Our March students of the month were honored for "Appreciating the Good in Others." We are so proud of these students!
Our "Principals for the Day" have been very busy this morning. They were rewarded with lunch!
First graders learned about parent plants and young plants today by reading Logan's Greenhouse. They then collaborated to build a greenhouse and playdough models of the plants in the story (pears, carrots, radishes, oranges, etc).
What an awesome experience we had today with all our students! Science is so cool!
Thank you to the Misenhelder and Ramirez families for putting in posts at our school woods entrance! We are so thankful for their help and can't wait to see the new gate in place soon.
We are grateful to our students, families, and community members for helping us raise over $13,500 during our Read-a-Thon in March. This would not have been possible without your generous support. Mrs. Whitford's class won the ice cream sundae party and we had a grade level winner from PreK through 2nd grade. Please see this week's newsletter for the list of winners. Our Grand Prize winner is pictured here with his prizes!
We had two groups of ticket winners because we missed the Friday before Spring Break. Great work, Junior Jackets!
Kindergarteners read the book Worm Weather in STEAM lab and then used wooden marble runs to collaboratively construct tunnels for "worms".
Earlier in the week, Dan Carley, made a visit to South Elementary and read to several classrooms to help celebrate March is Reading Month.
We were excited to have guest readers from Integrity Fab and Machine today. We are grateful to have community members that are willing to spend part of the day reading with our students. Thank you to the GIRESD for organizing this event.
After learning about the Grand Canyon in STEAM, students designed their own winding canyon paths with wiki stix. They then drew pictures of animals and plants that would be seen in the canyon and worked with a partner to send a traveler (bead) along the path.
The Gratiot County Farm Bureau sponsored a classroom reading and learning activity for all 2nd grade students presented by IHS students and FFA members. The student volunteers read “Beeman,” the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2014 book of the year. Students then participated in an engaging hands on activity where they made bees and participated in a pollination activity. 🐝
We are proud of Junior Jackets who were selected Friday for Bee-ing great role models!
Wow, wow, wow! South students and families are really on the right reading path this week! We have now read 5,400 books/chapters this month! Students are choosing to read during free choice time! Our teachers are also engaging our students in cross-curricular learning with math, art and science projects to show what they've learned about the wilderness! All reading logs must be turned in by Friday March 22nd at 11:00 am! We hope to reach our goal of 10,000 books/chapters read!
Stundents in Mrs. Groeneveld's first-grade class engaged in a hands on learning experience while practicing addition with base ten blocks.
Two more students who were recognized for their 'Love of Learning' in the month of February!
We love Fridays because we get to celebrate our Junior Jacket ticket winners!!
After 1 week, South students have read almost 2,000 books/chapters! Miss Knight's Painted Turtle is in the lead on our reading path!
Thank you South families for an awesome breakfast on Thursday. We were thrilled that we were able to invite so many people to our tables. Our staff served 138 students and 60+ other family members. Remember--breakfast is free everyday for our students!
We recognized our students of the month and their "Love of Learning." Great work, Junior Jackets!
