Spring 2023
(April-June)
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Jorge Redmond Author Visit
Jorge Redmond Author Visit
Local author, attorney, father, former HFE employee and former soccer player Jorge Redmond visited our 2nd and 4th grades to talk about his book Black Boy, Black Boy. He also talked about students being everything they hope to be--not just one single profession or role--in their lives through hard work and belief in themselves.
We were excited to learn Mr. Redmond is working on a book about Black Girls!
Elementary Battle of the Books Competition
Elementary Battle of the Books Competition
Our team tied for second place at the competition with two other schools.
Students in 4th and 5th grade read between 8 and 11 chapter books in 5 months to prepare for our EBOB competition.
Allan Wolf Author Visit
Allan Wolf Author Visit
With special help from Ms. Simmons, local author Allan Wolf led our 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students in songs, poems and rhymes.
Ms. Hoekema and some librarian colleagues attended a Children's Literature Symposium at Appalachian State on the first Saturday of Spring Break. Raul the 3rd, Jeff Zenter and Rajani Larocca spoke and inspiried us.
3rd Grade Performed some silly Folk Tales through Reader's Theatre
3rd Grade Performed some silly Folk Tales through Reader's Theatre
Ms. Hoekema began working with a group of 20-24 3rd grade students three days a week starting in February. Students practiced and then performed Spiderella, The Emperor's New Hair and Little Late Riding Hood from a Scholastic book of 12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays.
Book Fair
Book Fair
It brought in the biggest profit yet at our school. We gave books to 107 students through gifts from families, our FORTE afterschool and from past profits.
Author Robert Beatty visited with 3rd, 4th and 5th grade and read from his newest book--the Seraphina and the Black Cloak Graphic Novel. Through the Appalachian Book Project, a copy of the book was gifted to each student!
STEAM Night
STEAM Night
In April, the STEAM committee hosted STEAM night to showcase future science, technology, engineering, arts, and math careers. We had over 10 community centers bring interactive tables for an amazing hands on activities for students.
Learning with AR/VR
Learning with AR/VR
Students worked with Mrs. Prawel and Ms. Decostle on learning about augmented and virtual reality through the lenses of Wit & Wisdom and the AR Sandbox. Students explored various topics within 360 videos, kinetic sand, Merge cubes, and Google Earth.
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Makerspace Mini Challenges
To prep for bigger Makerspace challenges for the upcoming school year, students participated in a week long Lego PBL Challenge in which they were hired to design and construct a Marble Maze, World's strongest bridge, and a secret coded message.
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Indi to the Rescue
Indi to the Rescue
Kindergarten and 1st grade were introduced to Indi, a Sphero robotic car, to help introduce coding in a fun and challenging way. Students learned more about how Indi is programmed through color tiles and the Sphero Junior app. Using the book Clink by Kelly DiPucchio, groups programmed Indi to stand out from the crown and create a musical path through basic block coding.
Completed Digital Citizenships with Kinder through 5th grade in understanding what it means to be a positive digital citizen in a 21st century world.
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