Recycled Racers – that is the project for the EJR Engineering Club. Students brought in all types of recycled materials – soda cans, plastic bottles and laundry softener containers – they will use to make race cars. Wheels are CDs, bobbins, metal discs and the like. There are plastic straws and wooden dowels that serve …
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The February newsletter for EJR is available now! Have a look and find out all the great things going on.
February is American Heart Month, bringing attention to strengthening our hearts through exercise and eating healthy. Pakanasink has been marking heart month each year by participating in the Kids Heart Challenge. During physical education classes, students learn why it’s important to stay healthy and active, from their teachers and a video. They learn activities that …
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Let’s welcome our newest authors! Students in Lisa Quick and Jaclyn Nespoli’s fourth-grade class at Circleville Elementary School wrote and published informational books recently. They had an amazing afternoon celebrating their books, circling the classroom reading each other’s books and leaving star comments. Then they headed to Denise Hansen’s kindergarten class to read their books …
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The students in Bobbi Walter’s sixth-grade social studies class have been studying about Chinese New Year, part of their Ancient China unit. This is the Year of the Water Rabbit. The students had a lot of fun making Chinese lanterns and finding out what Chinese zodiac sign they are. They also learned how fortune cookies …
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Communication is key to success. And that’s why Pakanasink Elementary School Principal Brian Breheny and Assistant Principal Colleen Delles invited their bus drivers from Birnie Bus to join them for a discussion about what’s expected of students on their buses. Ms. Delles gave each driver a copy of the school’s bus expectations – behavior that …
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The Students Making a Difference Club at Crispell is back at it again, this time helping the Humane Society of Walden! The students formed a relationship with this humane society last year when they began their “Plastic for Puppies” recycling program. The students collect all the deposit bottles and cans from Crispell and the Pine …
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The February edition of the Crispell monthly newsletter is now available. Check it out for lots of valuable information related to Crispell this month.
Pine Bush Elementary Student Council members went to all classrooms in the building to make presentations about respect. It was a No Place for Hate exercise that included all grade levels. The student council reps talked briefly to each class, getting feedback from the students about ways to show respect to themselves, their peers and …
Alexis Darro’s Life Skills class from Crispell Middle School had a wonderful experience recently during their field trip to Walmart in Napanoch. This was a community-based trip where the students had the chance to experience working in retail. Students learned about the history of Walmart and what it takes to get a career in retail. …
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