EJR fourth-graders learned all about chicks this spring and had the opportunity to share that knowledge with the younger students.   Lauren Nemeth’s class and Patricia Van Leuven’s class had the fertilized eggs incubating in their classrooms for the 21 days (or so) that it takes to develop, then started seeing the chicks emerge, pecking …

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EJR fifth-graders enjoyed an energetic and celebratory moving-up ceremony Tuesday morning, as their families, teachers and friends cheered them on as they head to middle school in the fall. The fifth-grade band played beautifully to start off the ceremony and students cheered as their classmate received awards in art, music, band, chorus, library, physical education, …

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Congratulations to our EJR fifth-graders who had their moving-up ceremony this morning. If you missed it, click here to watch! On to middle school! 

Back in October, EJR third-grade teacher Sarah Levato got 125 brown trout eggs through the Trout in the Classroom program. Her students have been keeping a trout journal throughout the school year. They learned about the lifecycle of the trout and looked forward to them becoming fingerlings so they could release them.       …

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EJR came together for a very special announcement recently – the entire school is participating in the One School One Book program! Their book? Gooseberry Park!   Written by Cynthia Rylant, it’s about the unlikely friendship between a Labrador retriever named Kona and a squirrel named Stumpy in a park. With the help of a …

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