Physical Education
This month 3rd-6th grade will finish up their fitness testing for the year.
The department is also gearing up for annual Field Days. Field Day will take place on May 30 for grades 4-6 at 9:15 a.m. and for grades 1-3 at 12:45 p.m. Kindergarten Field Day will take place on June 4 at 9:20am.There will also be some fun inflatables at Field Day this year. Additionally, on June 18 a company will be coming to the school with two mobile rock climbing apparatus, an inflatable gaga pit, as well as a meltdown/knock down unit for the students to enjoy.
Thank you, PTA, for funding all of the Field Day and rock-climbing events, as well your support throughout the year.
Garden
Planting in the garden is in full swing. All grades are preparing the garden beds and planting seeds and seedlings to get the school garden growing.Thanks to the support of the PTA. The whole school spent three days visiting with working goats, chickens, baby goats, and even a turkey! Classes had one-on-one time learning all about the benefits of having these animals working in the school garden spaces and what it takes to care for them.
Spanish
Sixth Grade: Manipulating AR,ER and IR verbs in the present tense to create sentences.
Fifth Grade: Asking and answering, “What time is it?.” Then they answer this question using both a traditional method (“menos”) and modern method ( “y”- pronounced ee).
Fourth Grade: Determining the locations, flags, and capitals of all Spanish-speaking countries.
Third Grade: Examining and complimenting classmates’ clothing.
Second Grade: Identifying a variety of drinks and discussing typical drinks of Spanish-speaking countries like agua fresca and horchata.
First Grade: Naming and graphing domestic pets in a variety of ways.
Kindergarten: Identifying nine colors.
Art
Kindergarten - making a collage inspired by the book“Kites”by Bettina Ling.
First Grade - creating mixed media landscapes using overlapping paper
Second Grade - creating clay flowers using air dry clay for spring
Third Grade - creating Van Gogh-inspired drawings by creating short marks with oil pastels
Fourth Grade - creating animal portraits using complementary colors, inspired by George Rodrigue’s Blue Dog paintings
Fifth Grade - creating drawings of city streets using one point perspective
Sixth Grade - creating self-portraits using reference photos and tracing to transfer the photo onto drawing paper
May 20th is our annual art show, Lunch with the Artist. Every student will have one piece of art hanging in the show. You can see your child’s artwork during their lunch period or after school. Schedule on Parent Square to follow.
Library
Kindergarteners - are enjoying different versions of their favorite stories, comparing characters and settings and working on character recognition.
First graders - are creating their own characters, building on the stories they love.
Grades 2–4 - are reading biographies and autobiographies in honor of National Inventors Month. Students will come up with their own invention ideas for a library display.
Fifth graders - are focusing on books by authors who also illustrate, highlighting extraordinary individuals who bring their stories to life both through words and art.
Sixth graders - are wrapping up their digital citizenship unit and beginning their final project, which supports their ELA work—learning to gather information from different sources to build strong arguments for a debate.
As we get closer to the end of the year, students are getting ready for their final library checkouts—it’s almost time to return all books!
Date Added: 5/13/2025