Chatterton fourth graders dove into broadcast journalism with creative fake news segments during technology class with teacher Mackenzie Venezia.

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Date Added: 5/14/2024

First graders at Chatterton explored different types of world flags and then built and replicated them in Lego form during Ms. Venezia's Lego Club.

Date Added: 5/7/2024

Nattie Martin, a Calhoun High School sophomore, and Chatterton alum, spoke with fourth graders at Chatterton on April 19.

Martin shard her experiences with neurodiversity. She regularly addresses groups, spreading education, as well as messages of kindness and understanding.

“Education is often done by neurotypicals or by parents of neurodivergent kids, and I feel like we should give neurodivergent people a voice because they deserve to be heard,” Martin explains in her speeches.

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Nattie Martin, a Sanford H. Calhoun High School sophomore, and Chatterton alum, spoke with fourth graders at Chatterton on April 19.

Date Added: 4/19/2024

Chatterton School students in Merrick experienced the SkyDome Planetarium ahead of the solar eclipse on April 8.

Students entered a sky-filled inflatable dome, brought to the building by Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. A navigator guided students and teachers with a projector and laser pointer as they “walked through the stars” of the Northern Hemisphere. Each visit was adjusted to grade-level appropriate lessons.

Students learned how to identify every planet in the solar system in dramatic "flights" toward each world. They were also introduced to Greek mythological characters and see how these heroes of the past can be found in the stars.

Students witnessed the night sky in different seasons and from different global perspectives. This experience was presented by the Chatterton PTA’s cultural arts committee.

Kindergarten teacher Melissa O’Donnell said the experience “brought the solar system to life and piqued their interest in space and the solar eclipse.”

“The students were super excited about seeing the Earth and other planets,” added O’Donnell. “They liked seeing Pluto and how dark it was. Now they want to expand their planetarium experience and head to the Vanderbilt Planetarium.”

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Date Added: 4/9/2024

Chatterton second graders Emma, Nora, Grayson, Emilia, and Calum wrote a get-well letter to Bender, a sea turtle who lives at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, FL. Chatterton adopted a sea turtle earlier this year and they have been receiving monthly updates about some of the turtles. In Library class, Mrs. Widawsky is reading nonfiction sea turtle books to the children. Most recently they read about Yoshi and her remarkable journey.

Date Added: 4/4/2024