Our 6th-grade musicians are making some serious noise—in a good way!
This week in music class, they're becoming true music detectives, learning to identify different music genres and read music like pros. From classical notation to the rhythm of a backbeat, they're exploring it all!
And the fun doesn't stop there: they're also mastering rhythm and teamwork through bucket drumming! We love seeing their creativity and collaboration shine.
As we are learning about how the five senses help animals survive in the wild, 4th graders learned they would not make good nocturnal animals when they had to sort colored bottle caps in the dark!
Fifth graders constructed Lego hockey games complete with gear-driven players and goalies. Partners took turns battling it out, recording the goals they made as players and the goals they let in as goalies. STEAM-based competition at its best!
Congratulations to our Yearbook Cover Contest winners: Natalie and Wes! Their artwork will be featured on the front and back of the 2025-2026 North Elementary Yearbook.
Jackets work together!
Our fifth graders from Ms. Richardson’s, Mr. DeRosia’s, and Ms. Sopocy’s classes had the opportunity to visit South Elementary and work with the kindergarten students in STEAM!
Fifth graders have been learning about the biosphere, while kindergarteners have been exploring living things. Together they teamed up for fun, hands-on activities to learn even more about the world around us.
It was wonderful to see teamwork, creativity, and leadership in action as our older students guided and learned alongside their younger peers.
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Monday Night Football: Show your Detroit Lions pride tomorrow by wearing Lions gear or Honolulu blue on Monday, October 20th!
Third graders in Mrs. Taylor's and Mrs. Schneider's classes enjoyed a special guest reader! Miss Shelley, Grandma Ann's daughter, read a touching book called Artichoke the Unstoppable Goat. Artichoke arrived at the Lucky Day Animal Rescue in Holly, MI after surviving severe frostbite. Despite his losing his back legs, he refused to give up, and with patience, care, and creativity, Artichoke learned to live fully again. This complimented our Positivity Project's themes on perseverance, open mindedness, and kindness to name a few! Miss Shelley also donated the book to each class and brought a snack and goat stickers for everyone! Thanks for your generosity, Miss Shelley!
Our 5th graders collaborated across the grade level and read their adventure stories they have been creating the last couple of weeks!
Sixth graders learned how to play bocce ball with a STEAM twist this week. Partners used dash robots to launch their "bocces" toward the orange triangle target--trying to get closer than their opponents. It proved to be a fun, competitive blend of sport engineering and robotics!
This week in Music, 3rd grade learned how to play a stick-passing music game from Ghana called Obwisana. Students learned how to sing the song and as they sang the song they did movements with sticks and passed them around the circle. 1 stick had red tape on it. When the song ended and a student had the red stick, they would move to the inside of the circle and continue the game in a smaller circle. The students did a great job practicing how to keep a steady beat and work together to make the game work!
Third graders are learning about our Constitution and Congress! Even our therapy dog, Millie, has learned a bit about making laws! 😁
Number Corner Fun in 5th Grade!
In 5th grade, our students are growing their math skills through hands-on, engaging activities during Number Corner time! This month, we’re exploring measurement by weighing carrots throughout October and seeing how the weight changes. This activity has been sparking curiosity and great math conversations!
Each month, our Number Corner calendar focuses on new math skills and strategies, helping students deepen their understanding and confidence while learning to discuss and reason through math like true mathematicians!
What a great day at our school woods! Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Schneider's classes learned so much from Mrs. Hindbaugh Marr doing some hands on activities on a beautiful Fall afternoon! Thank you to all the parents who joined us as well!
Last Friday was a fantastic day for our 6th graders as we welcomed guests from Germany! 🇩🇪 We had an empowering discussion about how their school differs from ours and shared our favorite items. This visit sparked thoughts about the possibility of exploring the German Exchange program as our students get into high school.
Dear Families,
We cannot believe we are halfway through our first trimester! Midterms are in your child's Friday Folder. Have a great weekend.
Swarm Together,
Mrs. Rayburn
We cannot believe we are halfway through our first trimester! Midterms are in your child's Friday Folder. Have a great weekend.
Swarm Together,
Mrs. Rayburn
Happy Friday-Eve!! We would love to see our Jackets dressed in their favorite Yellowjackets or Tigers gear tomorrow—October 10th! Go Jackets! Go Tigers!
Mrs. Hull's 3rd grade class had an amazing learning experience in our school woods observing inherited traits. Thank you to Mrs. Hindbaugh-Marr for her dedication to creating these opportunities for our students!
In 5th grade science, students have been diving into the hydrosphere! After learning all about pond life, they got to create their own ponds and design living organisms (biosphere) that interact with their pond’s hydrosphere.
This hands-on activity was a fun and engaging way for students to explore how Earth’s spheres interact.
Students showed incredible creativity and critical thinking as they brought their ponds, and the living things within them, to life!
4th graders had a great time at Forest Hill! They got to learn about catching and tagging birds, how different bird beaks affect the kinds of food they eat, and they participated in a nature scavenger hunt! The kids loved the hands-on learning!
