Robotics Club Practice

St. James Robotics Club meets three times a week as we prepare for our competition with The First Lego League.  

 Tamia and Mia are working on the display board.  They are researching Hydroponics and waste water use.
 The display board will be used for our project demonstration at the competition.  We plan on including a diorama of hydroponics.

Students work on the robot.  Robbie is reading the rules to modify the robot with Paul and Michael.  The robot is programmed using an ipad.  The students program the robot to perform specific tasks to compete in the competition.

Josh Yap and Josh Hebbe are writing the script from our research.  Our students attended class trips and had engineers visit to discuss our project.  Students read books, watched videos and used web resources to learn.  The members brainstormed the topic and each picked an area to research.

Our Robot!

Robotics Club EcoComplex Tour

The SJS Robotics team toured the Rutgers University EcoComplex to learn about their hydroponic greenhouse and their clean energy projects. Our robotics team competes in three different divisions, one requires the students to propose a solution to a real-life problem. This year the students have decided to focus their project on the waste water that comes from hydroponic greenhouses.

Robotics students interviewing the greenhouse director, David Specca. While the students are researching their project topic, they are required to interview a professional who works in the field.

The students were able to see hydroponics in action and get an idea of some of the challenges that these farmers face. Mr. Specca has worked on a range of development projects with local companies and Rutgers professors. He was able to answer the students' questions and give them new ideas to think about. The tour made their research topic come alive in a way that reading books or seeing pictures on the internet could never match.

Strategy Club

We had a very successful first meeting for our Strategy Club!  The purpose of our club is to further develop students' skills in strategical thinking.  The students play games such as chess, Stratego, Mancala, and Risk to hone their critical thinking skills.

Until Next Time,
Mrs. Rivera

Student Council

Student Council Ice Cream Sale

"I scream you scream everyone loves ice cream"

Student Council sponsored an ice cream sale for the student body.

Student Council

Student Council Induction Ceremony

The Student Council for the 2017-2018 school year was installed on September 27, 2017.  The students received their student council pins and took an oath to be responsible leaders in our school and community.

K-2 Craft Club

K - 2 Craft Club had a "ghoulishly" good time creating MoNsTeRs