If you had a magic brush what would you draw to help someone in need? 5E’s Reading crew drew everything from money trees that would be planted in everyone’s yard so that no one would be poor to walking couches that can take you or your family anywhere you wanted. 5E used their imagination to help paint like the character in our story The Magic Paint Brush.
Mrs. Emestica
We finally picked the winning cover for our recipe book. After much discussion the judges came to an agreement that Dean Cuadrado’s artwork expressed exactly what the recipe book represents. All the students of 5E did a great job and have put much effort into our healthy eating project. Bravo!
Mrs. Emestica
Who is afraid of the parallelogram? “Not I,” says 5E. In math we learned, to find the area and perimeter of a parallelogram and rhombus. We made our own angles and learned that when we come to Christ we do a 180-degree turn, because we turn away from our sin. If we do a 360-degree turn we are right back where we started. God wants us on a straight path like a 180-degree straight angle.
Mrs. Emestica
Science seems to be the favorite subject in 5E. We never thought we would be composing different kinds of molecules out of colorful marshmallows and toothpicks. 5E worked diligently together in groups to build molecules of water, hydrogen, and carbon as well as glucose. A good scientist never eats their experiment, or do they?
Mrs. Emestica
Singing, Dancing, Eating, Rapping, Performing, and Sharing were all a part of our Academic Fair which took place on Thursday, March19 th, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. What an exciting evening it was for all – students and visitors alike. Students in all grades had been working feverishly since January on their projects and reports and as you walked aroung the school the aroma of wonderful foods filled the air. Foods from India, Africa, Guatemala, and many, many more countires were represented. THe sounds of students talking with visitors, projects humming, music playing, and students reciting were all sounds that filled that evening. There were many different sections to the Fair: Technolgy, Dance, Art, Science, History, Health, Bible, English, Home Ec., Countries, and many more. Many students dressed up to represent a certain person, or country; there were also scientific dissections to witness. Students were so excited as they got the chance to explain their projects and research to our visitors – nearly 1,000! What a great job all teachers, staff, parents and students did! We applaud you and can’t wait until next year!
This month KV has explored in more detail our 5 senses. For our annual academic fair, Kindergarten made instruments with the focus being – their sense of hearing. Each instrument was displayed and the students wrote a sentence about their project. Parents came to visit and had a good time listening and trying to guess which voice belonged to their child on a tape recording KV had made. They also explored other senses we learned in class, while looking, touching, smelling, and tasting different items.
Miss Velez
As overseer of Chapel, it has been my desire to see the hearts of our students be drawn closer to our Lord and Savior. The Lord has been faithful to hear my heart’s cry. There has been such a growth and hunger in our students to worship God and carry out His purpose for their lives. From Elementary to High School, there has been steady growth and our Spiritual Focus for the year has truly been our anthem:
Philippians 3:13 NIV
“I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Please continue to pray for our chapel services. We need to continue to ask God to open our children’s hearts and minds, we need the Lord to anoint our worship teams and we need God to empower every speaker who shares.
Mrs. Torres
What kind of Community do you live in? 1C located the United States on a world map, then we located New York State on a United States Political Map, before our discussion about what kind of community we live in, a town with a lot of trees, a village with lots of trees, but with more houses and stores or a city with a lot of big buildings, houses and plenty of stores near by? This led our discussions right back to our community workers and how they are important to any kind of community.
Ms. Calma
Why Teach Geometry in First Grade? YES Geometry! Its great for problem Solving!
Our first fun activity was putting together 3 Pattern Block Puzzles, using triangles, hexagons, rhombus’ and trapezoids. It was so much fun, we even cut out our own shapes and then glued them into a larger shape. Then the class shared and recorded their ideas! Oh yeah, this is a math lesson! We almost forgot – we were having so much fun. Ms. Calma
This week in Science we will study Static Electricity. We will perform labs that will make our hair stand on end…literally! We will also learn about circuits and see how, if they stay connected, the light shines. The same is true for us as Christians if we “hold hands” with Christ and don’t let go, His light will shine through us as well.
Miss Laforest