The Kindness Guy

Michael Chase told us about his life changing experience with a turtle. But he said a lot more than that. What did Michael say or do that really got your attention?

We're 1-to1!!

Mahoney is now a "1-to-1" technology school. Every student and teacher has a modern personal computing device to use for teaching and learning each day. 7th and 8th graders have had MLTI laptops for the past 9 years. And this fall, 6th graders joined the 1-to-1 group. The 3-Teacher Team students have Macbooks during the day, while the 2-Teacher Team students have iPads. Teachers now know that every student can always get to online learning sites and resources for research as well as creative learning tools for making products to demonstrate and reinforce learning.

So students, what's your favorite program, website or app for learning? Leave your comment below. (All comments are moderated for content.)

Mahoney Radio Returns!

Mahoney's podcasting team of Gabby and Brianna bring you something about what's going on. Click on the Mahoney Radio link at the top of this page to hear the latest.

Make a video about your laptop and you could win $200!

NEWS for STUDENTS: Make a video about your laptop and you could win $200!! Details are here on the Maine International Center for Digital Learning website. See Mr. Koelker for more information.

TTT - Thoroughly Thrilling Thursday

The Student Council cooked up a fun half day of community building and positive competition.

Mahoney Radio - Grade 6

What's going on around grade 6 at Mahoney?

Well one thing is a new podcast called WMAH Mahoney Radio. Gabby and Brianna will tell you about an event or two each week. Listen here then click on Comment to leave them a note.
June 10, 2011 - The Last Broadcast for the Year!

May 26, 2011 - The End of May

May 17, 2011 - Social Studies

May 10, 2011 - An Interview

May 6, 2011 - Tornadoes and More

April 13, 2011 - Job Week Interviews

April 4, 2011 - Math and Job Day

March 28, 2011 - China, Earth Hour, and Japan



March 16, 2011 - The Big Melt

Mahoney Students Featured in State Calendar

The 2011 Maine Recycles calendar will include two Mahoney student entries for monthly featured artwork. Caleb Cram and Caitlin Gaven we selected as winners from among hundreds of state submissions. Their original artwork illustrating the recycling theme will appear in this year's calendar.

Here is Caleb holding the certificate from Acting Director of the State Planning Office, Tim Glidden.

Congratulations to both Caleb and Caitlin!!

8th Grade Boys vs Staff Infections!

In front of a crowd of lots, the Mahoney 8th Grade Boys basketball team took on the talented teachers to raise money for the grade 8 trip to Point Sebago in June. It was a great game with the Staff Infections prevailing by a narrow margin. More importantly, over $100 was raised for the trip and everyone had a lot of fun.

Were you there? What was the best part of the game?

Movie Making Contest - Win an iPod Nano?

Mahoney Movie Makers: Here's a contest for you!
The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative), the people who bring us our MacBook laptops, invites everyone to make a short movie on a Challenge Topic. The winning high school and middle school teams win iPod Nanos for each team member (up to four students per team)and $500 for their school to start making their idea work.

Here's the latest Challenge
"Reading. What should happen in your school (or is already happening in your school and should be shared across the state) to make sure all members of your school community are active and effective readers? What would it take so that everyone, when asked, "Are you a reader?" would say, "Of course I am..."

Create a movie of less than two minutes addressing the Challenge, submit it, and see if you are a winner.

Mahoney has some AWESOME movie makers! Get your friends together, borrow a Flip from the library, and get into iMovie. Mr. Koelker will help you with all the details.
Deadline is February 19!!

The Challenge: WatchMERead
Rules and Rewards

Poems for Martin Luther King Jr.

Mrs. Thornfeldt's social studies class composed poems in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are some of the best in video form.

Christmas Cards

The Carter/Rioux team used part of the last day before vacation to make some terrific Christmas cards to share at the South Portland Nursing Home. Here are some photos of them at work.

Mrs. Kill's Games Project

Movies Anyone?

Have you got an idea for a movie involving Mahoney? Make it, email me, and let's have some buzz about it....

koelkest@spsd.org

Mr. Koelker

Funky Friday

Spirit Week ends with Funky Friday. No voting on the "funkiest" but everybody had some fun.

Grade 8 Goodwill Project

Videos, Powerpoints, Reflections - See what the 8th grade has to say about Goodwill on the Goodwill Project Blog.

Click the link above to find out what the Evil Ninja does to Poor Stanley and how Goodwill saves the day.

6th Grade Girls' Book Group

We Skyped with Kathleen Benner Duble, author of The Sacrifice. She's awesome!

Skyping with Kathleen Benner Duble on PhotoPeach

Portland Museum of Art

Portland Museum of Art - Mahoney Visit on PhotoPeach

Young Author's Night

Mahoney authors read their work at Young Author's Night in the library.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Clean the Creek - Friday April 2

We're cleaning Mill Creek/Trout Brook Friday, April 2 starting at 2:30 p.m. and we can use your help. Everyone who can spare a few minutes after school on Friday is welcome to help pick up trash along the creek to make it a cleaner and more beautiful part of our town. See Mr. Carter for more information.

What Does Art Communicate to You?

Edited version of the Grade 6 activities on how art can communicate.