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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Using a string and working with two classmates 7th grader, Ananda Stallings, 13, helps measure 20ft the length of the small intestine in the hallway of John Motley Morehead STEM Academy thursday. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    (from left) Teams of two students like Elijah Johnson, 7 with Siddhant Sutar, 7, and Ahnesti Marsh, 7 and Kaylah Narcisse, 7, use tablets to make their own endings to book they read in a second grade class being taught by Canaan Sipe. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    (from left) Teams of two students like Ahnesti Marsh, 7 and Kaylah Narcisse, 7, used tablets to make their own endings to book they read in a second grade class being taught by Canaan Sipe. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Second grader Robert Winecoff, 7, places cubes and beads to balance the other side of a weighted scale in a science elective class at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Sanskriti Deva, 11, a 5th grader, presents a required science project to the rest of her 5th grade science class. Deva's project measured kilowatt usages of appliances for 30 days. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Rogelio Mora, 7, asks his second grade teacher Canaan Sipe, a question about finishing a story on a tablet in class. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Jalia Martin, 7, teams with Raegan Ivey, 8 to describe the texture in three words of three types of soil in cups on the table. Ivey is wearing a box like a crown because Thursday was her eighth birthday. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Jalia Martin, 7, teams with Raegan Ivey, 8 while Lemaja Martin, 7, and Rasib Khan, 7, pair up to describe the texture in three words of three types of soil in cups on the table. Ivey is wearing a box like a crown because Thursday was her eighth birthday. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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    John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
    Hiep Tran (his hands), 12, calculates the number of wheel rotations it will take to cover distance his robot will have to travel in a required sixth grade class called Gateway To Technology. The application period for magnet schools in CMS opens Saturday with a magnet fair and runs for a month. Students at John Motley Morehead STEM Academy participated in class activities at the school on Thursday January 10, 2013. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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