Long Meadow Elementary
School 4th graders provided all the fixin's
for a Thanksgiving Day feast for local families,
including a turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls,
and butter. The students decorated a
banner, wishing the family a happy Thanksgiving...SEE
PICS>>
MES:
Scrabble
SCRABBLE is a
triple word score at Middlebury Elementary School, where
5th grade teachers use the popular board game to challenge
their students spelling skills, thinking skills
and while adding up their word scores, math skills too.
According to the National Scrabble Association, nearly
20,000 schools across the country have some type of
Scrabble program.
GES:
Kindness in School/Home/Community
Gainfield
Elementary School 5th grade students participated in
"World Kindness Week", by spreading random
acts of kindness at school, home and throughout
their community. Under the supervision of their
guidance counselor, Laura Boccialetti (above, far left),
kindness joined the 5th grade class together with a
paper chain of links that symbolized a random act of
kindness performed by each student.
LMES/PHS:
Bonjour--An Introduction to French
Members of the Pomperaug High School French Honor
Society visited Mrs. Joan Kelly's 5th graders at LMES to
introduce them to the French language through
games and songs....READ
MORE; SEE
PICS>>
MMS
Student Recognized During National French Week
Annie P. (above,
right) was honored for her artwork.... READ
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GES:
Second Graders Study Church's Art with Unique Writing
Piece
The Gainfield
Elementary School second graders studied the above
painting, "Mt. Ktaadn, 1853" by
Frederic Edwin Church. The students focused their ideas
(one of the The Six Traits of Writing) in a writing
piece whereby they imagined themselves as the person in
the painting. They also were inspired by Church's work
in incorporating the five senses.
PES:
Kindergarten Visit to Gingerbread Village
Pomperaug Elementary School Kindergarten classes
visited The
Gingerbread Village held at St. Georges Church in
Middlebury. The students each received a decorated
gingerbread cookie and then toured the village which
consisted of various houses, historic buildings,
toy boxes, farms, and animals all made from gingerbread
and candies. Pictured are students from Mrs.
Rosa's morning Kindergarten class.
Estimation
The MES Friendly Helpers at MES held a fundraiser for
families in financial need. MES students could guess
the number of M&M's in a jar for $1.00. With
1,364 M&M's in the jar, the winner guessing
1,370 was Katie S. in Mrs. Minutillo's 5th grade class.
Third Grader Carey C. took 2nd place while Mrs. Benson's
AM Kindergarten tied for 3rd place with Julia D., also
in Mrs. Benson's class. Guessing the number of
M&M's in the jar correlates with the Mail
Trailblazers Program in teaching estimation for
grades K-5.
GES:
Trying To Break a World Record for Reading
Gainfield students gathered with students from around
the world to break a record for the most people reading
the same thing simultaneously. The children read a
passage from "Charlotte's Web"....READ
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PES:
Pomperaug Pals
The Pomperaug
Pals from Pomperaug Elementary School spent time sorting
food at the Southbury Food Center.
LMES
& MES: Helping Those Less Fortunate
Long Meadow Elementary School 3rd, 4th and 5th grade
students have been busy little elves. In the past
few weeks, they have been working in the art room,
making clay pockets to sell as a fundraiser to
benefit the St. Vincent DePaul soup kitchen in
Waterbury. (See bottom, left). During the weeks of
December 18-21 and January 2-5, LMES students are
selling their hand-made clay pockets for $2 and $3
apiece....READ
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Likewise, Middlebury Elementary School
early morning art students made cookie cutter animals
(see bottom, right) to raise nearly $300 to buy animals
for poor families world wide....READ
MORE AND SEE PICS>>
GES:
Electric Village
The Electric Village is a
culmination of the GES 4th grade's study of electricity.
The students design and color a box, then assemble two
circuits (series and a parallel) into their houses. The
Village was on display for the students' families, the
school, and the community....SEE
PICS>>
Volunteer
at Work
Gainfield Elementary School
Volunteer of the Year, Peggy Nye, helps out in the GES
library, sorting and organizing books.
Thanksgiving Day Baskets;
Scrabble; Kindness; French Week; Writing About Art;
Gingerbread Village; Estimation for a Good Cause; World Record
Attempt; PES Pomp. Pals Sort Food; Helping Those Less
Fortunate; Electric Village; Volunteer at Work
LMES:
4th Graders Make Thanksgiving Day Baskets