Nautilus Middle School International Baccalaureate Candidate School

Our classroom in Miami Beach, is multicultural- Hispanic, Black, Asian/Indian, and white (non-Hispanic). We encourage students to learn science through inquiry and utilize technology in our classroom exploratory activities. We participate in "hands on" laboratories to engage students in active learning. Students enjoy a virtual interactive activities with competitive teams practicing FCAT (SAT) questions using computer and projected questions.We also encourage experiments and investigations to pursue their own interests in life and college aspirations. Funds are very limited and we need help in obtaining science kits, equipment, and supplies! We need SMART Board interactive technology system and laptops for lessons with simulated activities.Students are science students enrolled in an International Baccalaureate Program. Nautilus Middle School is in the first year as International Baccalaureate Candidate School.
Thank you to any who could help us help our students.
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Nautilus Middle School / Mast Outreach Laboratory Collaboration

Nautilus Middle School science students enjoyed a special experience learning with MAST Academy's Outreach Laboratory - LandSHARC.

Students investigated marine life and ocean environment through virtual interactive computer programs and laboratory examination of marine specimens with activities like radiotelemetry, classification and clinical laboratory procedures.

MAST Academy, part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, is a magnet school that hosts this exciting outreach lab visiting and teaching schools in the Miami area.
Gwen Foote, Science Teacher,

Nautilus Middle School "Home of the Sharks"
IB Candidate School

My son, Shawn R. Scarbrough

I classified this as wellness because, to remember true memories and able to express feelings is to know wellness. My students have been asking me about my son.

I ran across these photos, thinking they (and he) would enjoy them. In 1988, I took Shawn to Australia to visit friends and art clients. We rode with the "real" men from Snowy River (as in the Disney movie, on the actual horses in the movie), Mick and his children. Shawn was a charmer with animals, our own, owls, hawks, and deer. He is an amazing person, caring, happy, and strong as a child and son. Friends with his cousins, like Danny Jr. and Angela, they had close relationships. He was close with and fond of his grandfather, Maj. John Foote Sr., alike in spirit and very close as grandfather and grandson. It is no wonder Shawn went to Iraq, as a marine, and came back safe and sound. Warriors and military leaders run in our Foote family. We lived with his grandparents for 6 months and cherish that time spent with them.
I was a major influence in Shawn's life and it is evident in his life now. We were tremendously close and I had the opportunity to be involved in all of his activities and clubs. I am thankful for having the chance to be his mother and am very proud of him. We had the experience of traveling across the country as I was working as a freelance artist, from Dallas, Texas to Seattle, WA, back through Denver when he was 9 years old. My little sister, Darlene and I still am greatful for the memories. We were living in Dallas at the time.
I love him and always will, regardless of time, distance, and situations that our busy lives present.
Mothers need to always enjoy the time they have with their children. It flies by so quickly!