This Week's Highlights

This was a perfect week to start Pups Running and our new club, WCES.   Here are some highlights from the week.
  • Students participated in a school bullying convocation that focused on being an "upstander" instead of a bystander.
  • Our math class performed a square number dance and created factor trees to find the prime factorization of various numbers.
  • Students read oral histories from Ellis Island and analyzed the authors' viewpoints.
  • Vision and hearing screenings were given to all new students.
  • We used our knowledge of latitude and longitude to plot and locate various points on a map.
  • The Colts came to breakfast on Thursday to film for their Play 60 initiative. 
  • Our class finished up M.A.P. testing in the lab today.
  • We learned how to use evidence from the text to support our thinking during writing.
  •  Our class dressed as superheroes to show support for Brooks Blackmore.  Donations can be made at https://www.facebook.com/BeBraveBrooks.
Thank you for making this another great week!  Please look for an e-mail from Ms. Inskeep regarding her blog submissions.  The deadline is September 9th. 

Mrs. L

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