EJR’s February newsletter is available now
February is upon us! Keep up to date on all the happenings at EJR by reading the latest newsletter here!
Category: Edward J Russell Elementary
February lunch menus are here!
Let’s eat well! February provides some great choices for breakfast and lunch for all our students at no charge! Have a look at your child’s school menu here and plan on some delicious and nutritious school meals all month long!
Fifth graders learn Tinkercad to create 3D snowflakes
Fifth graders at EJR have the assignment – create a snowflake using Tinkercad to design it. Challenge accepted! The students are learning to use Tinkercad, a 3D design and coding tool that lets students create 3D models by combining shapes. Tinkercad is used to teach design and engineering so students can create objects for …
Continue reading “Fifth graders learn Tinkercad to create 3D snowflakes”
Celebrating what makes us unique – EJR Diversity Week
EJR celebrated Diversity Week recently, with activities for all students to better understand the world and the diversity of their school. Several family members came in to talk about their homelands. The students learned about life in Ukraine, Mexico, Palestine, Russia, Holland and St. Lucia. They learned about the customs, food, music, currency, games …
Continue reading “Celebrating what makes us unique – EJR Diversity Week”
Crispell Middle School presents Doctor Dolittle JR, Feb. 6, 7 at Pine Bush High School
Crispell Middle School students will bark, caw, roar, meow and sing about kindness to animals with their production of Doctor Dolittle JR this February. Antelopes will lope, ostriches will fan, and kangaroos will do what kangaroos can, when students from Crispell Middle School present Doctor Dolittle JR. This whimsical musical follows the adventures of …
Our kindergarten students celebrate their letters in a joyous alphabet parade
K is for Kindergarten! There is so much to celebrate in kindergarten—exciting learning, growing independence, and big accomplishments along the way. Kindergarten students at EJR proudly showed off their mastery of the alphabet with a fun and festive letter parade! Each student chose a letter to represent and designed a creative costume …
Continue reading “Our kindergarten students celebrate their letters in a joyous alphabet parade”
EJR students keep their reading skills sharp over winter break
EJR Elementary students took part in the winter reading challenge. What a great job they did! Library Media Specialist Heather Mowen challenged the students to read daily – 10 to 15 minutes for students in grades kindergarten through two, and 20 to 30 minutes for students in grades 3 to 5. They were …
Continue reading “EJR students keep their reading skills sharp over winter break”
From Clouds to Climate: EJR Third-Graders Get the Scoop
Third graders at EJR learned so much about weather and climate, thanks in large part to Sarah Archbald, an Orange County conservation educator. They were studying weather and climate in their classrooms. Ms. Archbald came into all third grade classes at EJR each week for five weeks, enhancing those lessons. One day, …
Continue reading “From Clouds to Climate: EJR Third-Graders Get the Scoop”
EJR’s January newsletter is now available
What’s happening at EJR this month? Have a look at the EJR January newsletter!
The Gingerbread Man and a STEM activity are the perfect pre-break combination
Melissa Boniface’s students at EJR completed a fun STEM activity recently, which definitely kept them motivated before the winter break. They read different versions of the classic tale “The Gingerbread Man.” The students discussed characters, story elements and problems and solutions. They also compared similarities and differences between the stories. The students were then …
Continue reading “The Gingerbread Man and a STEM activity are the perfect pre-break combination”