Circleville Elementary Students were mesmerized by the science of Dr. Wizard! Dr. Wizard, also known as Larry Mandrese, makes CES an annual stop with his entertaining and educational presentations of science experiments. They captivated our CES students in every grade with their visual effects and Dr. Wizard’s enthusiastic demonstrations! Students saw Dr. Wizard light a …

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Circleville Elementary School did an wonderfully creative project to show its diversity – it was the Puzzle Project and was a collaboration between art and library. Each CES student completed their own unique puzzle piece. The puzzles represent how our school fits together and embraces everyone. Each grade had its own topic in creating their …

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This week’s Positivity Project (P2) character strength is humor! We certainly all need more laughter in our lives so the fourth graders and teachers at Circleville Elementary School presented their second annual comedy show this week. The jokes and skits were hilarious and it was great to see the students get up in front of …

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The future’s so bright, these fifth-graders from Circleville Elementary School have to wear shades! And now they’ve got them, thanks to Kevin Allen, a certified prevention educator from ADAC (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council). Mr. Allen gifted cool sunglasses to each fifth-graders for completing the 10-week program, Too Good For Violence. Mr. Allen worked with …

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March is Music in Our Schools Month! Students in Danielle Hommel’s fourth grade general music class at Circleville Elementary School are learning how to code with a STEAM coding and composing project Coding mice were obtained through a grant from Orange and Rockland Utilities STEM Grant. Projects like this combine the world of computer programming …

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CES had an incredible session for its Engineering Club! Students in the club brought in all types of recycled materials – plastic bottles, soda cans, old CDs, fruit baskets, cardboard boxes – to make race cars! Susan Corcoran, the club advisor, encouraged the students to think differently and try new things. The students worked collaboratively …

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