So much creative fun in Jefferson Elementary’s new Dominoes Club! Thank you to our PTO for creating another wonderful opportunity for our students! More photos

  Ms. Fitzpatrick’s 2nd grade class celebrated Veterans Day last week with a classroom visit from U.S. Air Force Airman Brian Tripp! Students asked plenty of great questions about his service and then enjoyed an activity together decorating flags. Thank you Airman Tripp for spending time with our students and for your service! More photos

Fourth graders in Ms. Edick’s class welcomed family members into their classroom on Halloween for a special breakfast together! Students then enjoyed Halloween-themed activities like observing chemical reactions in mini-cauldrons, playing bingo, creating scratch art ornaments, and visiting the caramel apple dipping station! More photos

Mrs. Bennett’s 4th grade students enjoyed a fun hands-on learning experience that combined pumpkins, math and art! Working together in collaborative groups, students first removed the seeds from the pumpkins and then used the seeds for different math exercises “Students were tasked with counting seeds and using their total for a review of word form, …

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First graders had a spook-tacular time mixing Halloween fun with their love for reading at this year’s Storybook Pumpkin Patch! From Pete the Cat to Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn, students let their creativity run wild as they decorated pumpkins based on their favorite books and stories. Families also joined the festivities, visiting classrooms to see the amazing …

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Fourth graders in Ms. Edick’s class not only learned how to make pastel ghosts for a fun Halloween-themed activity but shared their knowledge with younger schoolmates! “Students created a ghost template, used oil pastel colors, and smudged the colors with a tissue,” explained Ms. Edick. “We invited Mrs. Cole’s first graders to our classroom and …

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Third graders in Ms. Shafer’s class finished up their math lessons last week with some collaborative, creative fun! Students used tape diagrams throughout the week to solve word problems. On Friday, they worked in groups to answer Halloween-themed word problems and then created posters to display their answers. “We really focused on completing quality work …

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Mrs. Madej’s kindergartners and Mrs. Edick’s 4th graders worked together this past week for a fun, collaborative pumpkin project! “As a group, buddies worked together in Pumpkin Exploration,” explained Mrs. Madej. “Students helped each other determine their pumpkins size, measure their pumpkins height with cubes, tested if they thought their pumpkin would sink or float, …

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