Spotlight

October 18, 2024 Ambassadors, recycling and saving the Earth! September 27, 2024 This week in TEDEd Club, we talked about our hopes for our talks and the challenges we might face.  We also learned about giving feedback to each other.  Specifically, we learned how to give positive and detailed feedback to someone about something they did.  The time went by …

Preschool

October 18, 2024 October 4, 2024 September 27, 2024 This week in preschool! This week, we talked about emotions and feelings and how to handle them. We learned some yoga and learned about how our words have significant meanings. We read “How to Be a Bucket Filler,” which introduced the idea of being a bucket filler/bucket dipper! The kids have done …

P.E.

October 4, 2024 This week in PE we played Flag Tag! A game of speed, agility, and strategy! The kids loved it and worked up quite a sweat trying to be the last one standing!!  September 27, 2024 September 6, 2024 This week in PE we enjoyed a lot of time outside in the cooler weather. In the gym we …

Music

September 6, 2024 Prek got to have their very first music class today. We played rhythm sticks, maracas, learned a story on our about Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle and used some scarves to shake out or wiggle both large and small.  3rd Grade gets an amazing opportunity to be visited by a special IU guest teaching and helping us …

Art

October 4, 2024 September 27, 2024 This week in art, students are creating color wheel snails The upper grades are using warm and cool colors in landscapes.   They are using what they learned about color theory from last week to help create their project.   September 20, 2024 This week in art we started learning about the Element of Color.  Students worked on …

STEM

October 18, 2024 STEM Student of the Week: Eli Gordon Fourth grade students began a new unit all about Animal and Plant Adaptations. In this unit, students explore the adaptations of animals and plants. Students investigate how the external and internal structures of an organism work together as an interconnected system that aid in their growth and survival. They also use …

2nd Grade

October 18, 2024 Second graders got their own pumpkins to decorate and keep on their desks until Halloween! 2nd graders had a great time learning all about fire safety from our local firefighters and getting to explore the fire trucks! We all had a great fall break and it was so much fun to listen to the class talk about …

3rd Grade

October 18, 2024 We have had a great week in third grade! We had so many amazing awards to give out for first nine weeks. Our students worked so hard to earn Honor Roll, attendance, Amazing Effort, and Citizenship awards. We are so proud of them!! We are looking forward to another great nine weeks! We are starting to learn …

4th Grade

October 18, 2024 Fourth graders had a fantastic week back after Fall Break! Students came back refreshed and excited. One reason Fourth graders are so excited is they are going to Blue Spring Caverns today! Another reason they are excited is Helmsburg is having their Trunk orTreat Movie NIght tonight!  Students are also excited about studying the Native American tribes …