Mepham MakerSpace: Holiday Ornaments

Please join us after school on December 12th in the Mepham MakerSpace to craft your own holiday ornament from plastic cups and permanent markers. All materials are provided and all students are welcome to attend. Please sign up here.
 

Crafting Holiday Cards for Our Local First Responders

On Monday, December 5, 2022, all students are welcome to join us in the school library after school to craft holiday cards for our local first responders. Let's show some love and support to those that care for us. All supplies will be provided including stickers, card stock, markers, crayons, glitter(!), holiday music, and so much more 

Suncatchers

On Monday, May 9, 2022, the Mepham High School Library's MakerSpace will be hosting an ELITE Event after school. Students and faculty will have the opportunity to create suncatchers from plastic cups. By using permanent makers on #6 plastics, also known as polystyrene, we can bake them in the oven on broil and they melt down flat, creating our beautiful suncatchers. All materials will be provided and all students are welcome to attend. Let's start spring off right! Sign up by scanning the QR code or clicking this link here. 

STEAM Cart

We recently purchased this Whitney Brother's STEAM Cart to celebrate the reopening of the Mepham MakerSpace! Woohoo!

STEAM Cart in the Mepham High School Library

"This rolling cabinet features three shelves that each accommodate three Gratnells trays with interchangeable fitted lids. We included a message on the dry erase board on top of the shelves encouraging students to help themselves.

The back of the cart has a top-to-bottom pegboard to keep tools within easy reach, plus a big pocket shelf at the bottom to store large papers, clipboards, and more. The cart also includes an accessory package with ten J-hooks, five red plastic trays, and five spring clips, which all attach to the pegboard (in the back, not pictured).

This cart is mounted on non-marking, heavy-duty locking casters, so we can easily bring it with us wherever it’s needed, even when it’s fully loaded. It’s made of durable birch plywood with a safe, non-toxic, natural UV finish that won't yellow and withstands rigorous use."

This STEAM cart was purchased thanks to a generous donation from Mepham's Class of 1954.

Crafting Holiday Cards

Join us on Monday, December 9th in the school library's MakerSpace right after school to craft cards for our Bellmore-Merrick Community Cupboard. All materials are provided and all students are welcome. This is a school sponsored ELITE Event.

Holiday Cheer

Flyer created using Canva.com

Join us in the school library in our MakerSpace to craft holiday cards for Mercy Haven’s network of families. Mercy Haven is  a non-sectarian, non-profit organization located in Islip Terrace that offers assistance to over 3,000 Long Islanders, approximately half of which are children. Mercy Haven’s mission is to acknowledge the dignity and potential of people who are homeless, living with mental illness, or living in poverty by providing housing, advocacy, education, and life skills development. All craft supplies will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Mindfulness in the Library

Last year you may recall that we hosted the health classes in the library for our stress-reduction stations (you can read all about it here) and this year we are bringing back a few old favorites and changing some stations up.

Station # 1: Kindness Rocks Project
Station # 2: Board Games - Tic Tac Toe, Jenga, Chess,Checkers, & Rubik's Cubes
Station # 3: Color Me Poster
Station # 4: Button Maker / Origami
Station # 5: 3Doodler Pen / littleBits
Station # 6: Bracelet Making (to support the non-profit Reason2Smile)
Station # 7: Stick Together
Station # 8: Meditation / Virtual Reality

The holidays can be a very stressful time for teens. Most parents are consumed with their own stress this time of year, so teens might not get the level of support that they are accustomed to. It's also the end of the marking period, so some teens might be worried about grades. Most of our seniors are working on college applications as well. This is all very stressful. We need to take time to de-stress. This might be a foreign concept to many of our students. This lesson is designed to teach them to take time to focus on a singular task, to put down the electronics, and to spend time talking to their peers. It is 42-minutes for them to decompress. The thing I love most about this day is that everyone (usually) leaves with a smile on their face. They seem a little more relaxed and ready to take on the day.

Heartfelt Holiday Cards

Many students, including those in the National Art Honor Society and Mrs. Geller's School & Community Leadership classes, joined us in the school library's MakerSpace this past Monday to craft holiday cards for Mercy Haven’s network of families. Mercy Haven is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization located in Islip Terrace that offers assistance to over 3,000 Long Islanders, approximately half of which are children. Mercy Haven’s mission is to acknowledge the dignity and potential of people who are homeless, living with mental illness, or living in poverty by providing housing, advocacy, education, and life skills development.

The cards crafted from our students were truly touching. Many said that it is important to remember those less fortunate than you, especially at this time of year. #mephamgivesback

Sampling of holiday cards crafted in the MakerSpace.