This week, students were treated to a visit by Ms. Aneesah Akbar-Uqdah from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She works as a Public Health Analyst and is in West Africa most of the time. She visited with the fifth graders last year, and we were thrilled that she was able to come back to NPES this year.
Students learned about Public Health documentation of restaurants this week and were pleasantly surprised to see that most of our Alpharetta restaurants had high ratings. The NPES cafeteria earned a 100 ! You can look up restaurant scores through a free app called "What the Health Georgia" or at this site.
We've been tracking the spread of the flu, and I did not share the last update with the students but thought you may be interested in seeing this and sharing with your children. Remember: The most important tool to fight the influenza virus is to wash your hands.
The fourth graders became experts on money this week. They had a choice of five centers to rotate through and then create a product to show what they had learned. They explored faces on money, large denominations of money that are no longer in circulation, and women on money. Some students told the story of the life of a five dollar bill. Here are few products you may enjoy seeing:
Women on Money
I am a Five Dollar Bill