Microbiology
Honorable Mention: Michael Mei – Experiment: Different Conditions to Ferment Under
Third Place: Tristan Travis – More than Jewelry,  Silver Nanoparticles vs E. coli
Second Place: Grace Ho – Yeast Metabolism with Various Starches
First Place: Stephen Piner – Ready Aim Fire, The Fungus Army Pilobolus
Physics
Honorable Mention: Kyle Leong – Sipping Sound Waves
Third Place: Sandy Zhu – Guitar Physics Temperature?
Second Place: Rianne Delo-Reyes – Racing Marbles to Discover a Liquid’s Viscosity
First Place: Joe Ni – Generated Electricity, High or Low?
Zoology
Honorable Mention: Abigail Jameson– Which Toy Is Top Dog?
Third Place: Lily Kleschick – What’s Going on in that Cute Dog’s Mind?
Second Place: Audrey Wu – Which One is Better Fish, Chicken, Beef?
First Place: Joanna Huang – Dog Toys: Favorite or Flop ?
Consumer Science
Second Place: Khala Hardy– From Sauce to Solids
First Place: Aidan VanRoyen – Consumer Science Battle: Braille vs. ELIA

Women’s Career Day – Note from Ms Bottaro & Ms Greenberg

We would like to thank all the volunteers who came March 17th and shared their career experience with our 4th through 7th graders. Thank you to all the teachers who welcomed them into their classrooms and to all the students who participated in the Planning and Fundraising as well as serving as Greeters, Escorts, Morning refreshment and Luncheon hosts and hostesses. Thank you to Ms. Craven for the beautiful table decorations, thank you notes, and signage. Thank you to Ms. Poulos and Ms. Rickards for helping to arrange the food. Thank you to Ms. Phillips for the use of the Library.

After reading the reflections of our students, and listening to the responses of our volunteers, we can see that all of our effort has been appreciated. For that, we are grateful.

See you again next year!
Joanna Bottaro and Leslie Greenberg

Tango Karaoke Night

Thanks to those who came to support our Tango Karaoke Night last week! A fun time was had by all!

Thanks to Alice Chin for organizing the event, especially the raffle!

Community News – District-wide Family Workshop

The next District-wide Family workshop is called “Standardized Test: ‘What Parents NEED to know about School Assessment’” and will take place on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at The District’s Education Center at 440 N. Broad Street.They will host a morning session that will at 10:00 AM and an evening session at 5:00 PM. Children are welcome to attend and a light meal will be served.

In this upcoming workshop, The Office of Curriculum and Assessment will provide resources that will assist families with understanding the purpose of standardize tests, overview of PA Core Standards, testing accommodations and modifications, opt-out testing procedures, and resources and test-taking tips to help prepare your child for success on the test.

We will also be raffling a movie gift cards and other prizes during the workshop.

If you have any questions and/or need to register, please visit www.philasd.org/workshops  or call 215-400-4180, option 5.

This week’s highlights

The most important news and events for the week of March 20-26, 2017:

Caviar Restaurant Delivery – Promotion

The Caviar restaurant delivery promotion is ongoing! Order from any participating restaurants and 10% of your order is donated to McCall!

Orders MUST be placed through our McCall-specific link (NOT through the Caviar mobile app or Caviar homepage) for the school to receive the donation credit.

McCall’s link is http://mccallschool.withcaviar.com/

Through March 26th, get FREE DELIVERY on orders over $30, by using code: PARTYON.