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Thurmont Middle School Girls — Words for Thirds
Anything Is Possible
The National Grange, founded in 1867, is a nonprofit,
Theresa Dardanell nonpartisan fraternal organization that advocates for rural America
and agriculture. The Grange is part of more than 2,100 hometowns across the
Girls Photo by Theresa Dardanell United States. The Thurmont Grange serves our Catoctin region. One of the
programs administered annually by the Grange is Words for Thirds, where
can be every third-grade student in the local area is given a dictionary to keep.
anything
they want
to be...even Thurmont Elementary School
a rocket Pictured from left
scientist. Photos by Deb Spalding are: (first row)
That was Pictured from Shalini Weitzel,
the theme Taylor Funkhouser,
of the left are: William Keagan Savage,
“Girls Patrick Neal, Izzy Mason Brown,
Only” Cooper Wiles,
STEM Coles, Brayden Keira Shew, Brynn
Day at Whetzel, Kameren Lee; (back row)
the United Principal Christina
States Appel; (second McKeever, Grange
Naval row) Sidney members, Sidney
Academy Moser, Rodman
on Pictured are Andrea Leach, Ana Morlier, Ava Morlier, and Sophia DeGennaro. Moser, Rodman Myers, Sharon
Myers, Principal Lewis; and Brittani
Saturday, Kate Krietz, Mrs. Rogers (Third Grade
October 15, 2016. Four middle Mortensen (Third teacher).
school girls from Thurmont with elements and compounds and Grade Teacher),
Sabillasville Elementary School
Jane Savage,
Middle School attended the free how they react to one another. In the Sharon Brown, and
mindstorm station, they programmed
all-day event, where they attended a “rover” to go through a maze. In Rob McAfee.
workshops in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and the physics lab, they learned more
about light waves, using hydrogen
Mathematics). They also had the lamps and prisms.
opportunity to work with female
midshipmen and faculty who have They all agreed that the afternoon
building challenge was the most fun.
jobs in fields traditionally held by The purpose was to create something
men. Candace Desonier, Advanced
Academic Specialist at Thurmont to replicate the Mars Rover. Without
the aid of computer programming,
Middle School, said that this they had to use their ingenuity—
opportunity encourages girls to enter along with everyday items—to build
careers in STEM. a car holding a cup of sand and get
On October 17, 2016, I met
with students Andrea (Andie) Leach it to move twelve inches with only
one human action, or to create a
(seventh grade), Ava and Ana Morlier contraption that would lift a cup of Lewistown Elementary School
(sixth grade), and Sophia DeGennaro sand three inches off the table. Third-grade
(eighth grade), along with Candace The girls have already started students of Ms.
Desonier, at Thurmont Middle Graybill, Ms.
to think about their future. Sophia Dudley, and
School. The students were excited to is looking forward to a career Ms. Williams,
share their experiences with me. The as a microbiologist. Andie finds graciously
girls spent the morning of STEM Day engineering fascinating and wants to accept
rotating through several stations. learn more. Although Ava and Ana dictionaries
“What about water” station gave presented
them the opportunity to do some are only in sixth grade, they already by Cheryl
have an interest in the STEM fields Lenhart,
problem-solving involving surface and plan to learn more about the member of
tension. The chemistry station dealt Thurmont
possibilities. Grange.
Emmitsburg Elementary School
Pictured from left
are: (back row)
Bob Wiles, Allen
Breuer, Carolyn
Wiles, Paulette
Mathias; (front
row) Harley
Fitzpatrick, Alice
Flohr, Caden Cash,
and Brody Mathias.
Thurmont Middle School Girls — Words for Thirds
Anything Is Possible
The National Grange, founded in 1867, is a nonprofit,
Theresa Dardanell nonpartisan fraternal organization that advocates for rural America
and agriculture. The Grange is part of more than 2,100 hometowns across the
Girls Photo by Theresa Dardanell United States. The Thurmont Grange serves our Catoctin region. One of the
programs administered annually by the Grange is Words for Thirds, where
can be every third-grade student in the local area is given a dictionary to keep.
anything
they want
to be...even Thurmont Elementary School
a rocket Pictured from left
scientist. Photos by Deb Spalding are: (first row)
That was Pictured from Shalini Weitzel,
the theme Taylor Funkhouser,
of the left are: William Keagan Savage,
“Girls Patrick Neal, Izzy Mason Brown,
Only” Cooper Wiles,
STEM Coles, Brayden Keira Shew, Brynn
Day at Whetzel, Kameren Lee; (back row)
the United Principal Christina
States Appel; (second McKeever, Grange
Naval row) Sidney members, Sidney
Academy Moser, Rodman
on Pictured are Andrea Leach, Ana Morlier, Ava Morlier, and Sophia DeGennaro. Moser, Rodman Myers, Sharon
Myers, Principal Lewis; and Brittani
Saturday, Kate Krietz, Mrs. Rogers (Third Grade
October 15, 2016. Four middle Mortensen (Third teacher).
school girls from Thurmont with elements and compounds and Grade Teacher),
Sabillasville Elementary School
Jane Savage,
Middle School attended the free how they react to one another. In the Sharon Brown, and
mindstorm station, they programmed
all-day event, where they attended a “rover” to go through a maze. In Rob McAfee.
workshops in STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering and the physics lab, they learned more
about light waves, using hydrogen
Mathematics). They also had the lamps and prisms.
opportunity to work with female
midshipmen and faculty who have They all agreed that the afternoon
building challenge was the most fun.
jobs in fields traditionally held by The purpose was to create something
men. Candace Desonier, Advanced
Academic Specialist at Thurmont to replicate the Mars Rover. Without
the aid of computer programming,
Middle School, said that this they had to use their ingenuity—
opportunity encourages girls to enter along with everyday items—to build
careers in STEM. a car holding a cup of sand and get
On October 17, 2016, I met
with students Andrea (Andie) Leach it to move twelve inches with only
one human action, or to create a
(seventh grade), Ava and Ana Morlier contraption that would lift a cup of Lewistown Elementary School
(sixth grade), and Sophia DeGennaro sand three inches off the table. Third-grade
(eighth grade), along with Candace The girls have already started students of Ms.
Desonier, at Thurmont Middle Graybill, Ms.
to think about their future. Sophia Dudley, and
School. The students were excited to is looking forward to a career Ms. Williams,
share their experiences with me. The as a microbiologist. Andie finds graciously
girls spent the morning of STEM Day engineering fascinating and wants to accept
rotating through several stations. learn more. Although Ava and Ana dictionaries
“What about water” station gave presented
them the opportunity to do some are only in sixth grade, they already by Cheryl
have an interest in the STEM fields Lenhart,
problem-solving involving surface and plan to learn more about the member of
tension. The chemistry station dealt Thurmont
possibilities. Grange.
Emmitsburg Elementary School
Pictured from left
are: (back row)
Bob Wiles, Allen
Breuer, Carolyn
Wiles, Paulette
Mathias; (front
row) Harley
Fitzpatrick, Alice
Flohr, Caden Cash,
and Brody Mathias.
