Battle of the Bridges is a great STEM activity for the 5th grade boys and girls at Wilson. Please reconsider and allow this educational and fun activity to remain a Wilson tradition.
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Noreen Smith
6 years ago
Keep Battle of the Bridges alive, these kids deserve to have this fun educational experience like the classes before them!
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Dalva Munz
6 years ago
It would be a shame to remove this event
Every hold wait for this moment since they start 1s grade !
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Victor Liu
6 years ago
The Battle of the Bridges is a Wilson tradition that should be continued
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Beth Deegan
6 years ago
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Battle of the Bridges is a highlight of the Wilson experience! It gives the kids exposure to structural engineering, design, budgeting, and team collaboration and they LOVE IT. It would be a miss to take this away.
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Shannon Llewellyn-Jones
6 years ago
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This is a highlight of the 5th grade and such an important project. The whole process of budgeting for the bridge, earning enhancements for the bridge and actually constructing the bridge with the materials they earned are all fantastic realistic life lessons. It is so much more than a competition. It’s the process that will be missed. This should not be omitted from Wilson!!!
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Daniel Whelan
6 years ago
I am in total agreement with many of the prior comments. In addition, I’m curious as to why this is being canceled given its become such a Wilson tradition. Is it a lack of resources, time etc. that perhaps the community can contribute instead? Can the field trip be separated from the building exercise in the event that is the issue? Is it a security issue with parents in the school, in which case make it kids only. Hoping we can resolve this so that the 5th grade can get this back!
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Dana Peterson
6 years ago
It would be sad for the students to not continue with this exciting and interactive activity. My oldest thoroughly enjoyed every minute of building and the incredible competition at the end. Battle of the Bridges was even an exciting activity for the adults to enjoy!
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Rochelle Wagenheim
6 years ago
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Sydney has been looking forward to this since first grade and all I’ve heard over the years is how fantastic this program is and how much the kids loved and learned from it. It would be such a loss to remove it from the curriculum this year.
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Kara Jablonka
6 years ago
We are really hoping this meaningful, interdisciplinary project that promotes teamwork, problem solving and fun stays! Our fifth grader is looking forward to it.
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Lori LaMonica
6 years ago
This was the highlight of my daughter’s 5th grade year. It was such a great learning experience for her. I am saddened to learn that my son will not be able to participate in such a wonderful, educational project.
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Glenn Johnson
6 years ago
Please bring back battle of the bridges - our 10th grader had a BLAST with this project when she was at Wilson!
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Amisha Jaggi
6 years ago
We’ve heard so much about this amazing activity that it would be extremely disappointing to see this Wilson tradition be discontinued for our current and future 5th graders.
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Christine Dwan
6 years ago
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This is the most worthwhile activity they complete in 5th grade. It is a Stem project but it also teaches them how to work together to problem solve and create something tangible. Ryan and Ally both have pieces of their bridges on their desks. They are still immensely proud of their bridges.
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Stefanie Whelan
6 years ago
This is very disappointing
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Thomas S Dwan
6 years ago
Our oldest still has a piece of his bridge in his bedroom - he was so proud of the work they put into it.
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Heather Bloch
6 years ago
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This was a fantastic team-building, long-term educational experience that my daughters participated in during 5th grade at Wilson. It was the best example of a STEM activity, before we were using that acronym. The budget planning, decision making and trial-and-error were valuable experiences that they still remember and utilize. I sincerely hope our 5th graders will have the same experience.
This is an awesome experience for the kids!
A WILSON TRADITION
Battle of the Bridges is a great STEM activity for the 5th grade boys and girls at Wilson. Please reconsider and allow this educational and fun activity to remain a Wilson tradition.
Keep Battle of the Bridges alive, these kids deserve to have this fun educational experience like the classes before them!
It would be a shame to remove this event Every hold wait for this moment since they start 1s grade !
The Battle of the Bridges is a Wilson tradition that should be continued
Battle of the Bridges is a highlight of the Wilson experience! It gives the kids exposure to structural engineering, design, budgeting, and team collaboration and they LOVE IT. It would be a miss to take this away.
This is a highlight of the 5th grade and such an important project. The whole process of budgeting for the bridge, earning enhancements for the bridge and actually constructing the bridge with the materials they earned are all fantastic realistic life lessons. It is so much more than a competition. It’s the process that will be missed. This should not be omitted from Wilson!!!
I am in total agreement with many of the prior comments. In addition, I’m curious as to why this is being canceled given its become such a Wilson tradition. Is it a lack of resources, time etc. that perhaps the community can contribute instead? Can the field trip be separated from the building exercise in the event that is the issue? Is it a security issue with parents in the school, in which case make it kids only. Hoping we can resolve this so that the 5th grade can get this back!
It would be sad for the students to not continue with this exciting and interactive activity. My oldest thoroughly enjoyed every minute of building and the incredible competition at the end. Battle of the Bridges was even an exciting activity for the adults to enjoy!
Sydney has been looking forward to this since first grade and all I’ve heard over the years is how fantastic this program is and how much the kids loved and learned from it. It would be such a loss to remove it from the curriculum this year.
We are really hoping this meaningful, interdisciplinary project that promotes teamwork, problem solving and fun stays! Our fifth grader is looking forward to it.
This was the highlight of my daughter’s 5th grade year. It was such a great learning experience for her. I am saddened to learn that my son will not be able to participate in such a wonderful, educational project.
Please bring back battle of the bridges - our 10th grader had a BLAST with this project when she was at Wilson!
We’ve heard so much about this amazing activity that it would be extremely disappointing to see this Wilson tradition be discontinued for our current and future 5th graders.
This is the most worthwhile activity they complete in 5th grade. It is a Stem project but it also teaches them how to work together to problem solve and create something tangible. Ryan and Ally both have pieces of their bridges on their desks. They are still immensely proud of their bridges.
This is very disappointing
Our oldest still has a piece of his bridge in his bedroom - he was so proud of the work they put into it.
This was a fantastic team-building, long-term educational experience that my daughters participated in during 5th grade at Wilson. It was the best example of a STEM activity, before we were using that acronym. The budget planning, decision making and trial-and-error were valuable experiences that they still remember and utilize. I sincerely hope our 5th graders will have the same experience.
I've been talking this up since September