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On December 12, 2018, Kindergartners at McCoy Elementary observed Hour of Code by doing an unplugged activity from Code.org in the library.  This activity is called “Move It, Move It.” In this activity, students are exposed to the concepts of a program, a programmer, and a programming language.  

The students in Ms. Callahan’s class took turns being the programmer and the walking machine. In order for the “walking machine” to reach the square with the happy face, two things have to happen.  The programmer must communicate the program correctly to the machine and the machine must follow the program correctly. The programming language consisted of arm signals.

This year, Ms. Eaton, the librarian has planned a mixture of unplugged and online activities for Kindergarten and First Grade to experience Hour of Code.

McCoy Elementary Cowboys study electricity and circuits. The fourth graders in Mrs. Aznavour’s science class, learned that by closing a circuit connected to a D-cell battery, they could power a light, make an audio tone, or even power a motor. Students learned about the positive and negative connections on a battery.

McCoy Celebrates 2018 Book Character Day with a campus-wide parade. Students dressed as a character from their favorite book and walked in a parade through the school. The event is held during Red Ribbon  Week. Campuses throughout CFBISD celebrate Red Ribbon Week in different ways. National Red Ribbon Week began 1988 in honor of murdered DEA Agent, Enrique Camarena. The campaign seeks to educate students on the dangers of drugs and addiction, while promoting activities that inspire young minds. At the end of the parade, students went to the gym to watch acrobats from Team Big Air performed basketball trick shots. The acrobats demonstrated that hard work, good choices, and avoiding bad choices such as drugs, allowed them to achieve their dreams.

View more photos and videos from this event in our Flickr gallery.

For the week of Oct. 22, McCoy Elementary is hosting a Red Ribbon Week Book Fair in their library. Students have an opportunity to shop for their favorite titles and write down what they want. They are using their math skills to add up totals and tax so they will know how much money to bring the following day to purchase their books. Campuses throughout CFBISD celebrate Red Ribbon Week in different ways. National Red Ribbon Week began 1988 in honor of murdered DEA Agent, Enrique Camarena. The campaign seeks to educate students on the dangers of drugs and addiction, while promoting activities that inspire young minds.

View more photos from this event in our Flickr gallery.