Manning & Miller Specials
Welcome!
What are "Specials"?
Specials are the extra classes that students go to once a day. Whenever students have their specials, the students either go to Art, Music, P.E., Library, or STEM and do activities, projects, and learn new things! As a specials team, our goal is to provide your students with opportunities for self expression, creative thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. We are especially focused on Inquiry Based Learning and getting our students to become critical thinkers.
GRADE LEVEL SPECIALS DAY SCHEDULE 2023 - 2024
This year's theme is the OLYMPICS
Wednesday, September 27th
5th Grade
Thursday, October 26th
4th Grade
Wednesday, December 6th
1st Grade
Wednesday, January 31st
2nd Grade
Thursday, March 14th
Kindergarten
Wednesday, May 1st
3rd Grade
Congratulations to all 2nd, 4th and 5th Grade students on a successful All Day Specials Olympics Day. During this day, students rotated through all of their specials (Art, Library, Music, STEM, and PE) and competed in "challenges" related to those specials to try to earn points for their team. All students were great sports and great competitors! Shoutout to our teams who came out on top after earning the most points in all of their specials classes combined.
2nd Grade SIP Olympics Winners!
1st
Our first place winners came from Mrs. McConnell's class!
2nd
Our second place winners came from Mrs. Gordon's class!
3rd
Our third place winners came from Ms. Padilla's class!
4th Grade SIP Olympics Winners!
1st
Our first place winners came from Mrs. Mazzacano's class!
2nd
Our 2nd place winners came from Ms. Fatima's class!
3rd
Our third place winners came from Mr. Kwiatkowski's class!
5th Grade SIP Olympics Winners!
1st Place
Our first place winners came from Mrs. Jerkovich's class!
2nd Place
Our second place winners came from Ms. O'Neill's class!
3rd Place
Our third place winners came from Mrs. Walsh's class!
REPORT CARD REMINDERS
Specials teachers report on standards twice a year: once after 2nd quarter, and once after 4th quarter. It is common that students will have "developing foundations" or "working towards" for their standards the first time we report. We want to remind everyone that this is okay! The goal is for students to master skills by the END of the school year. These report cards are to show progress, not a final result. However, if you have questions about a specific class, you can reach out to any of the specials teachers by email.
Interested in Helping Out?
If you are interested in helping out in one of the specials rooms, or for any of our upcoming SIP days, please contact any of the specials teachers or the PTO. We'd love to have you!