Enjoy the living museum created by our third-grade students at EJR. Students selected a famous person they admire, did the research on their life and then wrote a short biography. Family and staff members came by to visit the museum and learn about these important figures. It was a great learning experience for the students, …
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Students in Megan Collins and Laura Bronson’s second grade class at EJR are authors! And they celebrated that fact by sharing their informational writings with each other and their families. Each of these curious kids chose an occupation, did deep research about it and then wrote their book about it. They invited their parents/guardians and …
What better way to encourage reading in our younger students than to have some of the people they admire read to them! That happened on Thursday here in Pine Bush, which was Read Across America Day, a day schools across the nation celebrate reading and the adventures it brings to students. This year in Pine …
Imagine walking into the room and having a conversation with Susan B. Anthony about voting rights. Next to her is Ruby Bridges, discussing the courage it took for her and her family to help desegregate our schools. Over in another corner is Babe Ruth talking about the game of baseball from 100 years ago while …
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February is American Heart Month, bringing attention to strengthening our hearts through exercise and eating healthy. EJR 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. They learn activities that will keep their heart rate up …
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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.
Just before the Thanksgiving break, Tiffanie Reilly and Dina Kania’s first grade classes at EJR made butter! It was part of a lesson about how life was different in the past, including ways to get and make food. Friendsgiving seemed like the perfect time to make their own butter by shaking cream in a jar! …
EJR had a couple of visitors recently who prompted lots of love and attention. Jack and Mocha, two certified therapy dogs, stopped by with their humans, Samantha and Wendy, to hang out in the library and enjoy some stories from a few very special readers. Reading books to therapy dogs is a wonderful practice for …
Mr. Bill Losier and his music students created a fun music video, just perfect for this time of year. Watch Scarecrow here!
