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Wood Tech Project for Summer Lounging

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Aaron Washburn built a lawnchair in his Wood Tech class. Aaron said of the Wood Tech teacher, “Matt Secl is awesome.  He found this project in one of his own books and it was just waht I was looking for.” Aaron plans to … Continue reading →

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CR2 Day of Celebration

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Throughout the school year Metro has focused on teaching, learning and practicing CR2. CR2 is Caring, Responsible and Respectful behavior. Shortly after Spring Break students began saving CR2 tickets (given for CR2 behaviors). The saved tickets were collected, a full fishbowl earned students … Continue reading →

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Metro students are part of the Murals and More art project

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Metro students and art teacher Molly Sofranko participated in the Murals and More project. The art project unveiling is May 19th at 2:00, in downtown Cedar Rapids at 3rd St. between 2nd and 3rd avenues. From the website, “Murals and … Continue reading →

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Outdoor Education Bike Trip 2012

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

The Metro Outdoor Ed program completed its annual spring bike trip sunday, May 6th through Friday May 11th. six students, three staff riders, one volunteer rider, and a staff sag driver biked 165 miles and traversed three states. View the … Continue reading →

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World Book Night @ Metro

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Monday April 23 Metro and Barnes and Noble celebrated World Book Night – over the lunch hour. Barnes and Noble provided 40 copies of Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, this year especially this is a … Continue reading →

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