Students are reading and writing vocabulary words with our new Bookworms curriculum!
Constitution Day today!
We made our own Classroom Constitution too.
First graders created moving models to demonstrate how Earth's rotation creates days and nights using legos, cubelets robots, and flashlights. Great fun in STEAM lab!
Mrs. Groeneveld's students learned about The Pledge of Allegiance. Students learned new vocabulary words: allegiance, republic, indivisible, liberty and justice.
They also made their own American flag using just their hands and a glue stick!
Lunch on Friday September 13 will be as follows:
Breaded Chicken Drumstick , dinner roll, mashed potatoes with gravy and a choice of fruit, vegetables and milk.
Second Choice for North and South Elementary will be as follows:
Goldfish, Cheese Cubes, Grapes, Carrots, an apple and milk choice.
Junior Senior High Grill special will be a Pizza Burger and the Pizza special is Bosco cheese sticks.
Second graders were inspired to create smelling tools after reading the book Ada Twist, Scientist. Once their tools were made, these young scientists used them to sniff and identify six different smelly jars!
We had so much fun during our library visit today! Ms. Peggy helped students choose a library book to borrow. Ms. Peggy spoke with students about book care: no liquids around books, no writing on books, and store your library book in your backpack! Books need to be returned before Wednesday each week. Thank you Ms. Peggy for making our library time special!
Second grade students enjoyed book shopping to fill their independent reading book bins this week! They chose books that captured their interest and books that match their reading ability.
Mrs. Whitford's students read the story A Box Can Be Many Things and then used their STEAM skills to turn tissue boxes into rockets, purses, cars, animals, and more!
Enjoy your 4-day weekend! We will see everyone on Tuesday!
Mrs. Napieralski visited Mrs. Hessbrook's classroom to read a counting book and play a game with them. The rest of the group made surrounding patterns. 🔺🔹🔸
After reading the book Jabari Tries and watching the boy in the story try over and over again to build and launch a rocket, kindergarteners used their STEAM skills to do the same thing! Once their rockets were ready, they launched them with our wind tunnel. So exciting!!
Tomorrow, August 26th, is our FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! We can't wait to see you!
South Elementary staff and students are grateful for incredibly generous people and businesses in Ithaca. Because of the continual support of our surrounding community, we have a brand NEW playground structure and FRESHLY painted equipment. Thank you to everyone who donated their time, energy and/or money to make this possible. Our Junior Jackets will be enjoying this space for years to come because of our incredible town!
Students have been loaded into School Dismissal Manager (SDM). You should receive an email over the weekend that prompts you to update or create a login with SDM. Everyone that attended our Open House should have received an information sheet that will help you navigate the app.
We are looking forward to seeing our Junior Jackets tomorrow!
Latch Key packets will be available during Open House at both North and South Elementary. Latch Key begins the second day of school, Tuesday, August 27th.
We are looking forward to seeing our Junior Jackets at the Open House next week!
Important announcement: Please login to PowerSchool to complete your student's 2024-25 annual forms. All newly enrolled and returning students must fill out our Back to School Forms in PowerSchool. This ensures that we have your most up-to-date information for your student and proper guardian contact information. If you need assistance please send an email to: helpdesk@ithacaschools.net or sgiles@ithacaschools.net
Class lists will not be posted on the school this year. You will need to login to PowerSchool to find your child's teacher. If you need help logging into the PowerSchool Parent Portal, please email helpdesk@ithacaschools.net We look forward to a great year ahead!
