Ghana Session: PBSIS, Science, and History

On September 30, 2016, a video conference was set up between the students in Ghana and the students from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School on PBSIS, science, and more.

Positive Behavior Support in Schools, PBSIS

This session began with Mrs. Jackson, vice principal of the MLK middle school, and Mr. Wronko’s student, Amira Gates, furthering last week’s presentation on Positive Behavior Support in Schools, PBSIS.

Amira stated that the PBSIS was recently having great success because students were working harder to achieve not only their goals, but also how to be competitive in the world of today.

She also reviewed the over goals of the PBSIS:

1. Increase available instructional time

2. Encourage and support pro-social student behavior

3. Use a continuum of function-based problem solving to address behavior and conduct issues

4. Create environments conducive to including students with disabilities and behavior support needs.

What Science Means To Me

From there, the session continued with presentations on “What Science Means To Me.”

Sixth grade science teacher Tim Mason had his students write about what their idea of science was about.

For instance, Mr. Mason’s students Juna Weedon, Hailey Perez, Tiviana Kenney, and Kayla Lewis all expressed the interest in doing experiments and projects that involve chemicals, the environment, rocks, volcanoes, and food.

Other presentations

After Mr. Mason’s presentations on “What Science Means To Me,” Ms. Major Phillips’ students, Julia Bryen and Jo’Seah, did power point presentations on “African Americans in the American Revolution,” and “Music from Asbury Park.”

Cherokee in the United States

Finally, Mr. Wronko’s students did presentations on the “Cherokee in the United States” and comparing “The American Revolution to the American Civil War.”

Before the students did their presentations, Mr. Wronko showed the students in Ghana a video about the Green Mountain Boys of the American Revolution.

All students who did their presentations comparing these two topics agreed that both wars were fought for freedom.

For example, the American Colonists gained their freedom from the British in the American Revolution while African Americans gained their freedom from the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

Students who participated

The following students were also involved with the presentation. Some names may be mentioned twice.

Kevin Barksdale

Nasier Clarke

Shanice Davis

Leslie Gil-Garcia

Ahmir Hare

Guerlandie Jean Pierre

Perla Perez-Hernandez

Diana Ramirez

Amira Gates

Diego Perez

Kay’sionna Clarke

Dakim Randolph

JaNiya Brazile

Jovard Preval