Ms. Quackenbush and the “Google Geek Squad” received a $4000 grant from REF as partial payment for two auditorium TV screens that give balcony seats visual access to the stage. With additional donations from the Young Women’s League of Reading<\/strong>, the Drama Club<\/strong>, and many other contributors<\/strong>, Parker was able to complete the project.<\/p>\n The Google Geek Squad<\/strong> includes Julian Wise, Luke Hollenbeck, Shaina Fusco, Sarah Bacci, Mathew Newman, Hailey Wadell, Aidan Hereoux, Shaun McKee, William Xia, Paddy Atwell, Kenneth Froment, Charlotte Lee, Luke Kilduff, Cam Breslin and Tess Rhodes. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The new school year has brought many new things to Reading Help Desk (RHD), including new people, new technology , a new teacher, and now a new class! The REF grant provided RHD with new MacBooks, iPads, and much more for development and class use.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some RHD projects include:<\/p>\n To connect with RHD more you can follow them on our social media websites, or contact us via email.<\/p>\n Twitter:\u00a0@RocketsHelpDesk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Instagram: @rocketshelpdesk REF co-sponsored this first-time event with the high school robotics team, The Robockets, and the Reading Public Schools to celebrate enthusiasm for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math study.\u00a0 The day-long event consisted of hands-on experiments for kids, robot demonstrations by The Robockets and other local teams, and a science fair poster exhibit by any child who wanted to participate.\u00a0 Hundreds of kids and their families attended the fun-filled day! Check out some of the great poster experiments presented!<\/p>\n A REF grant awarded two Go Pro cameras and cool wearable accessories that have been a huge success and have become extremely popular at Parker Middle School.<\/p>\n Currently, an 8th\u00a0grade group is working on a long-range project to analyze footage during lunch and recess over several days and weeks to create a mini-documentary.\u00a0\u00a0 They are acting as anthropologists, studying human patterns and non-verbal communication.\u00a0 This group has also successfully used an app on their phones through the school\u2019s wi-fi to connect the camera, so they could watch the filming in real time.<\/p>\n Check out a video for Parker Open House!![\"\"](\"http:\/\/readingef.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-10-at-10.42.27-AM.png\" "\\"Screen")
<\/a><\/p>\nGrant Applicant: Connie Quackenbush, Physical Science Teacher, Grade 6, Parker Middle School<\/h5>\n
Reading Help Desk is Back!<\/strong><\/h5>\n
<\/a>RHD Team<\/strong>\u2014<\/em> From right to left:\u00a0 Lauren Fiore: Senior, Mrs. Dee: Teacher, Kyle Mungenast: Junior, Anson Huang: Junior, Sabrina Caruso: Junior, Julia Donohue: Senior, Megan Catalano: Junior, Moriah Greeno: Junior, Ilyas Saheb: Senior, Kathleen Walsh: Sophmore<\/em><\/p>\n\n
\nEmail: rocketshelpdesk@gmail.com
\nYouTube Vlog Channel: RMHS Rockets Help Desk<\/p>\nReading’s First Science Expo Day a Huge Success!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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