Just a few pics from matching day at JHE!
Congrats to the new “Classic Cartoon” champs, as voted by JHE students, Alvin and the Chipmunks!
More pictures from yesterday!
Classic Cartoon Teams!
Classic Cartoon Teams!
Classic Cartoon Teams!
What a crazy start to the day! Imagine students' additional excitement seeing JHE staff dressed as cartoon characters. Our staff were grouped into "gift giving/cartoon teams" and have been contributing to donation baskets over the course of the last few weeks. Today is the conclusion of our donation collection. Individual teams will be posted later today!
Students in 204 and 205 had a fun virtual field trip to NY last week as they learned about the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Wondertown Windows. Students then spent time designing their own windows and parade floats! Such a fun project!
Thank you Denis Miller for engaging our first grade students in some physical science activities earlier this week! What a great learning opportunity!
202 students have been working so hard in Junior Achievement the last few weeks! They have loved each week with our JA leader Jessi Tucker. They have been learning about communities. Thank you Jessi!
Yesterday 101 & 403 watched the read aloud Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet. Students then designed their own balloons and created them together.
Mrs. Costello and Ms. Lux caught a moment together with their matching t-shirts!
With temps below zero in the morning, JHE students made the best of indoor recess!
Father figures, join us in the school gym tomorrow starting at 7:15 a.m.
for All Pro Dad!
Come with your children for breakfast, coffee, and great discussion!
We hope to see you there!
The Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation is giving one public school in Sioux Falls a free coffee bar from Scooter’s! Nominate John Harris by clicking on the original post (find through the link below) and commenting the name of the school. Be sure to like the Education Foundation’s page to see how the organization is supporting Sioux Falls Public Schools!
This would be wonderful for our staff! Thanks!
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Last Thursday, 404 read the book "Thunder Cake" by Patricia Polacco about a young girl that makes a cake with her babushka (grandmother) during a thunderstorm. The weather last week fit the occasion, so 404 decided to make a "thunder cake" as a class! The kids did a great job reading the recipe, computing fractions for measuring ingredients, and communicating as a team. They even made homemade chocolate buttercream frosting to go on top!
Babushka's secret ingredient was puréed tomatoes...the class was feeling pretty apprehensive as they mixed the tomatoes into the batter, but it ended up tasting delicious!
4th Grade has been doing "Battle of the Beaks." While studying Animal Structures students looked at how a "Structure Fits a Function." They tried out 3 "beaks" (tweezers, spoons, and a pipette), and 4 "foods" (water/nectar, beans/bugs, rice/seeds, and sting/worms) to see which beak structure worked best for each type of food. Pictured are 401 students.
Tuesday was the 50th day of school. To celebrate the day and our progress so far this year, students and staff dressed like the 1950s!
Yesterday, V.J. Smith, author of The Richest Man in Town, came to speak with 5th graders! The book tells the real life story of Marty and his positive outlook on life. When asking several fifth graders what part of his message was most powerful to them, they stated "the importance of being grateful." A few others said that "a thank you can go a long way."
K04 students had a blast cardio drumming today!
