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Welcome to North School, Miss B!
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Wed, Jan 25, will be an e-learning day. Forecast is calling for 4-7 inches starting tonight, extending through the day Wed. The am will be classes for students and pm will be staff development. Please visit our district website for our e-learning plan.
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Students had a ball bringing their “dots” to life with Ms. Specha today! All students grade K-2 created their own dots and used the Quiver app and augmented reality to bring their dots to life.
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From Aramark:
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Please see updated prices from Aramark for a la carte items.
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First graders enjoyed Christmas themed centers and an afternoon of STEM in their classrooms. #ChristmasSTEM
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Kindergarteners learned about Holidays around the World during interactive centers the last few days. #HolidayCelebrations
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Second grders enjoyed Christmas themed centers by spending time in every classroom for activities. #centersrock
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We had a fun day filled with gingerbread house making and hot cocoa! Please feel free to come vote on our houses in the 2nd grade hall! We also happened to have triplets show up today! ♥️♥️
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The students in Miss Evans's class got to experience this Reindeer Race stem activity! We had a little competition between boys and girls and the girl reindeer won! #STEMinsecond
![Reindeer in flight](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/3515380/large_318696572_700537818310358_6525490885729073925_n__1_.jpg)
![Testing their designs](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/live_feed_image/image/3515381/large_319710074_8459960500742205_2137141722753697496_n.jpg)
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How fun is this Christmas craft?! Thank you Mrs. Specha for teaching us about binary coding to make some cool ornaments with our first, middle and last names!
#2ndgradecoding
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First graders spent some time working on their design and engineering skills by creating a Christmas tree with popsicle sticks and playdough. They topped off their creations with small wooden stars. #STEMinfirst #learningbycreating
Follow the link below for some more photos of the fun!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yMLVGrWcxgRk2mBF6
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Congratulations to Mrs. Rahar for being chosen for the Impact Award at North School for the month of November!
Congratulations also to our November Students of the Month!
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Mrs. Rahar and the North School library added a Pete the Cat rug to the reading area in the library. Miss Reiser's class was the first clss to read a book with Mrs. Rahar in the new area. #readingrocks
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The second grade students had fun digging through soil and holding worms during our visit with Ag in the Class.
We then finished off the day by making Turkey headbands 🦃
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Second graders got a lesson on coding that involved no technology. They learned the most basic principle of computer coding is learning to follow a set of instructions. Then they practiced their skills by writing some simple "code" of their own and challenged their classmates and teachers to solve their codes. #unpluggedcoding
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Mrs. Hickey's K-2 classes completed a Turkey Building Relay Race. It's safe to say they had fun and made some pretty cute turkeys in the process.
Follow the link to see some more Relay Race Turkeys!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Xak9iKC3V2sXNJF46
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Kindergarten classes had the opportunity to build their own Mini Mayflower foil boats this week. Students worked as a team to design a boat that could hold the most "pilgrims" possible. Ms. Specha helped them to test their designs, while practicing their skip counting by 5's. Several teams designed boats that held 102 pilgrims, the same number as on the original Mayflower.
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The varsity and junior varsity boys basketball teams along with Coach Ryan Brown were greeters at Memorial Elementary on Wednesday morning. The basketball players greeted the students at the doors and mingled with them in the multipurpose room.
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Sharing information on an indoor soccer league.
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