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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Kindergarten students at Circleville Elementary School carried on a January tradition recently with their concert, Songs of Peace and Winter. The students were well-prepared with their families in attendance as they sang songs of unity and peace as well as some fun songs about winter. The students filed into the cafeteria carrying the candles they …

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Here’s the challenge: take 20 index cards and 18 inches of tape and create a tower as tall as you can that will be sturdy enough to hold a stuffed animal. Seth VanGaasbeek’s third grade students at Circleville Elementary School took that challenge and created some pretty interesting towers that were able to hold that …

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There is so much we all have in common. When we look at our holiday traditions, we can see many similarities. Pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary School did just that over the past few weeks. They learned how light is an integral part of many holiday traditions. Ms. Murray read the …

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This month’s Number Corner has fourth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School talking about pentominoes. What is a pentomino? It is a shape made with five squares joined together side by side. Students learned that they have parallel and perpendicular sides, and an area of five square units; some may have lines of symmetry. Here, students …

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Students in Lisa Quick’s and Maria Gabrell’s fourth-grade classes at Circleville Elementary had a big day recently! The teachers hosted an author celebration so that their budding authors could share their published small moment narratives with an audience. Their proud parents showed up for the readings and all students had the opportunity to read their …

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Kindergarten students and students in all special programs at Circleville Elementary School participated in a Balloons Over Broadway event during Thanksgiving week. The students made their own balloons, a bit smaller than the actual balloons that flew over Broadway on Thanksgiving morning, and had a parade to show them off! A big thanks to the …

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Fourth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School took part in the annual “Trick or Treat for STEAM”on Halloween, with activities that involved science, technology, engineering, art and math. They rotated through the four classrooms and completed a different activity in each: Creepy Crawler Catchers where they designed and built a trap for a “bat” using a …

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