Author: ford_aaron

Wow!  It’s hard to believe the school year is coming to an end!  We have started our last STEM unit of study, which is Nursery Rhymes.  We have a puppet theater in our dramatic play area and the students have really been enjoying acting out the nursery rhymes.  We have really been able to target […]

Spark End of year celebration May 2016 SPA.pdf

Spark End of year celebration May 2016.pdf

Think back to when you were a student, back-to-school shopping, finding your classroom, and the exciting lessons that would soon fill your day. The first day of school jitters that were calmed by the friendly, welcoming face, and celebrating the “ah ha” moments when you finally figured out how to solve the problem. Then there […]

We have had a great month celebrating Dr. Seuss and learning about Robotics. A reminder that March was our last month for library checkout. Please return any library books your child has checked out. Harvest of the Month: Our harvest of the month snack for April is Asparagus. When we come back from Spring break we will spend a week […]

  Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s April News   Happy Spring!  Hopefully the big snowfall is past us now and we can start enjoying warmer days again as our days get longer.  The students have really been having fun with our STEM Unit of Study on Robotics.  They have had opportunities to work with Cubelets, […]

Jess Harbison—Classroom News Thank you to all who had the opportunity to attend our fundraiser at Chick-fil-a. We had an amazing amount of support! Library update:    March will be the last month students will be able to checkout library books. In addition to listening to a story and checking out books, Miss Laura has added […]

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s March News Thank you to all of you for taking the time to come to conferences!  It was nice to meet with all of you to discuss your child’s accomplishments.  Also, thank you to those of you who were so willing to be flexible about changing your conference times due […]

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s February News   In the past month, we have been collecting a lot of assessment data on all of the students in preparation for the upcoming GOLD checkpoint.  It’s exciting to see all of the growth that the students have achieved!  In the month of February, we are going to […]

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s News: The students have really been enjoying our STEM unit of study on Pets.  So far, we have explored what a pet is, what is involved in caring for a pet, and who takes care of pets.  When we discussed goldfish, students had the opportunity to use prototyping materials to create […]