More 2nd Grade S/CORE Day fun! 🎉
After reading the Chinese folktale The Magic Paintbrush, students painted what they would create if they could use art to help the world 🌎.
Then, after exploring Grandfather Tang’s Story, they put their problem-solving skills to work by creating and solving puzzles with geometric tangrams! ✨🖌️
🎉 Celebrating our Panthers of the Month! 🎉
These students were recognized by their teachers for showing the character trait of Respect. Way to go, Panthers! 🐾
Chinese New Year S/CORE Day in 2nd Grade
Second graders celebrated Chinese New Year with bright traditions and festive learning! The color red, a symbol of good fortune and happiness, is central to the holiday. Homes are decorated with beautiful red paper cutouts and messages of good wishes, while children often receive red envelopes filled with coins to bring luck for the new year.
To bring the tradition to life, each student received a necklace with a good luck coin and created their own red paper decorations to spread happiness and prosperity. 🎉🧧
Ms. Britner’s 1st graders wrapped up their “Human Body” unit by exploring how different food groups fuel our bodies. 🍕🍎🍗🥕🥦 From protein to produce, food never looked sooo good!
Our fifth graders have been busy exploring charges and static electricity! They investigated how electrons move and transfer, discovering firsthand what makes objects attract or repel. ⚡️
🎉 We love our amazing parent volunteers! Thanks to their support, the PTA School Store is open every Friday! Don’t forget to earn and save those PTA Bucks so you can shop for fun prizes! 🛍️
🚨 Hey 4th, 5th & 6th Grade Panthers! 🚨
Are you ready to build, code, and conquer? 🤖💥 Ms. Brausam will be accepting Robotics Club applications first thing Friday morning! Space is limited so get your form in tomorrow to claim your spot! Forms went home in Thursday folders—don’t wait, get ready to join the fun! ⚡
After checking out new books in the media center today, Ms. Polverari’s 3rd graders found a cozy spot and settled in for some reading time 📚✨
Ms. Horton’s 1st graders partnered up for a headband sentence writing activity ✨. This activity provided extra support and scaffolding to help students be successful with their UFLI sentence writing practice 📝👏
💚 Officer Slattery always goes the extra mile for our Panthers! Yesterday, in the middle of heavy rain and storms, he made sure a student’s bike was safe and secured so the student could get a ride home instead of pedaling through the downpour. Thank you, Officer Slattery, for always looking out for our kids! 🚲☔️
Ms. Zwemer’s 3rd graders are predicting whether animals are vertebrates or invertebrates, and then revising their ideas as they listen to the read-aloud. 🐒🐙📖
Ms. Osborne’s 6th graders went on a gallery walk of European explorers, examining and discussing artifacts along the way. 🗺️🔎
Small group, big progress in Ms. Ellis' first grade class! Personalized practice that helps every writer feel confident and capable ✏️❤️
🎶 Kindergarten students have been exploring the life and music of Ray Charles as part of the CKLA Knowledge Unit on The Five Senses. 👀👂 Students learned about braille by creating their own names using raised dots 🔤. They also built a timeline of Ray Charles’ life 📅, discovering how, despite being blind, he became a remarkable and influential musician 🎹✨.
A big thank you to the students in the VBHS HOSA program for teaming up with Nurse Whitt to complete health screenings. Your support and professionalism made a real difference for our students!
Mrs. Hatcher and Mrs. Sanz’s classes kicked off their upcoming unit on the Middle Ages with a chalk talk preview, giving students the chance to access prior knowledge, share ideas, and make connections before diving into new learning. 🏰⚔️
Ms. Osborne’s 6th graders engaged in peer editing their narrative writing, giving and receiving feedback to strengthen their stories.
Panthers, get ready for our Catalog Weekend Challenge! From Friday through Monday night, if you make at least three new sales, you’ll be entered to win an Amazon gift card! Since there’s no school Monday, you’ve got the extra day to reach your goal. Three sales by Monday night—good luck, Panthers!
Quiz-Quiz-Trade meets Inside/Outside Circle in Ms. Hrusovsky’s 3rd grade! Panthers teamed up to review text features while keeping each other moving, thinking, and smiling.” 🐾📖
Mrs. Hatcher and Mrs. Sanz’s class are busy typing and sharing their personal narratives—young authors in the making! ✍️💻📖
