Enrichment activities occur both during the school day, and outside of school hours.
Seed To Table Garden and Classroom Program
It's spring and we are ready to start our second year of Slow Food Denver's Seed-To-Table School Garden Projects. Last year, six classrooms participated in nutrition and tasting sessions (spring lettuces and greens); planted, watered and maintained three vegetable garden plots; harvested spring greens and prepared salads for the entire school during Field Day; harvested, prepared and cooked summer vegetables in the classroom; and, learned about water conservation in an effort to provide recycled water for our gardens. As in the culinary adventures, the Seed-To-Table project exposes students to new foods and flavors, such as stuffed squash blossoms, Indian Pumpkin Stew, and fried green tomatoes, to expand their palates and to encourage culinary adventures at home. A cookbook of classroom recipes will soon be available to each family.
This year, eleven classes are signed up and will be given a chance to: plant a vegetable garden, to learn about soil quality and composting methods, to study bees and pollination, look at the role of worms and insects in gardens, and learn farming techniques of Native Americans. We will feature fresh peas in our classroom tasting sessions in April and are planning another Salad Festival in May.
Shakespeare!
The Shakespeare Festival was held on Friday, May 14, 2005, in the Denver Performing Arts Center Galleria.
If you would like to support participation by Steele in the Spring 2006 DPS Shakespeare Festival, you can place an order for DPS Shakespeare t-shirts in the school office.
Science!
Spanish!
Destination ImagiNation (DI)
DI (Destination ImagiNation) is an extracurricular program for any students interested in creative problem-solving as part of a team. Teams may have up to seven members, and must have at least one adult as "Team Manager". Teams may begin organizing in the fall to prepare for a citywide tournament in the spring.
The more we find parents who are willing to form and manage a team, the more students will be able to participate. Our Challenge teacher, Brian White, will coordinate the teams and team managers, but this is definitely not limited to students in the Challenge Program.
Any and all students are welcome to participate.
